Terence McDanger’s Bumper Book of Silly Questions
So naughty old Terence McDanger has set me a little bloody enormous challenge. I’ve got to answer all these questions in a witty and entertaining manner. I’ll wake you up when it’s over:
What are your nicknames? Well most of my nicknames are related in some way to my first name which is obviously HIGHLY confidential. My Dad used to call me ‘Titch’ (well, I was the youngest) and Hubby calls me ‘Babe’ when he’s in a good mood and ‘jesus christ, woman’, when he’s not.
What was the first movie you bought in VHS or DVD? I have absolutely no idea. We were the first in our road to have a Betamax video player though.
Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days? What a very badly worded question. Erm yes – the current economic climate and the fact that my diesel gauge reads full even when my tank’s empty. Oh, and Bert ate my Maltesers.
Do you have a good body image? Yeh, generally. I can scrub up pretty well when I can be bothered.
What is your favourite fruit? Mango. Squeeze a little lime juice over and it’s sublime.
What websites do you visit daily? Daily? My own, and then at least a couple of my blogroll favourites, but I wouldn’t say I visit any of them every day. I love DC de Facto, Annie Rhiannon, Little Bird Eats, Head Rambles, Moon, Don’t Bug Me, Coastal Aussie, Beaut.ie, Sleepy Jane, The Depp Effect, iRamble, Thrifty, Baino, Coffee Helps, Parlez-vous Moo?, Queen of Clean, Quickroute, Maxi Kane, K8, Martin Dwyer, Medbh, Eire Rules, and loads more besides. Basically I’m a total blog addict and I’m always discovering new ones too.
What have you been seriously addicted to lately? Ebay. And chocolate when Bert doesn’t steal it.
What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is? What, ol’ T McD? I always imagine him as a bit of a charmer. One who can sway the laydees with his seductive charm and razor wit. Could be wrong, though. He might be a 20 stone, sweaty minger.
What’s the last song that got stuck in your head? ‘I kissed a girl and I liked it, the taste of her cherry chopsticks’
Favourite clothing Jeans. Always jeans – I love Seven and Citizens of Humanity. I go for skinny when I’m wearing boots and boyfriend cut with me trainers.
Do you think Rice Krispies are yummy? Er yes I suppose they’re okay. I’m more of a cinnamon bagel and cup of tea girl, to be honest.
What would you do if you saw $100 lying on the ground? Leave it there. What would I do with a hundred dollars? Seriously, if you mean cash in general, I’d hand it in to the Gardai telling them where I found it. I know, but I’m prime ‘secret camera show’ material. I’d definitely get caught if I lifted to much as a penny sweet. I’m just unlucky.
Items you couldn’t go without during the day? My phone, my computer, my dog (does he count?), my glasses as I’m completely blind, my shitty old jeep for the school run.
What should you be doing right now? Nothing. I’m sitting on the sofa in front of a roaring fire with my kids, ma Hubby, me dawg, MTV on in the background and a large glass of Pinot Grigio. Life is sweet.
So as usual, I’m going to buck the trend and pass on this little treasure to you, my adoring public. And I want everybody to answer every question. No shirking now, cut, paste and fill in. Off you go, then.
What are your nicknames?
What TV gameshow/reality show would you like to be on?
What was the first movie you bought in VHS or DVD?
What is your favourite scent?
If you had one million dollars to spend only on yourself, what would you spend it on?
One place you’ve visited, can’t forget and want to go back to?
Do you trust easily?
Do you generally think before you act, or act before you think?
Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
Do you have a good body image?
What is your favourite fruit?
What websites do you visit daily?
What have you been seriously addicted to lately?
What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
What’s the last song that got stuck in your head?
Favourite clothing
Do you think Rice Krispies are yummy?
What would you do if you saw $100 lying on the ground?
Items you couldn’t go without during the day?
What should you be doing right now?
The Friday photo (s): story of my life…
So seeing as I’ve bombarded you with pictures this week, I’m cheating slightly with the Friday photo. Both Kates: Kate and K8 the GR8 set me a little challenge. And you know how I love a challenge – it’s just got to be done. Here we are, then:
Here’s my question to you, if you had to select celebrities/actors to play the parts in the story of your life today (including yourself!), who would it be and why – this can be based on looks or personality!
I’m loving this. I actually laid awake thinking about it (and that was after a 1am Cabernet Sauvignon bender with The Lovelies, complete with sleepover so I spent half the night listening to #2 and Little Lovely #1 giggling too). So far my thinking is:
Me: I’m thinking Reese Witherspoon (think Legally Blonde and Just Like Heaven rather than Walk the Line, though). I know this is probably me trying to flatter myself, but I just thought: a bit blonde/quite smiley/fond of the pink and sparkly, but not as silly as one would assume. The smalls and Hubby thought Jennifer Aniston, but oh, I don’t know. Reese’ll do nicely. I was going to go for Nigella, but no, it’s wrong. And on so many different levels.
Hubby: There’s only one person who could possibly fit into Hubby’s shoes and that’s José Mourinho. He’s very similar looks wise, and I’d hazard a guess their personalities are pretty darned separated-at-birth, too. Hubby doesn’t take any crap, y’know.
#1: Well it’s got to be Reid off Criminal Minds, hasn’t it. Costs me a fortune in books as he reads them faster than the speed of light, steers every conversation off at some madly alarming tangent, and has an IQ higher than the Empire State. Nuff said.
#2: Hmmm, tough one, this. I think I’d probably go for a cross between Captain Caveman and Bart Simpson. Although he favours ‘either of Zac and Cody’
Now to the parents:
The Disreputable One: Ooh, toughie. David Jason, maybe? Although it would be more Frost than Del Trotter. Oh no, hang on, I know: Denny Crane in Boston Legal! (“100 women there, and you didn’t invite me. That’s 200 breasts! And you kept them all to yourself?”). A bit naughty, a bit cheeky, very clever but slightly bonkers. Perfect.
Grandma: We were very tempted to go with Grandma Georgina from Willy Wonka, but she’s not quite as doolally as that (give her time). The best bit was when the Great Glass Elevator came crashing through the roof and Grandma Georgina said ‘ooh, I think there’s someone at the door’. We eventually settled on Mrs Wembley, from that very underrated 90s sitcom ‘On the Up’, played by the wonderful Joan Sims (Carry On films wouldn’t have been the same without her). ‘Just the one, Mrs Wembley?’ Oh, and before I get beaten to death, can I just say that this is based on personality and not looks? Ta.
Bert: Hmmm, Scooby Do? Nah, too energetic. I know, Santa’s Little Helper from The Simpsons!!
Various other characters we mulled upon were:
Mad Uncle A: well he’d have to be Russell Brand, or maybe Steve Tyler from Aerosmith (both with shorter hair, natch).
Nanny: She’d have to be Aunt May in the Spiderman trilogy.
Over to you, then. What’s your cast list?
Getting your goat
Can I just apologise for the length of this post? I do generally abide by the rule that after a couple of paragraphs your readers get bored and wander off, but I got well into this one. Right, so I got tagged ages ago by the lubly Grandad, and totally forgot about it. Sorry Grand-père, I’ll get right to it. I like this one because it’s a grumpy one and it kind of suits my general outlook on life at the moment (yes, I know, I know. I’m bloody trying). And, let’s face it, there’s nothing like a bit of irrational hatred to start the day with a bang.
Brace yourself, then:
- List two things that irritate you for a reason (and list the reason!), and two things that irritate you for no apparent reason whatsoever!!
- Give credit to the person who tagged you.
- Link your answers to the original blog, that’s here
- Tag four new people to participate.
Right, firstly two things that irritate me for a reason:
My O2 3G Broadband
And why? Because it HATES me. I seem to have been blessed with the narkiest, most hormonal internerd connection in christendom. It lurks about waiting for the optimum moment to conk out so that it can do as much damage as possible and REALLY piss me off. For example, Isitjustme told me on the blower last night (I know! We chat!) that she’d dedicated a little song to me. Would O2 let me log on and have a look? Would it buggery. Other times it’ll wait until I’ve just replied to loads of comments or typed a really long, complicated post and clicked ‘publish’ before deciding to go and put its feet up or pop to the shops. Leaving me staring at ‘Internet Explorer Could Not Display This Webpage’. Grrrrrr.
Yappers
Okay, so I’m probably going to alienate some of my dwarf-canine loving readership here, but I just don’t get little yappy dogs. I mean, why?! Pointless, vacuous people like Paris Hilton walk around with them in their handbags (don’t they poo in there?) and that in itself should be reason enough, but come on. Dogs, by their very nature, are Man’s Best Friend. They’re built for walking, barking, running, chasing things, fetching things (on our evening walk last night, Bert snuffled in the hedge and brought me a very cross hedgehog as a present – how thoughtful) and generally being a big, scary protector-of-humanity. I’m sorry, but something that is roughly 6″ tall that you could kill if you accidentally sat on is not going to be much help in a robbery, or if you got mugged. Okay, for truthfulness I have to say here that Bert wouldn’t be much cop at that either, but at least people are scared of him when he tries to kiss them. I give you yappers then, people: pointless furry tossers.
And now two things that annoy me for no apparent reason:
Toddlers
Nope, I don’t know why. I just wasn’t built with an ‘aw, aren’t they cute’ reaction to small children. I’m sure they’re lovely and all that, but I just wanted mine to grow up so they could answer back (oh, how I regret that one), have a chat, share a joke, take themselves to the toilet and not put marmitey toast in the DVD player. Enough said.
Television
Again, not sure why, but I just can’t sit and stare at an enormous (Hubby’s TV is the size of a small European country) black box surrounded by flashing lights and be entertained. Yes, I like the odd cookery programme, or Criminal Minds or something, but frankly, I’d rather read a book. No particular reason – although maybe a low boredom threshold could be to blame. I always find myself losing interest halfway through a film and wandering into the kitchen to make brownies.
And, because I’m a cantankerous, belligerent, throwing-out-the-rulebook kind of a rebel, I’m not going to tag four more people, because I’m far more interested in knowing what you lot find annoying instead. Come on, then. What really, really makes you seethe?
Randomness
Okay, so I’ve been tagged again. This time by Jay over at The Depp Effect. For those not in the know, this is a little game that us bloggers play where we send little tasks or challenges to each other. Mine is to tell six random things about myself. Here goes:
- I’ve flown a helicopter (badly, as Hubby will testify)
- I’ve had two tattoos. One was removed and the other is still nestling in the small of my back.
- I’ve never broken a bone (mine or anyone else’s)
- I’ve always wanted to play the drums
- I demolished a wall once in a car accident
- I dropped both my children when they were babies (Baaaad Mummy)
As usual I’m going to be all rebellious and pass my tag on to you guys. So, comments please, then. 6 random things about you. The weirder the better. Off you go, then.
