there was a pub quiz on a few nights ago and when the quizmaster asked "what's the antonym of the word synonym?" i overheard an aussie guy saying ooh i know this one and then thinking really hard. surely you either know what those words mean and the answer is obvious, or you don't. it's not really a rack-your-brain-it's-in-there-somewhere kinda question. i was quietly confident in our teams performance but not knowing that date that elvis died, or that jimi died, or the original name of micky mouse cost us the chance of winning free t-shirts. blast.

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there was a pub quiz on a few nights ago and when the quizmaster asked "what's the antonym of the word synonym?" i overheard an aussie guy saying ooh i know this one and then thinking really hard. surely you either know what those words mean and the answer is obvious, or you don't. it's not really a rack-your-brain-it's-in-there-somewhere kinda question. i was quietly confident in our teams performance but not knowing that date that elvis died, or that jimi died, or the original name of micky mouse cost us the chance of winning free t-shirts. blast.

here's the original