WHO WANTS TO BE MILLIONAIRE?~~~I DO !!

LONG BLOG WARNING!!~~ You've started & your gonna have to stay till you've finished!!

Shortly before I lost my mum,we were sitting watching a NEW quiz on TV~ Who wants to be a Millionaire~ answering the questions (as you do!) & when the phone in details came on the screen, mum jotted them down on a piece of cardboard (mums bit of recycling!)and gave it to me,saying I should phone in & give it a go as I've always been good at general knowledge (my heads FULL of useless information!). I put the piece of card in my purse & thought no more about it. A couple of weeks later we lost mum.

Several months passed, then one day I found the forgotten piece of card. Just seeing mums writing & remembering that evening broke my heart. I put the card back in my purse~ it was a little bit of mum to carry with me. But I couldn't stop hearing mums words, & eventually I rang the number. After a message giving dates of shows & what to do next, you get a multi choice question, press number such & such ect, if selected we will call you. Nothing difficult!.I began phoning in on a regular basis~ in a way it was a connection with mum. Then the phone bill arrived!! A trip to the building society to take the strain of the budget!I still made regular calls to millionaire but was a bit more selective, making sure I covered all available dates,& included the costs in my savings, so when the phone bills arrived I would draw the money fom my savings account. I got friendly with the girl at the building society & we got talking about *millionaire*. I said I don't know WHY I'm bothering ~I'd have trouble finding up to 10 phone a friends ~ & None of my friends would go with me anyway!(ashamed of me!)To which Linda was quick to respond SHE would LOVE to go with me, So~ the pact was made.

Sometime later ~a Sunday lunchtime ~the phone rings ~ Who wants to be a Millionaire~ you have been selected as one of the 100 from whom the 10 contestants will be chosen. OH YEAH !!??~ I've pulled enough pranks in my time to be wary of anything out of the ordinary~ & I have one or two friends who desperately want payback!!~ I'm certain this is a set up!~ The caller INSIST they are genuine, and says it will take about 10 minutes to go through formalities before asking a question which could take me to the next stage. OK ~I'm being set up ~I'll waste 10 minutes, I'll let whoever is behind it have their revenge~ fair do's!!. The spiel covers had I any criminal convictions, basic personal details,free to attend on the date,any childcare/care provision available, ITV rules ect ect, ~I answer, all the time looking for 'the hook' but it's now starting to dawn ~ this COULD be GENUINE !! Then we get to the question ~always numerical answers at this stage~ if more than 10 people from the 100 answer correctly they will ring again during the week with knock out rounds~ I'm now begining to believe this IS real! QUESTION ~In square kilometers to the nearest(??can't remember??) How big is Ghiana??~10 seconds to answer!!~ I gave a number in hundreds of thousands just off the top of my head!!~ The caller repeats the number back to me for confirmation. I am informed if I have been successful I will recieve a phone call the following Friday between 4pm & 8pm to make arrangements for me be on the show the next day (saturday). If necessary, they would call with knock out questions during the week. Meanwhile, I might like to sort out who my phone a friends would be. I come of the phone TOTALLY confused!~Is it a set up?~Or not???
WHAT if it IS genuine? How BIG IS Ghiana? ~ Some of those African countrys are HUGE ~and some are TINY!!~~ How big is a kilometer??~Is it bigger than a foot?? Damn French making us go metric~ How many hundreds of thousands did I say?? Is that a big lot or a little lot?? If this is a wind up, it's a goodun!! Should I tell anyone about it or not??~~ OH HELL!!~~ I'm working next Saturday!!~ Should I take a days holiday or not?? FLIPPIN 'ECK ~~ WHAT SHOULD I DO ?????
To Be Continued