Informal Dinner Party

Instead of having a big Christmas dinner like most people yesterday, I went to my parents. My mum had done a big pan of stew and dumplings for us and some family friends, and had bought a delicious lemon chiffon gateau for dessert. We played the Yes No game, drank plenty of wine and coffee, played Guess the Definition from the dictionary, and finished the night with the memory game, "I packed my bags."

The words that I can recall were; zymolysis, exigent, dogey, vade mecum, flatus, limelight and pierglass.

The memory game went as follows:

I packed my bags for London, and in them I put …

Joan
1. A fishing rod
8. A grandfather clock
15. A bouquet of flowers
22. A pint of Guinness
29. A rucksack
35. A holiday brochure for the Caribbean
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John W
2. The Complete Works of Shakespeare
9. Two spare batteries for my electric toothbrush
16. An oil painting of my great-grandmother
23. A CD player
30. A wheelie bin
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George
3. A packed lunch
10. A diary
17. A partridge in a pear tree
24. A camera
31. A lb of Pick and Mix
36. A book to read
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Olive
4. Some shoes
11. Some tights
18. A blouse
25. An apple
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Val
5. Some thermals
12. A bottle of wine
19. A hot water bottle
26. A packet of Butterkist popcorn
32. A bottle of whiskey
37. A nail file
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John H
6. A plumb line
13. A bucket
20. A candle
27. A dinky toy car
33. A trowel
38. A cup of coffee
40. A clock

Russ
7. A compass
14. 12’ of 3” x 2”
21. A lamb pasanda curry with pilau rice
28. A ticket for the London Underground
34. A chemical toilet
39. A laptop computer
41. A tin of magnolia matt emulsion
(STOP)