Wednesday, June 23, 2004
100 Weevil Facts
I have wrung out my brain and can tell you that I
1. Can do the Rubik's cube (record time under 2 minutes)
2. Find it easier to reverse into parking spaces than go in forwards
3. Have very messy handwriting but can do excellent calligraphy
4. Won a prize for "scholarly work" in the sixth form at school
5. Had my son 6 days after my birthday. Tallboy's son was born six days after his
6. Once bunked off school to go to the seaside for the day
7. Can't sing for toffee
8. Used to enjoy going to Teignmouth on holiday and waving at trains
9. Used to be a solicitor - but I'm all right now
10. Am a polyglot
11. Cannot walk past a misted up mirror or window without drawing a pair of Y fronts with my finger
12. Am a vegetarian but am prepared to accept the sacrifice of the creature that went into my bike leathers
13. Am really bad at remembering faces
14. Find toilet humour hysterical
15. Love the smell of two-stroke in the morning
16. Used to be scared of the dark
17. Owned a T reg green VW Golf as my first car
18. Enjoy going to classical concerts
19. Like being a mum and stepmum
20. Don't give in to whining
21. Have never failed an exam
22. Haven't kept in touch with a single person from school
23. Have never been able to belch on demand
24. Can knit fiendishly difficult designs and patterns
25. Can't sleep if there is any noise
26. Love to eat baby broad beans straight out of the pod
27. Cannot abide marmalade
28. Specified in my will that "Sitting on the Dock of a Bay" by Otis Redding is to be played at my funeral
29. Can't stand spelling mistakes
30. Love books by Terry Pratchett
31. Have had pets called: Sapphire, Mushroom, Blitzen and Dollop
32. Favourite colour is purple
33. Favourite vegetable is aubergine
34. Am an excellent cook
35. Took a motorbike apart to see how it worked
36. Couldn't stop laughing all the way through "Things my Girlfriend and I Argue About"
37. Based my decision to go to Oxford Uni on, amongst other things, the fact that the city looks pretty in the sun
38. Nearly hit a cat one of the first times I rode my motorbike
39. Feel at home in police stations
40. Do not sneeze in bright sunlight. Unlike the rest of the freaks at Weevil Mansions
41. Learned from a 5 year old that ... is called an ellipsis
42. Can remember my NI number by heart
43. Wish I had learned to play the piano
44. Can touch type very quickly
45. Was often mistaken for a boy when young
46. Got first job on the book department of WHSmith
47. Had my bottom pinched in the street in Biarritz
48. Cannot stand having my feet touched
49. Love playing board games
50. Learned to play backgammon on the internet
51. Can't stand misplaced or missing apostrophes
52. Am a herpetophile
53. Love etymology
54. Have killed every houseplant I have ever owned
55. Once made fudge in the microwave when a student
56. Have had a crush on Clint Eastwood for decades
57. Was the captain of the women's cricket team at college
58. Have had mumps, chicken pox and glandular fever
59. Love Dr Zoidberg from Futurama
60. Never know how old I am (I have to subtract my birth year from today's date)
61. Once twisted my ankle by tripping over a leaf
62. Love the Broken Sword computer games
63. Learned how to say "I have a tummy ache" in Ugandan from my grandmother
64. Don't suit hats
65. Talk to cats in the street
66. Don't believe in astrology
67. Am the swingball champion
68. Once saw a badger in my back garden
69. Can't undertstand why people want to go on Trisha
70. Had two nicknames at school - "Spock" and "Frog"
71. Compose a mean limerick
72. Don't see the point to horses
73. Have never broken any bones (of my own)
74. Have a soft spot for the Youth Hostel at Wantage
75. Wish gelatine wasn't used to make so many sweets
76. Am NEVER wrong
77. Laughed so hard at video of Bottom Live when pregnant that my waters broke
78. Would have liked to have had a sister
79. Know the Silver Zafiras are out to get me
80. Don't like football
81. Think "Paranoid" would have been much better if Ozzy had sung in a Brummie accent
82. First computer I ever used was a Commodore Pet
83. Think it's funny when Tallboy gets wound up about Michael Schumacher every time the Grand Prix is on
84. Can't find a way to turn off the alarm on the digital watch on my bike keyring
85. Twigged the Father Christmas thing at an early age
86. Earliest memory is falling down the stairs aged 2 and a half
87. Have been forbidden to reveal anything naughty in this list by Tallboy
88. Will marry Tallboy if he can ever learn to wink with his left eye
89. Love thunder and lightening
90. Make sound effects when watching fireworks
91. Learned British Sign Language and particularly liked the swearing lesson
92. First record I ever bought was "Baggy Trousers" by Madness
93. Would rather be cold than hot
94. Love getting parcels and real letters
95. Always say thank you if someone holds open a door
96. Talked incessantly during childhood and now suffering the same from the Sun
97. Greek and French were my best subjects at school
98. Used to be able to do the Lotus position
99. Used to be able to recite the whole of "The Jumblies" off by heart
100. Am really scraping the bottom of the barrel now
Comments:
First of all I think you'll find that I am the swingball champion.
Secondly, it's uncanny how many of your 100 I went, "that's me too". I too love the smell of 2-stroke although I suspect our choice in bikes might be poles apart!!
Secondly, it's uncanny how many of your 100 I went, "that's me too". I too love the smell of 2-stroke although I suspect our choice in bikes might be poles apart!!
Blimey, 100 facts! Thank goodness you didn't have time to compose 101 facts, that would really be tragic. I have the following perceptive comments to make:
2. That's because women have eyes in the back of their heads.
10. I'm more of a polymath. No, really.
11. You need help.
20. We'd never get on in person then.
21. Swot.
22. Me neither. I hate them all, and I'm proud of it. Although a dodgy character called Barry did come across my website last year and e-mailed me, asking if I remembered him from school and saying he's given up petty crime now and gone straight. It was a touching reunion.
28. Is that for all the people dancing on your grave?
29. Me niether.
37. My friend Marie went to Queens, Oxford, though I think she was too drunk to remember most of it.
52. I quite like Godzilla.
68. Was it there for a haircut?
71. There was a young woman called Weevil,
Who cycled like Evel Knievel,
Her bike was East German,
She loved Ethel Merman,
And her life has seen quite an upheaval.
Well ok, I don't actually know that you love Ethel Merman, but my options were a bit limited.
72. Betting.
78. They're overrated.
99. If you can also sing the Poddington Peas theme song, I may have to kill you.
Oh, and you're both wrong. If anyone's the Swingball champion around here, it's me.
2. That's because women have eyes in the back of their heads.
10. I'm more of a polymath. No, really.
11. You need help.
20. We'd never get on in person then.
21. Swot.
22. Me neither. I hate them all, and I'm proud of it. Although a dodgy character called Barry did come across my website last year and e-mailed me, asking if I remembered him from school and saying he's given up petty crime now and gone straight. It was a touching reunion.
28. Is that for all the people dancing on your grave?
29. Me niether.
37. My friend Marie went to Queens, Oxford, though I think she was too drunk to remember most of it.
52. I quite like Godzilla.
68. Was it there for a haircut?
71. There was a young woman called Weevil,
Who cycled like Evel Knievel,
Her bike was East German,
She loved Ethel Merman,
And her life has seen quite an upheaval.
Well ok, I don't actually know that you love Ethel Merman, but my options were a bit limited.
72. Betting.
78. They're overrated.
99. If you can also sing the Poddington Peas theme song, I may have to kill you.
Oh, and you're both wrong. If anyone's the Swingball champion around here, it's me.
Looks like we might have a score to settle here. I'm not the swingball champion by the way I'll just hold your coats and punctuate badly!
lol @76, as I'm almost always wrong, you could have a point.
PS. Phil - did you notice the use I made of < b > - you're educating the world ...
PS. Phil - did you notice the use I made of < b > - you're educating the world ...
Glad to be of service. I've always said my blog is educational. I might apply for some kind of government grant to develop it. After I've wiped the floor with you all at swingball that is...
From the comments posted, it occurs to me that you should become a policeman - or a police? policeperson? constable? You know the law (although you claim to have recovered), and you feel at home in police stations. Please consider this career path. I think the Force is with you.
Thanks for your idea, though I'm afraid I ruled out this career path many years ago - as the child of a police officer, I never wanted to follow in footsteps...
I'll keep looking :)
I'll keep looking :)
Another girlie biker in blogland!
Hurrah! At last!
(not that I like that expression, but...)
Blue Witch
Hurrah! At last!
(not that I like that expression, but...)
Blue Witch
# posted by 
: 6:39 PM
: 6:39 PM
Hello from a Canadian lad who is rather impressed with your blog. I think I'll be visiting here again. Well done! I hate spelling mistakes to. And do'nt even get me started on apostrophes!
ha ha - What a delightful site Weevil! Love the title, love your banter.. love it all. Very witty. Gotta love the Brits (my Dad's a Brit - I like to say I inherited my dry humour from him - my mum likes to say I inherited other not so pleasing things from him, but whatever, that's her issue.. lol) only people with any HUMOUR! Except Dale of course. Dale's freakin hilarious.
Hate spelling mistakes too, and I'm amazed by #1 - I tried unsuccessfully for years before finally giving up and moving all the stickers to get everything back in order. Looked great! My wife has messy handwriting too, but she's great with her hands! lol Okay, I'll stop. I can see Dale shaking his head now.
What the heck is a polyglot? Is it a polywog all dried up and shriveled on the riverbank?
Hate spelling mistakes too, and I'm amazed by #1 - I tried unsuccessfully for years before finally giving up and moving all the stickers to get everything back in order. Looked great! My wife has messy handwriting too, but she's great with her hands! lol Okay, I'll stop. I can see Dale shaking his head now.
What the heck is a polyglot? Is it a polywog all dried up and shriveled on the riverbank?
Welcome, Jennefer - thank you for your kind comments. I know what you mean about changing over the stickers, my brother did that but they never go back on properly do they?
A polyglot is someone who speaks more than one language. I didn't know what a pollywog was, though! I looked it up and it turns out it's a tadpole, so thanks for teaching me such a great word. Tallboy and I love frogs and toads and newts so next spring when the frogs are frisky we will use our new word :)
A polyglot is someone who speaks more than one language. I didn't know what a pollywog was, though! I looked it up and it turns out it's a tadpole, so thanks for teaching me such a great word. Tallboy and I love frogs and toads and newts so next spring when the frogs are frisky we will use our new word :)
How did I miss this??? So funny!
That could almost be my 100 things, was I you in another life or you me? lol. Veggie and leathers rings oh so true, as does two stroke in the morning and an inability to belch on demand! :o)
Will keep popping by....love it, keep it up.
That could almost be my 100 things, was I you in another life or you me? lol. Veggie and leathers rings oh so true, as does two stroke in the morning and an inability to belch on demand! :o)
Will keep popping by....love it, keep it up.
55. In college I once microwaved fudge, marshmallows, candy corn, and peanut butter--a delicious concoction refered to thereafter as "creativity." This list is lovely.
So you can't stand spelling mistakes (29). Were you LIGHTNING (sic)our tedium then? (89) Or off riding at point TO point? (72). Presumably you didn't sit Finals then . . (21)
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