Which author would you love to have dinner with?
First off, do I have a favourite author, yes indeed, I do love my Terry Pratchett books, but would I want to have dinner with him… probably not to be honest
I would in all honesty like to have a bit of a chat with JRR Tolkien. So many questions… He would probably hate to have dinner with me.
If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say?
The winning lottery ticket numbers are….
Yes I know money doesn’t buy happiness but it is comfier to cry in a limousine than on a bicycle.
Can you tell I am having one of those days in work!
In reality I would say something along the lines of.
Be kind to yourself. Shouting at a flower won’t make it grow.
What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught?
I come from this after thirty-four years in education. Primarily in primary but with forays into secondary. Last Ten were in senior management.
The one absolute is:
CRITICAL THINKING
Ye gods it would certainly assist in the amount of stupidity you see flying around.
In the old days you would see it from the man in the pub or papers like the Daily Heil in the UK. Now we have Social Media and outlets like Fox News, GB News… Other outlets are available.
Now we have generative AI with political parties using it to forward their aims.
Discovery channel with their made up documentary shows. Sorry there are other channels too but I just woke up.
I remember watching their Shark week one on the Meg.I mean it should have had the tagline: This is a true story. Only the facts have been changed to protect the innocent!
Ended up in a discussion with a few kids after that one about how it was all made up… On the upside we ended up doing a project on Ancient Life… So I took the win 🤗
Watched something the other day where a guy was arguing that 88% of Muslim women couldn’t speak English. When statistics show that it is 88% can speak it very well,
And let’s not get into politics…
I now need to get going so I will end here with a final thought.
In the words of the great Aretha Franklin…”THINK!”
Share a photo of your pet and tell us one thing that makes them uniquely them.
For some reason this failed to upload on the required day…your task is to get my pet…
Her name is Spoog, well actually her name is Maggie, but for some reason she has become, Boog, Poog, The Spoog.. Drop It, what have you stolen. Stop it, Get Off… And ow when using tender parts of ones body as a launch pad!
She didn’t have the best start in life, but she seems way more settled now. Getting better with power tools but absolutely detests hard hats and high Vis.
Yes here she is….
What’s something you used to worry about but don’t anymore?
This is honestly not safe for work… apologies to anyone who gets offended… There is a radio version where all the naughty words are bleeped out.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0R4EcD2e5m9wsMmWVVbBOc?si=RaY0J9N3Rx63PrsapzAheg&utm_source=copy-link
I can’t really think of anything, but I remember, as a kid of about eight or nine, trying to work out how old I would be in the year 2000… What…How ancient?
Yeah 34! Ancient and over the hill.
I used to have a really huge dislike of seaweed… I think Jaws has something to do with that, similar fear of dark water.
I have gone sea kayaking in the dark which funnily enough meant I had to deal with the both of them… Sadly I cannot find the photos….
What’s a quote that perfectly describes your outlook on life?
As I bumble along through life I suppose my inspirational life quote would probably be..
“Eh, What?”
Followed by…
“Oh Really?…ok.”
What are your top 10 travel destinations?
Well that’s easy.
Work.
Tesco
Co-op
Isleburgh
Mareel
The Library
Town Hall
Scalloway
Independent Living Centre
Hayes Builders Merchant.
Ohhhh it meant holiday destinations….
Well I have just come back from the Claymore show in Edinburgh…. That’s about it. My son and I go there every year.
There are some nice or interesting places in Shetland though…
https://outaboutinshetland.home.blog/
Apologies for the self promotion… Actually I must get back to adding more to it.
What is your favorite quote?
I haven’t really…
I am struggling to think of anything…I will have to go with this one.
“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’ll be a mile away from them, and you’ll have their shoes.”
This is the Joke one I used with my classes in school…
“If at First you don’t Succeed…Cheat!”
Not really a quote, but I like it!
If you had to give one life-changing tip, what would it be?
What tip could I give that wouldn’t sound like some form of life coach guru…
So digging deeply as I can I have come up with a little gem.
‘Be Yourself and don’t be a shithead.’
If you ever worry that you are not doing things right…Just remember ‘Not Everyone could have been Kung Fu Fighting!’ it’s a lie that has become famous. I mean even if they were, extremely unlikely, were they all using expert timing? Hmmmm. What no beginners at all?
What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever?
Well I used songs to give to my younger self I. An earlier prompt… At least it wasn’t an expressive dance!
So ever since I heard these they have stuck with me…
Those who feel the breath of sadness
Sit down next to me
Those who find they’re touched by madness
Sit down next to me
Those who find themselves ridiculous
Sit down next to me
And if we want to go back a bit to my younger days…
Streets of London
Have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman’s mission
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears?
In our winter city
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn’t care
Funnily enough, it was originally going to be the Streets of Paris.
This verse is the one I can’t sing without having a little wobble in my voice.🥹
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