Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

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

Monday, January 25, 2010

The Quiz

1. Early-bird or night-owl?
2. Whatcha doing for Australia Day tomorrow?
3. Do you scrutinize to see which is the left and right sock, or just put them on any old way?
4. A book you'd like to finally read this year
5. There's a gun to your head and you must choose between eating a spider or a cockroach..

23 comments:

Ben McLaughlin said...

1. Early-bird or night-owl?
2. Whatcha doing for Australia Day tomorrow?
3. Do you scrutinize to see which is the left and right sock, or just put them on any old way?
4. A book you'd like to finally read this year
5. There's a gun to your head and you must choose between eating a spider or a cockroach..

Simone R. said...

1. Both. It's 9am-5pm I struggle with.
2. BBQ in park.
3. I didn't know there were left and right socks.
4. the bible. I've heard it's good.
5. a spider

Christine said...

1. Definately more night-owl than early bird.
2. Having friends over for a BBQ and some Wii sports. I'm also attempting to make lamingtons and damper :)
3. Any old way is good, unless it's uncomfortable.
4. Radical Womanhood - Carolyn McCulley.
5. Cockroach... I'd rather die than eat a spider.

Ryan said...

1. A bit of both. A bit more early bird than night owl
2. Farewell lunch with the family
3. throw them on however
4. Something by John Updike
5...what kind of spider?

nice blog. Adding you to my blogroll

Milika said...

1. Early bird
2. Husband's birthday party: board games and lunch (yep, he's an introvert but still 25+ plus coming)
3. Whatever
4. Selected works of G K Chesterton, no more sitting on the shelf taunting me
5. Spider, may I presume they are both dead?

Nathan said...

1. Night Owl.
2. Last bit of packing, Church cricket match/farewell, dinner with friends.
3. Left sock? Right Sock? My problem is remembering if I've already worn the pair the right way and the inside out way.
4. The Hebrew Textbook.
5. Spider.

Pedro said...

1. Both.
2. Nuthin...Surf?
3. no scrutiny whatsoever
4. Life of Pi (started already)
5. Der. Cocroach. Then steal the gun off the guy and make him eat the spider!!!!

Ben McLaughlin said...

1. early bird with night owl tendencies

2. We are opting for a low key family day- swim at the local pool, wander down to local fair.

3.I scrutinize. One side will be slightly higher, thus making it more acceptable for the big toe than the pinky. If you wear your socks twice as I do, the correct placement becomes clearer for the second wearing. Be flippant, as you all seem to be, and you risk excess floppiness around the pinky, which I can't and won't abide.

4. David Copperfield by Dickens.

5. Spider. Scary is better than filthy.

Ben McLaughlin said...

Simone- I have the same issue. I've become an early bird, but can't find the discipline to be in bed by a sensible hour. Morning Ben is frustrated with Late Night Ben.

Christine- Yum, I love a good lammo. You can't buy good ones from shops. The best ones are the ones old ladies make for fetes. Mmmm fete lammos..

Ryan- Thanks for stopping by, good to have you. Nice to look at yr blog too. Umm, let's say a huntsman. Harmless, but still creepy and fast. And furry.

Milika- Let's not presume. They are only dead when you munch into them. ps Happy birthday to your hubbo.

Nathan- The good thing about inside out is you don't get the long annoying threads from the corners sneaking between your toes. Unnacceptable.

Pedro- that's a good answer for #5. He would have to pay, definitely. Tell me what you think of life of pi-- I've been thinking about reading it for ages.

Amy said...

1. Night owl.
2. Not being a drunken racist yobbo. FInding somewhere with working plumbing while we are forced out of our house by floor polishing.
3. As far as I can tell, my socks are exactly the same?
4. All the ones I have on my shelves that I haven't read yet...
5. Just shoot me...

Beth said...

1. Total night owl....don't usually get to bed until around 3am...very difficult when the man in my life is ready around 11pm!!

2.

3. Put them on any old way.

4. Any in the leaning tower that I have not read yet.

5. Eww....Eww...Eww...Eww...pull the trigger please.

Let's Paint Nature said...

1. early-bird
2. I will ask my boss if I can have the day off to celebrate...cross your fingers, but don't hold your breath.
3. put on anyway..even if they don't match.
4. Bumblebee Economics, Bernd Heinrich.
5. Spider..less meat!
Chris

maso said...

1. Night owl.
2. Going to a mate's citizenship ceremony ... then a BBQ afterwards.
3. No scrutiny. Chances are I should have left for work by now. (See no. 1).
4. Finish "Reason for God" by Tim Keller.
5. Spider. You've been watching too much Bear Grylls already, hey Ben?

Joanna said...

1. Neither. I like a lot of sleep!
2. Sleep-in (see previous answer) in the morning, cousin's wedding in the afternoon
3. Nup. You're definitely over-thinking your socks, Ben!
4. Diarmaid Macculloch's History of Christianity: The First 3000 Years. It's huge!
5. Cockroach. Crunchy is better than furry.

Laetitia :-) said...

1. Early-bird or night-owl? - Hoot hoot; I'm not into worms.
2. Whatcha doing for Australia Day tomorrow? - Going to my parents-in-law's (they have pool and air-con) and doing TAFE assignments. Traditionally, the in-laws like to have a picnic in the park for brunch but I haven't heard anything about plans, location yet.
3. Do you scrutinize to see which is the left and right sock, or just put them on any old way? - I'm with you Ben. My big toes need room, especially the right (which wears holes in the socks regardless).
4. A book you'd like to finally read this year - the several dozen started ones on the shelves so I can say whether to ditch them by the end of the year.
5. There's a gun to your head and you must choose between eating a spider or a cockroach.. - spider - furry wins over filthy coprophagiacs.

Georgina said...

1. Night owl
2. I was going diving in Sydney Harbour, but I'm sick!! Waaaaa
3. There's a difference?
4. Some of the ones that are just sitting there waiting for me to make friends with them again.
5. A cockroach! Not alive though. Not like my ferret, who ate a snail that was still alive (well, not by the end of it).

Chris L said...

1. night-owl
2. mowing the lawn, games with kids
3. yeah right!
4. maybe Augustines City of God
5. cockroach (think of it as a terrestrial prawn, they're both detritus scavengers.)

Tim said...

1. Night owl
2. church (underwater) cricket match
3. Inside out is so much more comfortable. I didn't actually know socks came in lefts and right
4. The cost of Discipleship by Bonhoeffer
5 Spider- less crunchy

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Kutz said...

1. Hoot
2. Watching a mate become Strayan, having a BBQ and playing cricket.
3. I've read the other answers now, and so there's not point in questioning the veracity of the question for the 8th time. Suffice to say that you don't wear socks with thongs.
4. Justification and Variegated Nomism. (kinda joking. kinda.)
5. The gun.

Ben McLaughlin said...

Amy- 'As far as I can tell'. The more you look, the more things will become clear to you. Press on.

Beth- 3am? Wow,morning Beth has gotta resent 3am Beth.

Chris- I hope your boss was kind! It's nice to hear from you again- I often go to your site, but the pictures don't load for me, I just get a red X in a white square..

Maso- I got Time Kellers' Counterfeit Gods the other week. Looking forward to having a read. Is the one yr reading good?

Joanna- I can't believe anyone would choose cockroach. Okay, crunchy maybe, but spiders probably are filled with protein, whereas cockroaches are filled with black oozing evil filth.

Laetitia- Ahh, finally someone who understands. Yes Laetitia,you know where its at with the socks. Everything in it's right place.

Georgina- Wouldn't diving in Sydney Harbour MAKE you sick?

Chris L- As I've said, they have black ooze. Prawns have lovely white flesh. It's like comparing good to evil.ps- oh, to have a lawn to mow...

Tim- I read Bonhoeffers Life Together last year and thought it was great. That was the first I'd really heard of him. You read that one?

Anon- Wow, that may just be the longest, most uninteresting comment I've ever received. So, thanks.

Kutz- It's the 'kinda' that worries me.

Tim said...

No haven't read that one either (adds to the list)

maso said...

Benno - Yeah, it's a good read. Not too heavy, not too light ... but one of those books I need to read with a pencil in hand to underline the really golden bits.