Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit


1.Who was the last person you yelled at?
Yeegads, I can’t remember, I try not to yell at people…

2. Who was the last person you kissed?
Some random French lass, its all part of the ritual of saying Hello and Goodbye over there.

3. What was the last memorable book you read?
Probably something like “Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition” by Ed Regis, which I can thoroughly recommend.

4. When did you last dance?
On Saturday night, to a whole bunch of eighties cheese and europop.

5. What’s the last thing you want to hear from your parents?
Difficult question.

6. When did you last go for a walk?
Yesterday afternoon, just before cabin fever set in.

7. When did you last do your ironing?
I ironed a shirt last thursday

8. When was the last time you smiled all day?
I don’t smile all day.

9. What color of socks do you normally wear?
Black

10. Did you ever attend a private school?
Not really.

11. Do you like stuffed animals?
Real ones are scary.

12. Have you ever smashed pumpkins?
No

14. Can you quote Shakespeare?
“Ingratitude is monstrous, and for the multitude to be ingrateful, were to make a monster of the multitude; of the which we being members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members”
No.

15. Do you like playing baseball?
No

16. Are you a neat freak?
No

17. What is the worst injury you have ever given someone?
Erm, I made someones ear bleed.

18. Do you ever eat lemons plain?
No

19. Have you ever fired a gun?
Yes – they’re horrible things

20. Do you own any knee-high boots?
No

21. Do you have a crush on somebody?
Yes, but it’ll go away soon.

22. Do you like swimming in lakes?
No

23. Have you ever streaked at a football game or any other public event?
No

24. What is you favorite gemstone?
No idea – is obsidian a stone?

25. Have you gone on many blind dates?
No

26. Has someone done something extra nice for you?
Yes…

27. Did you have a crush on any of your teachers?
No

28. Have you ever been lost in a bad part of a city?
Yeah, I got lost in the red light district in Paris at age 13 – which I really should have taken advantage of but it didn’t make a lot of sense at the time.

29. Would you rather have a mint or fruit flavored gum?
Mint

30. Do you have road rage?
I nearly suffered quite painfully from it when some prat in a beamer didn’t like the fact I ‘cut him up’ on the north circular (there was a bus stopping at a stop in my lane so I needed to move over), he pulled in sharply in front of me, forced me to stop, got out and started coming for me…luckily there was a break in the traffic, I floored it and got off at the next junction before he could see where I went. Or the incident on the M1 where I was threatened with a gun… or …dammit, I drive too much.

32. Do you ever eat food right out of cans or jars?
Rarely, though I’m not offended by other people doing it.

33. Has your mind ever gone blank?
Hell yeah

34. Have you ever met anyone interesting at the laundry mat?
No.

36. Are you kind?
I try to be…but its kinda difficult to figure out if it comes over that way.

37. Would you give a needy person the shirt off your back?
If they were needy by my judgement, not theirs, and giving them a shirt would make them less needy, then probably yes.

38. Do you have any beanie babies?
Yes, I got one that MacDonalds were giving away with happy meals some time ago.

39. Would you rather be hot or cold?
Generally cold, depends

40. Is the glass half full, or empty?
Overengineered. I’d like to consider myself an optimist, if thats what the question is supposed to be finding out.

41. Do you exercise or work out regularly?
Not as such, but try to walk a reasonable amount, and will often walk rather than taking the bus.

42. Could you kill if your life was threatened?
That would depend on the circumstances. I would like to think that I wouldn’t land in a situation where that was necessary.


5 comments

    • Its alright, its nearly over….this is one of the dangers of digitising all your vinyl, you gotta wade through the dross too, I couldn’t face Gary Glitter now, that’ll have to wait ’til tomorrow.

      Still, its Gaye Bykers on Acid up next, so its not all bad. Thankfully I didn’t get the limited edition of “Drill your own hole” without a hole in the middle.

        • They’re damned good, aren’t they? I particularly like “Russian
          Roulette” and their version of “Like a virgin”

          “open your eyes” has taken on a new significance since I found
          out some more about assassination politics. And “eat your heart
          out” is another classic.

          Dammit, lets face it nearly everything they did was good, with
          the possible exception of “sorry for the man”.

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