Play any instrument or speak any language, which do you choose?
Question submitted by cruftbox.vox.com.
Oh, no contest for me here - I'd definitely LOVE to be able to speak any language.
German
- Almodovar movies without having to rely on subtitles
- swearing sounds cool
- manga
- Kurosawa movies
- Haruki Murakami
- half my family speaks this language
- being able to say Van Gogh correctly
- Tolstoy
- Chekhov
- coolness factor
- coolness factor
- sounds intriguing
- love the look of the alphabet
- Hangeul is cool
- amazing sounds
- ooh la la!
- amazing click consonants
- I'd always know what all the different pastas were: orecchiette, manicotti, capellini, farfalle, cavatappi...
Arabic
- alphabet is beautiful
-- bh
Tell us a little something about your first girlfriend/boyfriend.
I'm glad he got away! It was in Year 11, I was still completely ignorant of the ways of boys and men, and all JN wanted was ONE thing.
I suppose he was cute in a gawky sort of way. I remember his big hands and big ears and big...
-- BH
...of grooming. Sometimes these pesky humans just don't know when to leave well enough alone!
What's the oldest digital camera photo you have on your computer? When is it from? Let's see it!
Of course, it's a photo of Her Royalness! We only got our digital camera in 2001 so we don't have anything before that year. --BH
At first I thought that title referred to me being a relic. I am not, even though I will be fifteen this year. I am healthy, vibrant and fearsome! Thank you very much.
One recent Real Life meeting I had with someone I first "met" online felt slightly awkward initially, but very quickly became the best thing ever, because we'd been discussing all sorts of "Web 2.0", bloggy, wiki, collaborative-type stuff for ages, and it was great to finally meet and TALK - much faster than typing!
--BH
The best place in the house for sleeping is the bed. It annoys me a bit when the humans insist on sprawling all over it when I'm trying to get some sleep, but they usually give me enough space.
Some humans seem to think it is scandalous that I sleep in the bed, but my humans know that if they lock me out of the bedroom they won't be able to get any sleep themselves because I have a surprising amount of bulk when it comes to flinging myself against the bedroom door. In any case I think they know that it is undignified for royalty such as myself to have to resort to such antics for something which is my right...
What's your worst travelling story? Horrible airport experience? Seasickness?
Baubles says:
All trips to the vet are bad. The moving, the sounds, the smells - and the horrible knowing that you are being taken, against your will, to that place where they poke, prod and torture you. I don't want to talk about it any more.
BH (Baubles's human) says:
Most scary experience was a ride in a bus going up a mountain in
Southwestern China. The driver was taking hairpin turns at breakneck
speed and us passengers were clinging on for dear life. Suddenly as we
rounded a corner, the entire left wall of the bus FELL OFF into the
ravine. It was so completely unexpected we were stunned into silence
(no one screamed). The driver screeched to a halt and ordered everyone
off the bus. I was shaking. The driver walked down to the nearest town
to get another bus; some people walked with him but most of us couldn't
face the idea of a three hour trek, so we waited by the roadside for
them to send help.
The male human's lap can be a very comfortable place to take a nap. The female human's lap is not as good to lie on, usually.
