The Never Ending Toadfish Interview Cycle!

[Alpaca]

1. What is that one thing that you can do, but nobody else can do?

Come up with some of the things that I spout out here.

2. What's the big "tourist trap" near you?

Busch gardens. A brilliant idea: Let's take a brewery, and then build a zoo/amusement park around it. Parents get drunk, kids fly around on roller coasters. Proof of tourist trap: Tickets for one day cost a little bit over $50. If you're a Florida resident, you can get in on that ticket for a whole year.

3. What's your favourite non-"tourist trap" place near you?
At the moment, Mima's Alaskan Tacos in Ybor City. (Not much to do 'round these parts. And Ybor is all the way downtown.)



1. What causes you to sweat suddenly?

2. What emotions cloud your judgement?

3. What is your favorite citrus fruit?

[anthrobabe]

What causes you to sweat suddenly?

The current Houston Texas firefighters calendar.



What emotions cloud your judgement?

Try as I might- I hate traffic and get a bit of road rage-so the emotion I have the most trouble with is anger. I'm not a violent person- but traffic pushes my buttons and I have to pull out and stop and breath or else I'm going to murder the @#%^*($!


What is your favorite citrus fruit?

Lemons and limes--- love them


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How often do you call your mother? or is mother is deceased/gone how often do you call the person who has taken her place(of course mothers aren't actually replacable- but you get the idea)

Are you closer to your mother now or then(when ever then was-ie childhood, adolescence, etc)?

Who has been the greatest influence in/on your life- and some of the "why"?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

How often do you call your mother? or is mother is deceased/gone how often do you call the person who has taken her place(of course mothers aren't actually replaceable- but you get the idea)
Not very often, a few times a year perhaps and rarely in an exclusive way. 

Are you closer to your mother now or then(when ever then was-ie childhood, adolescence, etc)?
Not very close. At some time in my childhood/early adolescence I spent more time with her (basically staying at her work) but we are different and similar in the aspects that matter  (she is a believer and lately a more fundamental christian, and she has a strong character that apparently I inherited/learned) so we try not to step in each other's toes. Now I live a few thousand km away making our contact more sporadic.

Don't get me wrong, I love my mom, but... 

Who has been the greatest influence in/on your life- and some of the "why"?
Perhaps my uncle on my dad's side. He broke my dad's flaws that I was replicating (and some still are with me) of hating emotions and/or expressing them. If it weren't for him I don't know if I would be able to express my self in an emotional way (different from anger, obviously  ).

Let's try something more cheerful...

1. Have you tried 3 chocolate Milka bars?

(why oh why is it so hard to find it in the States?)

2. How many glasses of wine make you giddy?

3. What kind of music makes you dance?

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

1. Have you tried 3 chocolate Milka bars?

Yes, and I love it. Actually, it's also difficult to find it here. I've tasted it in Germany, where it is available...

2. How many glasses of wine make you giddy?

Depends on my mood, if I've eaten something before etc. But basically it's 1 1/2 bottles I need at least to feel giddy.

3. What kind of music makes you dance?

I can dance to anything, if I'm in the right mood. And there's always mood for dancing...

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1. Do you like electronic (dance) music, and if yes, which kind (techno, electroclash, drum n' bass etc....) do you prefer?

2. Which of the recently released movies do you like the most/would you like to see the most?

3. Will you dress up like Elvis for the 30 year's anniversary of his death?



Bonus: A small step for you or a ginat leap for mankind?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1. Do you like electronic (dance) music, and if yes, which kind (techno, electroclash, drum n' bass etc....) do you prefer?
Oh yes. Erm, I like everything but run of the mill house, but electroclash and trance are my usuals.

2. Which of the recently released movies do you like the most/would you like to see the most?
Stardust! I really want to see it.

3. Will you dress up like Elvis for the 30 year's anniversary of his death?
No.

Bonus: A small step for you or a ginat leap for mankind?
Small step for me helps mankind in that giant step.
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1. What's the furthest east you've been?

2. Which major bodies of water (Atlantic, Baltic, Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico, etc.) have you see or been in?

3. Favorite leisure activity?

[Swatopluk]

1. What's the furthest east you've been?
Kirkenes, Norway (30°E), otherwise Bulgaria (30 years ago at pre-school age)

2. Which major bodies of water (Atlantic, Baltic, Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico, etc.) have you see or been in?
North Atlantic, Arctic Sea (Norway, Iceland, Svalbard), North Pacific (a holiday long ago in Canada ending on Vancouver Island), Black Sea (see question 1), Baltic and North Sea (naturally, being German)

3. Favorite leisure activity?
Reading, watching DVDs (sex still unavailable)

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1. Do you have nightmares on a regular base (that does not mean following a strict timetable)?

2. Can you usually remember your dreams?

3. Do your dreams follow logic or is it complete chaos of unknown origin?

Bonus: Is that the first time that guy asked 3 questions on the same topic?

[Griffin NoName]

1. Do you have nightmares on a regular base (that does not mean following a strict timetable)?

Yes. Always involving my ex-husband or my mother.

2. Can you usually remember your dreams?

Yes. I am re-married (ie. I agree a second try which I would never do) to the same person and it again does not work. Ouch!

3. Do your dreams follow logic or is it complete chaos of unknown origin?

Usually reasonably logical.

Bonus: Is that the first time that guy asked 3 questions on the same topic? I lost count.

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1. What's your earliest memory of your mother (or primary carer)?

2. What makes life worth living?

3. Do you put the cap back on the toothpaste ?  Bonus: Why/Why not?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1. What's your earliest memory of your mother (or primary carer)?
I have a lot of faces, frozen moments, and a few major events from my childhood, and few things longer than a moment, though those moment extend at least sixteen years back.
I think that the earliest I have was running around the table in a diaper and t-shirt at about two years old, while she read the paper (I think. I remember not being able to see her face clearly, and I think it was a paper obscuring it.

2. What makes life worth living?
New things and habit. I love to learn new things, and have a routine I repeat nightly. It makes for a nice balance.

3. Do you put the cap back on the toothpaste ?
Yes
Bonus: Why/Why not?
You mean there are people who don't?
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1. Was college considered "optional" in your family?

2. Earliest book you recall reading?

3. If you have a cell phone, what's your ring tone?

[Swatopluk]

1. Was college considered "optional" in your family?
The education system is a bit different here with primary school, then 3 different types of secondary school (Main, Real and Gymnasium*). After that its's trade/vocational school, technical college or university (depending on the type of 2nd school).
Gymnasium was "mandatory" but I was the only one to go to university afterwards. My 2 older brothers chose different career paths.

2. Earliest book you recall reading?
Active reading? Then it was the book I learned reading from. I can still remember a lot of details.

3. If you have a cell phone, what's your ring tone?
I don't have and hope to avoid it for the time being.
If I had free choice, Spirit of Cambria would be a candidate.

*nothing to do with sports, the dictionary gives grammar school as English equivalent

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1. Do you like Shakespeare? What play most (if you dislike him, insert play by other author)?

2. What is the worst Disney movie you know?

3. Should there be a constitutional option to remove the head of government by plebiscite (apart from general elections)?

[goat starer]

1. Do you like Shakespeare? What play most (if you dislike him, insert play by other author)?

i love shakespeare. I can still recite about 80% of Hamlets lines from my university days. Has to be Hamlet. MacBeth is too Historically innacurate and dont go for the comedies at all. Do like King Lear and Corialanus though.

2. What is the worst Disney movie you know?

I have a horrible habit of liking disney movies. I love the Little Mermaid..... no really I LOVE her  Alladin left me under impressed.

3. Should there be a constitutional option to remove the head of government by plebiscite (apart from general elections)?

Is a plebiscite an axe?     I dont believe in this voting malarkey. It encourages people with little talent other than ego to put themselves forward to an elactorate that fundamentally knows nothing of their abilities (lord I expect a CV and Interview for the office cleaner - heaven forbid we require our 'rulers' to have any talent at all!) not sure what I would replace it with though. The eternal problem of the Marxist is that Marx never really got around to describing a systen of government rather than an historical process. Attempts to date have been largely appalling!

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1) Do you eat proper childrens sweets like wham bars and drumsticks and cola bottles and flying saucers etc.

2) Where would you like to be right now?

3) With whom?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1) Do you eat proper childrens sweets like wham bars and drumsticks and cola bottles and flying saucers etc.
I eat necco wafers and juju bees, and jelly beans, but not too much of the classic candies. Mostly mass manufactured Hersey's garbage, unless I can find a Heath bar (I love love love heath bars)

2) Where would you like to be right now?
In the mountains somewhere. In either of the two north American chains I've been in (The Rockies or the Sierra Nevadas...both are beautiful, but the Sierras are far more rugged)

3) With whom?
I'm nearly always with other people, so by myself, I think. But if I have to bring along someone else, a couple of good friends.
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1. What hours of the day/night are you most awake at?

2. If you hadn't taken the path you are on right now, what one would you have chosen?

3. Do you yahoo!?

[Swatopluk]

1. What hours of the day/night are you most awake at?
If left to my own devices I get up between 9 and 10 am and go to bed between 2 and 3 am.
I am most awake in the middle of the evening

2. If you hadn't taken the path you are on right now, what one would you have chosen?
Possibly historian. I doubt that I would have made it as a shipbuilding engineer

3. Do you yahoo!?
Do you mean behave like one? rarely (I think)
Or do you men using the search engine? Also rarely these days. If google doesn't yield useful results.

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1. Would the world be a better place if there was general promiscuity but no jealousy?

2. Is Buddhism more humane than nonviolent Christianity?

3. What would happen, if everyone knew that the world would end in a day/week/month/year?
Would it make a difference, if they also knew that their actions would have no posthumous consequences for them?

Bonus: Why again sex, violence and religion? Are there no better themes?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1. Would the world be a better place if there was general promiscuity but no jealousy?
I don't mind that world provided that the obvious health risks were minimized.

2. Is Buddhism more humane than nonviolent Christianity?
I am biased towards Buddhism which I believe to be harder to misrepresent than christianity.

3. What would happen, if everyone knew that the world would end in a day/week/month/year?
Would it make a difference, if they also knew that their actions would have no posthumous consequences for them?
It would certainly be chaos all over plus all the fundies screaming how much we deserved it

Bonus: Why again sex, violence and religion? Are there no better themes?
Hey, you forgot politics
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1. Are disney musicals the worst of all?
2. Roller coasters: good or evil?
3. Does it make sense to be in a attraction park at 95F/36C plus humidity?

Bonus: can you tell where am I?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1. Are disney musicals the worst of all?
YES! And I am subjected to them regularly due to two Disney-obsessed siblings.

2. Roller coasters: good or evil?
Funfunfunfunfunfunfun. Good.

3. Does it make sense to be in an attraction park at 95F/36C plus humidity?
I assume you're talking about Disney Land/World. Probably Disney land.
No, so go in April or early November.

Bonus: can you tell where am I?
I think so. LA?
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1. Have you ever had to replace sprinklers?

2. Which of the PoC movies was the best?

3. Why?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1. Have you ever had to replace sprinklers?
Nope, and given that I live in a condo, I don't think I will have to deal with something like that anytime soon.

2. Which of the PoC movies was the best?
Mmm, perhaps the latest one?

3. Why?
Dunno, I liked the 2nd too but the ending was a bit disconcerting.

1. Windows, Mac, Linux or some obscure flavor of Unix?

2. Do you own an Apple iPod?

3. Does it make sense to watch a movie in such a small screen?