The Bed and Breakfast man

Christmas Meme

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Tea or perhaps beer followed by tea if I run out of beer.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? I wish he would because I suck mightily at present wrapping.

3. Coloured lights on tree/house or white? No lights anywhere. This is the first year we bothered to get a tree (because of our new daughter), and it's a second hand one filched from the mother in law. It's waist high and has 3.2 baubles and sits sulking in the corner. Mrs A. is in the process of remedying the situation so she tells me.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Only if I cut it with my golden sickle whilst dressed as a druid. So....no.

5. When do you put your decorations up? When I'm nagged hard enough.

6. What is your  holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Australia's abundance of fresh summer fruits or ham with hot English mustard on toast.

7. Favourite holiday memory as a child: Long hot summer days with no school riding bikes in Balmain streets with my mates.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't remember precisely, but I assume it had something to do with other kids in the playground doing that supercilious "you don't still believe in...." that seven year olds do so well.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes. Mrs A's family do the "pick a name out of the hat and buy a present for $30 for that one person" thing. Traditionally we gather to give those gifts on Christmas Eve.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? I make sure I have 20 or 30 seconds to spare and chuck the 3.2 aforementioned ornaments onto it.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it? Christmas is generally stinking hot and I spend as much of it as I can in the pool. I would love it to snow.

12. Can you ice skate? Yes, and when they invent ice skates for my backside I'll get better at it.

13. Do you remember your favourite gift? If it's music or a book then it is perfect. Generally it is music or a book.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? Holidays?

15. What is your favourite holiday dessert? I'm a savoury guy. Not really into sweet food.

16. What is your favourite holiday tradition? The annual gathering of my maternal relations. It's a very relaxed time with good people.

17. What tops your tree? Pretty much everything in the house. Oh, I see what you mean. Nothing yet. I'll wait for my daughter to start school and bring something home for it.

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? I am a bad present giver. No matter how many hints I get I never remember what it is I'm supposed to buy. On those rare occasions when I do get the right gift it's a great feeling.

19. What is your favourite Christmas song? Carol of the Birds.

20. Candy canes: see 15

21. Favourite Christmas movie? No idea.

22. What do you leave for Santa? A six pack of beer.

Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

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I'd like to see shop assistants wearing...

Although why you would stick a ticket in your donkey eludes me.

Fair suck of the sav!

How Aussie are you?

Take note of the second one.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Johnny the Horse!

1. According to the story, Pinocchio was made of Johnny the Horse.
2. Johnny the Horseolatry is the mindless worship of Johnny the Horse.
3. It takes forty minutes to hard-boil Johnny the Horse!
4. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than Johnny the Horse.
5. Johnny the Horse can turn his stomach inside out!
6. Fish travel in schools, but whales travel in Johnny the Horse!
7. During World War II, Americans tried to train Johnny the Horse to drop bombs.
8. Oranges, lemons, watermelons, pineapples and Johnny the Horse are all berries.
9. Only one person in two billion will live to be Johnny the Horse.
10. Johnny the Horse was the first Tsar of Russia!

I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

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Good vs Evil

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The fifth line.

It's not often you go back over your archives. At least I don't tend to go over them that often. But having been tagged by Rowdy, I spent a bit of time perusing the past. Jeez I write some crap, and by the bucket-load.

The tag is as follows:

1. Go into your archives.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Post the fifth sentence (or closest to it).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same thing.

Strangely enough that post was the one and only post written by Mrs A. on this blog in answer to another, now defunct blogger with whom we had a friendship. The line is as follows:

Developing the ability to analyse and appreciate art was as important as learning the history.

As to tagging others, I will suggest five people, and should they visit here and wish to take it on, they are welcome to do so. They are, Johnno, Rinna, Swanker, Electron Soup and Seadragon, (elusive though she may be).

Weird

You Are 60% Weird

You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right? But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks!

How Weird Are You?

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Your Superhero Profile

Your Superhero Name is The Air Tiger Your Superpower is Metahuman Your Weakness is Tummy Rubs Your Weapon is Your Magnetic Neutralizer Your Mode of Transportation is Pegasus

What's your Superhero Name?

My heart has no key. It has one of those central locking things.

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when everything is uncertain, one moment heaven... the next moment hell. You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring. You would be forced to break up with someone who was insecure and in constant need of reassurance. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage something you've always wanted... though you haven't really thought about it. In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Yoinked from under the feet of Baltimore Roll.

Quiz stats

I'm feeling the pressure in the quiz. Now we've had a chance to get into it there's been a good cross section of the players having wins and the gaps are closing. Couple of belated welcomes to llcoffee and Rae. Thanks for joining up. Anyone is welcome to do so.

The tournament at fun trivia seems like it will never end. I'm at about 48th of a field of over 11,000, but before the requirements of the tournament have been fulfilled (another 2 to 3 months I think), I think I will be struggling against some players who are rising quickly through the ranks. I'll be happy to have finished in the top 100.

On the bright side I am learning far more about baseball and the many and varied presidents of the USA than I thought I would ever need to know.