I Want To Know These 50 Things About You
My Answers... 1. What's your favorite candle scent?
Potpourri
2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister?
Audrey Hepburn
3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother?
Burt Lancaster
4. How old do you think you'll be when you get married?
I married in my 40s.
5. Do you know a hoarder?
What's that? A pack rat?
6. Can you do a split?
No.
7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?
7
8. How many oceans have you swam in?
3
9. How many countries have you been to?
About 15.
10. Is anyone in your family in the army?
Not that I know of.
11. What would you name your daughter if you had one?
Monica, Isabelle, Eleanor, Gabrielle, Cyneva.
12. What would you name your son if you had one?
My children are daughters, and I've never thought about that question.
I strongly believe in names from Christian tradition.
13. What's the worst grade you got on a test?
40%. Physics.
14. What was your favorite TV show when you were a child?
Man from UNCLE
15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?
I forget.
16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series?
My daughter loves the Hunger Games, and I want to read it too. She's also reading Twilight.
17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?
Not sure.
18. Did your mother go to college?
Three semesters only.
19. Are your grandparents still married?
When I was born, both my grandmothers were already widowed.
20. Have you ever taken karate lessons?
Yes. Tai Kwan Do.
21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is?
yes.
22. What's the first amusement park you've been to?
Can't remember.
23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be fluent in?
German, Chinese, Arabic.
24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray?
I wrongly use both.
25. Is your father bald?
Yes. And I am too.
26. Do you know triplets?
No, and never have.
27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?
Don't care for Titanic, know nothing about Notebook.
28. Have you ever had Indian food?
Many many times.
29. What's the name of your favorite restaurant?
Any Thai or Vietnamese restaurant will do.
30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden?
No.
31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ's, etc.)?
No. Don't live in the USA either.
32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?
Never thought about that.
33. If you have a nickname, what is it?
In high school I was Bird.
34. Who's your favorite person in the world?
My mother.
35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?
Suburbs.
36. Can you whistle?
Used to love it, and did it all the time. Now I have trouble getting a good clear tone.
37. Do you sleep with a nightlight?
No.
38. Do you eat breakfast every morning?
Yes.
39. Do you take any pills or medication daily?
Statin. Aspirin to thin my blood.
40. What medical conditions do you have?
Asthma. Creeping senility.
41. How many times have you been to the hospital?
Only two overnight stays. Only once to the emergency room in the past 30 years.
42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?
No.
43. Where do you buy your jeans?
I don't wear jeans.
44. What's the last compliment you got?
I am good at finding things when my wife panics and cannot find them.
45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?
Not since I was 25 or so.
46. What flavor tea do you enjoy?
Earl Grey, Lapsang Soochong, Constant Comment
47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?
10 odd, all old.
48. What religion will you raise your children to practice?
Anglican. But I have not baptised my children. They will decide, after their 14th birthdays.
49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn't real?
Not sure. Before 8. My mother was not good at pretending to believe things she did not believe in.
50. Why do you have a tumblr?
I don't have one.
Potpourri
2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister?
Audrey Hepburn
3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother?
Burt Lancaster
4. How old do you think you'll be when you get married?
I married in my 40s.
5. Do you know a hoarder?
What's that? A pack rat?
6. Can you do a split?
No.
7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?
7
8. How many oceans have you swam in?
3
9. How many countries have you been to?
About 15.
10. Is anyone in your family in the army?
Not that I know of.
11. What would you name your daughter if you had one?
Monica, Isabelle, Eleanor, Gabrielle, Cyneva.
12. What would you name your son if you had one?
My children are daughters, and I've never thought about that question.
I strongly believe in names from Christian tradition.
13. What's the worst grade you got on a test?
40%. Physics.
14. What was your favorite TV show when you were a child?
Man from UNCLE
15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?
I forget.
16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series?
My daughter loves the Hunger Games, and I want to read it too. She's also reading Twilight.
17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?
Not sure.
18. Did your mother go to college?
Three semesters only.
19. Are your grandparents still married?
When I was born, both my grandmothers were already widowed.
20. Have you ever taken karate lessons?
Yes. Tai Kwan Do.
21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is?
yes.
22. What's the first amusement park you've been to?
Can't remember.
23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be fluent in?
German, Chinese, Arabic.
24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray?
I wrongly use both.
25. Is your father bald?
Yes. And I am too.
26. Do you know triplets?
No, and never have.
27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?
Don't care for Titanic, know nothing about Notebook.
28. Have you ever had Indian food?
Many many times.
29. What's the name of your favorite restaurant?
Any Thai or Vietnamese restaurant will do.
30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden?
No.
31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ's, etc.)?
No. Don't live in the USA either.
32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?
Never thought about that.
33. If you have a nickname, what is it?
In high school I was Bird.
34. Who's your favorite person in the world?
My mother.
35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?
Suburbs.
36. Can you whistle?
Used to love it, and did it all the time. Now I have trouble getting a good clear tone.
37. Do you sleep with a nightlight?
No.
38. Do you eat breakfast every morning?
Yes.
39. Do you take any pills or medication daily?
Statin. Aspirin to thin my blood.
40. What medical conditions do you have?
Asthma. Creeping senility.
41. How many times have you been to the hospital?
Only two overnight stays. Only once to the emergency room in the past 30 years.
42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?
No.
43. Where do you buy your jeans?
I don't wear jeans.
44. What's the last compliment you got?
I am good at finding things when my wife panics and cannot find them.
45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?
Not since I was 25 or so.
46. What flavor tea do you enjoy?
Earl Grey, Lapsang Soochong, Constant Comment
47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?
10 odd, all old.
48. What religion will you raise your children to practice?
Anglican. But I have not baptised my children. They will decide, after their 14th birthdays.
49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn't real?
Not sure. Before 8. My mother was not good at pretending to believe things she did not believe in.
50. Why do you have a tumblr?
I don't have one.
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