The third set of personal questions is taken from some posted by Nichole to the MSCList in February 1998. The original post requested no details be given with the responses, but as this is a document of record, I'm going to give reasons.

1. who is the most relevent person of our time
   Possibly Bill Clinton, possibly Tony Blair. Maybe Julia Salinger, or even Eddie Mair. No, not a deliberate rhyme scheme.
2. what is the title of the last book you read
   The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the second part of Douglas Adams' Hitch-hiker trilogy in five parts.
3. what is the best movie you have ever seen
   On the grounds that I've not seen the absolute classic movies that are older than me, I'm nominating that art masterpiece The Piano.
4. what coems to mind when you first hear the word relaity
   Relaity? Get a spell checker. Reality? Used to be a friend of mine, but now I just quiz it to find what it's hiding under there.
5. what is the most beautiful thing about people
   They're not me. Different from me.
6. what is the most honest thing you know
   I can be happy. I can be quite naive. I can be mature. I can be those three things in such a short space of time that they seem to coincide.
7. what physical thing do you want to build more than anything else
   A small, quiet, solar (or wind) powered fast personal transporter.
8. what is the ugliest thing you have known
   People who lie to other people, lead them up the garden path and know they're doing it.
9. what do you like to do most with a free hour
   Read today's paper, cover to cover.
10. what is the most signifigant event of the last three months
    Getting my own web space launched, and inflicting my long posts on all of you.
11. what forces of history are you most aware of as you plan your life
    History is your story. Tomorrow is as much mine as anyone else's.
12. on what basis do you select your friends
    They're loyal, fun, and know when I'm making a bad joke and pretend to laugh along. And that if they cross me once I'll forgive; but if they cross me twice they're dead in the water.
13. what is the most overwhelming thing you have known
    Boredom. Most of the time.
14. what is the greatest problem in the country (you are in)
    Britain: English history. The aftermath of empire. Not being able to choose between Empire and Europe. Not being sure of our national place in the scheme of things. Ignorance of so many facts.
15. what one thng makes you feel most humble
    The majesty of the northern lights.
16. what is the greatest value that guides your life
    Be honest with yourself.
17. if you could chose to be an naimal other than man, what would you chose
    A phoenix. Rebirth by fire.
18. if you could smash one thing and only one thing what would you smash
    The hedgemony of the motor car.
19. what is the greatest crime one man can commit towards another
    Keeping them from the path they want to follow.
20. what is the best book you have ever read
    Attwood's Handmaiden's Tale; Thatcher's Downing Street Years; CS Lewis' Last Battle; Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
21. for what do you think you would be willing to lay down your life
    I decline to answer.
22. what do you feel when you stand on the shore of the ocean
    A mix of peace and majesty, with a smackerel of awe.
23. how would you symbolize the human soul
    A circle with a bit missing at the top right.
24. if you were tape recording the sound of violence what would it sound like
    A pulsing, throbbing sound that's bearable at soft volumes for a short while, but quickly grows to be thoroughly intolerable.
25. what soundwould you use for beauty
    Absolute, total silence, punctuated by the very occasional pin dropping onto another pin.
26. if the atomic bomb were to explode a block away in ten minutes, what would you do for those 10 minutes
    Carry on as normal.
27. if you could travel to one place in the world where would you go first
    St John's. D'oh!
28. what is your favorite sport
    Cricket, lovely cricket.
29. how many childrem do you want/have
    Nil-nil.
30. what is your strongest emotion
    Tedium
31. what ONE word would you put on your gravestone
    Erudition
32. chose a word that best describes your entire life up to this point
    Started.
33. what is your biggest worry
    Being seen as a screw-up.
34. what is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen
    The massive northern lights storm in March 1989.
35. what do people like best bout you
    I have no idea.
36. what do yout hink of when you think of tragedy
    Theft of someone else's creditable work.
37. what person has influenced your life the most
    Miss Rickets, my teacher when 11-12.
38. what skill do you need in order to succeed
    Perseverence.
39. what talent should you develop
    Patience. The ability to wait without becoming frustrated.
40. what makes you most secure
    Honest laughter, or even a clear smile.
41. what institution is most in need of change
    The European Commission and Parliament.
42. what word best describes advertising
    Pernicious.
43. chose a word to describe a sunset
    Calming.
44. when do you feel most lonely
    Passing through British customs and immigration; whether going in or out.
45. when do you sense being most alive
    When in possession of some important information and needing to tell someone else.
46. what tv advertisement bothers you the most
    All of them? Especially the last one I've seen.
47. chose a word which you feel desribes old people
    Solipsistic, sadly.
48. why are there people that we see all year long at school/workplace that we dont speak to
    Social awkwardness.
49. what is the biggest watse you know of
    Polystyrene packaging especially, but packaging in the computer industry in general is absurd.
50. what willl you be doing ten years from now
    Writing Liberty about the pressures of being a DJ on a rising digital radio network.
51. what will save american politics
    A fourth party that will finish off the job of sweeping away the currect bipolar approach that will be commenced by a third party. And multi-member Senate and Congressional constituencies elected by STV would help a long way. This answer also applies to England.
52. what future discovery do you antiscipate most
    Society re-discovering that youth is not the greatest virtue.
53. what is your greatest fear? embarrasment? (answer either)
    Being seen as a screw-up.
54. 55.what is the greatets music ever composed
    My answer changes with the wind.
55. 56.what do you love most
    Someone with whom I can have a conversation that veers between serious and flippant within four sentences.
56. when you think of children less than 3, what do you think of
    Where's the exit.
57. if you were to paint it, what color is love
    Something along these lines:
58. what person would you follow the farthest
    Alison Q. Cat. D'oh squared.
59. what one day in your life would you like to live over (dont give details)
    December 5, 1995.
60. what is the most powerful force in the world today
    Pre-millennial tension.

The offer stands. If you want your response to this form posted here, then drop me a line and I'll see what I can do. My address is weaver693@hotmail.com (or via mail me).

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