Thomas uses his tongue

Thomas almost immediately asks if he can touch the items with things that are “inside of his face”, meaning his tongue. He does then primarily use his tongue to locate and identify the objects and their sides, but also uses his chin and cheeks from time to time.

He manages to identify the book (even licking to a new page with his tongue), but does not make the ‘siden’ (pages/sides) connection.

When he discovers the Brie, he is unable to identify it as anything other than “unpleasant”.

Thomas’ tongue strategy fails him when he is unable to differentiate the sheet of paper from the table. However, he is finally able to pick up the paper between his teeth, confidently declaring that it has just one side.

In the studio, Linda questions whether Thomas’ tongue strategy was necessary. Thomas admits that he knows that his justification will sound creepy no matter how he words it, but claims that the tongue just instinctively knows how things will feel. To prove his point, he tells the audience to imagine what toilet paper would feel like on their tongues, then questions how they could possibly know that.

He then makes sure to follow up on “the creepy” by instructing the audience to imagine what a toilet brush would feel like on the tongue, before once again questioning how anyone could possibly know that feeling. He ultimately admits, however, that he hadn’t found his strategy particularly useful.

Lasse awards Thomas second place.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by David Fuller)