Survey Archives: survey from 1.19.1999

100 Foolish Questions That You Can Answer While You Are Bored To Death At Work Study

1. Name & Nicknames: Yes, yes, we've been through this before... I guess I'll only answer the questions I haven't before... other questions I will make something up... My name is Phileas Brook, but my friends call me Fharg. (I'll try to make it pretty obvious when I'm making something up)
2. Birthdate: 6/24/80
3. Location: Currently Wash U in St. Louis, home is in the big marvelous O. I allude, of course, to the bustling metropolis that is Omaha, NE.
4. School: Dunkirk University
5. Hobbies: playing, composing, and listening to music; fish, computers, writing (check out my compendium, the dialogues are up now!), doing anything at all with friends because friends rock.
6. Color Eyes: Does this question mean the same thing as "Color of Eyes" or "Eyes' Color"? If so, then they are a blueish-greyish-green. I think they change colors based on my mood.
7. Height: tall
8. Shoe Size: Nike 12 US. Everything else, 11 US. (in Japan they have smaller feet. Seriously)
9. Favorite Color: Taupeish-Mauve
10. Favorite Songs: I have two words: Iona. (I'm not telling you the other one)
11. Favorite Book: anything by P.G. Wodehouse, Dick King-Smith (author of book Babe was based on), or God. I'm one of God's biggest fans. Or at least one of his tallest. Ok, maybe one of his weirdest.
12. Favorite Vacation Spot: haven't been there yet. Or possibly home, now that I'm in college.
13. Fav Friends: "The world is my friend, the earth my home."
15: Boyfriend or Girlfriend? Of the two, definitely a girlfriend. (man, there are some poorly worded questions on this one)
16: Crush: I like Squirt better than Crush
17: Things you like in the opposite sex: I don't care as long as she's good looking.
18: When was the last time you kissed someone: Don't remember, I probably kissed a girl's hand sometime when I was being chivalrous.
19: Do you say: Yes.
20: Funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex: One time I was on a swingset somewhere swinging, as children are wont to do while on swingsets, and some girl I liked entered the vicinity. I loudly referred to myself as an "UltraLite," claiming that I could swing higher than most other people or something. It was weird. What's even weirder is that I still remember that. That was a LOOOOOONG time ago...
21. Friend you trust more than anyone: my toad. People, probably my roommate Tim.
22: Best quality in a friend: Which friend? I'll pick a random friend. How about John Pillen? Ok, his best quality is his maturity and his patience. I say it is. But I have been wrong before.
23. Do you participate in illegal activities: I admit to having ONE pirated program on my computer.
24: Scariest Thing that's ever happened while with friends: Nothing is scary when you are with friends. Except that one time when we were nearly in a car accident and Kim screamed REALLY LOUD. I was not driving.
25: Favorite Computer Font: by "Font" I'll assume the question is using the Middle English for "Fount" i.e. "Fountain," and I honestly do not have a favorite Computer Fountain.
26: Favorite Food: Mmmmm... Food
27: Favorite Place to Eat: off campus
28: Food you Hate: I'm right behind Liz in her sentiments toward Spanish Rice. And I also REALLY HATE octopus. Laeton was at least sensible enough to get something weird but not disgusting, like calamari, but I had to go and get OCTOPUS, or oktopothi, as it was called. Two words: UGH!!! (that's the other one)
29: Weirdest food that you like: I am too tired to think enough to figure that one out. Sorry.
30: Dumbest thing you've ever done: I once licked the rear bumper of a car in winter, and got my tongue stuck. Then the car started actually moving! So I got dragged all the way to the grocery store by my tongue!!
31: The Person that Knows everything About You: Zach knows a lot, so does Adam and so do Paul and my parents and my roommate and John Pillen.
Favorite Movie(s): The new Star Trek movie (I am appending this note so that no one thinks I'm actually serious. I wouldn't have to for people who know me, but, you know...)
33: Last Movie You Saw: Bug's Life
34: Here's the scenario -cuddling on the couch watching a movie. Yea......or Neigh? NEIGH? What the heck?! NEIGH?! I'm sorry, but that question should be taken out and shot! While you're at it, why not spell "Here's" like "Hears"?! Geez!
36: Best Advice Ever Given to You? "Shut up." (received frequently; I never learn)
37: Favorite Quote #1: "Believe what you want, the truth remains the same."
38: Favorite Quote # 2: "If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?"
39: One thing you wish you could tell the whole world: Live it up! Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die! No, actually, I am far too tired to apply my mind to that question and think of something really good.
41: Thing you want to be remembered for: The thing I want to be remembered for is: (That was HORRIBLY SAT-incorrect; ended in both a linking verb and a preposition) that I gave everything back to God that He gave me.
42: Your Personality Type: awesome
43: Favorite Music Group: Remember that first word? Of course you do!
44: Pets: I have a ptarmigan named Hugh, an ocelot named Pedro and an emperor penguin named Phoebe.
45: Favorite Holiday: Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year.
46: Favorite Season: Spring. I feel a special poem is merited here:

Spring is sprung, the grass is riz;
I wonder where the birdies is.

My apologies to whoever came up with that poem for using it without his/her permission and my apologies to you for using it at all.
47: Favorite Summer Activity: Not doing activities. Um, how's about being outdoors and working on the terrarium with my special friend Zach Packett.
48: Favorite Winter Activity: Not doing activities. No... ha ha! I'll go with sledding and snowball fights, followed, of course, by coming back indoors to hot chocolate. Mmmm... hot chocolate.
49: What you wanna be when you grow up: Apparently the maker of this question was unaware that I am a Toys R Us kid.
50: Funniest Person you Know: George Washington. Guess what? I made that up. Actually, Zach Packett and Paul Coker seem to have crossed the proverbial finish line in the proverbial race so proverbially close to one another that it is difficult to decipher, proverbially speaking, who the proverbial winner was.
51: Favorite Conversation Topic: anything I know anything about.
52: Favorite Sports: My sisters are good sports. Also tennis and soccer. And: basketball.
54: Favorite Magazine: Back when I actually read magazines, I remember liking VW Trends and, of course, Aquarium Fish Magazine. Although any car magazine will always interest me.
55: Favorite BubbleGum: BubbleGum?! Um, no...
56: Favorite Candy: Mmmmm... candy.
57: Favorite Store(s): Any pet store. Animal Talk, Underwater Fantasies, and Pet World are the best in Omaha that I know of.
58: Favorite Thing to Wear to School: I'll pass up the obvious gags about wearing clothes and honestly answer the question as follows: vests.
59: Favorite Thing to Sleep In: My bed.
60: Biggest Fear(s): Gremlins. No wait, they're cute. They look like furbys. I am not afraid of furbys. Instead, my biggest fear would be losing senses or appendages.
61: Favorite Inside Jokes: I have too many. How about the Mystical Glowing Stromberg? Or RASP and Wheeze? I give up on even trying to list the best of them.
62: Favorite Girl's Name: I always thought Tympani would be a cool name.
63: Favorite Guy's Name: Hey. That would be funny because he would always think people were talking to him. "Hey! Over here!" someone would say, and Hey would look. And he would say "What?" and they would say "Not you," and then he would say "I'M Hey." and then they would say "Hey, leave me alone!" and he would say, "OK" and then the person would say "how did you know my name?" because the person's name is OK. No ha ha. I made that up.
67: Thing You're Picked on Most About: Being awesome.
68: Best Thing About the Person you Got This From: you get things and you have a good blend of seriousness and levity.
69: Favorite Words: "stromberg" "phenomenal"
70: Thing you say Sooooo Too Much: "I love them!"
71: Favorite ice-cream Flavor: Mmmm... ice cream. I like pumpkin pie ice cream.
72: Have you ever been skinny dipping? Oh please, not again. No I have not.
73: Link to your favorite Website: MY OWN: http://ZachBardon.tripod.com IONA'S http://www.iona.uk.com I have started work on the terrarium page.
74: One Place you want to go to (you've never been there): Venice
75: Time & Date: Always enough time, but no date.
76: What did you do or what are your plans today: I went to class, practiced piano for a half hour, ate lunch with people, practiced piano for another forty-five minutes, met with Sunru to talk about InterVarsity and the band and stuff, and went home, where I opened a window, turned on my fish lights, turned on the computer, and took off my shoes. I plan to eat, then go shopping to help my neighbor Meg get a fish or two for her little tank, then go to InterVarsity, then take some aquarium plants to Jesh's suite since he has an aquarium too but his fish are sad. Of course before all that I'll put my shoes back on.
77: You kiss someone and you're chewing gum: I do not.
78: What college do you want to go to: The one I'm at because hey: I'm here. It certainly wouldn't be very smart or emotionally stable of me to go around wishing I was somewhere else all the time.
79: Person you Admire most: Person? Singular? AAAUGH!! I'll blatantly defy this question and list several. My dad, pastors Ty and Mike, Matt Tobias.
80: Thing you most regret: not being better.
81: Number of Pairs of shoes you own: Somewhere around 9.
82: Favorite piece(s) of jewelry: My watch. Well, watches count don't they? In both senses of the word? Right. Of course they do.
85: If a movie was made about your life what would it be called? It depends on what my producer wanted to produce, but I would probably be the producer since I would be the only one stupid enough to try to make a movie out of my life. I suppose I would call it "What?"
86: Color of your bedroom: Periwinkle blue is common to my dorm's theme.
87: Size of your bed: twin at home, extra-long single in the dorm.
88: Last time you showered: this morning before I slept (could also be interpreted as "last night")
89: Last phone number you called: Jesh to ask him about when I should bring the plants over.
90: Last thing you had to drink: SOS. (a concoction of Sprite, Orange Juice, and Surge; mostly orange juice; good stuff)
91: What's the weather like: pretty nice.
92: Last Book you Read by Choice: recently finished "Much Obliged, Jeeves" by P. G. Wodehouse. It gave uniform satisfaction.
94: Where is your computer: under my desk.
95: Color socks you're wearing: I'll interpret this one like I did the "Color Eyes" question, and will subsequently answer: mostly white with a red line across the front.
96: Silliest Thing You've said: Silly? Am I ever silly? I suppose I am. Well, once again, I do not wish too apply my capacious but tired mind to this question. Ha ha.
97: Favorite Smiley Face: I do not like smiley faces. Well, I do, but not netspeak smileys.
98: Last word you said: "dryers."
99: With God as your witness, have you ever been skinny dipping? NO!! I HAVE NOT EVER BEEN SKINNY DIPPING!! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!!
100: How glad are you that this is over: On a scale of 0 to 9, with zero being the lowest because duh, it's zero, I would give my happiness level an even pi.