You see I remember all the names of the puppet animals in the television show Rainbow and that's an important thing to remember as I account the sad story of my appearance on The Weakest Link - a story I have probably blogged about before but there's nothing like a piece of repetition.
I haven't read the book yet but it threatens to dish the dirt on the various spats on the show and the love triangle between Rod, Jane and Freddy.
For those who are a little confused, Rainbow was a children's television programme that ran from 1972 until 1992. So I watched it regularly with my two sons. I know all the characters (please retain that thought for later). Zippy had a really silly voice and the whole thing was quite ridiculous in a ridiculous sort of way.
I can't wait to read about the love triangle of the folk-ridden threesome who brought a wholesome slant to the whole show which obviously had some underlying tensions that we didn't know about.
So there I was many years after the programme stopped, on the podium for the quiz show The Weakest Link. I got down to the final three. Each round the weakest link gets voted off although the person who gets voted off may not be the weakest link. British people who like quizzes will know what I mean.
Anyway up to this point I had got all my questions right including knowing that the Noisettes were a pop music band and not a rack of lamb. In fact we had to do a double take on that as the question person (not allowed to say question master) Anne Robinson pronounced it noise ettes rather than nois ettes. So having answered the question correctly I had to be asked it again and was told to look thoughtful and put in a slight pause before saying "pop group." And I bet you all thought these quiz shows were spontaneous.
Anyway I was through to the last three and I got my first and only question of the quiz wrong and it was something along the lines of "which character from Rainbow is also the word for making a mess of something?" My brain turned to mush. I just couldn't think. It had been hot under the studio lights and it had been a long drawn out affair. I panicked and instead of saying Bungle blurted out Zippy which we all know is nothing to do with making a mess. That one answer was my downfall as I got voted off before making the final.
So as I say I'm looking forward to reading the book.
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Went to Carrow Road yesterday. Norwich actually won a game with a 2-0 victory over Burnley. Unfortunately it is almost certain that both teams will be relegated in the next few weeks. Grandson Elliot came with us as usual and as we walked back to the city centre to return to the car he desperately wanted to go to the toilet. There were hundreds if not thousands of people about. Carrow Road had just tipped out 27,000 and then there were all the shoppers as well. But I challenge you to find a loo open at 4.15 pm. Those in the Malls were shut at 4 pm, the market loos were the same and the shops with toilets all closed at 4 pm as well. Eventually we got into the Forum loos with two minutes to spare before they shut.
The moral of this story is don't get cut short in Norwich on a Sunday after 4 pm or you will just have to cross your legs all the way home.