Six Not Very Extraordinary Things About Me

Tuesday February 26, 2008

A meme to keep things ticking over. I found it at The Pickards.

  1. I have only ever asked for two autographs in my life. Beatle Paul McCartney and poet Roger McGough – a Liverpool connection although I’ve only just realised this. Both signed without complaint, although apparently the ex-Beatle now refuses to sign them.
  2. Although I’m a big fan of the 1963 film Zulu, I much prefer Zulu Dawn, the 1979 prequel. Who can turn their noses up at a film starring Burt Lancaster, Peter O’Toole, Bob Hoskins and Phil Daniels?
  3. There are very strict rules on time keeping where I work. Lunch is always at noon, and afternoon tea is at two thirty sharp. Someone (rashly, in my mind) called tea at two twenty today and I was thrown into turmoil.
  4. I hurt my back at the weekend by foolishly carrying a heavy box. Ironically, the box contained an exercise bike.
  5. The most listened to song on my iPod is This Old Town by Paul Weller and Graham Coxon. However I have recently been rediscovering 80s indie music, including bands such as Wire and Felt (who I’m listening to right now).
  6. The nearest book I can see from here is a freebie by children’s author Geraldine McCaughrean featuring extracts from five of her stories.

I love the idea of afternoon tea. Someone in the office where I work might offer to make a cup of tea but it is random and often not offered. Take it that there are also some biscuits to go with the tea?

Simon    26 February, 09:34 PM   

Usually. And sometimes we have cakes.

Stephen    27 February, 09:38 AM   

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