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What will you do with someone who answers no to all the questions?
ReplyDeleteRamana: Well obviously they'd be a total freak and they'd be advised to take their custom elsewhere.
ReplyDelete1) Are you, or have you ever been, pear-shaped?
ReplyDeleteYes
2) Are you disturbed by any of the following: cornflakes, bicycles, dandruff, ceiling fans, golf balls or haddock?
Not a fan of dandruff.....as for the others.....I can cope
3) Do you ever dream of underwired bras?
I certainly hope I never do
4) At social events, do you ever have a burning desire to stab someone to death?
Frequently
5) Do you struggle with the word onomatopoeia?
No........I use it daily
6) Do you have unwanted thoughts about courgettes?
Hummmm held by Russell Crowe...yes
7) Do double chins make you feel a bit peculiar?
My own does
8) Have you ever been puzzled by elbows?
Only once
9) Do you hanker after better-constructed sentences?
Perhaps..I do..yes...oh well
10) Do you find clouds unsatisfactory?
All. The time
John: Our panel of experts is unanimous in deciding that you're the perfect visitor and may come and go as you please. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI suffer from disturbing dreams about online quizzes, especially those originating in the British Isles. This condition is frequently puzzling and makes me feel peculiar, which is often unsatisfactory. Pear-shaped haddock is disturbing, too, particularly when it has been stabbed to death by foundation garments with underwires.
ReplyDeleteHeart: Brilliant! Our panel of experts (that's Susie, Joanne, Megan and Hattie Expert) are so impressed with your exceptional answers they're sending you a special voucher for a week's stay at a deluxe beauty and health resort in the Caribbean. Enjoy!
ReplyDelete'At social events, do you ever have a burning desire to stab someone to death?'
ReplyDeleteNo. I just see them in my mind's eye as a pear shaped haddock!
Grannymar: What a brilliant idea! I must try that the next time I come across someone especially infuriating....
ReplyDelete1) No. Melon, yes.
ReplyDelete2) I live in dread of my dandruff being blown around the room by an over-active ceiling fan.
3) My life is an underwired bra.
4) No. Slow poisoning, yes.
5) O no.
6) Have you been reading my secret diary?
7) No, but droopy jowls do.
8) They do make me laugh.
9) Totally hankered out.
10) Never.
Liz: Oh, didn't you know, your secret diary has been circulating on Facebook for several weeks. In fact it's gone totally viral. Electrifying reading it is too. I have to say I was shocked beyond belief by the entry for March 13.
ReplyDeleteNo to all but the underwired...Unfortunately, I have no choice but to live in those things...Still not well but getting there ever so slowly, it seems.
ReplyDeletee: Oh, that sounds very resigned! We men have managed to escape such inflictions....
ReplyDelete1) Never been pear-shaped - more like slender hourglass.
ReplyDelete2) I can't say I'm thrilled with all those things, but not disturbed either.
3) Uh, no. I wear underwire bras, of course.
4) No. Perhaps a fleeting thought of it now and again.
5) Nope
6) Those are zucchini, right? Again, nope.
7) DO you mean having a double chin (I don't) or seeing them? It's not an attractive feature but that's about the extent of it.
8) I'm puzzled by the question, does that count?
9) Hmm. At this point, I hanker after better constructed psychological quiz questions.
10) I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all.
1) Are you, or have you ever been, pear-shaped?
ReplyDeleteWOULD ANY FRUIT DO?
2) Are you disturbed by any of the following: cornflakes, bicycles, dandruff, ceiling fans, golf balls or haddock?
ONLY WHEN I'M TRYING TO INGEST THEM ALL AT ONCE.
3) Do you ever dream of underwired bras?
NEVER. I'M A SOFTIE.
4) At social events, do you ever have a burning desire to stab someone to death?
ONLY AT UNSOCIAL EVENTS
5) Do you struggle with the word onomatopoeia?
SYMPHONY. HARMONY.
6) Do you have unwanted thoughts about courgettes?
I ALWAYS WANT THOSE THOUGHTS.
7) Do double chins make you feel a bit peculiar?
NO, BUT QUADRUPLES DO IT TO ME.
8) Have you ever been puzzled by elbows?
ONLY WHEN I HAVE A BAG OF THEM
9) Do you hanker after better-constructed sentences?
I USE KLEENEX
10) Do you find clouds unsatisfactory?
THEY'RE FAR TOO EPHEMERAL
XO
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ReplyDeleteSlender hourglass? Lucky you!
www: Absolutely, clouds are far too ephemeral. Here one minute, gone the next. It's all most disconcerting.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, which fruit do you resemble? Nothing too embarrassing, I hope.
Now I am stuck on "slender hourglass," gonna have nightmares about *that*.
ReplyDelete1) See above.
ReplyDelete2) Golf balls give me a funny feeling.
3) I fantasize about them, does that count?
4) At social events, I often have a stabbing desire to burn someone...
5) I love that word.
6) Courgettes give me a funny feeling.
7) Double chins make me want to bite them.
8) Elbows make me want to bite them.
9) YES.
10) YES
Leah: I thought your figure already qualified as "slender hourglass"? Or have I been misinformed?
ReplyDeleteA worrying biting impulse here. As long as you aren't tempted to bite any employees of Nickhereandnow.
Now I'm wondering if burning would be more fun than stabbing....
Ahem. There is nothing nightmarish about my body. I just meant to say I have the typical female proportions, but I'm on the thin side.
ReplyDeleteAgent: I wasn't being ironic, I was being complimentary! Nothing nightmarish at all!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what's the difference between clouds and cloud illusions?
No, a comment was about the nightmares induced by that phrase. Not you.
ReplyDeleteI've had dreams INVOLVING underwire bras. Last time, I figured how to replace one with a set of hinged ribs.
ReplyDeleteAgent: Oh I see. I wonder what the "nightmare" reference was all about? The horrors of whalebone corsets perhaps?
ReplyDeleteMurr: Most ingenious. Quick, grab the patent before someone else makes all the money....
yes
ReplyDeleteno
they are works of structural wonder
regularly
no
no
only my own
of course
always
real or virtual?
Speccy: Works of structural wonder indeed. Fascinating to men, usually thoroughly uncomfortable for the wearers....
ReplyDeleteReal or virtual? Either. Or even clouds of bees. Or clouds of starlings. Or clouds of dust.
Yes yes we all know "slender hourglass" is the standard of beauty!!!!
ReplyDeleteI was being facetious.
ReplyDeleteLeah: The media have a lot to answer for. Millions of women unconsciously (or consciously) yearn for an hourglass figure because of all the media images shoved at them day in and day out.
ReplyDelete1) Are you, or have you ever been, pear-shaped?
ReplyDeleteI didn't used to be. I used to be 'Marilyn Munroe' hourglass shaped, but now I am, very sadly, a definite pear!
2) Are you disturbed by any of the following: cornflakes, bicycles, dandruff, ceiling fans, golf balls or haddock?
I personally find haddock extremely disturbing. Cornflakes are close behind.
3) Do you ever dream of underwired bras?
Only when they get stuck in the works of my washing machine. That's happened twice now and the repair man ALWAYS laughs at me.
4) At social events, do you ever have a burning desire to stab someone to death?
Yes. Next?
5) Do you struggle with the word onomatopoeia?
Um. No. Sorry!
6) Do you have unwanted thoughts about courgettes?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!
7) Do double chins make you feel a bit peculiar?
Nah. OH has one!
8) Have you ever been puzzled by elbows?
Frequently. Especially mine.
9) Do you hanker after better-constructed sentences?
Oh, good grief, yes!
10) Do you find clouds unsatisfactory?
Yes. They move so! No sooner have I spotted Margaret Thatcher up there among the ice-cream castles and whipped my camera out than she's been transformed into a rat or a jar of pickles. Most unsatisfactory.
I do hope my answers mean I can continue reading this blog. But I give you fair warning that I'll continue to do it anyway, no matter how many sanctions you impose!
Jay: Indeed, those pesky clouds will keep changing shape so! They need a jolly good talking-to. And a serious smack on the bottom.
ReplyDeleteGood heavens, what insubordination! That sort of attitude won't do you any good, young lady.
Yes ... but am I still persona grata? I'm biting my nails down to the elbow.
ReplyDeleteI mean, yes, I'll still read, but it'd be nice to know I was welcome! ;)
Jay: Patience is a virtue. Our National Customer Service Response Team will be in touch with you just as soon as all the comments have been carefully analysed, assessed, evaluated and thrown in the shredder.
ReplyDeleteOh god, a survey. Where is my coffee???
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ReplyDeleteI'm perfectly proportioned, of course.
ReplyDeleteNo
No
Yes
Only in a good way
Not unwanted, no
They're so cute when you reach out and wobble them!
Freaky things, elbows
I admire a well-constructed sentence
Only when viewed from above
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