Answers! in OD

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Seeing as I’m probably not going to be on much the next couple of weeks, I may as well do this now.

So, who’s up first? Why, it’s DoodleKid:

Which writers do you respect the most, and which do you have a very low tolerance of?

Honestly? I respect writers like Neil Gaiman, Sir Terry Pratchett, Mark Billingham and Philip Pullman who can write for both adults and children. (Whether or not I’ll be able to add JK Rowling to the list I’ll find out soon enough.)

Low tollerance of people who think that you have to end each chapter on a cliffhanger (Dan Brown, I’m looking at you here) as they obviously have a low estimate of their own writing abilities.

What’s one place you’ve always meant to go and probably could have gone to a bunch of times, but have never got around to it?

I really, really can’t think of anywhere really.

Next, we have Rodge:

What do you think of the Sanal Edamaruku situation?

Never heard of the bloke, didn’t know there was a situation and my Google Fu is weak with this one. Sorry.

With something a bit more personal is p.i.x.i.e

what are your intentions with my sister? where do you see things going with her?

I can assure you that my intentions towards your sister are entirely dishonourable :¬p

And finally, the sister in question, tattoosandstilettos:

what do you “listen to” most often, in order – your gut, your head, or your heart?

Head, heart, gut.

what are you currently most happy about? on the other side, most sad about?

Happy about? Nessa Monster being here soon. Sad about? The mess that is work.

what’s been the most difficult “skill set” you’ve learned and/or acquired in your life, so far? interpret as necessary.

Honestly? I don’t know, actually.

from what you’ve heard from your family, and your own early memories, what were you like as a young child; and how similar are you to that younger self today?

I was pretty much as I am now, a bit quite, a bit shy and a bit nerdy.

which do you find more satisfying, a good film or a good book?

A good book, by a country mile.

if you won a huge cash lottery, what would you do with the prize first?

New laptop, Android tablet, a house/flat.

if a genie granted you three wishes, what would you ask for?

1) Infinite wishes. Don’t really matter what 2 and 3 are after that…

on a scale of 1 to 10, how happy are you?

About a 7.

why does toilet bowl cleaner only come in the color blue?

This must be an American thing. Plenty of different colours over here.

what does cheese say when it has its picture taken?

Salami.

why is the nintendo game character’s name “donkey kong” when he is clearly not a donkey?

No-one actually knows…

if you were in hell, where would you tell people to go when you are mad at them?

Suburgatory.

why is there a light in the fridge, but not in the freezer?

Might heat it up?

three swedish switched witches watch three swiss swatch watches switches. which swedish switched witch watch which swiss swatch watch witch?

Huh? Seriously, I couldn’t follow that.

And now, if you’ll indulge me, for something serious. Next year is the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disater (I re-posted an article about it a couple of years back). Some people are trying to raise £1 million to help maintain the gardens.

Coming from Aberdeen, this is obviously something that has great meaning for me (you’d be hard pressed to find anyone from the Deen who was alive at the time for whom that’s not true). If you would like to donate, the link is here

Will