I'm a Nosey Parker

[Lobsang]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

4. What did you have for breakfast?

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

6. a/s/l

7. What’s your hobby?

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

[Ca3799]

1. Why does the ice cooler still stink like plastic?

2. Purse contains wallet, keys, chapstick (atheist, “cheap red wine” flavor)

4. Fiber one bar

5. Roast beef, mashed potato and brocolli- at lunch today!

6. (?)

7. No hobby, really. Too busy.

8. Mostly nursing jobs of varying sorts. Fertility clinic was fun.

9. Maybe Morgan Freeman- he has a nice voice.

10. What are you wearing for a Halloween costume this year?

[Autolycus]

@Lobsang

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

I was thinking about boobies, particularly the voluptuous boobies of a friend of mine who I like off and on but is dating another friend of mine.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Money, lighter, cigarettes, IDs, a pen, cellphone, and keys.

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

Peekaboo 1 String G-String - The-Bikini.com peekaboo 1 String Thong It was from another thread here, honest!

4. What did you have for breakfast?

If breakfast is a time, then nothing. If the first meal of the day, then yogurt and some bread.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

Sushi dinner on Friday.

6. a/s/l

23, male, Boston.

7. What’s your hobby?

Singing, martial arts, Japanese language/culture.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

Well, I worked at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for a while, and I did the online blogging stuff. Didn’t really like it there. After that, a small sting with Panera bread, until I got ‘0 hours per week.’ MakCleaned up tables and did dishes. I was a sushi chef last Spring for a few months, . That was awesome! Ok, that’s enougfor now.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Morgan Freeman.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

What do you like about yourself the most?

[quote]
11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?[/QUOTE

My wit.

[jjimm]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

Wonder if my pizza’s ready? (I’m having a carb blowout this weekend because I’m off to Belgium tomorrow and want to indulge in moules frites.)

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Pockets: 1 tube Carmex, £7.85 in change, two guitar picks, 1 receipt, 1 cigarette box wrapper.

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

The OP. I won’t post it again as this might cause a recursive loop and break the Internet.

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Hee hee. I went here.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

See question 4. It was gorgeous. I had the Full English. Terrible service - they knocked £100 off the bill though.

6. a/s/l

40/M/Oxford, UK

7. What’s your hobby?

Cooking.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

Too chequered to answer. Marketing + web, mainly, for 12 years.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry! No contest, the man is a genius and a charmer.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

Do you talk to yourself when you’re alone?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

My voice.

[Chefguy]

@Lobsang

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

I need to buy some potatoes.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Nothing in my pocketses. I’m wearing sweats.

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

Nothing.

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Two eggs, over easy, potatoes fried in olive oil with melted parmesan cheese, BACON!!, iced cold-brewed coffee, banana.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

The pasta gorgonzola my spouse made last night.

6. a/s/l

nonya/fookin’/bidness

7. What’s your hobby?

photography

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

I’m usually hired to clean up someone else’s mess and sort out their personnel/production problems. I’m a cleaner.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Hell no/no/goodgodno/who?

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

Why are you following me?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

There wasn’t one, you wanker.

[rucciface]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
   That my short-term recall sucks. I swear I can’t believe I recall that. Weird.

2. What is in your pocket?
   Cash, credit card, library card.

3. What is in your ctrl-v?
   11:30-CL
   8.00

4. What did you have for breakfast?
   Banana-nut bread

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
   Kung Pao Chicken

6. a/s/l
   36/f/USA

7. What’s your hobby?
   Collecting Nick@Nite/TV Land stuff

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)
   I’ve had so many jobs, I can’t remember them all. eyes open

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
   Colbert

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    What’s your favorite sex position?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    Because you’re there.

[katie1341]

1. About the chicken stock I am in the process of making.

2. Handbag- my wallet (which contains $$, credit cards, discount cards), chapstick, Simply Saline, face powder, pens, cell phone, my PDA

4. bagel with melted cheese

5. A meal I cooked- swordfish with lemon-rosemary vinegarette

6. ?

7. Reading, playing guitar

8. As of Nov 10, I will have been a public defender for 20 years. I’m good at everything about it.

9. Morgan Freeman.

10. What do you like the most about the Dope? What do you dislike the most?

[Beware_of_Doug]

1. “Hmm, I wonder if I can do a little Doping and still have time to shower and go to band rehearsal.” Looking good so far.

2. Key ring with Swiss Army penknife, wallet, eye drops, 45¢ in coin.

3. Benjamin Foulois - Wikipedia , America’s first official military pilot and Chief of the Army Air Corps in the early-mid 1930s.

4. Oatmeal, soymilk, coffee.

5. Moroccan lamb stew with chickpeas.

6. 40/M/Lower Hudson Valley, NY.

7. Have many, most music-oriented. I also study and collect diverse aspects of 1930s culture. Newest jones is reproduction WW2 flight jackets, which have become a standby in my wardrobe.

8. Insurance trainee, associate producer at jazz record label, semiprofessional musician (sax/clarinet/flute/vocals), freelance writer/editor/graphic designer, media consultant.

9. Morgan in a heartbeat.

10. What is your joy?

11. (in reply to jjimm, 3:04pm) I talk when I’m by myself. However, I don’t talk to myself, in the sense that I don’t carry on two-way conversations with individuals not present, or multiple personalities I don’t have.

[Ephemera]

1. Wondering about a friend I haven’t heard from in a while and thinking fondly on the hours long conversation I had with another this morning.

2. Nothing in my pockets. Credit cards, ID, and about $40 cash in my wallet, I’d guess.

3. The OP.

4. Popcorn.

5. Dinner last night was good. Spaghetti bolognese.

6. 25 / Male / Chattanooga, TN, US area

7. Music and reading.

8. My first job was at a used car lot. My second was Wal-Mart, my third was at a convenience store, and my fourth was as a “sanitation technician” at a hospital. My fifth was as a personal caretaker for a Doper and the one I am currently at is as a call center agent.

9. None.

10. What’s your favorite band or artist?

11. I have a few people who never fail to make me smile.

[Antinor01]

@Lobsang

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

Books that I’ve read recently. Inspired by Skalds thread about ‘virgin’ reading.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

nothing in my pockets at the moment, I just got out of the shower and pulled on some shorts.

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

www. the-bikini.com/ galleries-peekaboo-one-string (heh, copied that from a GQ thread…HONEST!) (the link is NSFW)

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Cup of coffee.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

Hmm, nothing this past week has been all that exciting.

6. a/s/l

32, male, studio city CA.

7. What’s your hobby?

Playing video games.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

Started as a general office temp, worked in property/casualty insurance claims for about 6 years, worked parttime for a year or so following a lengthy illness and now I sell health insurance to businesses. I’m good at customer interaction but really hate it.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Morgan is the only one of those that would constitutionally qualify, so I suppose him.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

Want to help me paint our new condo this weekend?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

I’ve really been into Pink lately. A number of her songs really speak to my life.

[Ludovic]

20000

[Lobsang]

You’re all perfect touch typists. That’s boring.

[BrattiAtti]

@Lobsang

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

I haven’t met any nerds who would squee out loud.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Receipts and loads of change.

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

http:// www. the-bikini.com/ galleries-peekaboo-one-string/

4. What did you have for breakfast?

I had a four-shot iced latte, a multi-grain bagel, and a candybar.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

I took myself to lunch at a Mexican restaurant last week. Good chips and salsa.

6. a/s/l

25/f/Idaho Falls, Idaho

7. What’s your hobby?

Reading the dope and playing games online.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

I’ve had a lot of grunt jobs, spanning from cashiering to administrative jobs. Now I’m working for myself, doing odd jobs for people who need a temporary grunt. I’ll have a nice tax bill to pay off next year. I’m happier, so that makes it worth it. Upon preview, I see I skipped the last part of that question. I’m good at making my nannying charge think I’m around for the sole purpose of being his playmate.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Morgan Freeman

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

After answering question 8, did you go back to fix any typos you may have made?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

Sure. As long as it’s not white-on-white. I missed a huge streak once, and it was an obvious mistake if the viewer was standing in the right light.

[silenus]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

Where are the cats hiding?

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Pockets - currently nothing

3. What is in your ctrl-v?

The OP, which I C&Pd.

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Nothing.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

Today’s lunch - cheese enchiladas, beans and rice from a local dive.

6. a/s/l

52/M/SoCal

7. What’s your hobby?

Guns, explosives, molding young minds, beer

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

Self-employed from 18-29, taught at the same high school ever since.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

The Governator in a heartbeat.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

Couldn’t you be doing something more productive with your time right now?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

Nope.

[samclem]

I can only think===“when did this term come about?”

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:RcWV1ul6NFQJ:www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-nos2.htm+"nosey+parker"+1907&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

[Ms.Pumpkin]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
   A nap would be nice, but the bed’s probably cold. Maybe I should turn the heater on for awhile.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
   a ton of junk. chapstick, lipgloss, checkbook, highlighters, some magnets i bought the other day, paystubs, eyedrops, rolaids, receipts, gum…

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)
   http:// w ww.the-bikini.com/galleries-peekaboo-one-string/

4. What did you have for breakfast?
   Tim Horton’s strawberry yogurt with berries, and an iced cappuccino.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
   I splurged and got myself a pizza with extra cheese last night. That was yummy.

6. a/s/l
   26/f/ME

7. What’s your hobby?
   uh, does playing on pogo.com count? lately i’ve just been sleeping and working, for the most part.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)
   bookstore clerk. hotel housekeeper. office housekeeping. putting pricetags on L.L. Bean merchandise. assistant store mgr. for a pharmacy chain.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
   Morgan Freeman

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    paper or plastic?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    well, it’s either this or a nap…

[Baron_Greenback]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

Time for a cuppa.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Nothing

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

Peekaboo 1 String G-String

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Cup of tea and a smoke

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

A sausage casserole

6. a/s/l

39/m/Scotland

7. What’s your hobby?

Reading, trudging about hillsides

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

co9mputers misrkt

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Fry, although he’d disappear to Belgium at the first sign of trouble

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

Tits or face?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

Paper

[Catamount]

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
   The Pit sucks today.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
   A ripped lining (handbag), lint (pocket), assorted cards (wallet).

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)
   The Exorcist in 30 seconds with bunnies.

4. What did you have for breakfast?
   The last of the instant grits.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
   I liked the pizza rolls I had Friday night.

6. a/s/l
   27/F/NC

7. What’s your hobby?
   Embroidery

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)
   Can’t type with my eyes closed. Did a lot of babysitting for my sister, worked as a stockchick twice, substitute taught, college writing tutor, college writing teacher, library desk jockey.

I was pretty good at the college writing stuff. I enjoyed that.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
   Morgan Freeman has the best Presidential Voice.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    Which would you rather find in your pantry: a mouse, a cockroach, or a snake?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    Split the difference: fits.

[Lobsang]

@SpazCat

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    Which would you rather find in your pantry: a mouse, a cockroach, or a snake?

I have a dirty mind. I read ‘panty’

[Tripler]

@Lobsang

1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

I thought this had to do with the parking in front of my house thread.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

My ID, a couple of credit cards, my drivers license, my concealed carry permit, and two RMOs.

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

> “Is there anything I can do about the guy who parks in front of my house? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board”

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Coffee and pecan bread. Toasted.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

I made some chicken earlier this week. My wife marinated it for me.

6. a/s/l

b/t/m . . . What is this some sort of a code?

7. What’s your hobby?

I collect old, initial issue Soviet toys from the 1917-1918 era. Those ones from the Minsk are the most valuable because the toy factory burned down in a horrible apparatchik-based uprising.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

Mostly construction, in Kuwait, Qatar, and Afghanistan. I’m particularly good at ginning up the PowerPoint slides that describe that construction.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

None. I believe the Presidency should be disbanded. I believe we should worship the sun and moon as powerful gods, and fear them.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

Where do you see yourself in the next ten years–living and working?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

A snake. Because I’ve eaten them before, and I don’t have enough barbecue sauce for the rat.

Tripler
Which reminds me, I’m out of minced garlick for the snake.