Day off today, so a perfect opportunity to write about the staff quiz which rather got lost in the excitement of too much else to write about last week.

Much like TheOldPlace really, this was really a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously. The difference was mainly in size, arguably in atmosphere. Maybe three times the number of teams were taking part here and in a nicer venue. With a live band too to warm us up and entertain us at the interval. (I couldn't hear the drummer at all from where we were close to the back so I went to stand by the toilet door which was just a little behind him and to one side and I could have a great view from just the right angle and hear everything very clearly. Not that that helped with the lyrics!)

TheOldPlace usually struggled to get one team together, here there were three library teams and I'd started at the university far too late to be part of a team, but fortunately the issue desk had had someone drop out and rumor had already got about (how does that kind of thing happen?!) that I might be willing to fill in. I was - just for the fun of it. But particularly after I found out later that many of the colleagues at my level wouldn't have joined a loans team team. It's not like we're in the military and need to maintain a separation between the ranks!

One thing TheOldPlace did do better: the scoreboard on a Excel spreadsheet projected big on the wall. A white board way off down the front in tiny print just wasn't the same (or as quick!).

Anyway, marvellous time was had by all it seemed; the food at the interval was good (and hot) and the merriment on our table at least made the prospect of a tedious journey home more than worth it. The six of us didn't even do too badly managing to come in the top half of 26 teams and only just being pipped at the post by the team containing my senior colleague the science librarian. Best yet, one of my team members lived close enough to me to give me a lift home (after I and a Lambretta riding team-mate had helped the drummer put his gear in his van).