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	Saturday, February 21, 2004

TEN QUESTIONS I found this series of questions at Lynn's place, and, since she hoped they would be done elsewhere, I'm having a go at them. 1. What is your favorite word? "Poke", although the explanation for it is rather convoluted. A couple years ago, Beloved Wife and I went to Chicago to visit Carol, one of her old college buddies. While we were there, we spent an evening watching a local avant-garde sketch comedy troupe called "The Neo-Futurists". They're sort of like the Kids in the Hall, except more American and less televised. One of their sketches started out with two characters, each one holding a stick. One poked the other, who declared in a voice most offended, "Hey! You poked me with a stick!" and then retaliated by poking the other person with his stick. The response, of course was "Hey! You poked *me* with a stick!" It went on like this for a couple minutes, with increasingly silly amounts of stick-poking, offended declarations, and other characters jumping in with sticks of their own. All very juvenile & pointless. Afterwards, however, Beloved Wife and I couldn't resist poking each other and yelling, "Hey! You poked me with a finger!" (or whatever other handy poking device was used). To this day, it's a frequent occurance that one of us will poke the other while saying "poke", setting off a chain reaction of poking and offended declarations. Absolutely silly, I know, but it is of such sillinesses that the bonds of love are woven. 2. What is your least favorite word? I'm agreeing with Lynn on this one and saying "blog", and I'll explain as I did in her comments. A blog is a beautiful thing to read or write, but it's an ugly sounding word. It's even worse if someone pronounces it blawg instead of blahg (which Rush Limbaugh does on occasion). 3. What turns you on (inspires you)? Playing fetch with my dog Bandit (who is female, despite the name's usual connotation). It's quiet time and I usually manage to do some good writing during a session (between tosses, that is). 4. What turns you off? Again, I'm agreeing with Lynn. Idle small talk is the bane of my existence. If you're going to use words in my presence, please make them convey information. Oh, and people who smoke in their cars with the windows rolled up and then come to my teller window. Sadly, these are often chatty small-talkers, too. I don't care if people smoke, I did it myself for more years than I like to think about, but please ventilate. 5. What sound do you love? Well, it doesn't transcribe accurately into writing, but there's a certain sort of heavy, gasping, sighing sound that signals success in the performance of my husbandly duties... 6. What sound do you hate? The feeble, dry, solenoid click of a dead-battery car. There's never a good time to hear that sound, and I've heard it at many of them. 7. What is your favorite curse word? (if any) F***. It's just so harsh, abrupt, and bitter. It reflects perfectly the way I feel when I'm frustrated. I use it frequently, much to Beloved Wife's dismay, and despite years of her best efforts at reform. 8.What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? Certified Financial Planner. I have a 4-year degree in Finance from an accredited state institution of higher learning and an aptitude for things financial. I don't have the specific training requirements completed that would allow me to take the exam. How to pay for said training is an issue of discussion in the Olson household, which may or may not get resolved in the next year or two. 9. What profession would you not like to participate in? Home construction. It's either too hot, too cold, or too rainy, and you work in all of it. Even worse would be the stupid, lazy, unreliable, untrustworthy co-workers. I realize that there are some good people who work in the industry, too, but I also know that whenever a woman tells me about her latest ne'er-do-well boyfriend, the phrase "he's a construction worker" almost invariably pops up. 10. Presupposing that Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Due to an uncorrectable clerical error, you may stay." posted by Harvey at 1:42:09 PM  permalink    Crappy Broken Radio Comments (do not use) [] trackback []  HOME

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