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Terry, this is such a clever variation of your story - it follows the format perfectly both of your original test AND of Mastermind. Awesome work.

I have absolutely no clue how Ronnie Corbett managed to keep a straight face through all that. Those two were absolutely brilliant, and greatly missed. Ditto Morecambe and Wise, of course.

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Thanks, Rebecca. The first thing I said to E after we watched it was: How on earth did Ronnie Corbett keep a straight face -- or not get confused!

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🤣 He was a real profesh, that’s for sure. And together those two were more than the sum of their already highly accomplished parts!

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Oct 29Liked by Terry Freedman

This is so utterly brilliant and original, Terry! How do you do it?!

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aw, shucks. Thanks, Nathan.

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Oct 29Liked by Terry Freedman

How you come up with all these, I just can't imagine! So clever. I watched all the videos because I had ever seen the show, and then got lost on Youtube ... Kermit the cat, dads and babies, Regal Gentlemen haircuts, yard cleaning, Gizmo the parrot ......... an hour later I blinked and I did come back and finish your story. Glad I found my way back..

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Oh thank you. Yes, i end up wasting loads of time in the YT rabbit hole. Good fun though!

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If it was a Roland Barthes reader then I'd pass... And I'm impressed he managed seventeen percent. Your general knowledge round starter is what is seventeen percent as a decimal...

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I feel a bit reluctant saying this publicly, but at the risk of sounding like an uneducated illiterate pleb, I may have overstated the 17% (because I had to be consistent with the original story). I've actually been able to read only three short bits of Barthes' essays because I think they're a load of unreadable BS. I can always recognise BS because I'm so good at it myself.

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Oct 29Liked by Terry Freedman

And how!

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Er, you mean what said about Barthes,

Or what i said about myself? 🤣

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Oct 29Liked by Terry Freedman

Um... yes?

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😂 thanks!

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Brilliant!

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Thanks, Prue 😀

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Definitely a story of split personalities. Totally enjoyed Morecamb and Wise and I definitely remember seeing the Two Ronnie’s take on Mastermind when it was first aired.

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Me too. I thought it was very clever. 😀

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My take is that you are helping yourself and everyone who reads to see novel, unexpected perspectives. Even when not enjoyed--this one seemed too long for what it did, but still had value and held my interest. And expanded my ideas without encroaching on anything else regarding writing.

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Indeed, Jill. Interesting that you thought it was too long: the original one was a bit shorter but I thought it was TOO short! What did you mean by "without encroaching on anything else regarding writing"? Thanks

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Clever, Manfreed Terryman.

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Lol. Thanks you, Carissa 😁

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