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Daily trivia
Wait for it! Wait for it! I have never felt the desire to be competitive myself, so find it difficult to understand that need in others. Consequently I am not drawn to any of the thousand-and-one shows currently on television where wannabees compete to be the best singer, dancer, ice-skater, cook, et cetera, in the entire universe. [Emma on the other hand often takes a passing interest, though never enough to phone in her preference.] What I dislike most about the programmes is not simply the concept, but the element of phoney suspense the presenters try to inject when announcing the winners. They open the envelope, read the card and announce: “And the winner is ……” Then they count very slowly to ten, or twenty, or thirty, while the drums roll and the competitors stand like prisoners at the bar awaiting sentence. Why does no-one in the audience shout, “Get on with it!” In my case, I think they may have mistaken me for someone who gives-a-damn.
Wait for it! Wait for it! I have never felt the desire to be competitive myself, so find it difficult to understand that need in others. Consequently I am not drawn to any of the thousand-and-one shows currently on television where wannabees compete to be the best singer, dancer, ice-skater, cook, et cetera, in the entire universe. [Emma on the other hand often takes a passing interest, though never enough to phone in her preference.] What I dislike most about the programmes is not simply the concept, but the element of phoney suspense the presenters try to inject when announcing the winners. They open the envelope, read the card and announce: “And the winner is ……” Then they count very slowly to ten, or twenty, or thirty, while the drums roll and the competitors stand like prisoners at the bar awaiting sentence. Why does no-one in the audience shout, “Get on with it!” In my case, I think they may have mistaken me for someone who gives-a-damn.
