Eggheads versus Cavan councillors
A recent edition of the BBC’s popular early evening quiz-show Eggheads saw the cranially surfeited quintet challenged by a group of
No match for Cavan's blue councillors
councillors, who, in spite of being able to overcome their political differences, were still unable to unseat the Eggheads from their triumphant perch and thus failed to come away with the money.
How very different, I thought, it might have been had they been challenged by a group of councillors from Cavan. No doubt the personnel would have to reflect political membership but winning would surely be dependant upon the Fine Gael members of the council, whose all-embracing knowledge is truly awesome and would knock the Eggheads for six, exposing them thereby to be the intellectual poseurs they are. Much would depend on luck, but they would be on a home run if the category of “Food and Drink” came up. If questions on “History” were proposed, victory would be in the bag, especially if the Museum’s Dr Snott was able to impersonate his father. We would see Judith slink back to her pied-a-terre in Cantal quicker than you can say Chris Tarrant, CJ would return to male modelling, while Chris would swear that he’d never leave the train driver’s seat again.
The only problem all councillors would have to overcome would be a tendency to seek answers on anything challenging from the county manager. I don’t think that’s in the Eggheads rules.
A recent edition of the BBC’s popular early evening quiz-show Eggheads saw the cranially surfeited quintet challenged by a group of councillors, who, in spite of being able to overcome their political differences, were still unable to unseat the Eggheads from their triumphant perch and thus failed to come away with the money.
How very different, I thought, it might have been had they been challenged by a group of councillors from Cavan. No doubt the personnel would have to reflect political membership but winning would surely be dependant upon the Fine Gael members of the council, whose all-embracing knowledge is truly awesome and would knock the Eggheads for six, exposing them thereby to be the intellectual poseurs they are. Much would depend on luck, but they would be on a home run if the category of “Food and Drink” came up. If questions on “History” were proposed, victory would be in the bag, especially if the Museum’s Dr Snott was able to impersonate his father. We would see Judith slink back to her pied-a-terre in Cantal quicker than you can say Chris Tarrant, CJ would return to male modelling, while Chris would swear that he’d never leave the train driver’s seat again.
The only problem all councillors would have to overcome would be a tendency to seek answers on anything challenging from the county manager. I don’t think that’s in the Eggheads rules.
