It's been a while since I did a list, so I thought I'd take a few topics from "Daydreaming on Paper"
List 10 amusements that never fail to amuse.
1) Quake 3
2) Shopping in posh shops wearing grungy and/or abusive clothes, trying to spot the revulsion on shop assistant's faces, then spending hundreds of pounds.
3) "I'm sorry I haven't a clue"
4) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the TV series or Novels)
5) Watching Tony Blair "get angry"
6) Cannon Hill Nature Centre
7) Garfield
8) A Jazz concert
9) Being in bed with Charlie
10) Being on Holiday
The world is your audience. List the ten things you want to talk about.
1) America's debt of care to the rest of the world
2) Corrupt Third World governments
3) What the hell really happened a) At Roswell and b) When JFK got shot
4) Public readings from the Vatican Secret Library
5) Multinational corporations, death quads and fashion nazis
6) Why do people like Manga?
7) What is it about Manchester United?
8) Israel/Palestine: "You've destroyed your country, you fucking twats" Discuss.
9) Africa: "Do you realise if you just stopped fighting, you'd be rich?"
10) Cuba: "Give them a break, Castro's nearly dead"
List 10 foods or dishes that you never tire of eating.
1) My chicken stir-fry
2) Yung Chow fried rice
3) Treacle tart
4) Apple Crumble
5) Bangers and mash (but only when done by someone else)
6) Bacon butties
7) Toast
8) McDaddy burgers: Quarter pounder, bacon, cocktail sausages, fried cherry tomatoes, thick sliced button mushrooms, all held in a tower by thick melted cheese and topped by tomato relish. In a bun.
9) Crispy, rustic, thin crust Hawaiian pizza
10) Samosas
List 10 words that you like.
1) Yes
2) Wibble
3) Holiday
4) Harder
5) Bedtime
6) Serendipity
7) I'll
8) Cook
9) Tonight
10) Darling
Ten moments in time would you have most liked to witness?
1) Building of the Pyramids
2) Building of Stonehenge
3) Erecting of the stone heads on Easter Island
4) The extinction of the Dinosaurs
5) The assassination of JFK
6) First episode of Dr Who
7) The Birth of Jesus
8) Recording of the first Live Aid single
9) Princess Di's crash
10) Groom Lake, 2nd July 1947
List ten celebrities about whom you do not want to hear another word.
1) The Beckhams
2) George Bush
3) Michael Jackson
4) The Hamiltons
5) Abi Titmuss
6) Paris Hilton
7) George Galloway (OK, so this is stretching "celebrity")
8) Jennifer Lopez
9) George Lucas
10) The Crazy Frog
What one place would you visit if you had unlimited time and money.
Betelgeuse, or Europa (one of Jupiter's moons, covered with ice and most likely place in the solar system to hold life)
Are you a matte person or a shiny person? Why?
Matte, shiny's such hard work for such little payoff.
When I turn 50, I plan to be _____________ .
Running a successful outdoor pursuits centre.
What gives you the warm fuzzies?
Cuddling Charlie
Did you have an allowance as a child? If so, how much was it? What did you spend it on?
Every Saturday we'd go to Bromsgrove. I'd get 50p, my sister would get 30p to spend on sweets in George's Sweet Shop at the top of the village. He had the biggest collection of penny sweets I've ever seen, Star Wars toys, a bulging bookshop in the back and a paralysed arm. We loved George.
Of the three - mind, body, soul - which do you prefer? Which do you think is most important?
Prefer: Mind
Most Important: Soul
Do you prefer print media or digital media? Why?
Digital - costs less, more variety, if you save it to read later, you don't risk it getting ripped to shreds by the rabbit, the dog or the kids.
The first thing I thought when I opened my eyes this morning was ___________.
Oh god, you can't be up this early! What's the time...? Bloody child...
Nothing in the world can make me believe ________ .
America isn't headed towards open Imperialism.