Pre-punditry

I am not sure whether it is due to the longness of tooth (time to see the dentist - ed) or I have heard the same things so often. But pre-punditry seems to be getting easier with age.

Pre-punditry, what is that I hear you ask? (there are no voices - ed). This is the game where you say what the pundits are going to say moments before they say it. The more words/phrases you get correct the more points you achieve.

Admittedly, football pre-punditry is as easy as pie and points won from that are therefore worth so much less than some other more difficult subject matters . You may recall that football pundits are restricted to certain words and phrases arranged in slightly different orders so as not to confuse the viewer/listener. I direct you to the book ,'The Art and Artistry of Football Punditry' by A Fowler as it is the definitive work on the subject. It is somewhat difficult to get a hold of these days, but any decent second hand bookshop should be able to find you a copy for a small fee.

Political pre-punditry is unfortunately also rather easy to play and so it also garners fewer points than you would hope. Political stock phrases and canned responses are so easily regurgitated by modern MPs (are they allowed to think for themselves these days?) that this particular avenue of pre-punditry has lost a lot of fun and excitement.

What is the most difficult subject to pre-pundit? Announcements on trains giving the reason for the delay and or cancellation of the service you really needed to catch for that important appointment (not that I am in any way, shape or form, bitter about train delays/cancellations.)

Your opinions on subjects that are difficult to pre-pundit would of course be most welcome (I knew you would write that - ed). Maybe we can try and put together a list and define the rules of the game? Hmm, I can see a board game come out of this...