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mindpalacedweller · December 28, 2013 8:28 am

1. What is your favorite word?
Sherlock
2. What is your least favorite word?
Don't know about this one.
3. What turns you on?
Hey, I'm asexual.
4. What turns you off?
Exams
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Music?
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Lots.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
What the bloody feck?
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Actor, doctor, neuroscientist (Currently a student.)
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything else than the three mentioned above
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Hello. (That is not imaginative, is it?)

Davina · December 28, 2013 11:32 pm

1. What is your favourite word?
Serendipity
2. What is your least favourite word?
Khasi
3. What turns you on?
Intelligence and beauty
4. What turns you off?
Stupidity and prejudice
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Birdsong and horses wickering
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Nails scraping and knuckles cracking
7. What is your favourite swear word
Without a doubt feck or fuckety, feck, feck feck.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Acting
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Mundane factory work (done it honestly it is soul destroying!)
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Hello...here are the folk who have passed before you that have always wanted to meet!

Mirthxx · January 6, 2014 11:14 pm

saturnR wrote:
1. What is your favorite word? Kingfisher
2. What is your least favorite word? Mucus
3. What turns you on? Romantic
4. What turns you off? Nonconsensial
5. What sound or noise do you love? A Lions Roar/Thunder have joint first place
6. What sound or noise do you hate? People being sick
7. What is your favorite curse word? feck (it's short and sweet and you can really throw you anger into the vowels)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Programming/ Writer
9. What profession would you not like to do? Cleaning
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Your Friends and Family are waiting for you.....and all your heartthrobs and heroes.

This is the set of questions that James Lipton always asks his guests at the end of every episode.
Let us hear you guys's answers

Well answers above. That was a bit of fun. Edited bacause (mental note for future) blue does not show up that well.

Mxx

Last edited by Mirthxx (January 6, 2014 11:31 pm)

sherlocked4ever · January 7, 2014 9:41 pm

1. What is your favorite word?
I don't have one ...

2. What is your least favorite word?
YOLO

3. What turns you on?
Intelligence.

4. What turns you off?
Stupid people (e.g. machos!) who think they are better than others.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
The sound of the rain drumming softly on the window and the sound of flowing, gently water (like a little river).

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Squeaking chalk

7. What is your favorite curse word?
feck.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Acting

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Beeing a boss.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"Hello. Here are all of your beloved ones who have passed before you. They are waiting for you."

MahnSherlolly03 · January 31, 2014 5:17 pm

1. What is your favorite word?
Vicariously
2. What is your least favorite word?
I don't know...
3. What turns you on?
Um...I'm going to think of this in a not necessarily sexual way, because I don't know exactly what it means here, but, you know...
Kindness/Politeness/Caring
4. What turns you off?
Rudeness, stupidity.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Rain.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Laughter of stupid, annoying youths. Or even just their voices.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Bloody.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Acting
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything that involves grunt work and not creativity.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
That I did alright and he's glad to see me. And a hug would be nice.

SpiralStaircase · January 31, 2014 6:27 pm

1. What is your favorite word?
Don't really have one.

2. What is your least favorite word?
Again, don't really have one.

3. What turns you on?
Beautiful gardens, waterfalls, nature in general. Oh, and Sherlock of course. And Richard Armitage, Rufus Sewell, Julian Sands...

4. What turns you off?
Social gatherings. I'm very anti-social. Bit like Sherlock actually. I'm not really a people person. Though I try not to be rude like Sherlock. Just shy.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
Skylarks over summer fields. Blackbirds at 5am. A ticking clock in an old room.

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
People using noisy garden tools/mowers when I'm sitting in the garden.

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Oh tits! Amuses my hubby no end.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Archeologist. Actress. Author. Nutritionist. To name a few!

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything to do with dirty smelly things.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Your sister is waiting to give you a hug.

Davina · January 31, 2014 11:01 pm

saturnR wrote:
1. What is your favorite word? Butterfly
2. What is your least favorite word? Khasi
3. What turns you on? Intelligence and spirit, eyes, romanticism, passion
4. What turns you off? Prejudice, ignorance, closed minds, indifference,
5. What sound or noise do you love? Birdsong
6. What sound or noise do you hate? Nails scraping, knuckles being cracked
7. What is your favorite curse word? Fuckety feck
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Acting, archaeologist
9. What profession would you not like to do? Accountancy & anything involving small, enclosed spaces
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Why hello, look here are all the people you have ever wanted to meet waiting to meet you.

This is the set of questions that James Lipton always asks his guests at the end of every episode.
Let us hear you guys's answers

NoSheetSherlock · February 1, 2014 3:36 am

1. What is your favorite word?
lilac

2. What is your least favorite word?
taxes

3. What turns you on?
humorous clever kindness

4. What turns you off?
insincerity

5. What sound or noise do you love?
acoustic guitar

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
jet skis

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Crap!

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

9. What profession would you not like to do?
toll booth worker

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
can't improve on: "Your sister is waiting to give you a hug."

This Is The Phantom Lady · February 6, 2014 2:51 pm

1. What is your favorite word?
Boutique... I don't know why really. I think it was one of the first 'harder' English words I learned and I just love the way it sits in your mouth.

2. What is your least favorite word?
'No'. Who ever wants to hear that? Unless that is an answer you are looking for on purpose

3. What turns you on?
Intelligence

4. What turns you off?
Stupidity and blatant ignorance

5. What sound or noise do you love?
The sound of Irish or Britsh accents

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Those I can't hear because of my ear problems (half deaf on the left ear)

7. What is your favorite curse word?
'Darn!'

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Hmm... I do love being a secretary, but my childhood dream was always to be a flight attendant or maybe nurse

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Pre-school teacher

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
You did good.

Last edited by This Is The Phantom Lady (February 6, 2014 2:52 pm)

TeeJay · February 12, 2014 7:53 am

1. What is your favorite word?
Uhm.... splunge?

2. What is your least favorite word?
Probably those I consider mispronunciation buzzwords I hear at work on a (too) regular basis, such as syringe (SYE-ringe), analysis (AN-e-lye-sis), accompany (a-KOM-pe-nye) and discrepancy (DIS-kre-PANT-see). Ugh. Can you see my toenails curling?

3. What turns you on?
Good-looking men who are kind. (Duh?)

4. What turns you off?
When someone doesn't get the credit they deserve.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
Celtic harp.

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Anything loud and obnoxious. A jackhammer is pretty high on the list.

7. What is your favorite curse word?
I can't really say I have a favourite. I probably use the f-word too often, but saying it in Germany isn't quite as poignant as saying it in an English speaking country, I suppose. I say "Oh, bloody hell" quite a bit too.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Funnily enough, we talked about this in the chat the other day. I'm not sure I would want to make my hobby into a profession, because then there's the danger of it becoming a chore. Sometimes I think about whether it'd be cool to go back to working in a lab as a scientist, but then reality check sets in, and I'm happy with my job. For a while I was considering web design, but I'm glad I didn't go that route.

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Paramedic, doctor, nurse, or anything else where you have to tend to people's needs in a time of distress. Okay, that sounds like I'm a sociophobic, cold-hearted jerk. I'd like to think that's not the case, and I'm sure no Sherlock. I'm a very rational person and not good with emotionally charged situations.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Well, you moron, I do exist after all. Gotcha!

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Tinks · February 19, 2014 5:44 am

1. What is your favorite word?
Fabulous

2. What is your least favorite word?
Ugly

3. What turns you on?
Strength and kindness

4. What turns you off?
Utter selfishness and rudeness

5. What sound or noise do you love?
The sound of the sea

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Kids crying

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Bollocks

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Writer/Actor

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Surgeon

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Welcome in, be at peace, you've no need to worry anymore.

rebeccaholmes · February 19, 2014 5:59 am

1. What is your favorite word?
Discombobulated,

2. What is your least favorite word?
Hate.

3. What turns you on?
People who can play musical instruments, ooo.

4. What turns you off?
Bigheadedness.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
The sound of Benedict's voice? ;)

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Argumentative shouting.

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Bastard, it's just something about the word that just makes me laugh.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I suppose nursing/midwifery is something I'd love to attempt, just with the concept of knowing that you're helping people just makes me feel all good inside!

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Teaching.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
No words said, just a hug.

Last edited by rebeccaholmes (February 19, 2014 6:02 am)

Zatoichi · February 19, 2014 6:57 am

1. What is your favorite word?
Uhm.... maybe bumblebee, I like the sound of it.

2. What is your least favorite word?
Grütze (German for groats)

3. What turns you on?
A certain twinkle in the eyes

4. What turns you off?
Dull expressions

5. What sound or noise do you love?
Silence, birds chirping, music, melodic voices

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Kids crying, everything too high on decibel scale

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Probably the f-word, but I bite my tongue most of the time to not give the children a too colourful vocabulary

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I began a medical education and sometimes wish I had not abandoned it.. but then I think and remember why I made this decision and I´m happy with my profession again.

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Uhm.. plumber? Channel digger.. Rock star.. I can think of many things I would not like to do.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Not doubting anymore, eh? Ah, never mind, come in and enjoy.

besleybean · February 19, 2014 7:30 am

1. Favourite word: cloisters
2. Least favourite: torture
3. Turns me on(God this is embarrassing!): er, fantasising about certain couples(I am literal, you see)
4. Turns me off: smell of smoke
5. Fave sound: bird song.
6. Worst sound: dentists drill.
7. Favourute Curse word(s): fornicating fish fingers(and yes I do say this!)
8. Attempted profession: writer
9. Least favoured profession: prostitute.
10. (Well I don't think it does and I don't believe): but arriving at the Pearly gates I'd like God to promise he isn't going to let one more child needlessly suffer or die...and actually do it, this time.

saturnR · February 22, 2014 10:52 pm

besleybean wrote:
fornicating fish fingers(and yes I do say this!)

I must say, I've never heard this turn of phrase before. I can imagine people get more confused than shocked (unlike f**k which is mostly just used for shock value). Very creative cursing

besleybean · February 22, 2014 11:01 pm

I have a whole array of them!
Shine a light for Jupiter and Mars, being one of my more famous ones!

saturnR · February 22, 2014 11:05 pm

This Is The Phantom Lady wrote:
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Pre-school teacher

I have actually been a preschool worker and I have to say, it can be a lot of fun. With smaller child-adult ratios, the experience could be more positive for the kids but most centres/schools don't have the budget for it.

The most difficult part is patience; hence why I am no longer working in childcare (not patient enough).

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This Is The Phantom Lady · February 22, 2014 11:17 pm

saturnR wrote:
This Is The Phantom Lady wrote:
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Pre-school teacher
I have actually been a preschool worker and I have to say, it can be a lot of fun. With smaller child-adult ratios, the experience could be more positive for the kids but most centres/schools don't have the budget for it.

The most difficult part is patience; hence why I am no longer working in childcare (not patient enough).

I would actually love to work with kids (I actually did; I worked for the childrens ward at the hospital; in the section that worked with Childhood Obesity... I LOVED when I got to interact with the kids; I even got to take the blood pressure on several children as a part of a research project).

I just don't think I'd like working as a teacher or anything to do with school... my experiences at school were terrible so I'd rather stay a million miles away to be honest.

saturnR · February 22, 2014 11:31 pm

The actual "teaching" part of teaching isn't hard. It's the relating part of teaching that's the most difficult. I've been an adult ESL teacher & found it difficult to empathise with my students who were absolute beginners. They never tell you this because they think it's too obvious but empathy is the most important trait to have if you're gonna be a good teacher.

besleybean · February 23, 2014 8:32 am

Or indeed for working with children in general..I'm a classroom assistant.