Category: Meme

Well, me. But that was the title of the email I got from Amber. Rather than foist it on people over email, here’s my version. Feel free to copy/paste into the comments or email it around. Oh, and I know number 36 is missing. It was like that when I got it.

1. Do you like blue cheese? … No, usually. But there are a lot I’ve not tried.

2. Have you ever smoked? … No. Not ever. Not once. And nobody believes me. I only know two other people who can say the same thing.

3. Do you own a gun? If I did, do you think I’d be travelling after I used it to kill my old neighbour?

4. What flavour Cordial was your favourite? Ribena

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointment? No. I get nervous about being able to get one with the state of the NHS and government targets these days.

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Meh. Take ’em or leave ’em.

7. Favourite Christmas movie? Bad Santa

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Fruit juice

9. Can you do push ups? Only on my knuckles – my wrists are too knackered 🙁

10. What’s your favourite piece of jewellery? Don’t wear any

11. Favourite hobby? Being a geek or diving

12. Do you have A.D.D.? I guess I must have seeing as I’m on over 1000 blog posts here and almost 800 on the travel blog

13. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? I dunno – are there any I should know about?

14. Middle name? yes

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?  how long am I going to spend in the cybercafe, where will I travel to next, why doesn’t this place have a toilet?

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? water, beer, more beer

17. Current worry? Money, fitting things around various dates

18. current hate right now? The British and US governments. And the Burmese one. Basically rich power-hungry, uncaring ******* the world over

19. Favourite place to be? Too many to pick from

20. What did you do for the New Year? Got monumentally wasted in a bar in Chamonix

21. Where would you like to go? Japan is still high on my list, and south/central America. And the Antarctic. And Scandinavia.

22. Name three people who will complete this? no-one, nobody and zero persons

23. Do you own slippers? yes, NUFC ones

24. What colour shirt are you wearing right now? royal blue

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? no idea

26. Can you whistle? Yes, but not as well as I could when I was younger

27. Favourite colour? black and white

28. Would you be a pirate? As long as I didn’t have to stay on a boat all the time

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? depends what’s pumping out of the crappy speakers on my laptop

30. Favourite boy’s name?  don’t have one

31. What’s in your pocket right now? hankie, spare change, wallet, eye drops, chewing gum, hotel key, business cards, camera (lots of pockets)

33. Last thing that made you laugh? Sound of the guy next door shagging some girl he picked up, then another neighbour banging on his door telling them to be quiet

34. Best bed sheets as a kid? Superman and Star Wars. Still have them.

35. Worst injury you’ve ever had? Slashed wrist (factory accident) or split brow just above my eye (tripped on a rug and smashed my head off a table)

37. How many TVs do you have in your house? don’t have a house

38. Who is your loudest friend? If anyone was that loud, they’d not be my friend

39. How many dogs do you have? none, but the folks have two

40. What car do you drive? anything someone’ll give me the keys for and insure me on

41. What is your favourite book? Far too many to choose from

42 what is your favourite candy? See 41, though Midget Gems without the bloody black ones being bloody fruit-flavoured. Bring back the liquorice!

43. What is your favourite Sports Team? Newcastle United. Sadly.

44. What song do you want played at your funeral? Hell Awaits by Slayer

I was tagged by the delicious Lola to come up with six dodgy facts about myself which few, if any, people know. And believe me, it’s harder than you’d think. Well, if I miss out all the pervy and illegal **** anyway.

Here goes:

1. When I think nobody’s looking, I still pick my nose and eat it.
2. I have the least addictive personality I know. I’ve given up drinking (twice), cracking my neck, cracking my knuckles and a few other habits at the drop of a hat for no real reason other than I wanted to. Maybe I should apply it to number 1 above.
3. I genuinely work better at night. During office hours I tend to do crap all (like now…) then start to genuinely work once everyone else has gone home. I once did a database for a company in Bradford almost 100% overnight while working from home.
4. I have an unhealthy tendency to skip meals if I’m too busy doing something and then never catch up. The "doing something" usually involves a PC and some antsy little project that’s niggling me.
5. The idea of having any kind of surgical procedure makes my feel faint. I’ve never had one and only once had the word "surgical" used in my presence by a doctor once, but I almost collapsed. Needles are no problem, blood donation fine, dentists don’t phase me. I can watch opeartions on the TV with no ill-effects. I just don’t like the idea of undergoing it myself.
6. I keep starting to write books and get bored after the first 2-3 chapters.

To get my revenge, I’m tagging Damo, Babz, Weenie and Andy.

And I thought those days were behind me:
98%ALCOHOLIC

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I got a boost at the end as the last question’s a little ambiguous in my view. It depends who the people in question are… But I went for "one" on the assumption it was someone important, like one of my children.
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This could fund my next trip to Vietnam! No… wait…
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Well, it could be worse:
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Damn, I thought I could rattle off more!
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