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I think I need to take my contact lenses out. They feel like bits of plastic in my eye. Funny that...
Age: 23
Where did you grow up? Nottingham, UK
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Stream
2. What's the thing you push around the grocery store?
Shopping trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Sandwich box. Although I've never had a metal one.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Settee
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Fizzy drink or pop.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Scotch pancake? Dunno.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A bagette with sandwich filling of some kind in?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Swimming trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Trainers.
13. Putting a room in order?
Tidying up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly.
15. The little insect (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
Woodlouse (but it's not an insect, it's a kind of crustacean. According to this page here, they don't pee. Just in case you were wondering).
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
Seesaw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Cut it up in wedges and eat it point first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Car-boot sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Tea or dinner. I usually call it tea. Or supper if it's late in the evening and you've already had your tea.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar. I always wanted one when I was little.
21. That plant that kids throw at each other because it sticks to clothing?
Sticky weed? Burr?
22. Those little balls of froth on plants in spring, which contain some moth or other's eggs?
Cuckoo spit. The stuff we have here contains leaf-hopper eggs and nymphs.
23. Girls' lower-half underwear?
Knickers or pants.
24. Boys' lower-half underwear?
Pants or boxer shorts depending on what they are.
24. The cloth you had when you were little and always slept with, and perhaps sucked your tongue with?
Erm... I had a pillow case. So it was called a pillow case.
25. Warm knitted top typically made of wool?
Jumper.
26. Baked in an oven, made of flour, butter, an egg, milk:
Cake.
27. A single thistledown seed flying free.
A seed?
28. Place where you. Er. You know. Use the euphemism:
Toilet (or bog if I'm somewhere where I don't need to be polite).
29. What water comes out of?
Tap.
Well, wasn't that fun. Today I finished the temping job. It was actually a really nice place and department to work in and I think I may have some work at the same company in a weeks time, and possibly after New Year too. Having money is good.
Age: 23
Where did you grow up? Nottingham, UK
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Stream
2. What's the thing you push around the grocery store?
Shopping trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Sandwich box. Although I've never had a metal one.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Settee
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Fizzy drink or pop.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Scotch pancake? Dunno.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A bagette with sandwich filling of some kind in?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Swimming trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Trainers.
13. Putting a room in order?
Tidying up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly.
15. The little insect (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
Woodlouse (but it's not an insect, it's a kind of crustacean. According to this page here, they don't pee. Just in case you were wondering).
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
Seesaw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Cut it up in wedges and eat it point first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Car-boot sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Tea or dinner. I usually call it tea. Or supper if it's late in the evening and you've already had your tea.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar. I always wanted one when I was little.
21. That plant that kids throw at each other because it sticks to clothing?
Sticky weed? Burr?
22. Those little balls of froth on plants in spring, which contain some moth or other's eggs?
Cuckoo spit. The stuff we have here contains leaf-hopper eggs and nymphs.
23. Girls' lower-half underwear?
Knickers or pants.
24. Boys' lower-half underwear?
Pants or boxer shorts depending on what they are.
24. The cloth you had when you were little and always slept with, and perhaps sucked your tongue with?
Erm... I had a pillow case. So it was called a pillow case.
25. Warm knitted top typically made of wool?
Jumper.
26. Baked in an oven, made of flour, butter, an egg, milk:
Cake.
27. A single thistledown seed flying free.
A seed?
28. Place where you. Er. You know. Use the euphemism:
Toilet (or bog if I'm somewhere where I don't need to be polite).
29. What water comes out of?
Tap.
Well, wasn't that fun. Today I finished the temping job. It was actually a really nice place and department to work in and I think I may have some work at the same company in a weeks time, and possibly after New Year too. Having money is good.