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As in years past, going way back, in fact, to the dim and distant June of 2003, slowfox presents Killer III: The Return of the Collaborative Meme. The way it works is that the great and the good all submitted the single question they would most like to see in a meme, and slowfox collated the whole thing for people to copy and complete. Because he's nice like that.

You can gack the preformatted meme from here: just copy, paste into your update window and fill in the answers before posting. All the formatting code is already worked out for you (including the essential lj-cut).

Killer III: The Return of the Collaborative Meme

Me, Me, Meme

hairyears: a) What's your irrational fear or phobia?
Being shot by a sniper
b) Is there a fear you've overcome?
Drowning, by taking up Scuba diving - paradoxically, of course, this makes it more likely that the fear will be realised...
c) In a soundbite, what helped you the most?
Puffin dive centre near Oban. Very professional people.
d) Which fear or phobia do you have no sympathy for whatsoever in other people?
Fear of foreigners

cornaidd: What are you most afraid of (not in a phobia sense, but more in the sense of what keeps you awake at night)?
Hurting other people

queenriley: If you lived in a society where polygamy was the norm/standard, but monogamy was not shunned or frowned upon (just unusual), do you think you could/would still be a generally monogamous person, or would you lean towards society with the polygamy relationships? Why? This is, assuming, that the polygamy accepted by society was in no way suppressive of men or women, but providing equality to all genders, included transgendered and mixed genders (hermaphrodites).
Um, probably still lean towards monogamy, because polygamy seems more stressful. And monogamy makes lovely book-cases.

penguin_sensei: is there something that you had the opportunity to do/see/witness/live as a young child and that you now wish you could have lived and seen through your current "adult"/"older person"'s eyes (it could have been a trip somewhere, or a particular historical event, a concert, a person you met... I don't know)?
I'd like to have known my grandparents better, espescially my Dad's Dad, who died when I was young.

carolanne5: What is the oldest object you own?
Various fossils that dot the house, but the object I've had longest is a Russian wedding ring, that I don't wear anymore. i also have a Cerebus World Tour 1986 t-shirt...

anthon1: If you could change your real name to anything, what would you change it to, and why?
Not sure that I would - I'm used to this one!

frayer: What do you love most about yourself?
My modesty.

quietseeker: What has been the most intensely emotional experience (in a good way) of your life so far?
Far too private to share!

morganmuffle: Would you be upset/annoyed if your RL friends and family found out about your LiveJournal?
I probably would, strangely enough

Music is My First Love (but Reading Runs it a Close Second)

dr_midnite: What song would you like played at your funeral?
"Take It With Me When I Go" by Tom Waits

sevarina: What one song would you use to sum up the last five years of your life?
"I don't Want to Grow Up" By Tom Waits

uninvitedcat: What phrase/quote means the most to you?
"Take what you like", said God, "Take it and pay for it" (Old Polish proverb)

ladyvorkosigan: What fictional universe would you most like to write yourself into, and what would your role in that universe be?
Roger Zelazny's Amber, and probably a bye-blow of the Royal Family who has settled down in an out-of-the way shadow, somewhere he can eat, drink, gamble, play music and live the hell out of everyone else, the way Random did before events caught up with him.

madhuri567: If one of your close LJ friends (preferably someone who lives in a different country, or at least state) were to come over to your place for the first time, how would you spend the day and where would you take them?
If it was Newcastle, probably a walk in the Dene, lunch at Fisherman's lodge, off to see what was on at the Baltic and maybe a concert in the new Sage centre.

ladydewinter: Oscar Wilde said, "All women become like their mothers. That's their tragedy. No man does. That's his." Do you think that's true in your case? How much like your parents are you?
I used to think not very much, but I've gotten a lot of my instinctive socialism and respect for others from them both

Because Life Isn't Too Short

booster17: What fictional OTP (One True Pairing) would you fight to the death to convert other people to?
Sue Storm and Victor von Doom!

confuscious: Flys: what's the point?
To pass your days in harmony, contentment, and with a modicum of style

spin1978: If you could rewrite any single scene in any book or movie, which one would it be? Also, please (very briefly!) describe your version.
Oh, toughie - usually I respect the author's choices. His book after all. I'm tempted to re-write the end of The Long Goodbye the same way Robert Altman did in his movie version, and I'd probably leave Phoenix dead after X-Men 137, but that's about it

stina530: What planet (if it were inhabitable) would you most like to vacation to?
Jupiter, probably, or if we are being fictional then anywhere in Ian Banks' Culture

eurydice9: What one event (sporting, concert, rally etc) would you want to attend if money were no object?
Steve Earle, next time he plays Glasgow Barrowland

s00: If you were given the opportunity to meet your older self, what 3 questions would you ask yourself?
Who won the Grand National in 2006. And the Derby, and the Kentucky Derby.

slowfox: What would you rather have named after you: a ship, a city, a planet, a star or (nod to Firefly) a hamster?

A hamster the size of a planet....

This and That and Other Stuff Too

ryf: Do you believe in horoscopes?

Absolutely not,but I still look at mine

aome: a) What magazines do you subscribe to or otherwise read on a regular basis?
New Scientist, New Statesman, Private Eye, Mojo,
b) What about five years ago? New Scientist, New Statesman, Cerebus, The Authority, Private Eye, Interzone
c) What about during your childhood/teen years (if you are young enough that b) represents your childhood/teen years, skip c)?
Almost Marvel's whole output, and some DC, every SF magazine I could get my hands on, oh, and New Scientist

loupnoir: Cell phones: annoying accessories or required for daily life? And what is cell phone ettiquette these days when someone calls and you're in a restaurant?
Annoying necessities - and it depends on who I'm with, and who is calling - but mostly I don't answer.

sarendipitous: What qualities do you most appreciate in other people?
A sense of humour, and toleration. Both required to put up with me

hildigunnur: We all have to die some day. How would you like to go?
Stepped on by an elephant aged 80 while making love to two gorgeous courtesans

luminousmarble: What one bad habit would you never like to encounter EVER AGAIN?
Smoking

piperki: What's the most unfortunate place you've ever vomited?
Usually quite picky about this, but in the back of a minivan driving back from Blackpool - I was only 10 though

cynthia_black: What traits would you like your kids to pick up/inherit from you? (Your actual kids if you have some, potential kids if you haven't). And name one trait you definitely hope they *don't* inherit!
An independent mind. Dogmatism!

linaelyn: What is the one single factor that you feel is the best basis for keeping, alive and strong, a long-term romantic relationship?
Toleration and a sense of humour!