LEA-DER! LEA-DER! LEA-DER!*

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Hat tip: Devil's Kitchen (& lots of Blogpower regulars)



(* as people with a strong sense of irony (or sometimes stupidity) used to chant to Garry Glitter before he was "Forgotten but not gone"...)

How big is your bunch?

When I was in my teens, my bunch of keys was very modest- a single tumbler lock key for the front door of our house, generally referred to as a Yale. When I was sixteen or so, I was given a school master key by the caretakers. It was one of three master keys (East, West & Lower School) and I was somewhat privileged to have one but it was to open a store cupboard where the Disco & lighting was stored. I was always a little envious of Colin at the City Hall, who had a building bunch to die for. I took great pleasure in clipping it onto by belt loops when I had just cause to borrow it (for relamping, providing access to hall hirers and being left in charge when he nipped out to Southern Fried Rat in the Haymarket). Bunch envy!

I was reminded of this last night, when I noticed the Town Hall Custodians with their big bunches clipped to their kecks. I imagine this won't be all the keys, just the ones needed on a regular basis. Anyway, I thought I'd share my bunch with the bloggersphere, currently ten keys and a trolley/locker coin on one of those rings you can split in two which was a slimmer of the month prize many years ago.

Ten keys? Front door/back door/front gate/back gate/garage/desk/UPS/car/steering lock/one I'm not certain about!


Update: I've remembered what the mystery key is- it is for network cabinets at work. I can't count either, there are ten (I had nine originally).

Blogger JMB has declared it a meme. Get your bunches out...

Another Meme- five things

I've been tagged by Cheeky Chip, who is promising us a new improved site shorty.

What were you doing ten years ago?

Commuting to Galway on a doomed software development project.

What were you doing one year ago?

Getting very cross with BT over a big network project.

Five snacks you enjoy

Samosas, Pork Scratchings, Kettle Chips (Balsamic Vinegar), Twiglets (original), Twiglets (spicy)

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics

Angie (Rolling Stones), When (s)he shines (Sheena Easton), Company (Dean Friedman), Still you linger on (Andrew Gold), Every day hurts (Sad Cafe)

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire

Buy & restore the Newcastle Paramount
Visit Tokyo Disneyland
Become a space tourist
Take up flying
Buy a Hot Air Balloon

Five bad habits

Prevarication, hubris, eating too much, not exercising enough, being absent minded

Five things you like doing

Live shows, stagecraft, reading, blogging, theme parks

Five things you would never wear again

Kipper ties, Purple shirts with round collars, Hawaiian shirts, Platform Shoes, School uniform

Five favourite toys

My former lighting rig, The Hi-Fi, the Radio Station, the PC, the camera

and I tag... Jocko, NotSassure, LastDitch, Bag and Imah Gynoid- because I keep bumping into them in Second Life.

The Gordon Brown Meme

Daily referendum is pushing his luck...

2 things Gordon Brown should be proud of:

- getting way with it
- see above

2 things he should apologise for:

- Introducing IR35 (Turnover Tax)
- Scowling at IR35 protestors

2 things he should do immediately when he becomes PM:

- Sort out the East Lothian Question
- Fall on his sword

2 things he should do while he is PM:

- See above.

I tag the same lot as the post below, because I can't be arsed to type it all in again, or think of some other ones.

First records...

Graham at work tells us that this was his first record. (Although his was the Mamas & Papas version).



We had a lad at school called Geoff , or more frequently, Paddy (Patterson). He started knocking around with two lads called Peter & Paul so inevitably- he was nicknamed Mary...

My first record was Jake the Peg, backed with Sun Arise, by Rolf Harris. I swapped it for my Space Hopper on Radio Newcastle Swap shop when I was about 11 or 12.



I'll tag all of the BlogPowersphere to pick up their first record meme.

(Spacehopper image from Museum of Childhood)

Turning Japanese, I'm really turning Japanese I really think so...

Your Japanese Name Is...

Hiroshi Imaidegawa

What's your Japanese Name?

Hat tip the hairy ozzie scot.

A ROUND TUIT

I've just got around to taking a procrastination test after putting it off for more important tasks (removing belly button fluff, watching YouTube vids, researching the history of Doileys).

When you get an opportunity, you can take it here, but first you need to sharpen your pencils and arrange your DVDs into zen tantric order.



(I scored a rather respectable 25%, although I may have lied, of course!)

Hat tip: Ian Lidster and Stosyth Parish Council (wherever that is) for the Tuit.

Super-villian/Super Hero Meme

Your results:
You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 70% Spider-Man 65% Iron Man 60% Superman 50% Robin 45% Supergirl 33% Catwoman 30% The Flash 25% Wonder Woman 23% Hulk 20% Batman 20%

Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...
Your results:
You are Dr. Doom

Dr. Doom 48% The Joker 38% Lex Luthor 38% Apocalypse 38% Riddler 36% Magneto 34% Mr. Freeze 34% Dark Phoenix 29% Kingpin 27% Green Goblin 24% Juggernaut 24% Venom 24% Catwoman 21% Mystique 20% Two-Face 16% Poison Ivy 14%

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz


Hat tip- Last ditch (again).

It was the question "Are you a Fat Bastard?" tht swung it...

Complicated personality tests made easy

Your Personality is Very Rare (ESTP)

Your personality type is dominant, driven, poised, and self-aware. Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 6% of all men You are Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

I knew I was an ESTP from a Myers-Briggs test on a training week, although it took a huge (and expensive) Management analysis test with Professor Andrew Kakabadse and his team at Cranfield University twenty years ago rather than twelve questions!

Hat tip: Colin Campbell.

Spring = Summer

I've been tagged by CityUnslicker for the Sping=Summer Meme.

The three things I like about Summer:

-Being able to go out without coats, safe in the knowledge that it is a lovely warm day, not a cloud in the sky and it won't rain (apart from in Manchester).

-Beaches, gardens and theme parks are at their best.

-[Young Man] walking round Coventry at lunchtime admiring the Totty in their Summer togs
-[Middle Age] the end of driving into dazzling low sun in the late afternoon

Just to be an awkward cuss, here are three things I don't like about Summer-

-The incessant drone of lawnmowers
-The nauseous smell of barbecue lighting fluid
-Having to cut the grass every 42 hours

Revenge is sweet- I tag the three newest blogpowerers: Looking for a voice, Crushed by Ingsoc! and Zaftig.

What I'm worth in REAL money...

This Great British Blog
is valued at:

£40,590.00

What is your
British Blog worth?

Hat tip- Guthrum, welcome to Blogpower.

Best days of your lives?

You Are an Okay Student

You know how to get by school, but your heart isn't always in it. Motivation is a problem for you. Maybe you need to study something more exciting!

Are You a Good Student?

(Answered with my College attitude thirty years ago...)

Hat tip- Thunderdragon.

Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing...

My blog is worth $62,099.40.
How much is your blog worth?

Used fivers please...

(Hat tip: Michelle Tempest).

I'm a bit of a wordsmith...

Your Vocabulary Score: B+

You have a zealous love for the English language, and many find your vocabulary edifying. Don't fret that you didn't get every word right, your vocabulary can be easily ameliorated!

How's Your Vocabulary?

Hard to hat-tip this as it is popping up all over the place.

I'm not certain serendipity is any of their three offered definitions personally.