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Scheherazade
02-18-2010, 07:04 PM
Please accept my apologies for posting this so late.

Hope you had a great day! :)

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An interview with Whifflingpin:

Are you sure you want to do this?
Yes

Are you male or female?
Sometimes

What is your name (if you don't mind sharing it with us)?
Jeremy

Got milk?
Don't think so

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Innocent until proven guilty

If you had a personal theme song what would it be?
Laaazybones, sleeping in the sun, when ya gonna get yer day's work done?

What makes you keep coming back to the Forum?


It has been a year since the last interview. What have been the high and low points?
No, just gentle ripples.

The best and worst books you have read during last year?
Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter was the most interesting discovery.
Let us draw the veil of oblivion over the worst.

The biggest surprises of the past year (both pleasant and unpleasant)?
It's not been a very surprising year

What has been the the biggest change in your life since your last birthday?
Not a lot has changed

Have you studied literature as a subject in college?
I once studied to be a teacher of English, does that count?

Do you feel the divine spark of life within you or do you consider yourself a mechanical thing?
A Heraclitean fire

Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I don't like having pets. My wife has several

Given the option, what animal would you choose t
o be?
A unicorn - it's all those virgins, don't y' know?

How did you meet your significant other?
She was the friend of a friend's friend, and we met in a pub.

What is the one thing you must do before you die?
Make a will

Do you believe in ghosts?
No

What song is in your head at the moment?
Bravo bravissimo

Which book are you reading at the moment?
The Sowers - H S Merriman

What type of an author would you be?
A historical novelist, good style but poor on dialogue and characterisation.

The last book you finished reading?
Malafrena - Ursula le Guin

What are you wearing at the moment?
Skin

Favorite TV shows?
Nah

Which LitNet members would you like to meet in person if you could?
All the wise, witty or beautiful ones.

Favorite post on the Forum?
the one near the temple of Ops, where the poet sings.

Favorite thread?
waxed linen thread

What's your favourite sound?
Laughter

Last food did you have?
A grape

Last words you said out loud?
Yes, dear.

Last person you hugged/kissed?
The wife - again - that's twice in a twelvemonth, this is getting to be a habit.

What question would you like to ask yourself?
Why don't you just write that book?

What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?
Getting dressed to go out

Last dream you remember having?
Can't remember any recent ones.

What is your most bizarre book memory?
Ummmm - nah.

Who is your best friend and how long you have known them?
A boy's best friend is his Mother, and I've known her all my life.

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
I'm more a "left undone those things that I ought to have done" person than a "done those things I ought not to have done."

If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose and why?
My sense of self-importance. Who needs that?

Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?
Yes & yes

How often do you tell lies?
Never

What gives your life meaning?
See the two questions above

If you were a colour, what colour would you be and why?
sea green

What makes you laugh?
Fat men slipping on banana skins

What was the happiest period of your life and why?
Now - it's always been now.

If you could be a Disney character who or what would you be and why?
What's a Disney character?

Do those animated smilies ever get tired? Think of them day after day, dancing or crashing computers or laughing or crying till the end of time...
They are fulfilling their destiny, how could they not smile?

One thing you would like to do before your next birthday?
Hike through Albania

What will you be doing in the year 2035?
Decomposing, I expect

Did you answer all of the question?
Does one ever?

One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?
Just do it! (unless you're thinking of getting a dog for a pet)

What would you like to ask to the person to be interviewed after you?
Where shall we meet?

Maryd.
02-18-2010, 07:25 PM
Funny interview... I loved it. Hope you had a great day. Happy belated birthday.

Virgil
02-18-2010, 07:29 PM
Happy birthday!! :bday_2::bday_2:


Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I don't like having pets. My wife has several

Given the option, what animal would you choose t
o be?
A unicorn - it's all those virgins, don't y' know?
Oh Whiff, I always love your sense of humor. :lol: Very funny interview.


Do you feel the divine spark of life within you or do you consider yourself a mechanical thing?
A Heraclitean fire:thumbsup:

If I remember correctly, you were into boating of some sort. If so, hope you enjoy this then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T1XEiosxkY.

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eyemaker
02-18-2010, 10:08 PM
happy belated birthday! :)