115 posts tagged “qotd”
What was the last thing you built with your own hands?
Submitted by Nick.
My steampunk "time-cube" backpack for a fancy dress party. between the lightbulbes, brass funnel, keas, Union flag and the "my other time-cube is the Tardis" bumper sticker it caused quite a stir.
I am a farmer who raise ducks and cows. The animals have a total of 9 heads and 26 feet. How many ducks and cows do I have?
Submitted by The BlueTie.
Eight ducks and one cow you were given from a freind who farms downwind form Chernobyl.
What part of your childhood do you miss the most?
Submitted by Maretta.
Late 1980's and 1990's cartoons. The cartoons now a days are appaling! bring back he-man, thunder cats, ewoks, T.M.N.T and A.O.F.W!
In honor of the upcoming Olympics, what could you win a gold medal in?
Submitted by TheFiercestCalm.
Sleeping? digging surveying and general archaeology, beer tasting, eating, halo, RTW, MTW, 40k....
geek stuff then.
If you could leave notes for the future, what message would you have left in the past for today?
Submitted by Nameless.
Forgive Us.
What question do you hate being asked?
"So, dig up any dinosaurs then?" which is inevitably asked when I tell people I'm an archaeologist. Being who I am I don’t correct them and say that that would be a palaeontologist, I simply make up far-fetched stores and wait for them to realise they are very slowly being wound up. "Oh, so you design buildings then?" is nearly as bad and Architects themselves are no better; when the University had its societies fair 6 architects joined "arch soc" the archaeologist society, bevelling it was for architects; despite the togas, trowels and Indiana Jones costumes much in evidence by the recruiters. The best ever response I got was "Wow, So you build speedboats then? How exotic!" by a very attractive if somewhat easily confused girl at a house party. My response was "Yes, yes I do. Brad Pit just bought our companies ‘Monte Carlo’ model in fact."
The fact I was wearing a Cardiff arch Soc t-shirt seemed to have passed her by. Then again if you think an archaeologists job entails luxury speedboat design it is possible she noticed but attached a rather more glamorous and utterly false significance to it.
Also, As i write this i have an odd sensation of déjà-vu.
What have you been putting off all weekend?
Bloging, oddly enough. I enjoy it, but I soon get tempted to put music on and the frustration over how long it takes to upload songs irks me
What lesson did your father teach you that still helps you in life?
Have a good breakfast, be honest and always ware clean underwear
What did you do for fun when you were a kid? How is it different from what you see kids doing now?
Submitted by jaklumen.
Well i watched TV, played computer games, read books and comics and ran around the garden screaming like a lunatic... but TV was BETTER back then; live and kicking, Animals of Farthing wood, animanicacs, Pikny and the Brain, secrets of treasure island, pirates of black water, Conan the barbarian the cartoon and Ewoks the cartoon. Kids films were better in the 90's Aladdin and the lion king ect. Computer games were better, the snes, megadrive and n64. books and comics were beter, the Brno was only 40p and still had black and white pages in the middle. and GARDENS were better then; they contiand far more interesting stick to pick up an wave whilst running about pretending to be a pirate or jedi or whatever knowing you had limited running around like a loon time before your parents made you come inside and playt with your sister (the end result always being making my action man and her Barbi fight) . Yes, these 21st century kids don't know that they're missing. The 90's were amazing!
What's the oldest book you own?
Submitted by Lies.
An 1845 second edetion of "Festus" by Philip James Bailey.
