Tagged by Podz, so guess I better join in…
Four jobs I’ve had:
- Paper boy
- Seller of plumbing supplies
- Curry deliverer
- Civil Engineer
Four things I want to do before I die:
- Climb Alp d’Huez (on a bike)
- Invent something small and simple that changes lives
- Need to replace a passport because I have run out of space
- See the northern lights
Four things I say a lot:
- “As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared”
- “Clart”
- “I’ll do it at the weekend”
- “Yes, I am eating properly” – (to my mother who still asks even though I moved out in 1997)
Four of my favorite foods:
- Chicken Dhansak
- Dry roasted peanuts
- Pistachio nuts
- Enchilladas
Four people I’d like to curse:
- Jamie Cullum
- Chris Moyles
- David Blaine
- Whoever invented memes
Four things I don’t trust:
- Anyone who has ever lied to me (even a little bit)
- Climbers who use a gri-gri
- Clowns
- China
Four people from history I’d like to meet:
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Ernest Shakleton
- Bill Hicks
- Eddie Mercx
Four movies I watch over and over:
- Pi
- The Usual Suspects
- Apocalyse Now
- Lost in Translation
Four people I’m tagging (on the off-chance that I actually have four readers…):
Sorry…








# See the northern lights
Seen them a few times having lived in Northumberland during my teen years. The best one – it was like upside down curtains shooting up into the sky. Green, vibrant and absolutely amazing.
I had hopes when I spent 4 years in Sheffield, but there was always too much light pollution (or rain). Guess I will just have to go and sit on an ice floe in northern Norway.
“As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared� Is that a Mr Benn reference?
And what on earth is clart? Enquiring minds would like to know
It certainly is. I saw the DVD in the shops recently, complete with a recently found 13th episode.
Clart is generally used when I need a mildly insulting (in traditional English style) greeting.
Defn:- ‘To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud’ (especially slightly thick mud). Though recently hijacked for other meanings by GLC).