I played a game of twenty questions with my form this morning. I told them I was thinking of a place and away we went. It started well enough:
'Is it a country?'
'Is it in the north?'
'Is it a town?'
But it went downhill from there:
'Is it Liverpool?' no Liverpool's a city
'Oh, is it Manchester?' no that's another city
'Is it Chesterfield?'
'Is it Leeds?'
'Is it Liverpool?'
'Is it Macclesfield?'
'Is it in America?' no
'Is it New York?'
'Is it Liverpool?'
'Do they have a football team?' yes
'Are they in the Premiership?' no
'Is it Newcastle?'
'Is it West Ham United?' no it's a place
'Is it Liverpool?'
I think it took about thirty-six questions before they got it and only after I'd given them a massive hint that their football team had recently caused an upset in the FA cup and that it rhymes with garnsley.
2008-02-29 @ 22:06