More about me

Age:	hey, you've seen the photo, what do you think?
Email:	j.renyard@freeuk.com
ICQ:	47751517
Location:	Brighton
Nationality:	British
Birthday:	30 May
Star sign:	Gemini
Status:	Single
Height:	5'9
Weight:	170lbs, when I was weighed before a recent operation - whatever that means

Anything else you want to know, you'll have to mail me and ask! I'm not shy...

Questionnaire

This is based on the weekly questionnaire in The Guardian. It usually makes for an interesting read - sorry, I haven't tried to be witty...

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting somewhere warm and sunny with loved ones, with no clouds literal or metaphorical on the horizon

What is your greatest fear?
Being incapacitated such that I am permanently dependent on others for the most basic things

With which historical figure do you most identify?
I would rather identify with myself

Which living person do you most admire?
Nelson Mandela, even though it's the obvious answer

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A tendency to take too much on, and then wonder how I'm going to get it all done

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Unreliability

What vehicles do you own?
Red Fiat Uno

What is your greatest extravagance?
I hope it's yet to come

What objects do you always carry with you?
Keys, wallet

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Where do I start? I try to accept myself as I am, seeing as I can't change it

What is your most unappealing habit?
You'd have to ask other people - but I'd say, remembering obscure quotes from favourite films or TV shows and quoting them when it seems appropriate. Work colleagues might say, using too many double negatives

What is your favourite smell?
Fresh coffee and fresh bread

How did you vote in the last election?
Labour

How will you vote in the next election?
Probably Labour, but it's too soon to say

Should the Royal Family be scrapped?
In principle yes, but the alternatives seem far, far worse; if it ain't broke?

Do you believe in capital punishment?
No, but some of the recent atrocities in the Balkans - and closer to home - strain my principles almost to breaking point

Do you believe in monogamy?
Yes

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Tabitha

What has been your most embarrassing moment?
When I was about 8, I was humiliated in front of a school assembly by the head teacher. The fact that her comments were unfair, and that she seemed to take a sadistic pleasure from the exercise, made it far worse (and they were still unfair now, looking back from a more objective stance 20+ years on)

Which living person do you most despise?
The headmistress above (assuming that she is still alive). Closely followed by Baroness Thatcher

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it?
Not that I can remember

What words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Not unreasonable" and "not inappropriate"

What makes you depressed?
The inhumanity of man towards man

What is your favourite book?
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

How do you relax?
In the sunshine with a good crossword

What is your greatest regret?
Losing touch with so many good friends over the course of time, through mutual neglect rather than malice or animosity

How often do you have sex?
That's for me to know and you to guess

What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
A bigger garden

How would you like to die?
Quickly and painlessly, at a ripe old age

How you would you like to be remembered?
Fondly, as someone who tried his best at everything he did

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Not to assess other people's likely behaviour based on what I would do in the same situation

What would your motto be?
If it's worth doing , it's worth doing properly

What keeps you awake at night?
Nothing

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Written by Jon Renyard
Last updated: 12 September 1999