Hannelennes Questions to Norman Bates

1. Do you take sugar in your tea/coffee? If so how many do you have?

Two in coffee, one in tea

2. What is your real first name?

As if I'd tell anyone!

3. Why do you refer to yourself as ‘Norman Bates’ is pyscho your favourite film? Or is the name totally unconnected to you?

I've had so many names on the boards and its just one that I've used for no particular reason

4. How tall are you?

6ft

5. Do you twitter?

No


6. Are you on facebook? Why haven’t you added me?

Yes. Maybe I have?

7. What other sites do you use?

BBC, Bike Chat, Concours, Kubuntu - loads really

8. What made you create ‘soapboards.co.uk’?

See Q1 from the standard questions

9. What has been your favourite place to visit abroad?

Split between Mauritius and Maldives. I like my holidays to be relaxing and peaceful which those two places are.

10. Have you ever visited Scotland?

Visited and lived there

11. How do you celebrate the new year?

Watch the years highlights on telly, send the customary text and that's it.

12. What was your resolution for 2009? Have you managed to achieve this?

Probably to get fit and no, I haven't mainly due to work commitments.

13. How do you like your steak cooked for you?

Medium rare

14. Do you like junk food? And if so what is one item of junk food you can’t live without?

Coke - even though it has totally ruined by teeth

15. Do you like salt/toffee/ buttered or sweet popcorn?

All

16. Have you met most of the members on here in person?

Some - Luna, Trinith, and Chloe O'Brien

17. Who is your favourite member on here?

My wife

18. Have you ever had your heart broken?

Yes

19. Has any book or movie made an impact on you?

Several. Autobiography of Malcolm X as mentioned before.

20. What is the most annoying thing that someone could do to you?

Back stab.

21. If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

Any, as long at it involves zero work, beaches and blue water

22. What do you like to do for fun?

Motorbiking.

23. What is the weirdest thing about you?

I have a dark sense of humour that some class as weird.

24. Are you cheap or thrifty?

Cheap as they come

25. Can you cook?

Hell no.

26. Which is the one book that has really impressed you?

Muriel Spark - The prime of Miss Jean Brodie

27. What are your favourite shows?

Lost and Dexter at the moment

28. Would you have plastic surgery done on your body?

No

29. What was your most embarrassing moment?

Next question.

30. What thought or message would you want to put in a fortune cookie?

Fall down seven, stand up eight

31. What is one food you’d never want to taste again?


Octopus

32. Who have been your favourite TV characters?

Dr Who. Been into that since I was about 8. I used to be a walking Dr Who encyclopaedia.

33. Do you like the Carry On films?

Love em to bits. All that innuendo!

34. What American TV shows do you like?

Lost. The best show ever.

35. If you were a comic strip character, who would you be and why?

Superman cause that's the first action hero from my childhood.

36. If you won a lottery ticket and had a million pounds, what would you do with it?

Become a teacher to the under privileged in some sunny location.

37. If you could be any superhero and have super powers, which one would you like to have and why?

X-Ray vision

38. What award would you love to win and for what achievement

The Nobel peace prize just so I could tell them where to stuff it. Maybe the achievement could be bringing down capitalism

39. In your opinion, which animal is the best (or most beautiful) and why?

Always been fascinated by Cheetahs for some reason. Probably because of their poise and agility.

40. What is one item that you really should throw away, but probably never will?

I hoard things. Two things I won't throw away: my Raleight Chopper bike from the 80s and the 10gig 1st generation iPod I have.