Saturday 2 February 2008

Random Tag: 6 Quirks

I have been randomly tagged by Deepali and decided to play along, as I'm all blogged, raced and virused out and being told what to write is just what I need at the moment. I'm also half blogging and half watching England losing to Wales (rugby), which is saddening, as I will shortly receive a text from a Welsh friend who seems to get in touch only whenever Wales stuff England. C'est la vie....

Here're the groundrules, should you wish to play...

Rules on blog and links as appropriate. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. Tag six random people and let them know they've been tagged.

No surprizes there, then.

Of course, being a deeply dull person, I have no interesting quirks or characteristics, so you'll have to make do with the following...

  • I can't hold a pen properly. Even my boss attempts to wind me up over the way I hold writing implements.
  • I take great delight in inspecting my callouses. It's good to see how they're progressing - I've worked hard for them, and they're incredibly useful in preventing blisters, and tidying them up gives me something to do in otherwise dull meetings.
  • My left groin is far, far more stretchy than the right one. No, I have no idea why this is.
  • I can't use a pit latrine if I know it contains a frog. Latrines over-run with cockroaches are, on the other hand, perfectly usable.
  • I've always had difficulty with the number six.


My randomish nominated taggees are: (do please consider these nominations - I am more than aware that some people hate tags with a passion which I reserve only for the opposition on race day).

Kahless: Not a total random, of course, we job-share the awesome responsibility of Nerd Deity. Unfortunately, all our followers disappeared shortly after we took up our appointments. (It was during my watch, I'm afraid...)

I would have tagged Random Reflections for the obvious reason, but she's randomly tagged out. So, instead, I have pre-delegated the tag to titration. Titration got stuck with the nomination for three reasons - I did endless titrations (in both senses, though you may have to be a chemist to get the second meaning) in a previous job and finding a blog entitled titration which I found I actually wanted to read was thus rather incredible; secondly, I was heartily relieved to find that this was, in fact, a reference to titration as I understood and remembered it (an analytical methodology), and not a blog about the trials and tribulations of underfed sucklings...; and thirdly, it's an interesting read.

Ruby: To the best of my knowledge, Ruby might find this a challenge, being illiterate and having oversized paws which makes it difficult to type. I'm hoping that a period of intensive training, some voice-recognition software, a Boxer-English dictionary, the loan of a blog for the day, and possibly the help of a sympathetic owner might conspire to make this possible...

Veda: Because I feel the need to strike a blow for the much maligned owners of straight hair.

Signs: Not really a random, but I do feel rather guilty at having pinched your excellent name for a rather cheap shot at a post. (Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls, and all that.) So, tagging you as a pseudo-random is the least I can do to make amends...

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P.S. Is it just me who found tagging randoms to be a bit like playing blind man's buff in an unfamiliar location with a bunch of people who might just thump you if you stumble into them?

P.P.S. I'm also going to belatedly tag Kindablue, who is currently giving the impression of having been abducted by potentially hostile extra-terrestrial lifeforms. (I would describe them as terrifying aliens, but fear tpe may use such words as evidence against me...)

12 comments:

Casdok said...

Poor number 6 :(

But Why? said...

Quite. I was well past my childhood before I got the hang of six...

Kahless said...

Erh, I am guessing your callouses are on your hands from your rowing?

I am delighted to take up your tag and as I have a glass or two of wine tonight figure out which of my quirks I am willing to share.
:-)

Random Reflections said...

Thanks for the not quite tag. I feel honoured that you would have, had it not been for the fact that I had already completed said task.

I wonder if this is what it feels like to have almost won an Oscar?

Reading the Signs said...

Oh brill, now I don't have to think about what to come up with for next blog post. Only trouble is thinking up something that isn't, in its way, of overwhelming importance. I am a poet, But Why, and even the clipping of a toenail speaks to me - but let that pass. It may be that I discover and disclose the depth of my shallowness but one has to risk a little sometimes.

Your pit latrine quirk really got me thinking, but do not ask me of what. A hole in the ground somewhere in Poland.

I have a problem with all numbers, but this isn't one of the quirks. Will need to go think on 'em.

You have permission to use my name for cheap shots. The Signs are everywhere and never come cheap.

titration said...

Wow. How fun is this. Thanks for the props nice comments, and I will post in response to your tag tomorrow.

But Why? said...

Kahless,
Well guessed - you are quite right. And I'm pleased to hear you're on the creativity juice of a Saturday night, it sounds a most pleasant way to pass an evening.

Random,
I'm sure it feels far worse to have been overlooked for a tag than for an Oscar, firstly because most of us have more than enough clutter in our houses anyhow, and secondly, most of us are used to being overlooked for Oscars. It happens to me every year. I've got used to it, over time...

Signs,
Great. So my pit latrine snippet has set you thinking, but I don't get to find out the subject of thouse thoughts? Ah, that is cruel, indeed. But, since I have permission to use your name for cheap shots, I'll overlook that. As an aside, the signs for which I filched your name did not come cheap at all. And the signs themselves mostly appear to have been filched from the canteen. No doubt other people couldn't make do with a picture.

Titration,
Hi. Welcome. And thanks - I look forward to your post.

KindaBlue said...

I'm still here! It's just that blogging time seems to have evaporated just lately, for a million and one not-entirely-unconnected reasons.

No hostile alien life forms, though (unless you choose to place South West Trains in that category).

Ta for the tag; will get round to responding soon!

DJ Kirkby said...

I've given you an award, fancy dress required to collect.

But Why? said...

Kindablue,
Good to hear from you. Glad you haven't been disappeared into the aether...

DJ,
Wow, thankyou! And you know how I love fancy dress...

KindaBlue said...

Yay! I've blogged again! :-)

But Why? said...

Kindablue,
Yup! Thanks for running with it...