"boredom does strange things to strange people"
YOUR NAME
(1) The singular boring question: What is your name? Sarah
(2) If you had been born a member of the opposite sex, what would your name have been?: James, after my granddad.
(3) Would you name a child of yours after you? No.
(4) If you had to switch first names with a friend of yours, who would you switch with? Probably Laura, but I’m not sure.
(5) What's the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name? “sare-ra”
(6) If you were to become famous, would you drop your last name (like Madonna, Cher, Roseanne)? No.
HUMOR
(13) How easy is it to make you laugh? Depends on who you are and what mood I’m in.
(14) What person you know makes you laugh the most? Bea.
(15) Do you laugh at jokes you know you shouldn't? Yes.
(16) Do you tell jokes you know you shouldn't? Any joke I tell I shouldn’t - my jokes just don’t work/
(17) What words instantly make you laugh or at least smile? ‘Baboon’ and ‘procrastination’.
(18) What do you think is the funniest thing you've ever said or written? Whatever it was it was a long time ago..
MUSIC
(19) Do you ever dance to music when nobody's watching? Yes.
(20) What is/are the worst song(s) you have ever heard? I don’t have that much spare time.
(21) What song(s) do you wish you could understand a little better? I don't know.
(22) What song(s) are constantly in your head? Usually what I’ve been listening to a lot or what I’ve just heard someone else singing.
(23) What song(s) do you think describe your personality best? Songs like Cute Without the ‘E’… and Vincent.
(24) If you were to serenade the object of your affections, which song would you sing? Something he liked.
(25) If the object of your affections were to serenade you, what song(s) would you hope he or she used? Message From Kathlene, though that’s not really suitable for serenading, I suppose.
MOVIES
(26) What movie(s) do you love that nobody else seems to? I’m not sure, but I hate a lot of films that everyone else loves.
(27) Do you agree with the idea that sequels are always worse than the original? Yes, probably, though there are exceptions/
(28) Who's your favorite Star Wars character? Have to admit I’ve never watched a Star Wars film in my life.
(29) What kind of movie do you think there should be more of? Waking Ned. Sorry, it was the first film that came into my head.
(30) What movie(s) do you simply not understand the appeal of? Just Married and The Matrix.
FOOD
(31) When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness? Taste in the short term.
(32) What's your favorite kind of cheese? I like the Austrian cheese that looks like sausages, and also Wensleydale with cranberries.
(33) What do you think your answer to the previous question reveals about your personality? That I don’t like many cheese-y cheeses?
(34) If you knew exactly what went into Chinese food, hamburger meat, etc., would you still eat it? Probably yes. I have low morals like that.
(35) Do you ever feel guilty eating meat? No.
COMPUTERS
(36) Mac or PC? PC
(37) How much do you actually care about the inner workings of your computer, as long as it works? No
(38) Do you ever begin preferring IMs to other forms of conversation? Yes.
(39) Do you find you're different talking through IMs than face-to-face or on the telephone? Of course.
(40) Have you ever ended bid on something on eBay and regretted it later? No.
THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES
(41) Have you ever wished you could experience being the other gender? Yes, but only sometimes.
(42) What do you love most about the other gender? Nice looks combined with a good personality. Haha.
(43) What do you dislike most about the other gender? The way they fuck me up.
(44) What do you understand least about the other gender? How sometimes they don’t realise just how beautiful they are.
CELEBRITIES
(45) Do you sometimes see a movie or watch a show just because a good-looking celebrity is in it? Yes/
(47) Have people ever said you looked like a celebrity, and if so, who? No. Well, apart from Lassie, but everyone’s heard that joke, right?
(48) If there was to be a movie about you, who do you think should play you (in personality, looks or both)? I’d like to think someone like Lisa Kudrow, though we look nothing like each other.
(49) Does it ever annoy you when you know someone is a celebrity but you can't remember why? Not particularly.
(50) If you could enter any celebrity's mind like in "Being John Malkovich", whose would you enter? I don’t know.
(51) Do you want to be John Malkovich? Can’t say I do, no.
NUMBERS
(52) Do you laugh when you hear or read the number 69? No but I always think funny thoughts.
(53) Were you lying about your answer to the previous question? No.
(54) Do you actually know your Social Security Number? Do I actually have one??
(55) Do you actually know your IP address? No.
(56) Do you know what an IP address is? No.
(57) Do you know the four-character extension on your ZIP code? No.
(58) Ever thought there were too many numbers floating around in our lives? Not until now.
(59) Does your head begin to hurt when you think of infinity, imaginary numbers, irrational numbers, etc.? Yes.
(60) What do you think of pi? It’s long?
LOVE, SEX AND ALL THAT
(61) Did you get a little frightened or uncomfortable seeing this as a section title? No.
(62) If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel? Like I always do.
(63) Do you prefer getting to know someone first before dating them or going in "blind"? Getting to know them.
(64) Could you carry on a relationship with someone with the same first name as a family member? Yes.
(65) Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out? I don’t really take any notice.
(66) What's your opinion on sex without emotional commitment? Um.
(67) Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive? Not really.
(68) Do you think the opposite sex finds you good-looking? No.
(69) Would you be willing to give up sex in exchange for an emotional commitment you knew would last? I’d ask to have them both.
(70) Do you think the number of the last question was a coincidence? Oh very funny.
POSSESSIONS
(71) What is your favorite possession? I’m not sure. I have a few.
(72) What physical, tangible possession do you want most? More clothes and some more CDs would be nice. And Photo Frames!!
(73) How badly do you want it? Not that badly.
(74) Have you ever seen 'The Exorcist'? No.
(75) How long did it take you to understand why the last question is in this section? I’m still trying to..
HOLIDAYS
(76) Does Christmas music too far away from Christmas annoy you? Yes!!
(77) How old do you think you will be before you stop liking getting older? I like getting older.
(78) What was the best Halloween costume you ever had? I’ve always been a witch on Halloween.
(79) What was the worst Halloween costume you ever had? See above?
(80) What holiday do you think has still managed to retain its original meaning? There isn’t really one anymore.
(81) There are currently no federal holidays during August- what should be put there? National August day?
MEMORIES
(82) How good is your short-term memory? Depends on what I’m trying to remember.
(83) How good is your long-term memory? Quite good.
(84) What is your earliest memory? Being on the back of my mum’s bike in Holland.
(85) What is one of your happiest memories? I have a lot.
(86) What is your strangest memory? Waking up sliding down a hill in a sleeping bag over the summer, I think.
(87) What song, movie, etc. do you wish you could memorize? I know most of my favourite movies by heart, which is sad.
(88) What movie makes/made you cry? Castaway, when he loses Wilson.
(89) What book makes/made you cry? The one I’ve just finished - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things - and others.
(90) What song makes/made you cry? Too many.
(91) What makes/made you laugh so hard you cried? Something funny at the time.
THREE TRULY RANDOM QUESTIONS
(92) Would you like to be cloned? I don’t know. Probably not. It’s a weird thought, and the world could probably do without another me around.
(93) Do you wish you could be alive when the world was ending, just to experience it? Yes,
(94) Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango? I can indeed, thank you for asking.
THIS SURVEY
(95) Do you think that one hundred and one questions is too long? Oh sometimes it’s fun to do long and boring stuff.,
(96) Do you think the one hundred interesting questions actually were interesting? Apart from that Queen one just gone and the one about the Exorcist - I’m still trying to work that out. I guess you have to see the film/
(97) Are you sorry you began filling it out? No.
(98) What question do you wish it had asked? I don’t know.
(99) How would you have answered it? If I’d thought of one then yes.
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
(100) When was the last time you let the people you love know you love them? I can’t remember.
(101) What do you want the people who are reading this survey to know? That I am bored and my back hurts. Thank you.
I make no apologies for not using the cut.
(1) The singular boring question: What is your name? Sarah
(2) If you had been born a member of the opposite sex, what would your name have been?: James, after my granddad.
(3) Would you name a child of yours after you? No.
(4) If you had to switch first names with a friend of yours, who would you switch with? Probably Laura, but I’m not sure.
(5) What's the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name? “sare-ra”
(6) If you were to become famous, would you drop your last name (like Madonna, Cher, Roseanne)? No.
HUMOR
(13) How easy is it to make you laugh? Depends on who you are and what mood I’m in.
(14) What person you know makes you laugh the most? Bea.
(15) Do you laugh at jokes you know you shouldn't? Yes.
(16) Do you tell jokes you know you shouldn't? Any joke I tell I shouldn’t - my jokes just don’t work/
(17) What words instantly make you laugh or at least smile? ‘Baboon’ and ‘procrastination’.
(18) What do you think is the funniest thing you've ever said or written? Whatever it was it was a long time ago..
MUSIC
(19) Do you ever dance to music when nobody's watching? Yes.
(20) What is/are the worst song(s) you have ever heard? I don’t have that much spare time.
(21) What song(s) do you wish you could understand a little better? I don't know.
(22) What song(s) are constantly in your head? Usually what I’ve been listening to a lot or what I’ve just heard someone else singing.
(23) What song(s) do you think describe your personality best? Songs like Cute Without the ‘E’… and Vincent.
(24) If you were to serenade the object of your affections, which song would you sing? Something he liked.
(25) If the object of your affections were to serenade you, what song(s) would you hope he or she used? Message From Kathlene, though that’s not really suitable for serenading, I suppose.
MOVIES
(26) What movie(s) do you love that nobody else seems to? I’m not sure, but I hate a lot of films that everyone else loves.
(27) Do you agree with the idea that sequels are always worse than the original? Yes, probably, though there are exceptions/
(28) Who's your favorite Star Wars character? Have to admit I’ve never watched a Star Wars film in my life.
(29) What kind of movie do you think there should be more of? Waking Ned. Sorry, it was the first film that came into my head.
(30) What movie(s) do you simply not understand the appeal of? Just Married and The Matrix.
FOOD
(31) When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness? Taste in the short term.
(32) What's your favorite kind of cheese? I like the Austrian cheese that looks like sausages, and also Wensleydale with cranberries.
(33) What do you think your answer to the previous question reveals about your personality? That I don’t like many cheese-y cheeses?
(34) If you knew exactly what went into Chinese food, hamburger meat, etc., would you still eat it? Probably yes. I have low morals like that.
(35) Do you ever feel guilty eating meat? No.
COMPUTERS
(36) Mac or PC? PC
(37) How much do you actually care about the inner workings of your computer, as long as it works? No
(38) Do you ever begin preferring IMs to other forms of conversation? Yes.
(39) Do you find you're different talking through IMs than face-to-face or on the telephone? Of course.
(40) Have you ever ended bid on something on eBay and regretted it later? No.
THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES
(41) Have you ever wished you could experience being the other gender? Yes, but only sometimes.
(42) What do you love most about the other gender? Nice looks combined with a good personality. Haha.
(43) What do you dislike most about the other gender? The way they fuck me up.
(44) What do you understand least about the other gender? How sometimes they don’t realise just how beautiful they are.
CELEBRITIES
(45) Do you sometimes see a movie or watch a show just because a good-looking celebrity is in it? Yes/
(47) Have people ever said you looked like a celebrity, and if so, who? No. Well, apart from Lassie, but everyone’s heard that joke, right?
(48) If there was to be a movie about you, who do you think should play you (in personality, looks or both)? I’d like to think someone like Lisa Kudrow, though we look nothing like each other.
(49) Does it ever annoy you when you know someone is a celebrity but you can't remember why? Not particularly.
(50) If you could enter any celebrity's mind like in "Being John Malkovich", whose would you enter? I don’t know.
(51) Do you want to be John Malkovich? Can’t say I do, no.
NUMBERS
(52) Do you laugh when you hear or read the number 69? No but I always think funny thoughts.
(53) Were you lying about your answer to the previous question? No.
(54) Do you actually know your Social Security Number? Do I actually have one??
(55) Do you actually know your IP address? No.
(56) Do you know what an IP address is? No.
(57) Do you know the four-character extension on your ZIP code? No.
(58) Ever thought there were too many numbers floating around in our lives? Not until now.
(59) Does your head begin to hurt when you think of infinity, imaginary numbers, irrational numbers, etc.? Yes.
(60) What do you think of pi? It’s long?
LOVE, SEX AND ALL THAT
(61) Did you get a little frightened or uncomfortable seeing this as a section title? No.
(62) If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel? Like I always do.
(63) Do you prefer getting to know someone first before dating them or going in "blind"? Getting to know them.
(64) Could you carry on a relationship with someone with the same first name as a family member? Yes.
(65) Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out? I don’t really take any notice.
(66) What's your opinion on sex without emotional commitment? Um.
(67) Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive? Not really.
(68) Do you think the opposite sex finds you good-looking? No.
(69) Would you be willing to give up sex in exchange for an emotional commitment you knew would last? I’d ask to have them both.
(70) Do you think the number of the last question was a coincidence? Oh very funny.
POSSESSIONS
(71) What is your favorite possession? I’m not sure. I have a few.
(72) What physical, tangible possession do you want most? More clothes and some more CDs would be nice. And Photo Frames!!
(73) How badly do you want it? Not that badly.
(74) Have you ever seen 'The Exorcist'? No.
(75) How long did it take you to understand why the last question is in this section? I’m still trying to..
HOLIDAYS
(76) Does Christmas music too far away from Christmas annoy you? Yes!!
(77) How old do you think you will be before you stop liking getting older? I like getting older.
(78) What was the best Halloween costume you ever had? I’ve always been a witch on Halloween.
(79) What was the worst Halloween costume you ever had? See above?
(80) What holiday do you think has still managed to retain its original meaning? There isn’t really one anymore.
(81) There are currently no federal holidays during August- what should be put there? National August day?
MEMORIES
(82) How good is your short-term memory? Depends on what I’m trying to remember.
(83) How good is your long-term memory? Quite good.
(84) What is your earliest memory? Being on the back of my mum’s bike in Holland.
(85) What is one of your happiest memories? I have a lot.
(86) What is your strangest memory? Waking up sliding down a hill in a sleeping bag over the summer, I think.
(87) What song, movie, etc. do you wish you could memorize? I know most of my favourite movies by heart, which is sad.
(88) What movie makes/made you cry? Castaway, when he loses Wilson.
(89) What book makes/made you cry? The one I’ve just finished - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things - and others.
(90) What song makes/made you cry? Too many.
(91) What makes/made you laugh so hard you cried? Something funny at the time.
THREE TRULY RANDOM QUESTIONS
(92) Would you like to be cloned? I don’t know. Probably not. It’s a weird thought, and the world could probably do without another me around.
(93) Do you wish you could be alive when the world was ending, just to experience it? Yes,
(94) Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango? I can indeed, thank you for asking.
THIS SURVEY
(95) Do you think that one hundred and one questions is too long? Oh sometimes it’s fun to do long and boring stuff.,
(96) Do you think the one hundred interesting questions actually were interesting? Apart from that Queen one just gone and the one about the Exorcist - I’m still trying to work that out. I guess you have to see the film/
(97) Are you sorry you began filling it out? No.
(98) What question do you wish it had asked? I don’t know.
(99) How would you have answered it? If I’d thought of one then yes.
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
(100) When was the last time you let the people you love know you love them? I can’t remember.
(101) What do you want the people who are reading this survey to know? That I am bored and my back hurts. Thank you.
I make no apologies for not using the cut.