I don't know about that. I can't speak for Setanta but I can say that I'm not doing so bad and that if any of the little blighters get to do what I've done I would swap them places anytime and all the more eagerly if their Mums are jolly and well slung.
When did you last go to church?
June 24th. It was a wedding.
When did you last go to a place of worship that was not a church?
Friday night in the pub.
Why did Burgess call Barbara Cartland "the most dangerous woman on earth?".
She was after his heart.
Why do they say "as the crow flies" and not some other bird?
Because crows usually roost in colonies a few miles from where they feed and they avoid making unnecessary detours and fly dead straight assuming there is nothing more than a gentle breeze blowing. A Boeing 747 uses the same method in order to keep ticket prices down thus attracting more and more people to fly on them thus causing large numbers to be manufactured with the usual production line cost benefits.
How much would a Boeing 747 cost if they only made them for the presidents and kings and whatnot?
Fascinating, and a question that few people could attempt to answer. Obviously Concorde, only made for the very rich, was still too expensive to fly, though I'm not sure of the reasons given for abandoning it. It was very beautiful and it once went over my head very low down near the old Hong Kong airport.
Are you excited by flying?
Excited by flying? What an odd question. I'm excited by travelling, and I do like the take offs and landings, but no, I would say travelling by air is much like travelling by bus .... long, boring, and this doesn't even take into account the airport drudgery...
Would you rather travel by magic carpet?
I wouldn't mind going pillion on a broomstick to a Sabbatarian ceremony but otherwise forget it.
Do you not feel just too, too absurd going to the powder room 8 miles above the ocean?
No, I would be very nervous of falling off the edge, unless the magic guaranteed I stayed on, in which case it would be fabulous.
How about ships, do you like them as a mode of transport?
I once went on a ferry and it was a particularly grubby experience and I have never felt the need to repeat it.
Do you wear high heels at home?
LOL
No I do not. I wear slippers at home.
Have you ever dyed your hair pink?
I have - but not permanent dye. Have you ever been to the United kingdom?
I have. When it was somebody else's turn to fetch the oil so you could all keep having a good time we flew to the UK only we called it Blighty.
Do you know "Take me back to dear old Blighty"?
No, I am not aquainted with that song. Do you know Farewell Manchester?
Acquainted is only just right.
It is based on two old slow marches; 'The English Rose' from Edward German's opera 'Merrie England' and was the Regimental Slow march of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and 'Farewell Manchester', a song set to 'Felton's Gavotte', composed in 1728. (I looked it up).
Have you read the Manchester part of Anthony Burgess's autobiog?
You have corrected my spelling again! How would you like to have your head kicked in?
You wouldn't want to do a thing like that would you. I never even noticed you had made a mistake.
How far?
How far am I prepared to go? How far are you prepared to push me?
That depends.
Is your back against a brick wall or a privet hedge?
