Pointless or should it be Puntless or Something Else?

I thought it was going to be 15 degrees and sunny today. It turned out to be barely seven degrees with a biting wind and rain after lunch. So in some ways it was a mistake deciding to play golf as I found it difficult to feel my hands and fingers and the wind played tricks with the small white thing (well that's my excuse). Still was quite pleased with my game despite losing to friend Roger by two holes. Have to say that the Bacon Rolls and coffee at Bawburgh Golf Club afterwards were really the winners.

I have always been a fan of TV quizzes and game shows ever since growing up with the likes of Double Your Money and Take Your Pick. I have written about these in the television section of my own web site and still remember them with fondness, although I'm sure if I viewed them again today they would seem very limp.

I always remember that the first question in Double Your Money was worth £1 (I guess it was a tidy sum in those days) and it was always a joke question that the contestant couldn't get wrong. People would send in questions and if read out they would get £1 as well. I can remember my grandfather sending in a question for the gardening topic. "Is red cabbage, green grocery." Never could understand why they never used this humdinger of a joke question!!!!!

I'm still addicted to quizzes - Eggheads, University Challenge, Mastermind I watch them all. I usually finish my work for the day to co-incide with Countdown which is followed by Deal or No Deal and then Pointless and then Eggheads.

My favourite of all those is definitely Pointless which is excellent, mainly due to the quick wit of the presenters Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman who fire remarks off each other throughout the show. Richard has one of the sharpest wits imaginable and the same kind of sense of humour as myself - usually surrounding word play and obscurity. Often so obscure that nobody else understands them. I guess it's all the product of an over active brain.

The object of Pointless is to give obscure answers that are unlikely to have been said by 100 people who are surveyed. The winners always have the lowest score as opposed to the highest. I believe the quiz should go out on tour and appear at a variety of the following venues:

A local pub where it could be called Pintless
The River Cam in Cambridge where it could be Puntless
The local decorating company where it could be Paintless
The local strip club where it could be Pantless
The town without any bridges where it could be Pontless (tough one that)
and finally Tunbridge Wells where it could be Pantiles (sorry that's a play on words that only people with a knowledge of Royal Tunbridge Wells will understand). For the uninitiated I will explain tomorrow.

A few years ago I was a contestant on the Weakest Link. Got voted out in the final round by two ladies. I would like to say they ganged up on me but it wasn't true as we all got one vote each and the strongest link voted me off.