Q&A

[John Brainlove]

OK, we who write for Brainlove have profiles up on the 'PPL' pages telling you a bit about us. But I reckon it would be good if you guys did the Brainlove Q&A too... so here it is...

Nickname?
Star Sign?
Favourite Song?
Fave Colour?
Fave Film?
Fave Food?
Fave Sin?
Fave Sense?
Fave Politician?
Fave Wrestler?
Fave School Subject?
Fave TV Programme?
Fave book?
Fave Joke?
Fave Place?
Most famous person you have met?
Most like to sex up?
Motto?

[Durutti]

Nick name: Jack. It used to be "The Hair" or "Hair Bear" but then I got old(er) and my white man's afro fell out.

Star Sign: Aries.

Fave colour: All colours are illusion, facets of the whole, the life giving wonder that is light.

Fave film: Hmmm. Withnail and I, or The Good The Bad and the Ugly or Blade Runner.

Fave food: Risotto.

Fave sin: I reject the concept of sin and so ironically I cannot enjoy any.

Fave sense: Again, I take an holistic approach. They all help each other out I find.

Fave politician: I don't really have one. Still, I loved it when Tony Benn went on Question Time and actually sang a song: "The land, the land, the land, the land, how can we be slaves with the ballot in our hands" or something similar. Quite touching.

Fave Wrestler: Giant Haystacks.

Fave School Subject: History.

TV Prog: Spaced/Father Ted - man, I'm sorry he's dead.

Book: Sadly, this is probably Lord of the Rings. Can't be helped as I read it at an impressionable age.

Joke: Q. Why did the scarecrow get a degree? A. He was outstanding in his field. I have a simple humour.

Place: Home (it's where the heart is, dontchknow).

Most famous person you've met. Lots cos of my job, but sadly most have been politicinas and I didn't take to any of them. Best famous people I have spoken to on the phone are Frank Black (he was eating a spicy omlette for breakfast and sneezed) and Ray Davies (a really nice guy).

Most like to sex up: Bubble and squeak is very underrated. It needs better PR.

Motto: To thine own self be true (it was on my comprehensive school's crest). More recently I've nicked a lyric from Moz: Irish Blood, English heart, this I'm made of. There is nothing on Earth I'm afraid of.

[Jared]

Nickname? Mara
Star Sign? Saggitarrius
Favourite Song? Well I Wonder by the Smiths
Fave Colour? Turquoise
Fave Film? Rebel Without A Cause
Fave Food? Salad
Fave Sin?Lust
Fave Sense? Touch
Fave Politician? Peter Hain
Fave Wrestler? Virgil
Fave School Subject? English
Fave TV Programme? Angel
Fave book? The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Fave Joke? Sheffield Wednesday FC
Fave Place? Loch Lomund
Most famous person you have met? Tony Blair
Most like to sex up? Dominique Swain
Motto? see my signature below

[SCL]

Nickname? Smiler / Bo
Star Sign? Cancer
Favourite Song? Pffft Today it is Everybody Come Down, the Delgados - Cadd's marvellous compilation reminded me of it.
Fave Colour? Don't have a favourite!
Fave Film? Amelie / Leon / Dirty Dancing....
Fave Food? Tapas
Fave Sin? definitely Lust.
Fave Sense? Sight
Fave Politician? Don't have one.
Fave Wrestler? The Rock no Stone Cold no The Rock no... I watched them wrestling eachother in Mancester, I had a foam glove n everything.
Fave School Subject? Science
Fave TV Programme? Shameless
Fave book? The Philip Pullman Trilogy at the moment...
Fave Place? My bed.
Most famous person you have met? Ant n Dec, Ronan, Sugarbabes?? Mike from Corrie actually.
Most like to sex up? KoL
Motto? No.

[John Brainlove]

i am reading the pullman books right now too - just getting to the end of the first one, its great! snow! armoured bears! magic! daemons! im such a geek. i got all three in the 3 for 2 at waterstones.

[wishpig]

Nickname? oi, you

Star Sign? capricorn

Favourite Song? right now... hounds of love - futureheads

Fave Colour? red

Fave Film? ghost world

Fave Food? marmite

Fave Sin? avarice

Fave Sense? hearing

Fave Politician? tommy sheridan

Fave Wrestler? STONE COLD

Fave School Subject? english

Fave TV Programme? malcolm in the middle

Fave book? the catcher in the rye - jd salinger

Fave Joke? whats black and sits at the top of the stairs? stephen hawking in a house fire. ;D

Fave Place? the computer chair. or the czech republic

Most famous person you have met? the painter guy from balamory

Most like to sex up? alive - the lead singer of the futureheads; dead - dee dee ramone

Motto? don't eat yellow snow

that was fun

[Wiggles]

Nickname? Don't have one

Star Sign? Don't have one. Or Capricorn if you're into that sort of thing

Favourite Song? Currently Song of the Minerals by Shellac

Fave Colour? Strange

Fave Film? Withnail & I, or possibly Malcolm X

Fave Food?

Fave Sin? Pfft, sins? I have none.

Fave Sense? vision

Fave Politician?

Fave Wrestler? I can honestly say I have never watch wrestling

Fave School Subject? Physics

Fave TV Programme? Haven't watched it for ages. But 24, probably, excepting for their characterisation of Muslims as fanatics and terrorists.

Fave book? Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Fave Joke?

Fave Place? Here

Most famous person you have met?

Most like to sex up?

Motto? He who laughs last obviously didn't get it.

[bamos]

I did this the other day, but my answers are probably different today (I change starsign regularly, obviously), so I'll do it again...

Nickname? Bamos
Star Sign? Capricorn
Favourite Song? 'Say It Ain't So' Weezer
Fave Colour? Rouge
Fave Film? Leon
Fave Food? Pies, cheese, and cider. But pies mostly.
Fave Sin? Gluttony. Let's get fat!
Fave Sense? Taste. I love food. And cider.
Fave Politician? Boris Johnson - not for his policies, if he has any, but for his hair. And all-round bizarre-ness.
Fave Wrestler? Ultimate Warrior, or the Bushwackas if I'm allowed a tag-team.
Fave School Subject? Geography
Fave TV Programme? Friends, I suppose
Fave book? 'Three Men In A Boat' Jerome K Jerome
Fave Joke? The Michael Caine one with The Doors in it. You know it...
Fave Place? This changes regularly. Probably on the terraces at the footy with a pie in hand. Heaven for me.
Most famous person you have met? Still Preston from The Ordinary Boys. Still need to get out more...
Most like to sex up? Kirsty Allsopp off of the telly.
Motto? 'I let the TV think for me, it's easier that way'

[chrispy]

Nickname? only my friends in the real world know.
Favourite Song? bloody hell,there are loads!
Fave Colour? blue?
Fave Film? loads again, but perhaps shawshank, spirited away, grave of the fireflies...
Fave Food? i eat loads. erm, chocolate cake.
Fave Sense? sight.
Fave Wrestler? it's all made up, kids.
Fave School Subject? english
Fave TV Programme? the simpsons
Fave Place? somewhere hot.
Most famous person you have met? graham coxon
Most like to sex up? that is a horrible, horrible phrase! where's the love, eh? the romance? the soul-mate thing?

[creakyknees]

Nickname Gonga
Star Sign Libra (dont know what moon must find out...I would urge you all to do that.....how many moons old are you?....more romantic I think)
Favourite Song Lorelei - cocteau twins
Fave Colour varies
Fave Film Wings of desire - Wim Wenders (thats my heart speaking not my head)
Fave Food curry/cheese
Fave Sin
Fave Sense sight is the one I would miss the most, but the others are underated
Fave Politician Does Thomad Payne count? Tony Benn
Fave Wrestler Chris Benoir
Fave School Subject I enjoyed all subject far more once I had left
Fave TV Programme currently peepshow
Fave book 'The White Goddess' - Robert Graves
Fave Joke what do you call a 1000 cupcakes at a rave?.....a bun dance
Fave Place tintagel/glastonbury
Most famous person you have met Rolf Harris
Most like to sex up Mrs Knees
Motto Enjoy your self its later than you think.

[Wiggles]

On a side note, Hilary Benn (son of Tony) spoke at my uni a couple of days ago, and he's an odious fucker. He also has a girl's name.

[Smileadelic]

Nickname? Not got one really
Star Sign? Leo
Favourite Song? Lots
Fave Colour? Red
Fave Film? Apocalypse Now, Fantasia, Shawshank, Cuckoo's Nest...
Fave Food? Indian
Fave Sin? Clearly gluttony
Fave Sense? Hearing or sight. One or t'other.
Fave Politician? At the moment? Ken Livingstone - legend!
Fave Wrestler? You what?
Fave School Subject? English
Fave TV Programme? The Simpsons
Fave book? Catch 22... maybe
Fave Joke? Your face
Fave Place? Devon / Cornwall, Brighton
Most famous person you have met? Gemma from CBBC (apparently... I have no idea who she is, and was only informed of this after I met her)
Most like to sex up? Your sister
Motto? Life's a bitch and then you die (not really, but isn't it grrreat?)

[Tom-From-Sparks]

Nickname? Thommo (grrr)
Star Sign? Taurus (Born on the year of the Ox)
Favourite Song? Always Changing....
Fave Colour? Blue
Fave Film? Again, this always changes
Fave Food? Chinese
Fave Sin? Stealing things
Fave Sense? Sight, no matter how bad mine is
Fave Politician? grrrrrrrr
Fave Wrestler? Bret 'the Hitman' Hart
Fave School Subject? Psychology, Biology
Fave TV Programme? Right now it's the Mighty Boosh
Fave book? The Hobbit
Fave Joke? Q. How do you stop someone wetting the bed? A. Give them an Electric Blanket
Fave Place? Dartmoor
Most famous person you have met? Charlotte from Ash, The bloke who played Beppe in Eastenders, Graham Coughlin PAFC
Most like to sex up? hmmmmm right now it's Katie Holmes
Motto? If you don't ask, you never get ;D

[prettyvacant]

Nickname? cat/crobonyona

Star Sign? Taurus

Favourite Song? bjork - isobel

Fave Colour? green

Fave Film? dazed and confused

Fave Food? spag bol

Fave Sin? er...what *are* the sins again? probably treason...

Fave Sense? hearing

Fave Politician? gordon brown like

Fave Wrestler? my childhood wrestling watching experiences are embarrasingly scant. am i allowed saracen from gladiators?

Fave School Subject? art

Fave TV Programme? robot wars!

Fave book? the world according to garp

Fave Joke? two strawberries sitting in a bath. one says to the other "could you pass the soap?" the other one says "no, i've got no arms"

Fave Place? here

Most famous person you have met? ugmo hawkings. rawk!

Most like to sex up? graham coxon...mmm emo glasses

Motto? the purpose of life is to have as much fun as possible while causing as little pain to other people as possible

[cadd]

Nickname? Cadd
Star Sign? Gemini
Favourite Song? Undecided
Fave Colour? Undecided
Fave Film? Undecided
Fave Food? Plain set yoghurt, takeaways from my local Pakistani homecooking palace, The Frontier Cafe, light years ahead of the usual curry by numbers slophouses, fruit, cold tinned macaroni cheese, things which have been left out in pots in the kitchen for a few days...mmmm.
Fave Sin? Making my own rules.
Fave Sense? Hearing
Fave Politician? I have never voted.
Fave Wrestler? My pal Vincent.
Fave School Subject? Art
Fave TV Programme? The Simpsons
Fave book? Hard to pin down a favourite
Fave Joke? The fact that I'm allowed to walk the streets
Fave Place? Glasgow,Cyprus,Holland, etc
Most famous person you have met? I don't go for fame, prefer to meet outstanding people in everyday walks of life.
Most like to sex up? Fruit.
Motto? Slow down let's go mental/extreme extremities for the extremists/it's better to have lost and to have lost than never to have lost at all (all quotes from my friend Faulty, all on the same day, one of the nicest clinically insane people it's been my pleasure to have as a friend )