Questions Game

I can't. I tried it once to see what it was like in case I got my dominant hand chopped off.

Have you tried not picking your nose when a one-hair dangler is vibrating when you breathe?

Yes. When I was a little kid and in that situation- I'd experiment with blowing air out of my nostrils in an attempt to get said dangler to move around. Sometimes on a car trip or something, when I was trapped in an enclosed space with little else to amuse myself with, I'd do it for hours, experimenting with different air pressures, trying to achieve different and more dramatic movements without totally dislodging the offending particle. I'd show my sister and ask her to tell me how it looked-until finally, my mom would turn around from the front seat, figure out what I was doing and hand me a tissue.

What's your favorite form of amusement?

I like watching old time comedy movies, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, The Marx Brothers and even George Formby. TV wise I think The Honey Mooners have to be my all time favourite with Sergeant Scchultz from Stalag 17 being my favourite star.

Dou you like going to the movies, and what type of film attracts you?

I loved the Honeymooners. Ralph was such a lovable blustering old hothead and Norton- what a character.

I like any kind of film really- I'll go to see just about anything as long as it looks interesting and somewhat intelligently made. I just like a good story- it can be a mystery, historical period drama, comedy, even an action film (I even kind of liked the latest James Bond) -whatever. I love the experience of sitting in a dark theater and being transported for a couple of hours.

Do you get more british tv shows or american tv shows where you live (or a mixture of both)?

The majority of shows on the free to Air TV are American no question about that, although our National Broadcaster the ABC has quite a bit of UK content. We have ofcourse our "Pay TV", where I can watch news from the UK on a 24 hours basis, anything you see I see at the same time. There are also 2 channels totally devoted to UK shows, one in particular I watch occasionally are the old "sitcoms" on the comedy channel. eg. On the buses, Are you being served, Steptoe and others. Can't beat them for laughs.

Are there any Australian produced shows on your channels?

Neighbours. I used to watch it once but it went off.

On The Buses was streets ahead of the other two you mention. The women were more real.

Oh- of course, Prisoner in Cell Block H. That was brilliant. That was on late at night so I saw it through the bottom of a pint pot.

Do you ever watch telly when you're squiffey? (Happy squiffey I mean).

well watever the case i rarly watch tv at all exept topgear


wats ur veiw on euthinasia

I'm for it- unreservedly- in terms of a person's right to choose when and how to end their own life. I guess there are all sorts of ethical questions though about that person having medical personnel helping them with it. I certainly don't think that anyone who had a problem with it should be expected to have it be a part of his or her professional responsibilities-same with abortion-but I think those who do believe in it as part of their professional duties- as in alleviation of suffering- should not be prosecuted in any way for doing so because I think it's better (and surely safer) than friends or family members being put in that role through necessity-or being given the green light to take that role in situations in which malice is involved.

Do you believe there are worse fates than death?

There are many ways to die, some worse than others, but for millions of people there is a fate worse than death. In my opinion the incurable disease known as Alzheimer's and its effect can be equally devastating on the individual, the victim's family, and the victim's friends. We have been going through this process with my wife's best friend for past 7 years and for the world of me I cannot visualise anything worse.

Do you feel Governments should educate people into healthy eating habits?

Sure, but I don't think education in and of itself will make any difference. In the world we live in today, the only change that will come will be if people make an individual choice not to indulge in what is all around them constantly tempting them- a total lifestyle and cultural shift.
I know I can't go in a convenience store without getting a bag of chips (crisps), peanut m&m's and a diet coke (I usually have that instead of lunch). And there's nothing anyone could say to make me forego that, although I know it's not the best thing for me.
But when I'm in countries in which those things are not so easily available, after a day or two, I no longer even think about eating them. When I was in Mexico, I drank fresh orange juice, beer or bottled water and ate pretty much nothing but bread and fruit and fish. When I got back, I held onto those healthy habits for a couple of weeks, but I quickly regressed to my old bad habits when my old favorite fixes were available again.

A minister friend of mine (when I told her I not only ate chips or a candy bar- but chips and a candy bar almost everyday) responded "If you're gonna sin, you might as well really sin." I kind of like that attitude (about small sins that are inconsequential to anyone but myself). What do you think about that philosophy?

well its that the small sins r frownd upon hevaly and the big ones r oftern heroic. the kill one man ur a murderer kill 5 and ur a savage kill 1000 ur a lord kind of saying (wording ad spelling r not to be commented on)
i think the small sinns r only a fracion as bad as the big ones

do u think that our lives would only be half as exiting without colour.

duly noted


That's a really interesting question. I know for me, knowing color and valuing it and enjoying it immensely, the loss of it would have a devastating effect on how I experienced things visually- because I am a really visual person, and I tend to focus on color first, and then shape and then texture when I am looking at something. But I don't know if I would say it would make life less "exciting".

Because I guess blind people or color-blind people who have never experienced color have found other ways in which to make their lives exciting. I've often wondered if they have created or invented their own mental interpretations of colors in their mind's eye. Like when they hear the word "blue"- having never seen what those of us who can see it and perceive it accurately call "blue" -maybe they've come up with their own individual interpretation or construct for that particular word.

If you had to relinquish one of your senses, which would you sacrifice most easily, and which would be hardest for you to sacrifice?

taste or smell is easy to give up, most prefably smell cause chocolate is to good to miss out on.

the most devistating loss to me would be sight followed by touch then hearing, the shear beuty that we expiriance in out lives of both landscape and other people is too much to live with out once experienced, my world is made of so many different textures that touch has become a plesant expirence (most of the time) and hearing is some thing that is helpfull but not essencial, i would miss music but i could feel and see a beat if on a visual medium.

would u still get pleasure out of eating chocolate if u could not taste it? remember that chocolate releases chemicals into the brain simular to sexual experiances

Another interesting question- and thanks for the reminder. I myself wouldn't have remembered to factor that fact in.

Well, if I couldn't taste it, but I wanted the chemical release, I might just skip the empty and now tasteless calories and opt for the real thing, which would have the added benefit of actually burning calories.

Do you often find yourself in a situation in which you have to opt for a substitute, instead of what you might really want or need?

not really (srry bout the short answers)


how was time created, not the great and mighty god or wat eva but the way we as humans perceve it, how did we come up with 24 hrs and 60 mins and 60secs?

http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html can tell you better than I can.

Do you believe that time can slow down or speed up according to our observation of it - or are we perceiving wrongly?

(Hi, Clary!)

I think that time is as time does. In other words, time can only be what it is; seconds, minutes, hours, years ... It only seems to speed up or slow down according to our perception. Does that seem too simplistic?

What if you could slow down or speed up time or even stop it, what would you do with that power?

I would go to the US a see if you are a go-er devvie.

Do you do tarot readings?

Ah, Spendi-! A go-er? I'm not sure I know what that means or if I even want to , knowing you!
No, I don't read tarot cards. I think that may be within Clary's expertise though.

Do you read much current literature?

No. Literature is all tuckered out these days.

Do you fancy a captain of dragoons who survived Austrerlitz with only a jagged scar down his cheek asking you for a dance under the crystal chandeliers in Vienna whilst you were still a virgin.