# "All About Me" SDMB Style.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039 "2001-12-05T15:26:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/61 "2001-12-05T23:58:31Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
With my father, and younger brother and sister.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
_They Came to Baghdad_ by Agatha Christie

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
A blue dot

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
Balderdash

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
The Weekly World News

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Lysol

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Music

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Getting quartered while innocent bystanders throw rotting food and chicken bones at you.

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
What time is it?

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
I hare roller coasters

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
As little as I can

**FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
I don’t know.

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
Cotton Swabs

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Chicken

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Neither

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
I don’t drive

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
No

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE**  
I don’t know.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
I don’t drive, so I don’t have a car.

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Either Grace Slick or Frank Zappa

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Too young to drink.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Sagittarius. (My birthday is December 12)

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Yes.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
The person who writes the warning labels on things.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Green and blue.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Yes

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
I have not seen any of them.

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Righty

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Dead bodies.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
598043

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
Paind drying.

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
I don’t know Tretiak very well.

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
OpalCat and SPOOFE

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**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/62 "2001-12-06T00:20:13Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Two bedroom rental, with husband.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
Chemistry textbook (am going back to Uni next year) but just finished the Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan series. (again)

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
Don’t have one, but previous one was a map of the world.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
Trivial Pursuit. (the original one)

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Asian Diver.

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Jasmine (spring’s coming) and leather. (horse riding)

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Either silence with the faint sound of bellbirds in the distance, or the sound of bubbles when you exhale while diving, both are super peaceful.

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Being completely unloved or unworthy.

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
Mmmmm… where’s SO, I want a bit 🙂

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Exciting.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
How ever many it takes to get there. Do people actually count them and hold out ?

**FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
Not having any children.

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
Happiness, self-respect and love.

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Cheese, mushrooms, oysters and avocado (but not together)

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Vanilla.

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Love it. Can’t wait to get my Corvette.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
No. Well, SO could qualify after eating too much pizza 🙂

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
I wouldn’t. I’m happy with how everything has turned out.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
VW 1971 (I think) Fastback : shudder : I pushed it more than I drove it !

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
I don’t have an answer for this one.

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Depending on the mood, it’s either Vodka, lemon, lime and bitters or a Baileys on ice.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Virgo.

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Yep.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
Studying virus mutation/genetics in a hot lab. Or to be paid to review the best dive sites of the world 🙂

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
I wouldn’t mind being blonde for a day, as long as it all washed out.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Still am, and damn it’s fine.

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Usually, American Pie, but in the week before menstruation, definitely Notting Hill. [sub]sorry if TMI[/sub]

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Righty

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Shoes. And dust.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
10.

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
Equestrian cross-country.

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
Mudshark, I’d love to know how you came up with your name. Every time I see it, I visualise a cartoon shark playing in the mud 🙂

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
Scylla, TubaDiva, Euty, Polycarp, FairyChatMom, OpalCat and anyone else who has compassion, common sense and comes across as intelligent.

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**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/63 "2001-12-06T00:26:26Z")

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\*\ ***LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Renting a room to save money.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
The Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
I have one of those little mouse ball things. I don’t have a pad.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
Balderdash

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Maxim

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Vanilla, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, coffee.

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Well played sax music, although there are a few noises women make during sex that are definitely in the top 5.

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Waking up on a lazy Sunday morning, stretching, scratching, finally throwing on a robe, heading out to get the big comfy Sunday paper so I can read the funnies over coffee. And stepping on a slug.

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
“Why am I alone?”. Or, now and then, “Who the hell is this?”. 😉

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
I _love_ anything that has the potential to maim or kill me.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
However long it takes me to get to it.

**FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
Catherine or Colin.

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
Living it

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Pasta

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Chocolate syrup over vanilla ice cream. Why choose?

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Yes, but I know my limitations.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
Only if she’s just eaten a lot of cat food.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE**  
Not a damn thing. My choices have made me who I am today.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
'74 Toyota Corolla. 4 door. Orange. I drove a pumpkin.

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Tori Amos

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Good dark beer, or rum with a splash of coke.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Virgo, unless you’re really into the charts, then it’s Libra.

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Broccoli isn’t food. It’s what food eats.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
I’d be a puppeteer for Jim Henson Studios.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Deep dark blue

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
More than words can say

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Sixth Sense of course.

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Righty

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
CD’s, books, possibly the remote to the TV which I can’t freakin’ find.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
That cute redhead’s number, sitting over at the bar.

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH**  
Rodeo and football for me.

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
They like Balderdash too. 🙂

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
I have to care about someone else? Damn… 😉

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**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/64 "2001-12-06T00:28:53Z")

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I can’t believe I left out **The Loaded Dog** in my list of admired posters, but I guess he’s covered under the general part citing intelligence and compassion. 🙂

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**Author:** ![AlteredState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AlteredState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlteredState)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/65 "2001-12-06T00:45:34Z")

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LIVING ARRANGEMENT?  
My younger brother & his fiancee, and their kitten ‘Mojo’, currently living with me.

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?  
Garrison Keillor ‘We are still married’.

WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSEPAD?  
A mouse.

FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?  
Trivial Pursuit.

FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?  
I only read other people’s leftover magazines.

FAVOURITE SMELLS?  
Freshly-mowed lawn and the air just after a thunderstorm.

FAVOURITE SOUNDS?  
When the perfect song comes on the radio unexpectedly as you drive (alone)on a summer’s day with the windows rolled down.

WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?  
The feeling of dread just as you trip on the first step down a flight of stairs.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?  
‘Where’s that snooze button?’

ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?  
Exciting.

HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?  
One.

FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?  
Jack and Amy.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?  
Hope.

FAVOURITE FOODS?  
A coffee custard dessert that has sweet biscuit in it (the recipe I inherited from my Oma) serious comfort food!

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?  
Vanilla.

DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?  
Occasionally.

DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?  
No.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:  
Not to have quit playing canoe polo.

WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?  
Morris 1100.

COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.  
Too…many…authors… can’t…decide…

FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?  
Boags Premium beer or Southern Comfort.

WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?  
Aries.

DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?  
Yep.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?  
Owner of a used bookstore.

IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?  
No, the regrowth factor puts me off.

EVER BEEN IN LOVE?  
Yes.

NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?  
Sixth Sense.

ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??  
Lefty.

WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?  
Dust bunnies.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?  
Don’t have one.

FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?  
Tennis.

SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.  
PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?  
RueDeDay, Eve and Esprix.

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**Author:** ![AlteredState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AlteredState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlteredState)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/66 "2001-12-06T00:51:35Z")

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oh yeah… say something nice… why am I having so much trouble with this bit? … Not that there’s anything wrong with you, I’m sure you’re lovely. I’m sure you have quick wit and didn’t take nearly as long to think of something nice to say as I did. So there you go, you’re a better person than me!

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**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/67 "2001-12-06T00:57:23Z")

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LIVING ARRANGEMENT?  
Five flatmates (4 Male, 1 Female)

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?  
“An Instance of Fingerpost” by Iain Pears

WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?  
Mouse pad, what’s that? … but there sure is a lot of dirt on my desk

FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?  
Trivial Pursuit

FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?  
Mcsweeney’s, ever since that thread about weird magazine’s

FAVOURITE SMELLS?  
Forest after the rain

FAVOURITE SOUNDS?  
Complete Silence

WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?  
God-did-I-do/say-that-Shame

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?  
“Ugh…Bugger this”

ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?  
Exciting!

HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?  
Phone? Again ? I can’t be for me.  
“GUYS THE PHONE IS RINGING!!!”  
“…WHAT IM NOT GETTING IT, I GOT IT THE LAST TIME”  
“…I’M NOT PICKING IT UP…”  
“…NEVER MIND IT STOPPED RINGING”

FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?  
Geez, dunno.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?  
Everything, Nothing.

FAVOURITE FOODS?  
Chocolate chip cookies.

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?  
Chocolate!Chocolate!Chocolate!

DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?  
No not really.

DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?  
Not since someone stole my inflatable ewe :eek:

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:  
Nothing, I’ll take the bad with the good.

WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?  
1986 Ford mustang V8 5.1L , a lady with a golden throat.

COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.  
…

FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?  
Whiskey

WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?  
Virgo

DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?  
Sure !..why ?..shouldn’t i ?

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?  
State Subsidized Professional Hermit.

IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?  
Sweet-Mother-of-God-the-light-the-light-Blond.

EVER BEEN IN LOVE?  
No

NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?  
Sixth Sense, better story.

ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??  
lefty…unless i have a scratch.

WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?  
Too bloody much! (because it’s sticking out from all sides)

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?  
3

FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?  
Darts.

SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.  
I salute you for having the courage to say out loud what I was thinking when trying to answer this question

PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?  
…

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**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/68 "2001-12-06T01:19:09Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Me, my baby, and my menagerie

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
Madame Bovary

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
Cheapo “Spirit Airlines” freebie

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
S[sub]1[/sub]C[sub]3[/sub]R[sub]1[/sub]A[sub]1[/sub]B[sub]3[/sub]B[sub]3[/sub]L[sub]1[/sub]E[sub]1 [/sub]

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Tossup between Playboy or World Weekly News

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
wet thawing earth in the spring.

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
fiddle music, my son’s soft snores

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
I’ve been relatively fortunate in my life–I doubt I’ve felt it

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
Please let it be only 2:00am

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Exciting

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
Takes two before my caller ID kicks in

**FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
::checks nursery:: Nope–already filled my quota here, folks

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
appreciation for the small things

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Fresh raspberries and chocolate milk

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Swirl them together–I’m a happy girl

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
on curvy roads only. Of course, this only applies in the alternate universe where my car doesn’t shimmy when I try to top 60mph

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
Well, yeah. But only on the weekends and I’ve got it completely under control.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
It would risk changing everything I have now, why chance it?

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
Dodge Omni. I completely totaled it three months after I got my license by slamming it into the back of a tow truck. I think the truck got scratched a little too.

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
William Shakespeare–I’d love to see how he spoke in everyday conversations

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Vodka and Cranberry or Stawberry Margarita

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Virgo

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Bro, bro, bro-c-co-li? Eh?

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
Book editor, fiction please

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
It’s been every color under the sun, kept it natural the last couple years–less hassle, less money

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Yes

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Sixth Sense

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Right

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Cat fur and dust bunnies, maybe a missing sock or two

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
3

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
Soccer–live **only**. On TV? eh.

\*\*SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.  
Saitou \*\*–we’re both virgos and he likes 3 too. I say he’s Oooo-Tay!  
**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
This one’s the hardest question of all because I’m always finding new people to dig. This week, it’s probably been featherlou, Ferrous, and staffostarr–who gave us [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=99100&pagenumber=1)

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/69 "2001-12-06T01:22:45Z")

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[sub]Okay, I’m guessing nobody is still reading this far, so I can post this in relative anonymity…[/sub]  
**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
With my wife and 2 kids

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
“In Dubious Battle” - John Steinbeck

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
Nothing. Not even a mouse.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
_Candyland_ or _Chutes and Ladders_ with the kids.  
_Axis and Allies_ with friends.

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Sports Illustrated. But I don’t ever read magazines anymore.

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Fir needles.

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Water lapping at the shore.

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
That I’ve forgotten something very important.

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
I usually think about whatever I just dreamt.

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Exciting.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
However many it takes me to find the phone.

**SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
Carson and Arielle

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
My children.

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, German, French, Italian, American, Mexican, Afghani, Swiss, Chinese, etc.

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Raspberry Chocolate chip

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Yes.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
Not normally.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
Either spend more time in school OR move overseas sooner than I did.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
1970 Mercury Cougar w/ 351 Cleveland V8. Roowwrr!

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Ernest Hemingway for drinks in Paris.

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Good champagne.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Cancer

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Of course.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
The one I have now has its moments.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Titanium.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
More than once.

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
I see dead peeps.

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Right.

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Carpet. Some toys, probably.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
11

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
International football.

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
Errp! **Saitou** , well s/he obviously has a lot more of a life than I do, based on our respective time on the boards and post counts.

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/70 "2001-12-06T01:32:53Z")

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Since **belladonna** slipped in there before me…

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
I loved her thread [The Long Awaited Panty Rebellion Must Begin With Us](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101600).

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**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/71 "2001-12-06T01:37:32Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Me, my cat [Z](http://homepage.mac.com/drewbert/Z), and several hundred trillion microorganisms.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
“Is Anyone Out There?” by Dr. Frank Drake

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSEPAD?**  
Got one of those fancy Apple optical mice. No mousepad. Back in the day, though, I had a 6-inch high pile of papers on my mousepad.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
If party games count, Taboo or Pictionary. If they don’t count… uhh… Scrabble.

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
New Scientist

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Can’t pick a favorite at the moment, but it’s probably food-related.

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
A new favorite CD on the 3rd or 4th listening

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
“God, what was I _thinking_?!” or worse yet, “God, what _wasn’t_ I thinking?!”

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
“Dangit, Z, couldn’t you have waited another 30 minutes before walking all over me?”

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Eh, just not very interested.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
It takes two rings to find the phone, a third to discover it’s a telemarketer and four for the voice mail to pick up.

**FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
Amy Tabitha and James Forest

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
Lots and lots of money.

What? Oh, um… what everyone else said, then.

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Tea, Earl Grey, hot. A good steak. Greek pizza (spinach, black olives, feta, red onions, sundried tomatoes, etc.)

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
mmm… chocolaaaateeeee… _drool_

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Don’t have a car. Don’t wanna car.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
Well, if Z eats too much for dinner, I suppose she’d qualify as being stuffed… but I guess that’s not what you’re looking for.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
I wouldn’t be where I am now.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
See above…

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Richard Feynman is usually my first thought, though I would’ve liked to have known my mom’s parents, who were both gone before i was old enough to know what a grandparent is.

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
I don’t drink much. Kinda like Turbo Dog, Killian’s, a decent microbrew…

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
How I wish I could truthfully answer “Ophiuchus…”

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Yeah.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
What I’ve got now, except with better pay and less bureaucratic idiocy from high above.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
I’d like to be the sort of person who could pull off going in all black hair and clothes, but I can’t. I’ll just leave it as is.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Well, I’ve at least been in “very strong like,” does that count?

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Seen bits of A, didn’t like B, never saw C. Aren’t there other choices? 😃

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Lefty. We’re in our right minds.

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Boxes of very miscellaneous stuff. Sometimes a cat.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
Twelve.

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
Basketball (go Heels!).

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
“I see dead peeps”… Hee hee…

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**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/72 "2001-12-06T02:05:16Z")

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[QUOTE]  
\*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \*  
**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Fabulously alone.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
On my own, _A Clergyman’s Daughter_ - George Orwell.  
With my students, _I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings_ and _To Kill a Mockingbird_.

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
This is embarrassing, but the cast from _Young Americans_. It was a gift, and I love it.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
Trivial Pursuit

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Jane and Ms.

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
White Rain hair spray and Estee Lauder perfume - childhood smell of my mother

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Ocean at night. Must be at night.

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Desperation. Uncontrollable rage.

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
Shit!

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Both.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
two

**SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
N/A

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
My family and my independence.

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Fast food. I love the smell of deep fried anything…well, not mushrooms. Blech.

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
vanilla

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Not really.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
Never.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
I never would have tried New Coke.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
1990 VW Jetta

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Impossible choice, but I might go with Anne Sexton or Malcolm X.

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
I enjoy a good margarita.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Leo

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Only if they’re attached.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
I love my job, but I’d love to make a few changes within that job.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Jet black, but I’ve done it and it’s not especially flattering.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Don’t think so.

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Brucie Bruce is hot.

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Right.

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Other comforters in their protective coverings. I’m a bed linen whore.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
I’ll never tell.

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
High school basketball

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
**SibbOleth** sounds like a wonderful father.

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?  
TNHippie**, I suppose.

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**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/73 "2001-12-06T02:09:58Z")

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And I thought I proofread pretty well. Damn those pesky quoting errors.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/74 "2001-12-06T02:41:54Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Alone, but within one block of my son and former betrothed.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
A Case of Curiousities by Andrew Kurzweil.

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
A Mouse. And a picture of some animated guy plus a logo from Sun Computing.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
None.

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Q.

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Freshly bathed women. Bacon. Ozone rain smell.

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Laughter. The Ocean. Violin. Piano.

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Illogical fear.

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
Peeing.

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Scary.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
Let the machine get it.

**SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
Declan.

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
Treating others well.

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Thai, Chinese, Mexican.

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Vanilla.

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
I do.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
No.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
Rather not say.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
Honda 350 Motorcycle.

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Thom Yorke.

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Beer.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Scorpio.

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Yes.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
Art appreciator.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Blonde.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
I’m beginning to doubt it.

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Sixth Sense

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Righty.

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Dust.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
9.

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
None.

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
**shrew** has never pissed me off. Swell user name as well.

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
Anyone responding to me. Yes, I ego trip somewhat.

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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/75 "2001-12-06T03:21:17Z")

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Let me ammend this one:  
**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
Family, meaningful work, charity, and fun. _The respect of people_ I _respect_. Oh, and lots of sex.

Gotcha, **Ferrous**! Don’t I feel silly… :o

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**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/76 "2001-12-06T03:34:19Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Purd Werfect \*  
> **SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
> **shrew** has never pissed me off. Swell user name as well.

I’m not sure if that’s really random or if you’ve actually read my posts and not been bothered by them. Either way, it made me chuckle. And thanks on the username bit. 😉

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**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/77 "2001-12-06T03:38:09Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
Live in apartment with husband and cat.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
“Shock” by Robin Cook

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
Green Bay Packers (husband is a fan, I’m more of a Steelers girl, myself)

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
Scrabble or Sorry

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Entertainment Weekly and Spin

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Freshly mown grass, mountain air

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
Leaves crunching under my feet, piano

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Lonliness

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
Nothing, I don’t even know my own name when I wake up!

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Exciting

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
Two

**SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
none yet, but either John or Jessica

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
my relationships with others

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
Chinese, shrimp scampi, my mom’s meatloaf

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
Chocolate

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Only when I’m in a hurry–and I’m always in a hurry.

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
Just the cat, sometimes (he looks stuffed)

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
Absolutely none. All of my decisions (good or bad) have gotten me where I am today.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
'81 Chevy Chevette–puke green aka “The Green Bomb”

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Ben Folds or Tori Amos

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
White Russian or wine

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Libra.

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Yes.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
Music critic

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Blonde.

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Absolutely and I still am. Aaaaaawwwwww!

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Sixth Sense

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Lefty.

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Dust and condom wrappers.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
2? Who the hell has a favorite number??

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
Football, Bowling, Figure Skating.

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
**Purd Werfect** has has a great user name and likes the Sixth Sense–but come on–number 9?? Really. :rolleyes:

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
Diane, Zette\*\*  
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**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/78 "2001-12-06T03:49:06Z")

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LIVING ARRANGEMENT?  
**Solo**.

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?  
_ **The Guide to the Black American Princess** _.

WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?  
**Nothing**.

FAVORITE BOARD GAME?  
**Candyland**.

FAVORITE MAGAZINE?  
_ **Cat Fancy** _.

FAVORITE SMELLS?  
**_Victoria_ and _Shalimar_**.

FAVORITE SOUNDS?  
**Thunderstorm**.

WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?  
**Being nauseated**.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?  
**"I need to make the bed."**

ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?  
**Scary**.

HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?  
**Four rings. The machine always gets it**.

FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?  
**Not applicable**.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?  
**Honestly not sure**.

FAVORITE FOODS?  
**Steak, smoked salmon, tomato juice**.

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?  
**Vanilla**.

DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?  
**No**.

DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?  
**No**.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:  
**I would have learned to drive sooner**.

WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?  
**1988 Ford Tempo**.

COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.  
**Vincent Price**.

FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?  
**Bourbon rocks**.

WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?  
**Not applicable**.

DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?  
**Yes**.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?  
**1950’s Housewife**.

IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR?  
**Red!**

EVER BEEN IN LOVE?  
**Yes**.

NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?  
**Sixth Sense**.

ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??  
**Righty**.

WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?  
**Nothing**.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?  
**Don’t have one**.

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?  
**Lacrosse**.

SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.  
**I don’t know you, BassBone Mystic, but I bet you’re very nice.**

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/79 "2001-12-06T04:02:30Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Goo \*  
> **SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
> Mudshark, I’d love to know how you came up with your name. Every time I see it, I visualise a cartoon shark playing in the mud 🙂

Actually, it is the name of a Frank Zappa song.The song is about Led Zeppelin using a Mudshark to do sexual things to a groupie.

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**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-me-sdmb-style/97039/80 "2001-12-06T05:27:53Z")

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**LIVING ARRANGEMENT?**  
In a college dorm with my roommate. She’s a nice person.

**WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?**  
“Collected Poems” by James Merrill. Had to read one poem in it for an english report but I ended up reading the rest of it, too. It’s actually pretty interesting.

**WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?**  
my mouse, a purple lead pencil, and a half eaten cookie.

**FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?**  
Monopoly

**FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?**  
Mad and People. I just realized that these have been my two favorite magazines since the seventh grade.

**FAVOURITE SMELLS?**  
Cookies, the way it smells after it rains, fresh cinnamon rolls, etc.

**FAVOURITE SOUNDS?**  
music, laughter

**WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?**  
Loneliness

**WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?**  
“What time is it?” Then I usually set the alarm for 30 minutes later.

**ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR EXCITING?**  
Exciting. And fun, too.

**HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?**  
Two. That way I don’t sound too anxious.

**FUTURE SON’S AND/OR DAUGHTER’S NAME?**  
Always liked Sarah, Matthew, Lindsey, Josh.

**WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE?**  
People that you can count on. That and surrounding yourself with people that make you happy.

**FAVOURITE FOODS?**  
German Chocolate ice cream, sandwiches, cake, lots of other stuff.

**CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?**  
definitely chocolate.

**DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?**  
Don’t have a car ☹

**DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?**  
No, but I have a stuffed elephant that’s been sitting on the corner of my bed since I was six.

**IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE DECISION YOU’VE MADE:**  
I only have one regret in my life, and if I could do that day over again, I would have thanked the person that changed my life.

**WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?**  
Still don’t have a car ☹

**COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE.**  
Cyndi Lauper. Long story…

**FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?**  
Blue margarita. The local bar serves them blue. Its just dye, but it makes a big difference, in my opinion.

**WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?**  
Taurus

**DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?**  
Only with cheese.

**IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?**  
Toy tester for Toys 'R Us.

**IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR?**  
Blond. I want to have more fun, too!

**EVER BEEN IN LOVE?**  
Not really. Never met anyone that special.

**NOTTING HILL, AMERICAN PIE OR SIXTH SENSE?**  
Notting Hill. I’m a sentimental shmuck and a huge Julia Roberts fan.

**ARE YOU A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY??**  
Right handed.

**WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BED?**  
Couple of empty boxes.

**WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?**  
31

**FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?**  
Ice skating

**SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS TO BEFORE YOU.**  
Mudshark posted before me, and he seems to have a really great dry sense of humor. I mean, look at some of his answers:  
Favorite sport to watch - paint drying  
What’s under your bed? - dead bodies  
Favorite smell - Lysol  
I’m laughing my ass off right now.

**PERSON WHOSE RESPONSES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE MOST?**  
Spoofe’s pretty funny. Diane tells the greatest stories, though. Satan’s cool, too, but unfortunately he’s not here anymore. So I’d vote for Diane.

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