Cuthbert

Similar for me. I've not had them since I was about ten or eleven. Mother Monkey used to put a box in my lunch box for me. I ate them at school.

Trollheart

@ MicShaz: cinnamon snails? Over here we just call them Danish Pastries, or more usually, Danishes.

Also, what's with the problem drinking bottled water I seem to see rising out of this questionnaire? I used to drink only fizzy drinks for decades, never water (hate the tasteless stuff) but then they stopped making my favourite drink and I couldn't really substitute it with anything. So for the sake of my health I decided I would try (flavoured) bottled water. Tried Orange and Peach and loved it; it's all I drink now.

Anyway, to answer my own questions:


1. Giving as much, or as little detail as you feel comfortable doing, are/were your parents basically good or bad people?

My mother was a saint. Well, no of course she was not, but I can genuinely not think of one single bad thing about her, and nobody had a bad word to say about her, living or dead. She was taken way too soon (1991). My dad, on the other hand, as most of you are probably aware, is a scumbag who made her life a hell, left her looking after four kids on her own, and doggedly refused to die until this year, when he finally ****ed off. The world is a better place without him.

2. What's your favourite cake? (I know, I know, but it's hard to keep coming up with fresh questions. Besides, we all love cake, right?)

Oddly, for those who know me, not chocolate. I like lemon or coffee cake, anything with cream and/or jam, Victoria sponge, and just about any Swiss roll. And bakewells. Mmmm.... bakewells.

3. If you saw someone, a stranger, male or female, being assaulted on the street, would you intervene? (Intervene includes calling the cops, shouting at the assailants, etc. You don't actually have to wade in.)

I'm a cowardly ****, and built like a stick insect, so it's unlikely I would intervene personally but I would try to attract the attention of others. If it was totally out of hand I'd call the cops. I should clarify this is more the kind of unprovoked assault type of thing NOT two or more meatheads trading blows. They can **** right off. Oh and if anyone was mistreating an animal, I'm in there.

4. At what age, and level, did you finish your education (assuming you have)?

17. Didn't finish secondary school (guess that would be your High School?) and went straight into my first and only job at that age.

5. Generally, do you eat things that are bad for you, and if so, does it bother you that you do?


All the time, and no, not really. I'm of the school of thought that says you could watch what you eat, be as healthy as possible and get hit by a bus, so why not enjoy yourself? At my age though, I have discovered there are some things I really can't eat, or eat regularly, any more. Cream cakes can finish me off.

6. Overall, again in a general sense, are you environmentally aware, ie do you do anything to help save the planet, or do you not give a toss?

Yeah I do care but I really don't do anything about it. I mean, I'll turn lights off and such, but my computer and TV/sky box are on all the time and I have no idea what size my carbon footprint is, which makes it very difficult to buy carbon shoes, I can tell you.

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MicShazam

Those won't necessarily be the same, depending on what kind of dough they're made from and what the filling consists of. I tried looking online, but I'm not quite sure what, precisely a "Danish" is in other countries.

Cuthbert

The cost is an obvious one especially if it's all you drink. The flavoured stuff is likely loaded with sugar too, probably as much as soft drinks.

Trollheart

Well it seems to be just pastry wound around in that style, with icing on top, usually either apple or cinnamon or sultanas inside. Style of fing.

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

weird, i remember the same ones growing up. goddamn those are some international raisins.

they’re gross tho btw.

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Trollheart

Cost: 34 cents per bottle.
I've checked and I don't see any sugar in the ingredients and it certainly doesn't taste sugary.
Anyway it's better than Coke or Fanta surely?

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Cuthbert

That one doesn't look too bad, was thinking of the branded stuff tbh many of them are full of sugar & I'd be wary of the acid if drinking that every day.

Trollheart

Acid? Actually I checked again and yes, it does have sucralose, but I drink probably slightly less than a 750 mil bottle with my dinner, and other than that not much. When I was nearly collapsing in November and couldn't eat, that water did keep me going. It feels healthier than drinking Coke anyway, and even the fizzy (sparkling) water is all but impossible for me to drink now; I think I've become accustomed to this stuff.

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1. Giving as much, or as little detail as you feel comfortable doing, are/were your parents basically good or bad people?

Mom's fine, dad's mentally unstable.

2. What's your favourite cake? (I know, I know, but it's hard to keep coming up with fresh questions. Besides, we all love cake, right?)



3. If you saw someone, a stranger, male or female, being assaulted on the street, would you intervene? (Intervene includes calling the cops, shouting at the assailants, etc. You don't actually have to wade in.)

I'd like to think so. Closest situation I've been in was when I saw my 8 year old neighbour beating his dog and I intervened by shouting at him.

4. At what age, and level, did you finish your education (assuming you have)?

22 years old, bachelor's in advertising and public relations.

5. Generally, do you eat things that are bad for you, and if so, does it bother you that you do?


Yes I eat unhealthy food and it makes me feel great.

6. Overall, again in a general sense, are you environmentally aware, ie do you do anything to help save the planet, or do you not give a toss?

I try to be mindful but I'm too complicit in everyday environmentally harmful activities to consider myself environmentally conscious.

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