Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Monday, September 28, 2009

What The World Needs Now Is A Quiz, A Sweet Quiz

1. A saying that grates on you
2. A job you couldn't do
3. Geographically speaking, where would you like to be living in ten years?
4. A movie character you wanted to be
5. A sport you can't appreciate
6. Got any tatts? What would you get if you did?
7. A chore you put off
8. How long have you been at your current workplace?
9. A movie that always makes you laugh
10. Would you eat meat if you had to kill it yourself?

25 comments:

Ben McLaughlin said...

1. A saying that grates on you
2. A job you couldn't do
3. Geographically speaking, where would you like to be living in ten years?
4. A movie character you wanted to be
5. A sport you can't appreciate
6. Got any tatts? What would you get if you did?
7. A chore you put off
8. How long have you been at your current workplace?
9. A movie that always makes you laugh
10. Would you eat meat if you had to kill it yourself?

Mark said...

1. we need some balance
2. childbirth
3. Australia
4. dr who (not a movie character, but hey)
5. curling
6. no thanks
7. cleaning out the garage
8. 18 months
9. galaxy quest
10. yes

Ben McLaughlin said...

Mark- Yeah, that is a tough job alright. Have witnessed 2 births I'll never be the same agian. And that's just as a spectator.

Ben McLaughlin said...

1. 'It's all good.' No it's not.
2. Masseuse. Way too much touching of other people, and hard work.
3. Somewhere down the coast, with a little bit of property.
4. Christian Slater in Pump Up The Volume
5. AFL. I've tried.
6. No. It may be cheesy, but I wouldn't mind getting my wife and kids names somewhere, or maybe a small quote from the Bible. Never will though, probably.
7. Taking out the garbage.
8. 8 years
9. Meet The Parents
10. Yes, but less regularly, I'd think. Lot's of effort and trauma! I'd save it for more special occasions, and probably appreciate it more.

Amy said...

1. 'Think outside the box'
2. Newsreader
3. Hopefully Brisbane in a finished house
4. I want to say Dr Who too, because he is awesome
5. F1 racing
6. Nup. My mother would kill me.
7. All of them
8. Coming up on 3 years
9. Shrek (15 times and counting)
10. Unlikely

Ben McLaughlin said...

Amy- Wow 15 Shrek's.. that's hardcore.

onlinesoph said...

1. That's life.
2. an immoral one, like prostitution. Other than that, never want to say there's a job I wouldn't do, if I had to.
3. Sydney
4. Anne from AOGG
5. wrestling
6. nope. I want one on my shoulder, but husband says no :(
7. folding laundry
8. 5 years
9. Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson comedies
10. I think so. But never been tested on this.

Georgina said...

1. Tell me about it!
2. Flight attendant (too tall)
3. Not in Sydney!
4. Princess Leia
5. Golf
6. No, probably something little, like a rose or a butterfly or a cross on my ankle.
7. Cleaning out the ferret* litter
8. 15 mos
9. 10 things I hate about you
10. Probably not. I cried when I caught a rat in a rat trap. It was so cute!

(*requisite ferret reference as requested by Ben :)

Amy said...

I have nieces, is all...

Ben McLaughlin said...

soph- yeah spouse disapproval can play a big part in the not getting of tough, cool things like tatts and earings.. probably for the best!

Georgina- Thankyou for honouring your ferret promise. Yeah, catching rats and mice causes mixed emotions..first it's triumph- hurrah! I got you, sucka. Then remorse- Oh, look at your little whiskers and pink toes. You were kinda cute..

Simone R. said...

1. Today just about anything could grate on me.
2. accountant, centrelink person
3. Brisbane
4. I'm with Mark on this one - Dr Who - actually, Rose Tyler.
5. Greyhound racing
6. I wouldn't, but if I did - maybe a bible verse or kids name (if I lost one) on the back of my shoulder.
7. Shower cleaning
8. Workplace. Hmm. Home with kids - almost 10 years. Teaching - 2 years.
9. Not sure. Hate slapstick, though.
10. I'd eat fish.

soph said...

1. "All good." I say it all the time though.
2. Mulesing. Cutting of the skin on the backside of an animal with shears anyone?
3. Anywhere safe and with a roof over my head. But I guess somewhere quiet and with fresh air would be nice too.
4. Never thought about it. But I think I thought Winona Ryder(Jo) in Little Women was cool, until she went shoplifting...
5. Weight lifting
6. No. If i did, probably a small tree and a verse or something
7. All of them, but especially bathroom cleaning
8. nearly 2 years
9. Little Miss Sunshine
10. If i was desensitised enough!

Joanna said...

1. Look on the bright side! (sometimes there isn't one!)
2. Surgeon. (The responsibility!)
3. Melbourne or Paris
4. The girl from Footloose
5. Almost all of them (exception is AFL).
6. Nope.
7. Doing my tax return.
8. 9 months
9. Zoolander.
10. Yeah, I think I would. I like meat!

goldy said...

1. cool bananas
2. professional footballer
3. brisbane
4. none - I don't live in a fantasy world :)
5. motor racing
6. nope, don't want any
7. cleaning bathroom
8. 7 years
9. napoleon dynamite
10. if I had time, yes.

Laetitia :-) said...

1. A saying that grates on you - "Going forward" and the like - whatever happened to "progressing"? Why use two words when there's one word that's perfectly fine for the job?!
2. A job you couldn't do - psychic
3. Geographically speaking, where would you like to be living in ten years? - Toowoomba or Germany
4. A movie character you wanted to be - any that can fly e.g. Thumbelina or Peter Pan
5. A sport you can't appreciate - motor racing
6. Got any tatts? What would you get if you did? - No. "Blood type A+" written around my inside elbow - saw that once on a guy on a bus and thought that it was the only tattoo worth having (of course, insert your own blood type if you go for it).
7. A chore you put off - self-promotion.
8. How long have you been at your current workplace? - 2.5 years next month
9. A movie that always makes you laugh - A Mel Brooks spoof or an Aussie comedy. But just one title? Hmm, The Princess Bride.
10. Would you eat meat if you had to kill it yourself? - I'm probably capable of killing and gutting a fish if shown how but I've never tried.

Chris L said...

1. 'correctional' services
2. engineer
3. brisbane
4. karate kid
5. polo
6. no. celtic looking band on upper arm
7. writing meeting minutes
8. almost 8 years
9. pincess bride
10. definitley and would enjoy it more if butchered it as well and bbq'ed outdoors

maso said...

1. 'touching base'
2. Lawyer
3. On the hill at Noosa, walking distance to my favourite surf beach (in my dreams) or inner city Brisbane (more likely)
4. dunno ... maybe Charlie (Mark Walhberg's character) in 'The Italian Job'
5. Sychronised swimming
6. Nope. One of those ones that go all around the upper arm (kinda like an arm band)
7. Mopping the floor
8. 7 years, 4 months, 3 weeks.
9. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
10. Sure, why not.

Izaac said...

1. We'll just have to take it one week at a time
2. Women's worker??
3. North
4. Alex Mac (did you say be with?)
5. Union
6. No tatts. Sober.
7. Cleaning the toilet
8. 2 years
9. Anchorman
10. Not only would I eat it, it would taste better.

Ben McLaughlin said...

Simone- I kinda don't get the Dr Who thing, unless we are talking old school, like Tom Baker or something. Cool scarf.

Sophg- I love that you even thought of mulesing! What a great job. No shower could cleanse you from that evil.

Joanna- Yeah, 'look on the bright side' should always be met with a punch in the mouth. It's only right. My worst one in that vein is 'you'll get over it'. Get over THIS!: Wham!!

Goldy- Wow. Never wanted to be anyone? I envy that own-skin-comfort..

Laetitia-Toowoomba and Germany. Yes I can see how they could be on par. Very similar in so many ways.

Chris L- Yeah, I don't like correctional either. Children should be corrected, but for adults, just call a spade a spade. Jail, baby.

Maso-I don't like 'touching base' either. Maybe it's just me, but for me it conjures an image of innapropriately invaded personal space.

Izaac-Oh, it would definitely tase better. I don't think meat consumption is bad at all, but what I think is bad is taking it for granted, and not really appreciating where its come from. Dumb consumer society!

Nixter said...

1. What goes around comes around!
2. Butcher - too many carcasses and blood ;(
3. Probably Australia
4. Will have to get back to you on this one!
5. Golf
6. Two! Shock Horror! Two Symbols!
7. Mopping the floors!
8. Just over 9 months ;)
9. Stand By Me.
10. See answer to number 2! I watched Jamie Oliver's 'Save our Bacon' and they showed a pig getting slaughtered - I watched it, I couldn't help it but it made me cry. I also realised it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be!

Ben McLaughlin said...

Hi Nixter- Wow! Tatts!

Yeah I love Stand By Me. Verne's (the little chubby one) dialog is great, and always makes me laugh.

beth said...

1. ya know what i mean???
2. crab fishing
3. on the northwest coast, Washington
4. ???
5. Golf
6. I have three...just got a new one on my foot, and i would like to get one of a peony.
7. dusting
8. i was at my past workplace 14 years. am now in school...two months
9. The Goonies
10. Yes....i have

Nathan said...

1. At the moment it's pretty much anything said by atheists.
2. Anything involving blood.
3. That's the million dollar question. I would say "by the beach".
4. Any action hero, preferably with swords
5. Rugby Union
6. No, probably a cross, or the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles logo.
7. Tidying anything.
8. 3 years, 7 months
9. Baseketball
10. Yes

Ben McLaughlin said...

Beth- Heh, yeah the Goonies is cool. What are your tattoos of?

Nath- Wow.. Manly Waringah tattoo..that would be one of those stains that couldn't be washed off until we get to heaven.

beth said...

I have one on my left ankle/calf of the virgo sign, and the inside is colored like earth, another on my right ankle of a rose...that one's starting to blur...thinking of getting is covered with another, and for my birthday i bought my most recent, hearts and rosebuds on the top of my foot...quite painful, but worth it.