The Alphabet Game

 

Let us play the Alphabet Game. It's easy.

THE RULES

1    Be honest. I'll rely on your honesty. No cheating.

2    Look around you. 

3    Tell us where you are - at your home, library, waiting room etc ... 

4    Name something you see beginning with A, then B, then C and so on. I've put the alphabets on top in case you forgot the order they come in.

5    Total time 10 minutes - no more!

6    The one with most words wins. NO PRIZES. Just the honour of having won.

Here are mine. Ten minutes starting from ... NOW:

I am on a train commuting to work. 

A    Ability to think quickly and snappishly under pressure.

B    Barnacles of disappointments covering modern society's ability to enjoy life and be thankful. 

C    Cell-phones everywhere in front of me, beside me and around me; but not a brain cell anywhere.  

E    Ear ache from various technological gadgets creating a cacophony of irritable sounds.

F    Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

G   Grinding sound of the brakes as the train slides to a stop on metal rails.

H   Harbingers of doom, inflation, rising prices, business closures and unemployment in newspapers headlines.

I    Internet down as we enter a tunnel.

J    Justifiable frustration as I'm bound to get late for my business meeting.

K   Krakatoa exploding within me.

L   Lies still to be told as I chair my business meeting.

M  Manure from all these horses everywhere.

N  Nightie - what is it doing here?

O   Open window of opportunities if they sign the contract today.

P   Post-mortem if they don't sign the contract and who do I blame?

Q  Quarter litre bottle of whisky I'll consume either way the business meeting goes.           

R  Roast KFC chicken to soak the whisky.

S  Solace found in a bottle of drink and a KFC meal.

T  Train of thoughts whilst stuck on a motionless train.

U  Underwear (Note: I'm on the train commuting to work! Whose underwear are these and what are they doing here? Has she forgotten them behind?)

V  Victory in sight.

W Watch showing 30 seconds left to ten minutes.

X  Xmas cards I still have to write. (I write a few Xmas cards each day on my way to work and it saves time at Christmas. On one occasion it proved embarrassing when I wrote a card to Madeleine and Graham, and by Christmas they had divorced. I just added a short message asking who got custody of the children).

Y  Yeeha! Almost there.

Z  Zero seconds left. I won.

Now it's your turn. Things you see where you are sitting right now.