What could have turned out to be an unsatisfacory day (all my family hate me; rushed shopping in Lincoln; stuck in traffic 30 minutes into the game; nowhere to park) turned out pretty darned good (no-one on the turnstiles to take our money; scored as soon as we got there; won two nought with a rainbow in the background).

So I want you to help me with this:

Sixpence and I are in the car playing a juvenile "Guess the animal" game and I'm struggling to guess the animal beginning with "w" (which, as it happens, was Walrus) so I ask her for a clue. Specifically, I ask her "What's the next letter after W?"

Helpfully she says "x" and I continue guessing...Wxflume? Wxytosis? Wxsteedpark?

How many of you, in her position, would have said that x was the next letter? Go on, hands right up.

How many of you would have thought I meant WHAT IS THE NEXT LETTER IN THE ALPHABET AFTER W?

Nobody? Thought not.

I thought she was going to wet herself laughing.

Up the Shakers and all that
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