[Benjamin]

1 point

Spoiler:

Mock. A dog's collar and a ball for it to play with is a nice thing to bring, surely?

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

KATE

Spoiler:

It's very embarrassing and when opened would cause scandalised reactions. Imagine your mums/aunts/sisters faces. I'd pretend I was serious about thinking it was a great lovely gift, which would be very awkward indeed. Hehe.

For some people, this fits within their family humor and dynamic so would be OK funny enough.. they're something you would see a bachelorette party more though. But have seen older women keep these around... they come out when their friends are over and they want to party... so depends on if they're a shenanigans-friendly family or not.

[Benjamin]

2 points

Spoiler:

Maru - Whilst bringing an extra person who is uninvited will be a little awkward - him or her walking about self-involved in their phone wont look too out of place with the Gen Z crowd. With most marriages ending in divorce the lawyer may come in handy.

[Benjamin]

3 points

Spoiler:

NiamhI know the dead body would not require food or drinks but it would need a seat and weddings have tight seating arrangements. It would be a conversation starter however and may be better to talk to than Aunty Val going on about the "Genocide in Palestine" and her menopause medication.

[Benjamin]

4 points

Spoiler:

Kate - What a charming carafe, ideal for future dinner parties and a great conversation piece. Glassware is always such a useful wedding gift. The narrow, curved neck will allow red wine to fully breathe. Ok so the Mother-in-law may choke on it.

5 points

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Annie - Yes that would be awkward. "I thought they still should be part of your big day after everything you've shared." now that would put the cat amongst the magpies. This would be great for creating a festering resentment that would last for years and come up in every argument going forward. What a nasty evil person you are, well done!

[Maru]

Niamh's reminds me of that culture that digs up their dead bodies and brings them to celebrations... "our relative from the past is here to join us"

[Benjamin]

For the main task, I set you a timed challenge comprising of two parts.

Spot the difference.

There were differences (I never said how many) and you needed to find as many as you could. For any differences you missed, one minute was added to your time.







Baked Beans

I also asked how many baked beans are in this photo? 1 minute was added to your time for every five beans you were out by (so if you were out by 23 beans, 4 minutes would be added to your overall time).

[Benjamin]

Spot the difference answers

Spoiler:

There were 11 differences.

Baked beans answers

Spoiler:

There were 373 baked beans in the photo.

[Benjamin]

And these were the times you took to submit answers (this doesn’t count penalties yet).

Spoiler:

11 minutes - Niamh
13 minutes - Kate
17 minutes - Mock
18 minutes - Annie
27 minutes - Maru

[Kate!]

Oooh

[Benjamin]

However after penalties were added this is how it ended…

1 point

Spoiler:

Mock

6 differences found (= 5 min penalty for 5 missed)
Beans - 135 (238 beans out = 47 min penalty)

Total time = 1 hour and 9 minutes

[Benjamin]

2 points

Spoiler:

Annie

10 differences found (= 1 min penalty for 1 missed)
Beans - 286 (87 beans out = 17 min penalty)

Total time = 36 minutes

[Niamh.]

I am here, had to come home early as our dog was very sick and we had to have her put to sleep

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I am here, had to come home early as our our dog was very sick and we had to have her put to sleep

Nawwww Niamh. Aww God bless. I'm so sorry to hear this. Tears in my eyes.

[Benjamin]

3 points

Spoiler:

Maru

10 differences found (= 1 min penalty for 1 missed)
Beans - 407 (34 beans out = 6 min penalty)

Total time = 34 minutes

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I am here, had to come home early as our our dog was very sick and we had to have her put to sleep

Awwww, nooo. Sorry to hear that

[Benjamin]

4 points

Spoiler:

Kate

6 differences found (= 5 min penalty for 5 missed)
Beans - 327 (46 beans out = 9 min penalty)

Total time = 29 minutes

5 points

Spoiler:

Niamh

9 differences found (= 2 min penalty for 2 missed)
Beans - 383!!! (10 beans out = 2 min penalty)

Total time = 15 minutes!!!!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Nawwww Niamh. Aww God bless. I'm so sorry to hear this. Tears in my eyes.

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Awwww, nooo. Sorry to hear that

Thanks

[Benjamin]

So the results from round 4 finished like this:

Spoiler:

Kate - 8 points
Niamh - 8 points
Annie - 7 points
Maru - 5 points
Mock - 2 points

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I am here, had to come home early as our dog was very sick and we had to have her put to sleep

Oh no, so sorry Neem

[Benjamin]

Just prepping round 5. Will post the tasks shortly.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Oh no, so sorry Neem

[Cherie]

15 minutes, impressive Neem

I would also have gone with an ex...that has to be the most awkward thing to bring well done Annie

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

15 minutes, impressive Neem



I would also have gone with an ex...that has to be the most awkward thing to bring well done Annie

Yeah delighted with that

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Cherie

15 minutes, impressive Neem

I would also have gone with an ex...that has to be the most awkward thing to bring well done Annie

15 minutes was very impressive.

Remind me never to do a bean count challenge. Seemed like a great idea at the time until I had to also count them all. And to make sure I was correct I counted each one from the dish when putting into a bowl. Was messy and arduous.