Monday 20 December 2010

Q&A Martin


When were you happiest?
1189 in Acre

What is your greatest fear?
That there is no afterlife

What is your earliest memory?
Being in my pram staring at the ceiling, it was flakey and cracked.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Checking doors are locked, making raspberry and chicken noises at inappropriate times.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

The arrogance of ignorance.

Aside from property, what's the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
Jag XJS, it was my pride and joy but at 11 miles to the gallon I had to sell it too soon.

What is your most treasured possession?
Photo of my soul mate at Glastonbury, it spans two lifetimes.

What would your superpower be?
Healing people

What makes you unhappy?
Too much noise

If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose?
JC

Who would play you in the film of your life?
Liam Neason

What's your most unappealing habit?
Nose bogey hunting at traffic lights.

What is your favourite smell?
Rain on freshly mown grass after a drought.

What is your favourite word
Floccinaucinihilipilification

What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?
A Royalist

Is it better to give or to receive?
To give

What do you owe your parents?
Life and an open mind 

What is the love of your life?
My soul mate

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?
Spike Milligan, JC, Mohammed, Buddha, Krisna, Eleanor of Aquitane and Merthyn.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"For goodness sake"

What is the worst job you've done?
Catching July bugs in the girls' tents on St Mary's, Scilly Islands.

If you could go back in time, where would you go?
1189, Acre

When did you last cry and why?
My mum's death, she was an angel and the world is a sadder place without her.

How do you relax?
I meditate on the black hole in Cygnus 3

What is the closest you've ever come to death?
Several times from 1993 due to a mystery illness no one can diagnose.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Staying alive

What song would you like played at your funeral?
The Flood, Take That.

How would you like to be remembered?
As a knight (to be remembered) - geddit?

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