Chairman's Challenge

Last month's chairman's challenge was 'I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over.' Beverley, bless her, agreed to judge this one a task I know she didn't find easy. However, a decision had to be made and the results are

1st - Simon Whaley

I knew it was a mistake the moment IT was OVER. IT was only four foot three whereas OVER was nine foot two. IT had always wanted one over on OVER and OVER had never wanted to be IT. But the moment I pulled the switch, the transformation was complete. IT was now OVER and OVER was now IT. OVER’s expression demonstrated that OVER would never be over IT, but IT was chuffed at being OVER. IT stood up and with one fatal step crushed OVER. For OVER, it was all over and IT was most definitely it.

2nd - Phyllis Blakemore

I felt quite comfortable inside my little compartment. A bit cramped but it was lines with foam so I was quite snug. It was dark and the noise outside was quite alarming, but it was my choice so I must put up with it.

I felt in my pocket, with great difficulty, for a piece of chocolate, good – I managed that. It’ only one minute now and I shall be on the move.

Oh, here I go, there is a swaying feeling and I know I am moving very quickly, the noise is now terrifying, It’s like the roar of a thousand jets engines.

Now I am on the very brink of Niagara Falls in my barrel. A sickening drop, then “I knew it was it was a mistake the moment it was over.”

and joint 3rd

Di Perry

‘Enjoy a Tequila as you paddle in the turquoise ocean. Take a stroll along the palm fringed beaches. Go back in time and see the Maya temples rising from the steaming jungle. Visit the picturesque cities and towns crammed full of culture, and enjoy the variety of water sports and night life, perhaps finishing with a feast from a Taco stand’

There was silence, and I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over.

Giving a sales pitch on holidays to Mexico was not one of my best career moves.

3rd Brenda Carter

I was fed up with my friend Angie. As long as I had known her she’d gone on about her dreadful ex-boyfriend. I’d never met him but she said he’d been unfaithful from the very start. She’d looked through his mobile, found the evidence and chucked him.

I moved away and fell for a charming man and didn’t see very much of Angie. But I asked her to my wedding.

It was after the reception was over that I knew I shouldn’t have done it. While my husband was on his mobile I read the note Angie had slipped me. It read: “You’ve just married my ex.”