Decades ago papers like the long departed Daily Sketch used to send someone to seaside resorts in the summer to distribute a guinea to anyone who could answer a simple question in that day's paper. No doubt many innocent holidaymakers were bothered by someone saying 'You are Loopy Lou, the answer to today's question is Elvis Presley and I claim my prize.'
I will be on the Kent coast later this week, anywhere between Ramsgate and Dungeness (I am hoping for a municipal welcome in Ramsgate from the leader of Thanet Council, Councillor Rick Everitt). My question is, 'who was the American goalkeeper who played for Charlton>'
One of my main objectives is to work out why so many of the leading moaners and pessimists at Charlton are congregated on the coast. Whilst I am unlikely to identify Desmond from Deal or Derek from Dymchurch, it would be interesting to hear why they are so negative. I will probably end up with a crowing Nigel from New Romney.