Love Heart Bingo: the results

(remember: they never lie)

(however, I, personally, have no idea to whom the Love Heart refers when I pick it out for you) (got that?!)

steg: Love Bug (ha!!)
mel: It's All Yours
The Brit (yeah, he's playin' too!): Hug Me
shot: My Boy
mig: For Keeps
vicus: Kiss Me (I'm not kidding you, these are totally random as played by the rules)
KAZ: Sugar Lips
ziggi: My Angel
gordie: Sugar Lips (yes, there are multiples of some sweets, I used two packets you see)
anon g: Miss Me
malc: My Girl
dinahmow: My Angel
sorrow: Hug Me
donnnnn: Sweet Heart
katherine: Looking Good
silver solo: Say Yes

*takes deep breath*

*takes stock*

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I'm going to have to think (quite hard) (I mean think quite hard, not that thinking is quite hard) (altho sometimes it still is) about this a little, before I try to decipher it. . . remember, I do not know who your Love Heart refers to in your life. . .

POST SCRIPT

apparently I've forgotten someone!
how remiss of me -
please accept my humble apologies

(*opens new packet of Love Hearts*)

if it's The Beep, your sweetie is Miss Me;
if it's tpwh♥ml, your sweetie is It's All Yours. . .

20 Qs - the results are in:

1. is it animal?

2. what is your favourite flavour milkshake?

3. when was the first time you ever properly ate out in a restaurant?

4. if you could have picked your own name, what would it be, and why?

5. do you have a collection of small things in one of your desk drawers that you can't bear to part with for some ridiculous reason?

6. what concert or musical event do you wish you'd attended and why?

7. what's the last lie you told?

8. if you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?

9. why is abbreviated such a long word?

10. when was the last time you took a nap in the grass or a forest?

11. if you were to wake up under the stars, would you be zipped up in a sleeping bag next to a camp fire, or under a blanket in a hammock slung between two coconut trees?

12. when is the next time you are going skinny dipping?

13. is kinky using a feather or the whole chicken?

14. what was the first thing you learnt to ride (as opposed to carrying yourself on your own two legs)?

15. what animals are on your family totem pole, and what do they represent to you?

16. paper, scissors, stone?

17. if Adam and Eve begat Caine and Abel - how'd Caine and Abel begat?

18. what's on/in your nightstand?

19. how come sheep don't shock themselves in the winter when they touch noses?

20. pick anyone - from any time period - who would you have dinner with and what would you serve?

21. what are your top ten things to do when you're bored?

22. what would your last meal would be?

23. what's one thing that you would never, ever, EVER compromise and do?

24. would you rather have the blood pressure of a giraffe or a hummingbird?

25. what is your favourite musical instrument and can you play it?

*clears throat*

may I please redirect your attention to this, which requires your participation. . . all I'd like to know is what you want to know (and that's all the help you're getting) (there are no prizes)

POST SCRIPT: (you're doing great guys!! thanks everyone. . .) (I'm thinking I might have to be dishing out prizes - some of these questions are excellent)

and what are we gonna do. . .

. . .twenty questions!!

for anyone who doesn't visit vicus. . .

. . .this
is well worth twenty minutes of your time
and is as good as anything I've read in New Scientist recently
and I thank him for the experience

rabble rousing

big thanks to the ever delightful shot for this
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and, from the lovely sorrow, another puzzler:
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what is the link between these songs?

Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Rocket Man - Elton John
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Imagine - John Lennon
Flashdance, What A Feeling - Irene Cara
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Fly - Celine Dion
Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo
I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly
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(the answer to mine was they are all recommended reading from Ann Patchett!)

for dave who wanted to explore the word rude

*thinks*
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(what can dave possibly mean by the word "rude"?
to me "rude" is when you say something nasty and spiteful
to someone, on purpose. . .)
(or when you talk with your mouth full of half chewed food. . .)

(*remembers* dave is an XY,
so probably doesn't share the same definition. . .)
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(it's all a drop in the ocean
of semantics and experience, isn't it. . .)
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let's explore the water, shall we!
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what happens when I go on my hols?
....
and if you believe that,
you'll believe anything!
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(the top two, very possibly, but that red one -
I'm far more flatchested than her. . .)

but a little imagination never goes amiss, eh. . .
..
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hmmmmmmmm. . .
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what else could he possibly mean
by the word "rude"?
..

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checking out whether one's bikini
coordinates with the fridge?
..
draw your own conclusions. . .
.. .
dave's definition of the word "rude"?
it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack!

found it!!!

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this?

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but, dear dave that. . .
is what happens when you have an accident with the Immac
and then go for a roll around in the compost heap. . .
...
you see, I wouldn't even call the following "saucy"
(a little "cheeky", possibly, but that's only a play on words
and visual imagery, eh):
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I'd call that underwear shopping. . .
..
sauce is something you put on your fish and chips
or have on the side next to a lamb chop
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anyhow, back to the underwear shopping:

she didn't make the same mistake that I did
with the haircut!
...

YUP!
that's my excuse
and I'm stickin' to it!

..
yee g*ds, how did I get pulled into this?
obviously haven't had quite enough coffee yet this morning

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*has another cup*
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now this, I find rude:

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let me know what your conclusions are, ok!
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and just to prove I'm not Julie,
the following is me:

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XXX

(and if this submission doesn't get a comment out of vicus,
I may as well give up)
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(however, he probably does have
more important things to do with his time)

(don't you?!)

I Like The View. . .
your subconscious mind is driven most by
Kindness

"This means you have a deep desire to be kind and fair to others. You may even be preoccupied with finding kindness in the world around you, far more than you realize on a conscious level. It is possible that the underlying reason you seek kindness in the world around you, is that you fear cruelty, the opposite of kindness. That could drive you to unconsciously project kindness wherever possible into your world. Regardless of its origin, your steadfast adherence to being kind to others is felt by people you are close to.

"You are probably more susceptible than others to being overwhelmed by emotions — both yours and others'. It is possible that your unusually empathic nature is a result of your natural sensitivity to others' pain, and your desire to help them avoid it. For this reason, things might affect you more than they affect your friends and family. To protect yourself from too much emotional intensity, you might want to keep an eye out so you can recognize it when it starts. That will allow you to slow things down until you feel grounded again.

"Overall, your strong orientation towards kindness gives you an optimistic nature, which translates into you seeing the best in the people around you. Because you're not one to be overly judgmental, others may seek out your company when they need a friend to talk to. People close to you likely know that you care deeply about the inner lives of others and can listen to what they have to say without imposing your views on them."
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I had a little spare time, so I did this (didn't pay up tho!)

PS then I did the birth order one, and got almost completely the opposite results*:
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"Similar to other middle children, you are probably very stable emotionally which makes people feel at ease around you. In addition, having older and younger siblings taught you how to appreciate diverse points of view. You have learned that the best way to resolve conflict is by remaining calm and open to compromise. Like other middle children, you tend to radiate warmth, affection and maturity. You are likely to display an extraordinary ability to remain composed even in stressful situations."
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(*no surprise there then! phoney baloney tests!)

and as requested by the very talented and

equally fascinating dinahmow here is another one! what links these books:
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Lolita Vladimir Nabakov

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy

So Long, See You Tomorrow William Maxwell

The Human Stain Philip Roth

Miss Lonelyhearts Nathanael West

The Magic Mountain Thomas Mann

One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy

The Giant's House Elizabeth McCracken

Random Family Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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friday fun and games

well, unless there is a sudden rush later on today, it seems that rock paper scissors has been narrowly beaten as the game of choice, by good old fashioned street chalk and bubbles
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here's the real thing:
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and a pavement bimbo (who reminds me of my synchronised swimming days - only my thighs were/are slimmer than that, I'll have you know)(and I had/have a better suntan)(these things are important. . .):
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I've lost my lovely image of the gotcha girl, so here are some ordinary bubbles instead (altho how a bubble could ever be ordinary, I don't know - they are so magical):

and while I was looking for bubble images, I came across this (I need a new vase!):

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since I don't have a vase, I might go out into the back yard and cut some of the flowers that have come up from the bulbs I planted and just stick them in a glass anyhow. . .
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whether you have flowers
on your desk or not,
I hope you're enjoying
the spring sunshine today

bored? let's play

this morning was going to be a great start to my day the clocks have sprung forward and I was hoping to wake at a reasonable hour (instead of five, at which I have been waking for the past four or five months or so), only the boys forgot to put the cat out last night and at a quarter to five it pissed on my duvet and the dripping onto my toes of something warm and wet that then turned cold and damp lurched me from my slumber (I was dreaming about a cycling holiday) (and very enjoyable it was too) (the dream)

so the sun hasn't risen yet but the birds are singing beautifully and altho the sky is filling with the Shepherd's Warning of a wet day ahead, right now all is not lost: it's wonderful out there

I made funny face shapes on the concrete by my feet with the shadows of the hand that was holding my fag, from my smoking step, backlit by the kitchen, I was thinking about a patient with split brain syndrome - do you think someone could play Rock Paper Scissors with themself ?

and that got me to thinking about board games Scrabble in particular, and the time Brigitte, one of my French exchange friends, was over - the Easter before her Bac - and we played bilingual Scrabble and Brigitte won by a mile and my mother then looked up all the French words Brigitte had used and was furious because she'd cheated on almost every single one of them (but not as furious as when she caught Brigitte smoking in her bedroom)
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I was also thinking about an article in New Scientist a couple of weeks back, about our still basically caveman brains and how they can sometimes fill with hormones and drive us to do things which in other circumstances we otherwise wouldn't consider doing, and later we might look back and think "what got into me?" "that wasn't like me at all" "why didn't I follow my gut instinct?" (anyone who's been reading long enough knows what a gut instinct is)
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the point of the article was to explain that everyone experiences multiple personality syndrome at some stage or other - it's part of the normal continuum of brain activity - which I suppose is why I was thinking about the split brain person - which isn't on the spectrum of normal by any means - playing a game on their own. . .