I Am Going Out Shortly

[mrs_overall]

Sunday night is quiz night at a local club. Last week I totally embarrassed myself so I thought I would share it with you.
Naturally I always have the pen and the answer sheet but last week I was late. To my horror I discovered that the person in charge of the pen was not even a member of my regular team but a woman I dislike who is usually a member of a rival team. She is opinionated and even if the rest of the team are 100% certain of the answer, she will write down what she wants. By halfway through the quiz I had steam coming out of my ears and a vein was throbbing in my forehead.
Then it happened. The questions was "True or false, there are no plums in a plum duff pudding." The answer was known to all of us, that there are no plums in plum duff. When I say all of us, I meant all of us except the woman with the pen.
She snorted and said "Of course it has plums in. The clue is in the name you cretins."
A discussion ensued between the two of us and our voices were getting louder and louder. Pens throughout the room were laid down and even the quizmaster decided our argument was more interesting than his quiz.
I then came out with the killer line that had the room in uproar.
"Well, what about spotted dick then?"

[Tilly2]

Ergh! I wouldn't touch that with your barge pole!

[pixie373]

Lol! No spots in that! Good to see you Mrs O. Happy new year xxx

[jno]

well, it looks like you held your own, then?

[tonyav]

LOL. you should have asked her about roly poly aswell.

[mrs_overall]

happy new year ot you too pixie xx

[gness]

God forbid you and I ever team up.....☻

[pixie373]

Thank you xx

[mrs_overall]

I'll team up with you gness...but I insist on having the pen :-)

[lardhelmet]

Nice one mrs o!

[humbersloop]

are quiz teams democratic?

discuss, and switch off your phones before answering

[tonyav]

Depends on who has the pen, sloopy !.

[mrs_overall]

humber, there is one team who call themselves The Witches. The rest of us call them "The Witches Sponsored by Google."

Right, I am off. Byeeeeeeeeee all xx

[gness]

Enjoy and win,MrsO....mine is on Thursday....x

[tonyav]

Are you in charge of the pen on Thursdays, gness.


Good luck mrs overwrite.

[jim360]

We must be doing something wrong in our quiz team (apart from the obvious not actually winning), because we don't have heated disagreements and resolve any differences calmly.

[humbersloop]

;)

http://tab.co.uk/2014/11/06/the-hottest-places-in-hell-are-reserved-for-those-who-use-their-phones-in-pub-quizzes/

[gness]

No, Tony.....because I make copies of all our answers.....just in case we are diddled out of a point.....

I can be quite serious about quizzes.....x

[jno]

next they'll be asking if there are any mints in mince pies. Or any mince.

[jim360]

There did used to be mince in mince pies, though.