LONDON FLYER GAME
HOW MANY CLUES DID YOU SPOT IN THE STORY?
His name was Eric and we met on Tinder. I arranged to meet him at a vegan coffeeshop at 11am in Brixton. I did my makeup meticulously and blowdried my hair and wore my cool new trainers. Because who says optimism’s dead! Sure enough, when he turned up, I was surprised: we really clicked. We were both sad when he had to leave after an hour. Then he had an idea: “Hey, why don’t you come with me –it’s a drinks reception, mostly.” I do like free drinks... So we walked together over to Conway Hall where the event was taking place, and he was so nice and normal. We arrived and there was a big banner: Royal Institution of Alien Studies. I turned to laugh with him, but then I saw a poster. The featured speaker was… my date. The topic: his alien abduction. I ran to the bathroom and I splashed water on my face. Was this happening? Yes. When I returned Edward had started to talk about his experience with an alien overlord who had been… sexually adventurous. He wished to repeat this with an Earth girl. I grabbed a fistful of sausage rolls, downed my wine, and made a quiet exit. Only to trip over my heels, fall down the stairs, break my leg, and had to be rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital by a posse of alien abductees.
THE CLUES
SCORE
0-3 clues: Try harder
4-6 clues: Contender
7+ clues: Master sleuth
His name was Eric and we met on Tinder. I arranged to meet him at a vegan coffeeshop at 11am in Brixton. I did my makeup meticulously and blowdried my hair and wore my cool new trainers. Because who says optimism’s dead! Sure enough, when he turned up, I was surprised: we really clicked. We were both sad when he had to leave after an hour. Then he had an idea: “Hey, why don’t you come with me –it’s a drinks reception, mostly.” I do like free drinks... So we walked together over to Conway Hall where the event was taking place, and he was so nice and normal. We arrived and there was a big banner: Royal Institution of Alien Studies. I turned to laugh with him, but then I saw a poster. The featured speaker was… my date. The topic: his alien abduction. I ran to the bathroom and I splashed water on my face. Was this happening? Yes. When I returned Edward had started to talk about his experience with an alien overlord who had been… sexually adventurous. He wished to repeat this with an Earth girl. I grabbed a fistful of sausage rolls, downed my wine, and made a quiet exit. Only to trip over my heels, fall down the stairs, break my leg, and had to be rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital by a posse of alien abductees.
THE CLUES
- They met at 11am, so this is a suspiciously early drinks reception.
- Conway Hall is in Bloomsbury. Walking would be far.
- There is no such thing as the Royal Institution of Alien Studies – indeed it does not really sound like the sort of thing the Queen would endorse.
- After putting on lots of makeup she probably didn’t splash water on her face.
- The date’s name switched from Eric to Edward
- She chose the vegan coffee shop, then ate sausage rolls
- She was wearing trainers, yet claimed to have tripped on her heels
- Great Ormond Street Hospital is a children’s hospital and would not have accepted her with her broken leg.
SCORE
0-3 clues: Try harder
4-6 clues: Contender
7+ clues: Master sleuth
