Debating and Dinner

Cub reporter, writing from the front line, tells me that they had to wait a long, long time for dinner at Terra Nostra last night as it was so crowded and then some of the order was wrong when it finally arrived, although the staff did apologize for the service and gave some money back at the end. To pass the time they played an argument game, (one of their parents must be a lawyer) where my nieces were given 2 minutes to prepare arguments in favour of set topics. (What happened to i-spy?). Nina (13) was given 'in favour of the death penalty' and 'in favour of fur in the fashion industry', whilst Izzy (9) got 'against eating gummy bears', and 'in favour of Izzy going to bed earlier' (one which her sister came up with). Nina’s were hard to argue, especially fur in the industry, because she couldn't think of a single point for that. I suggest she resurrect that one at a New York dinner party in winter. Izzy had no trouble with hers and it turned out that the arguments for not eating gummy bears were strong, as were the arguments for her going to bed earlier. Okay that might put her off debating for life. I think I need to rush back and bring the intellectual level down a peg or two.