Once upon a time,
 

Not that long ago, a good friend of mine, a BMW M/C rider, asked me if I could help him with a meet and greet bike rally he was setting up for some of his club member pals. I was a life long bike rider so I thought I'd try to help him out.

He asked if I could come up with some sort of questionnaire to entertain the bikers while they arrived and registered. Then later I think he'd use their answers for door prizes or that sort of thing. "I'll give it a shot" I said, not enthusiastically.

So I managed to put together some questions and as I got going it got a bit easier
and was kind of fun. FUN I thought, would be, well "Fun"

I can only remember some of the quiz questions, here's a few.

"What flat tracker generally ran number "9" on his bike?"
"What was the nickname of ex champ Dick Mann?"
The prime Minister of Canada is: Harper Stevensen? Steven Harper? or Don Cherry?
BMW Mc's were founded in what year? 1923 or 1932 0r 1837?
The BMW roundel is a spinning --------------?
BMW stands for Bob Marley and the Wailers true or false?
you get the picture

My friend didn't seem to be too impressed as he read through these questions, I think he wanted something more "spot on technical" and humourless. My wife was enjoying it and that's all the encouragement I needed.

But my next multiple choice put him over the top, storming out and not using my quiz at all.

This was the fatal question: What name is used to describe the BMW motorcycle
is it A: Bimmer B: Beemer or C: Bummer ??

Just goes to show ya, some people have no SOH

Thanks for lookin'

Wait. Did he say something about thinking about it and getting back to you?

Sounds better than a boring technical quiz.

Question: What do they call a BMW in New Zealand?

Wrong!

Answer: They don't call it a B, M, double U. They call it a B, M, trouble you.

Bowel movement? That's what kids say when they need to go take a dump. BEE M

Dennis,
I thought you had to have a sense of humour to live on the island?
For what it's worth, I agree with your wife.

Best
Les

That's what I thought too, in any case, we're still friends. I guess he thought his BM pals would be offended by the proximity of the word "bummer". I think they would have enjoyed a bit of fun. He hasn't asked me to help again. And, my wife is always right and brightens every day.