a huge w.o.agwu thank you to everyone who joined in with or gommented on my 5 questions "meme" thingy the other day - i thort or hoped i might get one or two ppl playing along but was overwhelmed by the triffic responses & answers

fear not, gentle reader - any gomments to this post will NOT result in me asking you any more questions, i promise

however, here we go w/a goupla sets of my stupid answers to other ppls snappy questions ( yes, i am the bizarro dave berg ) - which i've already posted in the gomment areas of their LJs - ladies first, so here are my five answers to lunacee:

1. "if you had to pick 5 comics of your own collection to save in a fire or some situation that would force you to only save 5 comics, which would you choose and why?"

- i think i'd get burnt to death in the fire trying to narrow it down to  just five...!

"seriously", i know i sound like an awful hippy - but all my gomics = replaceable - & altho i've got some valuable ones ( due to my advanced years & goob fortune ) - i'm mostly into reading the stories rather than gollecting 'em just for the sake of gollecting 'em - so i could get cheap reprints ( also we are insured )

the gomics related stuff i'd wanna save = is my gollection of original comics art - which is irreplaceable - obv i'd wanna save it all but if i had to narrow it down to 5: i've got three pages by my gomics hero jack kirby ( a thor, an inhumans & a machine man), a drawing of enid out of ghost world by daniel clowes ( which also has great sentimental value ) & a painting of obscure 80s characters holly & polly by tony lee

but if that's not allowed - off the top of my head 5 fave gomics to rescue: blue beetle no.5 by ditko, mister miracle no.18 by kirby, ghost world by clowes, avengers no.181 by michelinie & byrne, plus my better half owns a gopy of fantastic four no.1 ( lee & kirby ) - so i guess i ought to save that ( gontradicting everything i've said above - which is typical of me! )

2. "have you ever shouted in a library? why or why not?"

i must've done at school but if i did i can't remember - i got "the slipper" once for leaning against a radiator in the library when i shouldof been outside in the fresh air ( ie the cold )

nowadays i'm almost pathetically law abiding ( w/one or two exceptions ) & i don't tend to break many rules at all

the putney library has been goob to me so i wouldn't wanna cause 'em any trouble - they do let me wear my headphones so i spose there's always the danger i might accidentally start singing along to mozza or summat without thinking - but i really wouldn't want to disturb anyone reading, sleeping or even working if i gould avoid it

3. "can you sew or knit?"

tragically, no - not even to save my life - why wasn't i taught a useful skill like this at school? ( mind you, after two years of woodwork i still can't put up a shelf - & am pathologically afraid of flat pack furniture )

4. "if you were invited to a fancy dress party tomorrow, what costume would you choose?"

an easy one this - i've only the one option: i could wear my bright red giant towelling muumuu - & i could paint my face, hands & feet red - & dye my hair green - & hey presto: i'd be a great big TOMATO ( yes, even more so than usual )

5. "if you had to teach a dog a trick, what would you pick?"

i'm not sure if it counts as a trick but i'd like to teach my new imaginary dog sammy to roll over - but everytime she got half way thru i'd tickle her on the tummy - & get covered in drool & lickums

alas, i've done such a poor job of "training" our cats, i'm not sure the authorities would let me loose on a dog ( - i sure would like to have a doggy one day tho )

that's it - question 1 was the hardest - w/the most thort required - all the other answers came to me pretty immediately - i think no.3 = my fave q

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& here we go here we go here we go w/5 answers to percyprune:

(1) Ginsters or Pukka Pies?

it's gotta be: "socialise with pukka pies...!" - chicken & mushroom pie & chips w/gravy plse

(2) If you spilled Hulk's pint, how would you do to make it up to him?

if i spilled anybody's pint, i hope i'd buy 'em a new one ( - i don't like to think of myself as having bad manners ) ( tho alas it may be true on occasions )

i don't think that hulk = much of a boozer tho - he's v.keen on beans* - so perhaps i'd buy him some tins of heinz or cross & blackwell - maybe the ones w/the little sausages in - that should cheer him up

* that's the easily summed up difference between the proper marvel universe & the ultimate marvel universe: ultimate hulk eats people - whereas the real hulk prefers beans ( personally, i prefer the bean eating version )

(3) Do you like to throw shapes in the temple of dance?

o...! - i used to love a bop tho i was never ( well hardly ever ) one for nite clubs or clubbing - but any excuse at weddings, parties, gigs etc - now i'm a bit too old and far too round for dancing

my last "great" hurrah ie final extended dancing session = my 40th bday party ( w/a truly great genius dj & a smiths tribute band ) - which seems appropriate enuff to me

( - in case it isn't blindingly obvious - i was never any goob at the dancing - mostly made a fool of myself - i just liked doin' it )

i did throw myself round our front room recentlyish to pull shapes by the pipettes ( this was after a few drinks, obv ) - but it nearly killed me

(4) Who is the most bizarre superhero in the wide world of gomics?

much as i love fatman the human flying saucer, brother power the geek &/or ultra the multi alien etc - can i cheat & have a superhero team rather than just a single superhero, plse?

assuming this = ok w/you, i would like to choose the outsiders by joe simon, jerry grandenetti & grieg flessel from first issue special no.10, jan 1976

afaik it's the only appearance of this "unusual" team gonsisting of: doc scary, mighty mary, billy bighead, lizard johnny, amazing ronnie & hairy larry - here's a great summary of the ish including pics

( scroll down to the bottom of that webpage for the reason i love 'em so - the second last pic - group shot  - wot a great expression on billy bighead's face )

(5) Which can you least live without: music or gomics?

surprisingly easy choice this actually - i'd keep music & ditch the gomics plse - i'd be gompletely grippled without my music - it = the soundtrack to all our lives, innit? - keeps me sane - have to relearn how to walk down the street without my headphones on etc

also: a lot of my joy of gomics comes from thinking abt 'em, yakking abt 'em, reading abt 'em - compared to actually reading them - so, i guess i'd still have all the accumulated nerd facts in my head to keep me happy

but even if all trace of gomics & their history had to be erased from my brane & world - i'd still choose music

that's it - q.3 = the best one i think ( - tho answering it did make me feel a little bit sad ) - on first look i thort q.5 wld be the most difficult to answer - but in fact it was the easiest of choices

anyway, that's enuff answers for now - more later ( possibly )

BONUS ITEM! you've probly already seen it elsewhere but the trailer for next year's iron man flick looks great imo ( esp. tony stark & his whiskey, "to peace!" - i also luv it that they chose the music that they chose - or did it choose them? )