I'm talking quizzes here. But not just any old quiz - the Bawburgh Golf Club Captain's charity quiz no less. I will pause here whilst you shout "amazing, incredible" or many other things (as long as they aren't too rude).
Some have said I'm obsessed with quizzes and obsessed with winning. I once joked "second is nowhere" and that phrase has been thrown at me on numerous occasions.
Yes I am highly competitive and cannot understand why you would go in for something you know you can't win or at least have a damn good try at winning. But that's just me. I don't subscribe to the "it's the taking part that counts."
At Christmas we came last in the special festive quiz at Bawburgh. I claim it was because many of the questions were just plain silly - some were about the punchline to Christmas Cracker jokes.
A couple of months later we were up to second and then, in the very next quiz last week, we won by six clear points. I may rest on my laurels.
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My first task of everyday is to read through the comments made on that particular day and answer as many as I can. I do genuinely appreciate the comments made and love it when something I have written prompts people to get into conversation with one another.
And now for a comment that will prove once and for all whether I have been right for years. Yes folks we are just a day away from Eurovision 2022. Over too many years to mention we have had the same nonsense about tactical voting and political voting being the reason why the UK has regularly come in the bottom three and on two occasions has received nil points. And every time these comments are made I scream out. "It's because the songs we put forward are crap." Whoever picks them knows very little about what is successful on the Eurovision stage.
So why are my comments really being put to the test this year? Well it's because at last we have an entry that is worthy of taking part in Eurovision. I may not particularly like Spaceman by Sam Ryder but I can appreciate that after years of absolute dross this is a decent entry.
It is so decent that the bookies have named it amongst the favourites. So surely we can't finish in the bottom few again. We must at least end on the left side of the scoreboard. The singer looks manic and should fit in beautifully with the Eurovision vibe.
So if Sam does well I will be able to say "I told you we have done badly because of the awful songs." If he does badly I will have to hold my hand up and say "ok it really is tactical voting and voting for your friends and we obviously don't have many friends in the world."
I bet Ukraine gives us some votes though.