Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

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

Monday, November 1, 2010

The Quiz

1. The worst smell in the world

2. An embarrassing CD in your collection

3. What's your desktop picture?

4. Someone you'd like to meet

5. What would be the title of your autobiography?

22 comments:

Alistair Bain said...

1. fresh dog poo. in the car. worse than vomit.
2. Go West Young Man by Michael W. Smith. But I'm still strangely drawn to it.
3. don't have one.
4. Job.
5. either "Curiouser and Curioser" or "The Long March" depending on whether I was feeling good about life on the day we chose the title.

Ben McLaughlin said...

1. The worst smell in the world

2. An embarrassing CD in your collection

3. What's your desktop picture?

4. Someone you'd like to meet

5. What would be the title of your autobiography?

Ben McLaughlin said...

Al- heh, MWS always struck me as looking like a godly Wham-era George Micheal..

Laetitia :-) said...

1. The worst smell in the world - toss up between cat piss (the neighbourhood cats all fight over the rights to our house by scenting it), chicken farm (it's a combination of blood, feathers and chicken poo that smells a bit like mouldy gym socks) or chickens on their way to the slaughter house (just like the above but with fear added in and it travels with you if you're behind the truck).

By the way, it's World Vegan Day today - think of the poor chickens! And the drivers behind the truck.

2. An embarrassing CD in your collection - can't think of any. If there are any on the shelves that I'd be embarrassed by then they are either Ian's or I haven't seen them to toss them.

3. What's your desktop picture? - A picture of Ian that he put there.

4. Someone you'd like to meet - all the regulars answering the Monday quiz. :-)

5. What would be the title of your autobiography? - Crammed. (A reference to how many activities I try to take on with varying degrees of success.) Definitely not "Lazarus Rising" - what the?

Ben McLaughlin said...

Laetitia- I was going to say the same thing; I'd love to meet all you guys. Funnily, I quite often dream about different people who blog, even though I've never met them.

Crazyjedidiah said...

1. Banana - can't stand them, especially when there rotten, or even just mashed.

2. Not entirely sure but i still have some Delirious cds and I kinda got over them, also I have a Rookie single which I am embarassed to admit.

3. A picture of my gorgeous niece ( although my sister says it's not the best pic of her, but i still like it).

4. I would love to meet Matthew MacFadyen.

5. Things I can't change.

KIM said...

1. have you ever cleaned rabbit cages?

2. ummm ... spamalot? but it's so fun!! :)

3. :) me surrounded by boys at a party ...

4. bill bryson.

5. a room somewhere.

Nathan said...

1. Rotten school bag.
2. Backstreet Boys (first CD I ever bought).
3. A photo of my wife standing in some grass at Lake Tekapo, NZ.
4. Ben.
5. Reading the internet with Nathan Campbell.

Ben McLaughlin said...

1. Rancid nappy bin
2. Whitney Housten Greatest Hits. Though it's still awesome.
3. Little i being cute
4. All the people in this little blog community. I often wonder what you're all REALLY like..
5. Vanishing Points

Steve said...

1: Off watermelon. 2: Gary Moore- "Still got the blues". 3: Batman and Robin, by Jackson Cooper age 4. 4: Mike Patton and Lawrence Norfolk. 5: "Not only do I not know the answer, I forgot the question!"

Gary Ware said...

1. Worcestershire sauce. Bad associations with childhood.
2. I don't have it any more, but I once owned the Best Of Air Supply.
3. Just use the stock on of coffee cups.
4. Alistair. At least we've seen each other and know that we're not communicating with African scammers.
5. i could not write a book about my life.

Simone R. said...

1. Rexona men's deodorant in a black can. A guy I went out with in high school used it. Andrew had some once and I threw out the can.
2. Paulini. Remember her? I only ever listened to it once.
3. Some nice leaf things
4. Yeah, like Ben. You other bloggers. I met Al last weekend. That was fun. I wonder if I was what he expected?
5. Another something. No, it wouldn't be, but why write an autobiography when you've already written a blog? Just print it out and add a page of facts - date of birth, parent's names etc.

Pedro said...

1. Our dog's farts...warm death
2. Celine Dion something...
3. Me on a racebike at Oran park back in 1997..
4. Gerry Lopez
5. 'Indecision'...or maybe...

Milika said...

1. vomit hair whilst stuck in plane
2. the Ws
3. home - siblings at my wedding
work - map of the world where we work
4. some missos from work - been emailing for 18 months
5. Mutterings

Amy said...

1. When my dog found a very, very, very old bird egg and chewed it. There are no words.

2. I have a Mariah Carey album on tape somewhere.

3. Work: dandelions Home: a rabbity thing

4. +1 to Bill Bryson

5. Insert title here

maso said...

1. does death have a smell?
2. there's quite a bit of Bon Jovi. But I'm not actually embarrassed about it.
3. Mount Barney
4. my future wife
5. If in doubt, go for a surf

Georgina said...

1. It's maybe not the worst smell in the world, but gosh, ferret scared smell is not pleasant at all (they are cousins of the skunk)
2. Spice Girls. Yep. At least I no longer have it.
3. It rotates - how cool is that! It's photos from Vanuatu.
4. You Ben, of course!
5. Georgeasaurus Rex

Wendy said...

1. Durian
2. Australian Bird Calls
3. My family, on Mt Coot-tha in Brisbane.
4. Many of my favourite authors.
5. "The secret non-conformist."

Ben McLaughlin said...

CrazyJedidiah- Wow. A banana hater.

Kim- Yes, for a cute, furry animal, rabbits can cause a fair amount of stink.

Nath-Heh, I love that The Backstreet Boys was your first CD. I see you in a whole new light. Who was your favourite? AJ?

Steve-Yeah we often have old watermelon in the fridge, oozing through the glad wrap and dripping over other stuff. Foul.

Gary- You never know, Al may have been wearing a clever prosthetic mask to decieve you.

Simone-Ah, Paulina. You know the end is nigh when you resort to joining The Young Divas. Yeah I'd love to have a big bloggers party, where we could all meet eachother. But I'd be scared that I'd seem boring in the flesh.

Pedro- Go The Celine. Be more soppy.

Milika- Yeah, vommy is a bad one, especially if you can't escape it, or wash it away.

Amy- I hear that is a delicacy in some countries..

Maso- Yes death smells like school boy morning breath. I experienced this over my shoulder on the bus this morning.

Georgina-Eww, skunk cousin..

Wendy-Don't be embarressed of your bird call cd, that sounds awesome. I was listening to birdcalls on youtube the other day.

Laetitia :-) said...

Maso - yes, death has a smell - it's made up of various chemicals and varies according to life type. For instance, ants release formaldehyde when they die; other ants recognise it for what it is and react by rushing to cart the dead body away from the nest.

So when you squash an ant, the other ants that run up and bite you are most likely mistaking you for one of their dead sisterhood that needs to be taken away (because you have formaldehyde on you from the dead ant), rather than being angry with you for killing their sister. :-)

KIM said...

just for the record, i hate bananas, too!!

Ben McLaughlin said...

Laetitia- I believe there's actually a movie about that, called The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Ants.

Kim- Yes, but no offence, you kind of hate lots of good things. Like cheese. And guitars. So, what you say must be taken with a grain of salt..