Evil!! I got tagged with a meme by the lovably misunderstood Iain Dale, but it’s the sort of random rubbish I actually like so I thought I’d have a go (I’ve also been tagged with a LDV one, eek!)
1. I once insulted John Savident (I said, I said, ee’s Fred the Butcher from t’Corrie) by not actually knowing his name and being too embarrassed to call him Fred.
2. I also once met Rita from Corrie, and spent the next few years remarking that she was a ‘really tiny old lady with an really huge wig’
3. I’m apparently the kind of person who, if my work falls on the floor, will go onto the floor and carry on working rather than pick it up.
4. I’ve watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer all the way through (all 7 series) about 5 times now. Kill me!! Kill me!!
5. I’ve been accidentally involved with 3 cults in my life – two from unwittingly stumbling into the purview of two different people with Borderline Personality Disorder (they seem to like starting cults), and the third when I got addicted to World of Warcraft.
6. “In 1976, when I was a baby, Sid Vicious changed my nappy backstage at a Sex Pistols gig” is my favourite half-truth. The real truth is that my mum concieved backstage at a Sex Pistol’s gig. Probably.
7. I once appeared (for a few seconds) on Men and Motors after being dragged along to the shoot by my then boyfriend (who was obsessed with cars). I’m told I’m one of the few women who’ve ever appeared on that channel fully clothed.
8. I’ve met one person that claimed to have killed someone and hadn’t, and another person that claimed not to have killed someone and had.
Right that’ll do. I tag Jennie Rigg, Costigan Quist (haha!!) and anyone else that wants to do it really.
Martin said...
17 May 09 at 8:59 pm
“5. I’ve been accidentally involved with 3 cults in my life – two from unwittingly stumbling into the purview of two different people with Borderline Personality Disorder (they seem to like starting cults)”
Ayn Rand, anyone?
Charlotte Gore said...
17 May 09 at 9:06 pm
That wouldn’t surprise me, but no, Ayn Rand isn’t one of the cult leaders.
JD said...
17 May 09 at 9:24 pm
Paddy Ashdown….
Constantly Furious said...
17 May 09 at 11:46 pm
World of Warcraft!!! Alliance FTW !!
/dance for my Night Elf Druid!!!
Charlotte Gore said...
17 May 09 at 11:55 pm
Oh no. Please don’t. Seriously.
burkesworks said...
18 May 09 at 1:14 am
“In 1976, when I was a baby, Sid Vicious changed my nappy backstage at a Sex Pistols gig” is my favourite half-truth.
It would stand up so much better as a half-truth if you claimed it was actually Glen Matlock; Sid-er-nee didn’t join the Pistols until April ’77…
Charlotte Gore said...
18 May 09 at 1:17 am
Ah, rumbled at last.
Chris Gaynor said...
18 May 09 at 12:45 pm
You can view my eight here, http://www.plenty2say.com
fewqwer said...
18 May 09 at 7:15 pm
Hi Charlotte, thanks for your entertaining and insightful blog.
Do you know of any other even vaguely ‘libertarian’ Lib Dems, or are you the only one? I’m genuinely curious.
If you do, it might be an idea to provide a few links.
The only Lib Dems I seem to encounter come across as the usual tiresomely predictable state-worshipping leftists.
Charlotte Gore said...
18 May 09 at 7:32 pm
Sure, head off towards Liberal Vision and you can find quite a few over there who are very much with me (although they prefer ‘classically liberal’ to ‘libertarian’).
You should also check out Cobden’s Comments especially. There are others but they’re a little bit less open about their politics (they’re probably more natural politicians than I am) so I can’t really point them out for fear of embarrassing them.. which is annoying.
Tom Papworth is a good guy too, but hasn’t been writing very much of late. Tristan Mill is, again, another strongly libertarian writer but posts very infrequently. (I think this is why I have this particular niche in the Lib Dem Blogosphere sewn up, so to speak). Oh, can’t forget Jock either, although the way he writes about libertarianism is sort of hardwired to appeal to lib dems.
Then there’s a whole bunch of what can only be described as ‘northern liberals’ coming up through the ranks who are far more in tune with the JS Mill model of liberalism – it makes them a lot more pro-freedom and less trusting of the state than the ‘traditional’ lib dem approach although they don’t identify as libertarian at all. There’ll be progress on this front later but can’t say too much about that now (not my secret to blab)
Sheesh bet you wish you never asked now?