The X Factor isn’t exactly known for its intellectual content, but I have to admit they are treating their viewers with a bit of contempt when it comes to Competition Time.
Television competitions were once a test of a viewer’s knowledge, with questions like: WHAT IS THE FACTORIAL OF SIX?
Then the programme makers realised that the good British public was so thick and that their competition entries were so low that they decided to make the questions a little easier. So we began to see multiple-choice questions like:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS THE PRESIDENT OF WHICH COUNTRY?
A) Syria
B) Israel
C) USA
Now, the X Factor has gone one step further. This programme wants to rake in so much money from viewers that the competition organisers have come up with the ultimate competition question:
WHAT IS YOUR NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER?
Not only that, they’ve decided to run the competition for weeks on end to allow everyone a chance to figure out the answer.
Don’t you just despair?
The Tea Maker
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