Ok... here it comes... the verdict. (grab a coffee... this is a long one)
First off... you guys are first rate story thinker-uper-er's
I chuckled at each and every one of them.
This quiz was designed to show your predilection to pessimism or optimism.
The soup incident:
I found it fascinating that each one of you saw the soup spillage as a result of either infidelity, argument or.... infidelity.
What about an accidental waiter mishap? what about an elbow-in-the-soup scenario? lots of ways that it could have happened without you having upset your significant other. Interesting indeed.
Want to know what my answer was? (which I did before all of you by the way... in the magazine)
I was sitting at a little street cafe (for want of a better name) in China and the chicken and corn soup I'd ordered had just arrived and the steaming bowl placed in front of me, ( no I wasn't picking out eyeballs from the bowl
)it was so hot that it burned my mouth and I jumped and knocked the bowl into my lap. And then laughed.....
ok...
Running down the street with a ladder....
Boys... boys.... boys.... (Lisa shaking her head)
all of you were using this tool for self gratification.
Illegal entry to the V8 supercar finals... and then Anthony compounded it by suggesting where it would be best placed to scale the wall. (and you started out so well... only wanting to beat the bloke to a pulp that put it through your windscreen - understandable, you were upset for your family... and that was the closest to the noble things that the ladder was meant for.... )
And Beagle Boy, pantyhose wearing Greg... where do I begin?
imaginative... I'll give you that. I hope they were notes in the bag instead of just coin....
Now the girls...
I liked your suggestion Mel... protection... another close to the intended use of the ladder.
And Sandie... Aiding and abetting plunging to significant other's death. ... nice touch.....
( but its duly noted that you revived him in the end and had your happy - if not stinky - ending)
I'd like to say I was saving a cat from a tree... but my first thought was more like a spy movie.
There was a notable absence of knights in shining armour saving the day ... Rapunzel is in trouble if its up the DUD to rescue her.
The bunch of flowers....
Well, Mel gave the predicted girl response.... a big bunch coming your way... we all want that, right?... even if we say we dont ( note that down boys)
Sandie... you gave the classic pessimistic response... a funeral.
text book cases.
Now the boys....
two of you also gave text book responses.... Keith with his classic 'sorry' bunch of flowers, and Anthony, while the motivation was commendable.. you lost points for never repeating the surprise bunch - one bunch is never enough. Keith... like I said earlier... your handy dandy use of links was funny... so you get equal footing with Anthony.
Now Greg... must be an optimist with an answer like that...
Very amusing though.... probably the most imaginative answer for the quiz. I was just impressed that a bloke knew the difference between the two flowers.
And my bunch of flowers... I'd picked a bunch of daisies and was walking home down a quiet country lane, absentmindedly plucking petals one by one.
Another one coming soon.... if the last few are anything to go by, I'm sure we'll all get a giggle.
You guys rock...
Lisa.... -/
