[b:fbb662e7be]Posted By Buzzfloyd[/b:fbb662e7be]

Also, I just noticed that 'ponders' and 'respond' are anagrams

Why are pirates called pirates?

[b:a4d0da4007]Posted by Electric_Man[/b:a4d0da4007]

Did you know that Buzzfloyd is an anagram of:

BOLD FUZZY
BUZZY FOLD
BUZZ FLOYD
BUZZ DO FLY and
BY OLD FUZZ?

I'm going to be cheeky and ask another question, you have a reputation for having to say LAMJ, how do you come up with jokes so that nobody even realises they are jokes?

Why are pirates called pirates?

[b:0b715de06b]Posted by Mynona[/b:0b715de06b]

Ben what have you been smoking now? :roll:

Why are pirates called pirates?

[b:7c0c45fff9]Posted by Electric_Man[/b:7c0c45fff9]

This is a question thread for Grace, not me. Read the rules!

Why are pirates called pirates?

There.

Finished at last

Now, Grace has a few questions she's left unanswered there, so hopefully she'll do so now

Also, feel free to ask her even more questions in the worlds longest running interview.

I asked the first question on 23 october 2003. The last post in the thread was made on 17 June 2005.

One day, we might get it to a conclusion

Why are pirates called pirates?

Good grief, I knew there was something I was supposed to do... I'll take a proper look at this later. Rinso's question was so hard, it stumped me, and I'm not sure if I have an answer yet.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

Whats my prize for stumping her? I demand a prize!

*hands Rinso a bar of soap and a razor*

I think she's more stumped by my question anyway.

(Playing blind Pictionary, me drawing)
Ella: Is it a giraffe?
Me (stops drawing): No
Ella: Star Trek?
Me: Yes!

I'm not surewhen this started, but I've probably beening waiting about two years for an answer to my question....


.... I bet parky doesn't have this trouble. :roll:

Good grief, Rinso! What made you remember this? This interview was started on 23 October 2003 and, unlike other 'When Doors met...' interview threads, is still not finished. Maybe it will finish one day soon!

First, an update on the autobiographical stuff:
I'm now nearly 25 (25th October, Gracecon!), and have been fouling the community with my presence for about five and a half years. Garner and I have now been married for over two years, and we are still both alive.

The big change since the last update is in the work department again. After nearly three years, I was miserable and depressed and being bullied by my boss (which I have only recently recognised after Hermia and I were contacted by the HR dept of the firm we used to work for with queries about the reasons behind the high staff turnover - a bit too late for us, but maybe we can help future potential victims!). So I quit the accountancy at the end of June this year. I have been trying to work freelance as, among other things, a teacher of singing, speech & drama, piano and music theory. Things have been slow to pick up and the last few months have been quite scary financially. However, work is starting to come in now that the new school year has started, and things are looking more hopeful.

My mother married again (third time lucky) about ten days ago and moved to Aylesbury (a town near Oxford in England), so I now have two new stepsisters. My dad is getting married at the end of this week to the lady he left my mother to be with - long-term members may remember me talking about her!

I think that's about all the important stuff for the update. On to answering the unanswered questions! (You're all very patient people.)

First, RINSO!

My best and worst points... That [i:2f79013c9e]is[/i:2f79013c9e] a difficult question, I can see why it stumped me. I think this is often easier for other people to answer, but I'll try.

My best points:
1) My intelligence. Some days I feel very stupid, but other days I feel like the most intelligent person I know (ie Avgi... ). It's a bit of a two-edged sword, because so many people find intelligence intimidating. For that reason, I always try to hide my intelligence when with a new group of people, but it doesn't work very well. Being intelligent can make you a bit of an outsider, but I think a lot of people here are familiar with that. Regardless of the downsides, though, I do think my intelligence is one of my best attributes. It enables me to see my way clearly through a debate, to understand my own and other people's behaviour more clearly, to have a rich imaginative life and, hopefully, to contribute usefully to society.

2) My open mind. I like to think that I am genuinely liberal, tolerant and eclectic. I also like to think that I am good at empathising with other people, at putting myself in their shoes, and therefore enabling greater compassion towards them and understanding of their behaviour. I try to judge on merit rather than prejudice and assumption in all new things, whether that's people, music, places, ideas or whatever.

3) My creativity. Sometimes I feel lucky to be blessed with talent, and other times I feel like a talentless lump, born to churn out worthless pap in a mockery of art. Either way, I do a lot of creating, mostly with music and writing, sometimes with drawing and other areas. I am glad to be able to do this, as I enjoy being creative, and hopefully it brings something of value to other people too.

My worst points:
1) My need for approval. I have an almost Helenish need for other people to tell me they like me and approve of my actions! I try to keep it under control, as I don't think it's a very attractive trait. I then stay quietly miserable because not enough people are contradicting the feelings of self-doubt and -loathing that come with depression; I know this is not a healthy way to be! I worry too much about what other people think of me and whether or not they like me. Ironically, I don't actually change my behaviour to make people like me, because I think to do so would be wrong - I just live with the anxiety instead. Hopefully, I keep this aspect of myself under control most of the time, but it can make me waspish, jealous and unpleasant to spend time with. And who else but someone with this weakness would have come up with the abbreviation LAMJ? No one else would need to!

2) My garrulousness. I talk too much.


(Seriously, I doubt anyone else is as interested in what I have to say as I am.)

3) My lack of self-discipline. I am really, really bad at doing what I ought to do instead of what I want to do, and it can cause all kinds of problems. I think I've got [i:2f79013c9e]worse[/i:2f79013c9e] at this since I was a child, instead of better. Part of it is the inherent lethargy and inability to deal with the world that comes with the depression, but I think, while that's a reason, it's a lousy excuse. I ought to be better at getting the right stuff done. I have improved a little just in the last few months, so maybe I'll have got this sorted by the time I'm 80.


Talents I don't have that I wish I did:
The ability to make people laugh intentionally.
The ability to dance in a way that doesn't unintentionally provoke mirth.
Better drawing ability.
The ability to play music by ear.
Better acting ability.

Also, it's not a talent, but I wish I was smaller.

What is missing from my life?

A baby. I doubt there'll ever be a time when we can afford to start a family, but there will definitely be times less hairy than this.

A garden. One day, Garner and I will be able to afford to get a house with a garden. You know, if the economy collapses and there's a revolution and the UK becomes an anarchy or something.

A robot butler, to tidy up the house for me.

Hermia, who is away on holiday this week. Come back, bitch, I miss you!


Things that I love, that make me smile just thinking about them:
Hanging out with Garner. He's an interesting, funny man.
Singing.
Puppies!
Penny Arcade
Doormencons.
The characters I make up for my stories.
Walking in the Yorkshire dales.
A nice cup of tea and a sit-down.



And now, BEN!
I enjoyed the anagrams. The only one I was aware of was 'BUZZ FLOYD'. I think I like 'BOLD FUZZY' best.

Regarding my jokes, I try to come up with jokes that people will understand and that will make them laugh! But usually I have to point out my jokes and explain why they were meant to be funny, as you say. Every now and then I come up with a joke that people understand and which makes them laugh, at which point Garner or Doors will steal it and tell it as though it were there own, and then everyone laughs. This drives me to distraction (I recommend www.jigzone.com for distraction).

So, in order to come up with jokes so that nobody even realises they are jokes, it helps if you are English, female, above average in the intelligence and size departments, and have grown up with someone like my dad distorting your notions of what is funny - and then try to make an actual, normal joke.

You do well with the atrocious puns, Ben, but I doubt you'll ever reach my olympic standard of awful-joke-telling.


And here endeth the answers, for now!

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.