Another Survey

Welcome to the Spring 2005 edition of getting to know your friends.

What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you'll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to a whole bunch of people including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, if you did not know them already

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7.30

2. Diamonds or pearls? I'm not a girl

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? I think it was Christmas with the Kranks

4. What are your favorite TV shows? CSI and Law & Order

5. What did you have for breakfast? I don’t think I had anything before going to church except maybe a glass of water

6. What is your middle name? Thomas

7. What is your favorite food? Ice cream with gummy bears

8. What foods do you dislike? Mushrooms are my most loathed, but I also don’t like asparagus or spinach or onions that crunch

9. What is your favorite chip flavor? Tortilla chips with salsa or some other dip

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Hillsong Church Shout to the Lord

11. What kind of car do you drive? 2000 olive green Kia Sephia

12. Favorite sandwich? The buffalo chicken sub from Charly’s Grilled Subs with only the meat, buffalo sauce, cheese, and ranch

13. What characteristic do you despise? Manipulative

14. Favorite item of clothing? Any of my stuff that’s from American Eagle

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? I usually would say the UK, but since maniacs have been blowing up the tube, and riding the tube is part of the experience, I just don’t know about that right now…so maybe I’d agree with Marisa on Ireland…although I’ve also been wanting to go to Bregenz, Austria

16. What color is your bathroom? White

17. Favorite brand of clothing? American Eagle

18. Where would you retire to? If I had the money, probably a Swiss chateau, but I'm going into ministry, and that generally makes any thought of ever living in Switzerland a virtual impossibility, so I'd have to say probably Florida

19. Favorite time of the day? The time of day when families get together…so evening probably

20. What was your most memorable birthday? Probably when I turned 17, as my friends threw me a surprise party

21. Where were you born? Loring Air Force Base, Maine

22. Favorite sport to watch? Basketball or the REAL football (a.k.a. soccer)

23. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? Well, I’m pretty much just sending it to Marisa, who sent it to me, and posting it in my blog, so I really am not paying much attention to that

24. Person you expect to send it back first? I don’t care

25. What fabric detergent do you use? I really like All a lot, but right now we’re using SA8

26. Coke or Pepsi? In general, I like Pepsi products better, but for cola and lemon-lime drink, I prefer Coke

27. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning

28. What is your shoe size? 10-10 ½

29. Do you have any pets? Nope…I want a dog though

30. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with your family & friends? Just got a new job working as a teller at U.S. Bank!

31. What did you want to be when you were little? I don’t remember…I think a teacher

32. Do you have any children? Nope…two wonderful nephews though!

33. What's your favorite holiday? I really like both Christmas and Easter…I can’t choose

34. What's your favorite day of the week? Friday…you come home from work and just relax!

35. Where do you work? I just got a new job at U.S. Bank…I start a week from tomorrow

Unkosher Rabbi

There was this rabbi in a small town, and he was really curious about why so many people ate pork. He really wanted to try some, but there was no where in town he could go and not be seen. One weekend, he made an excuse and traveled to a distant town, went into a restaurant, and ordered the first pork item on the menu.

While he's waiting for his order of pork, the president of his congregation walks in. He sees the rabbi and asks if he could join him for dinner, and the rabbi has no choice but to agree. A while later, the waiter returns with the rabbi's meal. He takes the cover off the large platter, and there is a whole roast pig, with an apple in its mouth. The congregation president is more than a little shocked.

"What a fancy place," explains the rabbi quickly. "Just look at how they serve the apple I ordered."

Adopted Kids

Checking out of the grocery store, I noticed that the bag boy was eyeing my two adopted children curiously. They often draw scrutiny, since my son's a blond Russian, while my daughter has shiny black Haitian skin.

The boy continued staring as he carried our groceries to the car. Finally, he asked, "Are those your kids?"

"Yes, they are!" I answered proudly.

"They adopted?" he asked.

"Yes," I replied.

"I thought so," he concluded. "I figured you're too old to have kids that small."

Make Your Bed!

When we put our house up for sale, I stressed emphatically that my sons make their beds each morning. I left for work before they left for school, and I wanted to be sure that the house looked presentable when the agent showed it to prospective buyers.

I was surprised and impressed that my 15-year-old son's bed was perfectly made each day. One night when I went into his room, I discovered his secret.

He was fast asleep on the floor in his sleeping bag.

Dutch and American Flags

A Dutchman was explaining the red, white and blue Netherlands flag to an American.

"Our flag is symbolic of our taxes. We get red when we talk about them, white when we get our tax bills, and blue after we pay them."

The American nodded. "It's the same in the USA only we see stars too!"