It’s ages since I’ve partaken in a bit of meme. You know how it is: you wait to be tagged in some “You’re a brilliant blogger, I wish I could write like you and you make fab cakes” award and scroll to the bottom of the post looking wistfully for your name, only to find three other cake-making, laugh-a-minute bloggers have had the baton passed to them instead. You grumble a bit, mutter that you didn’t want to do the meme anyway and pass straight on to the next blog in your google reader……Or is that just me?
So when my new buddy from Germany Funky Wellies wrote a meme post called Fill in the Blanks, I scrolled to the bottom, cheered my name was on it, then returned to the beginning to read it properly.
Of course having been tagged I then couldn’t think of what to write. Typical. I kept coming back to the open sentences which needed to be completed, and tumbleweed bounced endlessly across my brain. Sodding, stupid meme: who on earth passed this to me? Oh yes, Mrs Funky! It’s all your fault.
Anyway, it’s Monday evening, I have a glass of wine in hand and I’m going to give it a go in a slightly different way.
I am….
…….Well there’s a cracking one to start. I am what I am, and what I am needs no excuses.
I think I am somewhere between these two women:
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| Angel – Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
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| Sarah Brown – Guys and Dolls |
The bravest thing I have ever done…..
……is this
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| Snow-mobiling in Iceland. Never again. |
I feel prettiest when…
………don’t be ridiculous. How about…
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| Plastered in Montreal |
Something that keeps me awake at night is…
…….with a bit of luck, this chap
…….with a bit of luck, this chap
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| My favourite Scotsman |
My favourite meal is…
…..preferably not this
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| Chip pizza – Dordogne, France |
The way to my heart is…
…….plenty of this
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| Ice cream – Lake Garda, Italy |
I would like to be…
….HERE!
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| Martinhal Beach Resort, Portugal. Roll on July! |
So there you go, my blanks are duly filled in, Ms Wellies. Now is the time to pass the meme onto three other lucky bloggers and in doing so upset the majority of you reading this who will think I no longer love you. It may be true but you must be strong and get over it.
I have chosen three male bloggers for this task, purely to see how they will tackle the sentence “I feel prettiest when…”. Good luck chaps.
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Nice Scotsman!
Prettiest…?
Oooh, you're just evil.
Kelloggsville – This is to compensate for posting a photo of him being an arse in a tree.
Steve – I know haha! Bring it on!
LOL!!!! I absolutely love it. *Note to self: pass the baton to Trish again next time*.
Funky Wellies – DON'T YOU BLOODY DARE! 😉
Brilliant! I could just eat that icecream (and the chip pizza doesn't look that bad!!):.. Emma
Emma – Don't tell anyone but the chip pizza was quite tasty!
As Victor Meldrew would say "I don't believe it!" – I've been tagged now twice in two days after going months (nay years) since last being tagged. You are right though, as one reads down the blog one begins to think "will I be tagged?" and then at the end there is usually that feeling of disappointment when being overlooked.
I suppose though it is even worse when one is chosen purely on the grounds of one's sex. Men are more than just "pretty" objects. There ought to be discriminatory laws against that sort of thing.
Troy – Haha! Stop complaining, man, and be grateful you've been chosen at all, albeit for purely superficial reasons.
….and I've just realised that I was the THIRD choice!
Troy – ah but I was doing it in reverse order, like the Miss World contest.
Yep..absolutely right – I was just tagged for the first time and felt quite excited! You old handers all remember that don't you?.
Love the ice cream picture Trish…your skin looks so lovely…and I would eat a chip pizza!
Great idea to use photos! The chip pizza looks as though it would be difficult to get up and walk after eating it.
What a handsome husband. 🙂
Libby – I do remember what it felt like: the chosen one!
My face was glowing from the day's sun – it could do with a good dose of UVA right now.
Sarah – Isn't he lovely…nearly as tasty as the chip pizza.
I must apologise that MY two comments made above were so self-centred. I meant to commiserate with you about the fact, from your posting, that your beauty sleep is obviously interrupted by your husband arriving home late at night from his formal dos. It is sad to visualise you tired, awakened and bleary eyed as he approaches with his little dickie at such a late hour.
Being tagged is not a barometer of how popular you are – ~Thank Gawd!
Very Handsome Scotsman – wish there were more like him floating around up here, sadly they`ve either all been taken or there just aren`t any.
Nana Go-Go – The handsome ones come down South and are ensnared by wilful English women…sorry about that, Nana.
Great list, Jody here through Wylie Girl, lived in London, now in California. Agreed that ice-cream treat looks bit better than chip pizza, though my kids (who rule all white food) might disagree there and think chip pizza is total genius. Plus where did you find that wonderful resort in Portugal. Last time I was there (admittedly 15 years ago) it was just windswept beaches and rough campgrounds…Well done you!
Hi Jody – great to have you here!
Thankfully the chip pizza was my son's choice (the other French diners looked as if they might faint)
We booked the Martinhal resort directly but I think it caught my eye when I saw it in a brochure with another holiday company. It opened in 2010 and looks fantastic: we've booked an Ocean Villa right on the beach. I still think it may be windswept but hopefully with a bit of luxury thrown in!
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