Boring Blog for Brother in Iraq...errrr... Connecticut

The boring blog.... My brother was in Iraq with the Connecticut National Guard, but is now back home. There is no good excuse as to why I am still updating this blog...

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

A Little Quiz

Dear Bro,

As you know we received this email to send information about ourselves to the parties copied. Whereas I will do this as part of being a concerned brother, I also have to do a version for the blog....

Participate with me on this. This is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun! Just give in and do it. Copy, not forward, this entire e-mail and paste it into new email. Change all the answers so that they apply to you then send this to a whole bunch of people you know Cc'ing the person who sent it to you. Put your name in the subject. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about your friends/family.

1. FULL FIRST NAME? Field Marshall Douglas Haig ,1st Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE ADC

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not bloody likey! Don't be so crass, man!

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head) As an officer of his Majesty's Army I resent the insinuation, Sir!

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Of course I like my bloody handwriting! What kind of fool questionnaire is this poppycock!

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Bully beef, good enough for the common soldier, good enough for their commander.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOURSELF? If they were an officer, yes.

7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? I keep my memoirs for posterity.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head again) Next question!

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE? Do I look bloody Indian to you??????

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Wheatabix

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head once again) Of course not you stupid git! I wear laced boots at all times. Must look proper for the boys what not!

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I am this close to giving you the proper thrashing you deserve!!!!!

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Oh! That would be chocolate. With sprinkles... or one of those new fangled Cadberry confectioneries....

14. SHOE SIZE? I wear a no.# 9 Boot.

15. RED OR PINK? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head yet again) Red I should think....

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? As a General of his Majesty's armed forces there is nothing unfavorable about my person.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Certainly not that bounder Lloyd George, what a peasant of a man he is....

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Of course bloody not, I want them to charge the huns like good soldiers!

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head for the umptenth time) My uniform is brown you miserable sod!

20. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? I had a nice cut of lamb not half an hour ago.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? My staff officers giving their daily boring lectures about the front.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head as you bleed profusely from the numerous welts you have sustained) Proper questions man! Who wrote this dribble!

23. FAVORITE SMELL? The smell of cordite in the morning.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Bloody thing hasn't worked in five days. I have absolutely no recollection.

25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? I am a Field Marshall. People do not like me and I do not like them. I am either respected or feared. Attraction has no place in a soldier's life.

26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Of course I don't bloody like them!

27. FAVORITE DRINK? A nice brandy.

28. FAVORITE SPORT? Well, since they outlawed bull baiting I don't really follow any sporting ventures.

29. EYE COLOR? Brown

30. HAT SIZE? 7

31 DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? What the bloody hell are contacts? Speak english, man! WHAP!

32. FAVORITE FOOD? Well, my cook Corporal Dangham does make a passable Beef Wellington.

33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? You are a bounder! What the dickens are you talking about?

34. WHAT COLOR ARE YOU WEARING? WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you over the head repeatedly as you slip into unconsciousness)

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer, much better for offensives.

36. HUGS OR KISSES? Well my dear boy, if no one is looking....

37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Spotted Dick

38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? The entire BEF if I order it!

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? "How to beat Jerry" by Marshall Joffe and Sir John French

41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE ? Sargent!!! I thought I told you to take care of the mouse problem in this tent. WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting enlisted man) And by the way, what happened to question 40? Did they not teach you how to count? WHAP! (sound of walking stick hitting you once again)

42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? WHAP! (another stroke from the cursed stick) English, man! TV? What are you, a German spy? Stop speaking gibberish!

43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? 2 to 4 hours of constant artillery.

44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? I am not a fan of insects. Damdable creatures! Must go with the rock.

45. THE FARTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Not much further than the Somme, but that will change during the coming offensive!

46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Sending the lads off against the hun.

47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Edinburgh, Scotland

48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? WHAP! We are at war and you want me to share intelligence. Are you daft, man!

49. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!

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