Stephen and Jonathan have tagged me with this. By filling it in, I become an Adherent of the Repeated Meme.

I keep changing my mind on some of the answers. Best to post, I think, or I’ll just keep amending them…

7 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1. Run a marathon, but I would die. So: lose weight
2. Work on a US presidential election campaign
3. Get some more pre- or post-nominal letters
4. Own every DVD in the world ever
5. Write a book. Have written a book.
6. Win big on Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire?
7. Make a humourous video will

7 THINGS I CANNOT DO

1. Turn back time
2. Exercise
3. Write for toffee
4. Shop for shoes
5. Roll my “R”s
6. Quit smoking (by definition; I thought about taking it up because they say quitting is good for your health)
7. Repress my facetiousness

7 THINGS THAT ATTRACT ME TO… LONDON

1. Friends
2. Clubs (of the musical variety, for the music)
3. Public transport
4. Genealogical sources and museums
5. The sheer variety of stuff
6. Gossip on the Underground
7. Never having lived there

THINGS I OFTEN SAY

1. “I think…”
2. “What’s the word…?”
3. “Then again…”
4. “Sorry?”
5. “Peoples of the universe, please attend carefully…”
6. “Is there anything on TV?”
7. “Cheerio”

7 BOOKS THAT I LOVE
Hmm. There are plenty of books I enjoyed at the time, but none that I read over and over. Whereas…
7 TV SERIES THAT I LOVE (and there are so many more)

1. Doctor Who
2. The West Wing
3. The Simpsons
4. The Avengers
5. Columbo
6. The Smoking Room
7. Yes, (Prime) Minister

7 MOVIES I WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN

1. Sleuth (“A jumped-up a pantry boy who doesn’t know his place!”
2. Clue

(“I’m gonna go home and sleep with my wife!”)

3. Murder by Death (“Oh, that’s tacky. That’s really tacky.”)
4. Psycho (“You eat like a bird.”)
5. The Thomas Crown Affair remake (“She keeps an apartment. I keep goldfish.”)
6. Back to the Future (“Where we’re going we don’t need roads!”)
7. The Wicker Man (“The landlord’s daughter!”)

7 PEOPLE I WANT TO JOIN IN TOO
Apologies in advance if this is beneath your serious blogs 🙂

1. Mr Barlow
2. Mr Simon
3. Mr Foster
4. The boy Fenwick
5. Mr Graham
6. Mr Cullen
7. Mr Biscit

I’ve never read it, but: Bye-bye, Smash Hits.

…thanking Liverpool for the warm welcome while standing in the middle of Leeds.

For some reason it springs to mind when reading this story from The Herald:

Asked about the comments, Sir Menzies, the acting leader, was typically restrained as he skewered his rival. “Anyone who was in Portsmouth on Saturday, when we had a good-tempered and thoughtful debate in front of nearly 400 members, would have realised this is an open contest about which no candidate can be complacent,” he said.

Anyone who was in Portsmouth on Saturday probably missed the debate in Plymouth. Let’s assume the journalist wrote it down wrong.

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