^, <, V

[Mad Matt]

^ Nope. That's why it's called my "job" and not my "passion".

< Who the hell is Eduardo and why would you newbies be surprised that I am worse than he is? You people just don't KNOW!

v "I love the night life. I love to boogie...." What type of music do you wish was never "invented" per se?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ Muzak

< I like my job.

V Pass the question along

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Where to start? most rap..yes I'm sorry but ...ew

< Damn Hester that goose is huuuuge <said with an exagerated drawl

V pass the q (oh gosh and not the duchie...yeah theres one for the cutting room floor)

[Matusalem]

^Red-Handed Jill wrote

^ Muzak

You know I was a recording sessionist for the Muzak Corporation before I turned pyrate. Nothing beats playing the triangle for Carpenters'covers.

<I'm practicing reciting my alphabet backwards just in case I get pulled over by the police.....hasn't happened yet but you knever know.

V What meal is your favorite to cook?

[Capt. Sterling]

^ spaghetti

< alphabet backwards? is there a song for that? snigger

V I like this question... passing this one on again... What's the most impressive sight you've seen in your travels?

[Hester]

^ Stonehenge, baby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU3H1Um4Ju4

< Took the most eccentric road trip through Britain that you can imagine.

V Still passing the question down the queue...

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ any manner of fiberglass animals, cow, giant ox, dinosaur &c.

< every road trip in the mid west has to be marked with the viewing of some kind of fiberglass statue. It's like a tradition around here.

V what would you like to see immortalized in fiberglass?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^Dick Clark in a bunny costume

< I don't know why

V Pass the q

[Hester]

^Kris Kristofferson naked astride a motorcycle of his choice

< Don't know if the story's apocryphal, but apparently students at the college he attended at Oxford once voted to erect such a statue (although not in fibreglass). However, it seems they were short on funds. Hey, I'd chip in!

V Still passing the Q...

[The Chapman]

^ My friend Eva Destruction ( a professional dominatrix).

> Why? She has amazing 'work' stories and has been an amazing friend to me when I needed a friend, and I don't mean sexually. She was there when I needed somebody in my house and she helped me through some some tough times.

V Passing whatever it was was just posted, and thanks to all.

[LongTom]

^ CrazyCholeBlack, with a plaque underneath proclaiming "Posed The Most Surreal Question Ever, May 10, 2007."

< Confused. (does it show much?)

V Why are you a pirate? (I don't care if there's another thread for that. My turn, my question. Nyah, nyah, nyah.)

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ because of the clothes of course!

< I do love clothing, although I'd be a nudist if I had a pool with an 8 foot fence around it.

(& darn it, I was hoping to hear more "fiberglass statue" ideas )

V what would it take to make you a nudist?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ A fully-equipped home gym and a personal trainer.

< Maritime weapons class is this weekend - woo hoo!

V Pass the question

[Jacky Tar]

^ A remote location an a much higher fence. (And Chole as me pool girl.)

< I probably still wouldn't get naked, but it's a good excuse t' hav Chole as me pool girl.

V Passin' on the question (and lookin' fer a place t' hide).

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Answerin Tom's question..why pirate?

It just fits..way too much fun and yes, the clothes and a cutlass..aye sharp an shiny!..

< More fun than a stock broker or Bean counter

V Why do you pirate?

[Jacky Tar]

^ 'cause many o' the people I like are pirates.

< I'm tryin' t' blend in... is it workin'?

V Pass on Red CAt's question.

[Hester]

(I'm sorry, what was the question? Oh-- "Why do you pirate?"!)

^Love the attitude. And the porn is cool:

< Have a friend who's a nudist and a flight attendant. She doesn't fly nude, though.

V Favourite skinny-dipping story?

[Ransom]

^ Skinny dipping with my sister at Lake Mead. And laughing at my husband (now ex) who joined us, but then wouldn't/couldn't get out of the water until we'd put our suits back on, and he'd stood waist deep for awhile. We all paid big time for it, though. As the temps were about 118 and we got so sunburned that I spent the night - 105 - outside in a chair, with my feet in a bucket of water.

< I pirate because the people and the clothes are kewl.

V Pass the skinny dipping question on.

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ My favourite skinny dipping story didn't happen to me. A couple of guy friends of mine went to an outdoor public pool and decided to sneak in and take a swim. They didn't bring their suits but what the heck. They had a fine old time cooling off in the pool...until the police showed up.

< I've gone skinny dipping but nothing that would make an amusing anecdote ever happened when I did. Well, there was that "guys showing up in canoes" incident...

V Any incidents that were particularly mortifying at the time but are amusing now?

[LongTom]

^ Dressing as a wizard for a Halloween costume contest, taking my turn on stage, striking a wizardly pose, and knocking down an overhead lampshade.

< Likes Halloween a lot.

V Like Halloween?

[Hester]

^ Um.... well, okay, yes. Considering I wear a pirate hat and a Hawaiian lei as everyday attire, you could say I like dressing up. However, I live in a Victorian house that came with a "reputation" for extensive decorating at Hallowe'en. It was fun at first, but after 10 years, I'm starting to see it as more of a chore than a lark. Last year, I skipped town (in pirate gear) and let my b-i-l pour Cuban rum for me instead. Happily, I still had windows when I returned.

< Favourite Hallowe'en anecdote I remember: Back in university, I went dressed as Magenta from Rocky Horror, with my very handsome platonic friend chem-partner-locker-mate (although I think he might have thought it was an actual date). We were party-hopping our way across campus, and I happened to come across my real boyfriend & his band (can't remember now why we went seperately). I sat down on my boyfriend's lap, and he was extremely startled, because he didn't initially recognize me in my heavy make-up. Anyhow, I spent the rest of the evening with them drinking something purple called "Witches' Brew". At the end of the evening, I met up again with my escort , who gallantly drove me home, but we had to stop along the way so I could upchuck the purple stuff. I woke up the next morning still wearing my make-up and nearly gave my dad a heart attack when I walked into the kitchen. Saw the locker-mate on Monday, and he said "Well, that was a fun night!" with his usual drier-than-gin sarcasm (although he wasn't really mad, and had had his own adventures while I buggered off with the band).

V Favourite Hallowe'en story?

[LongTom]

^ Favorite Halloween story: It's May 2nd. I'm in my driveway sawing up lumber for raised beds for the vegetable garden. A neighbor goes strolling by, pauses, looks on a minute, and says, "Oh. I was half expecting you were building something for Halloween."

< Happened again last night. Some kids walking a puppy came by while I was unloading groceries, and said "you're the guy who does the Halloween house, aren't you? We always come by."

V Have anything you are infamous for with the neighbors?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Hmm with the hours I keep and the fact that I sometimes come home in the Ford Explorer with police stripes and lights and offroad equip. I'm sure they have their own speculations. Wait till I leave the house in kit!

< It's rather chilly up here tonight! Time for a tea. Too bad I can't put a little DiSaronno in it..sigh..working

V What do you get away with at work?

[Jacky Tar]

^ Not much, a little small talk.

< Ojai t'morrow. Hope there's lots o' pirates!

V Pass on the question.

[Surfer Joe]

^Pretty much whatever I like. The UNCLE spy organization doesn't micro-manage its Double-Oh operatives.

< Could really use some breakfast. I wonder if that coconut Hetha found is edible?

V Passing on the Q -- What do you get away with at work?