What the Folk!

You know, the one by Bernard Pivot, I love hearing people's answers to the questions. Answer them here if you dare.

1. What is your favorite word?
2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on?
4. What turns you off?
5. What sound or noise do you love?
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
7. What is your favorite curse word?
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
9. What profession would you not like to do?
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

SW, this is great. I'm going to have to think about it, because I have my "set of answers planned if I were being asked by James Lipton on TV".

Now I have to think of my real answers.

Haha. I've got mine mostly figured except what other profession I'd like. Hmmm....

Who's going to go first?


I've never actually watched the show...are we supposed to be honest or facetious? Do the actors come prepared with answers? I'm guessing yes, if he always asks the same questions.

1. Succulent
2. Litigate
3. Kiwis
4. Male body sprays
5. Night bugs in the summertime
6. Nail clipping
7. Asshole
8. Fire watch in an isolated tower in the wilderness
9. Sales
10. Wanna go again?

Bibliaddict, those were great answers, I am thinking mine over.

Bravo Bibli!

Still thinking...

What are your answers, SW?

1. What is your favorite word? awesome
2. What is your least favorite word? c*nt
3. What turns you on?Nice eyes, a sense of humor. A flat belly and broad shoulders, but not too muscular. Thick hair. Of course he has to be smart, and kind. Tall... a good jaw line doesn't hurt... I could go on, lol.
4. What turns you off? Bragging. People who don't listen. Bad breath.
5. What sound or noise do you love? My kids laughing. Rain on the windows when I'm snug in bed. My husband saying "Let's go out for dinner."
6. What sound or noise do you hate? That awful screeching sound my brakes have started making lately.
7. What is your favorite curse word? f*ck
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? graphic designer
9. What profession would you not like to do? pretty much most of them
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Welcome back!"

1. Thorpe
2. Refreshing
3. Guys wearing Glasses
4. Being unfair
5. Someone laughing really hard
6. The sound of my cutlery falling
7. Gobshite!
8. Own a music shop
9. Anything to do with a restaurant (too many a tv show has lead me to believe they're are big boxes of stress and deliciousness.)
10. Look, angels actually do "do it" in the clouds

These are great! I think I'm getting the idea. I'm glad I didn't go first.

Kipples, I love your #10 soooo much. I laughed so hard I was crying.

Great answers everyone. This is so fun.

I am still thinkin'.

Always the best part of the show. I'll try it.

1. What is your favorite word? F*ck

2. What is your least favorite word? Date, dating or any form of the word date except in regards to the fruit.

3. What turns you on? Nice hair, eyes, glasses, a sense of humor/ability to make me laugh and basically anything portrayed in the movie "Secretary".

4. What turns you off? A guy who won't take charge and also puts decisions off on me. I hate being in charge! Yuck!

5. What sound or noise do you love? The sound of raw sewage being pumped out of our clogged drains at work by a giant truck.

6. What sound or noise do you hate? High pitched repetitive schnauzer barking

7. What is your favorite curse word? F*ck

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Burlesque dancer, dominatrix or professional assassin

9. What profession would you not like to do? Anything set inside a slaughterhouse

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? None of your family is here and Jemaine and your best friend are waiting to hug you. Come on in! Oh also, you have superpowers now.

Interesting answers all. I take the questionnaire with tongue mostly removed from cheek so it's nice to see people having a bit of fun with it. I've never thought of the "what turns you on?" question as literally asking about what turns you on sexually/attraction wise

1. What is your favorite word? Lovely
2. What is your least favorite word? Rape
3. What turns you on? A really good conversation with a really interesting person, great music, great film, a sense of humor.
4. What turns you off? Arrogance
5. What sound or noise do you love? Acoustic guitar
6. What sound or noise do you hate? Any alarm or siren
7. What is your favorite curse word? F*ck
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Tropical island keeper
9. What profession would you not like to do? Museum security guard
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? See, you were wrong about me, but I forgive you, now let's party!

I think choosing a favorite word was the hardest part.

1. What is your favorite word?
mélange (second place answer: kerfuffle)
2. What is your least favorite word?
any and all buzzwords (leverage, best practice, knowledge transfer, etc.)
3. What turns you on?
intelligence and a sense of humor
4. What turns you off?
people who are full of themselves
5. What sound or noise do you love?
thunderstorms
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
any sudden loud noise (children screeching, loud nose-blowing, sirens, etc.)
7. What is your favorite curse word?
as an exclamation: f*ck me!
in reference to a person: a**hat
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
computer game designer/programmer
9. What profession would you not like to do?
anything requiring me to answer a phone
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
what took you so long?

Okay, here goes:

1.What is your favorite word? Try.
2.What is your least favorite word? Can't.
3.What turns you on? Performing.
4.What turns you off? People who don't listen. (Hey, listen, you might learn something!)
5.What sound or noise do you love? Amy laughing.
6.What sound or noise do you hate? Amy crying.
7.What is your favorite curse word? S**t.
8.What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Figure skater.
9.What profession would you not like to do? Cesspool Cleaner.
10.If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well done.