I was just catching up on my reading when a mish-mash of followed links took me here. I thought it seemed interesting so I decided to have a go at it myself.
Do you have a nickname? No. I’m sometimes the target for abuse from family members, particularly my wife and children, but have no permanent alternative name.
If you could live anywhere in the world where would you be? I like the Fens, but they can be a bit breezy and the windchill factor is no joke in winter. I’d still like to live in the Fens from April to October, because I like the large skies and the flatness, but would like to live somewhere warmer for the rest of the year.
What is one thing most people don’t know about you? If I told you that then it wouldn’t be one thing most people don’t know about me.
If you could have dinner with one person living or dead who would it be? I’d quite like to have dinner with Siegfried Sassoon, but I’m not certain he’d care to have dinner with me. The Honourable Galahad Threepwood would be a suitable alternative.
What is the one food you will always order when you go out to eat? Scampi. I like scampi. Not exactly sure what it is, but I like it. I also like calamari. It’s possible that I just like fried food with lemon juice.
I’m also very fond of Little Chef Olympic Breakfasts, but they will become extinct this year as the last Little Chefs closes so I’m going to settle for scampi.
Olympic Breakfast
If your mother could cook for you again what do you wish she would make? Roast dinners – mine never come close to tasting as good as hers did.
Do you have any regrets? Yes, but I try not to waste time thinking about it. Learn from it. Move on.
What is the one possession you would grab in a fire? My trousers. After that I would, of course, ensure that Julia was safe.
Do you work? I’ve just started the new job, working in a shop full of collectables. It’s so much fun it hardly counts as work.
Can you play a musical instrument? No, I have no musical talent whatsoever. I have abused the piano, trumpet, euphonium, mouth organ and ukulele at various times but never produced anything approximating to music.
What would your children be named if they didn’t have the names they have now? I’d go for a simple numbering system. So much easier, and no need to worry about fashion or family names.
Do you have pets? We had two cats. They lived to be 20 years old then died a year apart. For three months after that I still kept seeing cat shaped things out of the corner of my eye.
What is your major fear? A world shortage of cheese.
Do you have a life motto? No. I’m too boring.
What is one thing on your bucket list in life that seems the furthest stretch for you? I don’t have a bucket list. See above.
What would be your perfect day? A day out with Julia watching Puffins at Bempton Cliffs, followed by prawn sandwiches and cake at Mrs Botham’s tea shop in Whitby. We’ve done it several times and it can’t be bettered.
Puffin – Bempton Cliffs
If you were an animal what would you be? A cat. It’s not a big stretch as I sleep a lot and can’t be trusted around unguarded food.
Is there something you would not eat under any circumstances? Beetroot. This isn’t a preference, for some reason it activates my gag reflex and I literally can’t eat it.
Favorite dessert? Syrup sponge with custard (often wrongly called treacle sponge), though it’s hard to ignore the comedy potential of spotted dick.
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