The 6.15 Waterloo service to Norwich. The lady next to me is playing Soduko. I have never ventured to find out it's rules, or indeed, what people get from it. I decide now is the moment.
"Excuse me fellow passenger, what are the rules and what do you get from playing it?"
She patiently explains the rules (which I forget within 10 seconds of being told) and tells me what she gets from it:
"It helps keep the brain ticking over."
I ask if she's ever played the dice game, Yahtzee, or been to the Scilly Isles.
"Have you ever played the dice game Yahtzee?"
"No, can't say I have."
"Have you ever been to the Scilly Isles?"
"No, I haven't."
"Well, I recommend you go to the Scilly Isles and play Yahtzee while you're there."
She laughs out loud at my suggestion, tells me I'm funny and then returns to her Soduko. I recline, sip on my tin of Adnam's Best Bitter and all is well with the world.
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