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How did the class do?
Again, there are no right or wrong answers. I once did this exact exercise at a
conference  with  fifty  people,  and  almost  every  line  had  been  chosen  by
someone. It’s about different brains seeing different things. My class have picked
out  their  most  interesting  lines,  and  we  discuss  how  we  might  play  off  them.
Look at the lines you have chosen, and do the same.
INUNDATED WITH MATHEMATICIANS
What  might  that  be  like?  Loads  of  corduroy,  glasses  and  dandruff?  How  many
exactly? They’ll know how many are there. Some of them were eating Pi.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN OR WOMAN OF ANY AGE WITH
‘CHARM AND CHARISMA’
An  obvious  gag  might  be:  who  might  be  ruled  out  by  the  charm  and  charisma
requirement?  Heather  Mills,  Gordon  Brown,  The  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer
(but that’s because he doesn’t know enough maths).
MEANWHILE, VORDERMAN IS RUMOURED TO BE WRITING A TELL-
ALL BOOK ABOUT HER YEARS ON THE SHOW
She is writing it very slowly, she’s starting with a vowel, then a consonant, then
another vowel.
TROUBLED SINGER AMY WINEHOUSE RECENTLY TOLD OK!
MAGAZINE THAT SHE WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE QUIZ
(Almost everyone had picked this line out!)
She sits at home watching Countdown, shouting give me an E, give me an E!
They  did  pick  out  a  few  other  lines  as  well  such  as  Des  O’Connor  ‘presenting
500 shows’ and Carol Vorderman’s ‘large fanbase’ but we didn’t get jokes from
those which is fine, you never know which lines will lead to jokes or not.
Now you can see how it’s done you are ready to write jokes of your own.

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