This evening, after a lovely day spent picnicking in Richmond Park (where the deer are so used to people that you can walk right past them), a couple of friends and I went to a nearby pub to sit in the garden and have a drink.
A drink turned into dinner, and dinner suddenly became staying for the pub quiz.
We won one of the four rounds, which gained us a bottle of house wine.
The ultimate prize though, was that every time we had questions marked, the hostess had to read out our team name.
We're all professionals of a nature. All office workers. All intelligent, educated people.
There are lots of things we could have chosen.
Smart things. Classy things. Witty things.
Not today...we went right to the gutter.
Our team name, the triumph of the entire evening and the cherry on the whipped cream on the icing on the cake of the fabulous day I had, was:
"Quiz on my face"
I'm laughing even as I type it.
Quiz on your face? Noooo!
Posted by: sid | Monday, June 01, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Sid - Yep. Well, not on my face specifically. I think we're going back next week and extending it to "Quiz on my face and tell me that you love me".
Posted by: Beth | Monday, June 01, 2009 at 09:09 AM
I'm laughing now, that's spread baccy everywhere...
Posted by: Roses | Monday, June 01, 2009 at 08:50 PM
Haha.
Very nice.
Posted by: Peter | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 11:40 AM
hahhahaha! love it! i'm totally laughing over here!
Posted by: ruby | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 03:24 PM
Roses, Peter and Ruby - You can't see me, but I'm taking a little bow right now.
Posted by: Beth | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 05:32 PM
I'm imagining it read after each round! Love it.
Posted by: ellie | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 07:48 PM
HEehehehe... that's hysterical! Our quiz team name is just silly, Death by Battenberg.
Posted by: Mia | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Ellie - I don't think the hostess did, but never mind!
Mia - Thats not entirely silly. Battenberg rules! There's a milkshake place not too far from here that does milkshakes in pretty much every flavour you can think of and my fave is the Battenberg one.
Posted by: Beth | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 11:18 AM
LOL that's a fantastic name :). Hope all is good with you Beth.
Posted by: Clare | Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 08:00 PM
LMAO...if I heard that name outloud, I would totally quiz in my pants!
Posted by: David | Friday, June 05, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Clare - All is very well thanks. I saw your last post over at your blog and I can see you're busy too! x
David - I think you possibly need to come and do the quiz with us next time... LOL
Posted by: Beth | Friday, June 05, 2009 at 05:41 PM
I'm totally stealing that if I'm ever in a pub quiz. But I'll give you credit.
Posted by: HereInFranklin | Sunday, June 07, 2009 at 01:13 PM
HereIn Franklin - You can definitely use it, but my friend Andy deserves the credit. It was his idea really. We're playing again tonight, so I'll post if he has any more crude inspiration! ;o)
Posted by: Beth | Sunday, June 07, 2009 at 03:16 PM
You are incorrigible!
Do these pubs have singles' quiz night? Here in San Francisco, there are quite a few that host those. Maybe I should have you on my team the next time I go to one of those. I'm so ignorant of pop culture that I always do horribly.
Posted by: KennethSF | Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 08:55 AM
Kenneth - That's definitely going onto my list of stuff I've been called - "Incorrigible" - I like that"
Generally pub quizzes here are team games for whoever wants to play, but I think there probably are singles ones dotted around. Next time you go to one and I'm in the area, I'd be happy to help out. I have a wealth of otherwise useless knowledge that I'm happy to share!
Posted by: Beth | Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 09:07 AM
Sounds like fun. Gutter fun is underrated, btw.
Posted by: Deb | Monday, June 15, 2009 at 06:24 PM
Deb - I couldn't agree more!
Posted by: Beth | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 01:16 PM