Friday, December 15, 2006

It's That Mister Knudsen Again

I know it's another bloody meme, but this one has an impeccable pedigree, coming as it does from the lovely Gaijin Girl via the equally lovely Fake Knudsen.
Here we go then:

1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

Me.

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be?

Bono. Can I do it now, please?

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

Tony Blair.

4. What is your favourite cheese?

Stilton or smegma (easy to confuse the two).

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make?

Stilton and mango chutney. Mmmm …

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice?

Is Marge Simpson a movie celebrity? If not, then Akiko Wakabayashi from "You Only Live Twice".

7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick?

Any member of Morning Musume.

8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy shit, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it?

Unwisely.

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

Harajuku, Tokyo. For the weemen …

10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do?

Eat whale sashimi.

11. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is…?

I'm with Fake Knudsen on this; a top Islay malt, probably cask strength Talisker as I've only got a little left in the cupboard.

12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-travelling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you travelling to and what are you going to do when you get there?

I'd go back to Biblical Jerusalem and bribe Pilate to let Jesus off.
Then I'd tell Jesus about all the shit that's been done in His and His Dad's names so he'd tell the disciples he was only joking about the son of God bit and then slope off with Mary Magdalen and run a nightclub.

13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

Women must not wear denim (ugh).

14. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise?

It's called "I'm A Celebrity, Beat The Crap Out Of Me" and stars every "celebrity" on the planet. They are brutally beaten and tortured for twenty minutes in front of a live audience, then put to death in amusing ways by cute Japanese girls in bikinis.

15. What is your favorite curse word?

Arse!

16. Your house is on fire! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item?

My old Les Paul. No contest.

17. One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?

Start wanking. An endless supply of tissue paper must be standing there for a reason.

18. The Angel of Death has descended upon you. Fortunately, the Angel of Death is pretty cool and in a good mood, and it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bite it. Whatcha gonna do in that half-hour?

Kill everybody else on the planet.

19. You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be?

I already have a Superpower (it's about halfway down this post).

20. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

Judith Flaxman. 1977. Just about any half hour. Mmmmmm … Nuff said.

21.You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

Most of the first forty-eight years.

22. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-travelling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But you can move to anywhere else in the world! What country are you going to live in now?

Japan.

23. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be?

Rick's Bar, Casablanca or Moe's Tavern … It's gotta be Moe's; I can't stand Nazis.

24. Hopefully you didn’t mention this in the super-powers question…. If you did, then we’ll just expand on that. Suddenly, you have gained the ability to float. Who are you going to show this to first?

Jesus. Then we'll do the helium balloon voice thing and scare the shit out of the disciples.

25. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive vegetables you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life?

No celebrity is worth bringing back to life.

26. The Celestial Gates of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, once again Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

Nobody. Life sucks. They're better off dead.

27. What’s your theme song?

Prayer To God by Shellac

28. Who’s up next?

As you've all probably seen this on Old K's blog, there's no-one else to pass it on to, unless you're a new reader, in which case get to work, sucker.

18 comments:

Scout said...

This is one of the longest and most creative memes I've read, but Dive...you're a little scary. tee hee.

Why shouldn't women wear denim?

dive said...

Oh, it's horrid, stiff, workwear-ey stuff, Robyn. And the denim skirt is the most unflatteringly awful garment ever. If it's a miniskirt you look like a tart, if it's longer, you look like the butch half of a gay couple.
Maybe I'm just old.

And I thought my meme answers were uncharacteristically upbeat! Hee hee.

dive said...

Actually, I had a funny feeling that, despite all the stuff about Jesus and death, the "women and denim" answer would get all the flak.
Hmmm …

Scout said...

I decided to gloss over the Jesus and death stuff for the sake of our blogship. The denim thing seemed to be the most benign.

Here's the thing with jean skirts: when I was in college, we were forced to live by a strict dress code--skirts only--so for spite I wore the same jean skirt every day for weeks. It was satisfying.

Where I live now, Mennonite women who don't wear pants of any kind, demin or otherwise, wear logn jean skirts with tennis shoes and panty hose. It makes wearing a jean skirt for the rest of us unappealing.

dive said...

I can see how they might be comfortable and practical, it's just that my old fashioned, sexist, "I like feminine girls" crap worldview finds them so ugly.
They're also the uniform of the British, binge-drinking tart, which doesn't help their image …

Utsav said...

Hahaha.. Perfect. Love your answers! Just the way to cheer up a frustrated student like me LOL..

dive said...

Thanks, Utsav.
Keep studying hard; only eleven days to go (I still think it's mean of them to give you exams on Dec 26) …

Sassy Sundry said...

I'm afraid that I'm not doing this one. I'm on the Quiz Wagon.

That quiz is a winner, though.

dive said...

Probably a wise move.
I just couldn't resist. I've GOT to get that celebrity show off the ground.

Sassy Sundry said...

That would be a winner, now, wouldn't it?

Unknown said...

dive, stilton and mango chutney? that is truly inspired stuff. i'm going to try that this weekend. also love your celebrity show - i'd pay good money to see that. can we start with andie mcdowell? can we? can we? your japan fascination is interesting. *sigh* another bloke with a 'thing' for asian chicks. what's a gg to do?

GG said...

sorry, the above comment is mine. freakin' beta blooper has decided to be even more helpful than it usually is and is displaying the pages in japanese, which means i am randomly pressing buttons and hoping for the best. this is all getting way too hard...

dive said...

こんにちわ 外人 ガル。
はじめまして。

Welcome to the world of stilton and mango (beware; the taste stays with you all day).
Andie McDowell is waiting excitedly in the wings for her celebrity snuff scene. I'm just heating up the boiling oil …

As for the "thing with Asian chicks", western "chicks" don't seem to want me so I thought I'd look somewhere else. And you gotta admit, they're かわいい。

Thanks for the meme. Truly inspiring stuff.

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

Am i the only one to answer it then? Oh well i've got 10 mins spare... Like your answers Dive (hate denim skirts too, but jeans are ok), but Robyn, yes just a little bit scary!
1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

Couldn't do it.

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be?

Abba

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

No-one.

4. What is your favourite cheese?

St. Agur

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make?

just plain old cheese and branston…

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice?

If i was single and available, Tim Roth of Metamorphosis and Pulp Fiction ('Pumpkin') fame.
7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick?

Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty

8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy shit, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it?

perfume

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

new york

10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do?

take a tour and a light lunch where i can people-watch.

11. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is…?

Jack Daniels - for my man

12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-travelling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you travelling to and what are you going to do when you get there?

17th century England. Meet Samuel Pepys, tell him where his gold was buried and take him a great laptop with online facility somehow magically, for his journal.



13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

Safety and consideration for others. I'm quite practical really.

14. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise?

Have Some Cash - a show where wads of £500 are given out randomly and sensitively to ordinary people who appear to be struggling - the young mother in the supermarket queue counting out her vouchers, the older guy in the jobless queue, stopped only because of his age, children's homes raising funds for better facilities, etc.

15. What is your favorite curse word?

Bollocks

16. Your house is on fire! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item?

My laptop, where i keep lots of family photos which would otherwise be burned, apart from useful info.

17. One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?

Not a lot, watch probably. I presume they wouldn't harm.

18. The Angel of Death has descended upon you. Fortunately, the Angel of Death is pretty cool and in a good mood, and it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bite it. Whatcha gonna do in that half-hour?
cuddle and talk to my children. If they weren't around, then i'd be in bed with my boyfriend.

19. You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be?

Healing powers

20. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

At Surbiton Station, seeing a soldier off to Belize. I should have said yes.

21.You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

Being with 'him' again when i should have learned ten times over by then.

22. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-travelling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But you can move to anywhere else in the world! What country are you going to live in now?

France.

23. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be?

Sue and Norm's.

24. Hopefully you didn’t mention this in the super-powers question…. If you did, then we’ll just expand on that. Suddenly, you have gained the ability to float. Who are you going to show this to first?

My sons. They'd laugh.

25. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive vegetables you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life?

Diana. So that she could be with her boys as i know the value of that.

26. The Celestial Gates of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, once again Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

My grandmother, Florence Reece. She died when i was 14.

27. What’s your theme song?

can't think.

28. Who’s up next?

uh?

dive said...

That Pepys was a randy old bugger. Lynn, so watch him!
The rest of your answers (bar one*) were lovely, if a bit uncynical and un-nasty (writes the cynical and nasty man).

* This staunchly anti-monarchist Marxist curmudgeon will forgive - just this once - your use of the "D" word as you're a mother and can perhaps have some kind of sympathy for those two appalling spoilt brats.
Perhaps I should have brought back Cromwell …

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

lol yes perhaps you should have! Yes, i do identify because of the mother thing, absolutely. I also think she was a good person, denied the fullness of life.

lol Pepys was very, very randy wasn't he! Yes i'd watch him like a hawk don't worry. I'd have very strict rules about where he could place his pen.

Old Knudsen said...

I'm bringing back Queen Victoria,good Queen Bess and Henry the 8th just to spite you Dive, long live the inbred no chins. Jap gurls to appear (yet again) on my blog real soon, and you're to blame.

dive said...

Lovely new photo, Lynn; it's nice to see the face behind the book.

Old K: Beheading's too good for the freeloading bastards.
And many thanks in advance for more pictures of your lovely Japanese friends. Mmmmm …