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Tom Davies
2. Age
21
3. Sex
Male
4. Sexual Preference
A woman that I like.
5. Occupation
Student.
6. Home town
Surbiton, Surrey
7. Father and Mother's occupation
Father - Civil Servant. Mother - Thread/embroidery consultant.
8. Favourite food
Stir Fry Chicken & Rice (just like Mrs Wong used to make) followed by Marzipan. And then some more marzipan.
9. Favourite music and song
Music - Alternative/Soul/a big bunch of obscuro stuff.
Song - "You can't always get what you want" - The Rolling Stones
10. Favourite drink
Ice Cream Sodas.
11. Favourite film
"Rear Window" (dir Alfred Hitchcock)
12. Favourite gymnastics discipline
The ribbon. Or the big bouncy ball. That was cool.
13. Pet hates
Pets. Unhygenic mess. Repetition.
14. Favourite thing ever...
The sea.
15. Who would you most like to be in x-ile with
Alysson Hannigan from "Buffy". Hillary Woods from JJ72. Michael Stipe. James Brown.
16. Who would you least like to be in x-ile with
The man with glasses out of the Halifax advert who sings "Sex Bomb". Jim Davidson. Nazis.
17. What are your interests
Music, film, theatre, etc.
18. What societies are you a member of
None! Not even Catfish!
19. Most embarrassing moment - both when sober and drunk.
20. Most pain ever experienced.
Having my little finger broken back into place by a psycho nurse.
21. Any fears/phobias
Childbirth becoming possible in males.
22. Favourite sport
Badminton. Or checkers, if that can be counted as a sport.
23. Favourite lesson/teacher at school and why
Drama. Mr Whately. Why? Blah blah inspired me to blah blah express myblah blah. Plus, Mr Whately was the brother of Lewis off Inspector Morse.
24. Worst feature about yourself
Feet. Swift to anger, slow to forgive. Er... my temperament, not my feet.
25. Best feature about yourself
Good hands.
26. Which character would you be in a soap opera
I hate myself for typing it, but Lance out of Neighbours.
27. Which character would you be in literature
'Me' out of "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back". ("Somebody had to, someone you see, so they picked out two somebodies, Sally and me").
28. Which character would you be in world history
Edward the Confessor. (i don't know...)
29. Least favourite food.
Onion-based dishes. I can just about cope with bhajis.
30. Most annoying personal habit
Being supercilious.
31. Any nicknames?
'Oi you'. Omikron.
32. Who do you fancy
Alysson Hannigan out of "Buffy".
33. Why are you taking part in x-ile
I want to challenge myself, push myself to the limit, confront my demons, vanquish dragons, defeat slavery, combat hunger, fight against immorality and battle injustice.
34. If you could erase any moment in your life what would it be
35. What will you miss most whilst in x-ile
Oxygen. Marzipan.
36. what will you miss least whilst in x-ile
Saturday Grandstand.
37. What's your biggest secret
About ten foot by forty foot by fifteen foot.
38. What's the biggest secret about someone else you've ever been told.
I wasn't told it... I read people's diaries whenever possible.
39. Can you keep a secret
Yes. Did I actually reveal anything just now?
40. If you really hated it in the x ile asylum, would you still stay.
Depends if my life/sanity/bowel control was being threatened.
41. Imagine a tree....describe it.
Brown, woody bark. Green, leafy leaves. Tall. Exuberant. In a field. It reaches up to the sky, like a child requiring the attention of its mother. Perhaps it needs its nappy changed, or a bottle to suckle. "Mummy! Mummy! I want to play!" "Okay, little Jeffrey... go and play in that field beneath the tree with the brown, woody bark and the green, leafy leaves." And thus, the prodigal ramble returns.
42. What animal would you most like to be
An otter. Or a quagga.
43. Which shop do you spend most time/money in
Martian Records, Gandy Street, Exeter.
44. How much do you drink a week
In units? Dunno.
45. What's your favourite thing about xpression
It is a joyous celebration of the healing power of radio, the expressive creation of music, and the deep, philosophical insight into the beautiful creative minds of the DJs - surely a new evolutionary strain of humanity.
46. What's your least favourite thing about x-pression
Sliding off the DJ chair in the middle of a link and having an 'underpants situation' developing. I think all DJs at the station know what I mean here.
47. What do you hope to get out of this.
�70,000. Oh no, that's the other one, isn't it...
48. What one thing about a fellow x-iler would annoy you most
If they killed me, that wouldn't be so great.
49. What are the first three luxuary items you'd buy if you had the money.
Marzipan. Toothbrush. Fairy Lights.
50. Do you ever think you'll marry.
Eventually, with crushing inevitability.
51. How many children would you like to have.
One (I always envied only children). As long as I don't have to give birth to them myself... I'll be the one doing the sympathetic hand-holding.
52. Do you believe in love.
"Well I got something to say about it... and it goes a little something like this." Madonna. 'Express Yourself'. Not exactly the greatest advert for romance in the world, but the bitter truths it espouses have often come in handy.
Yes, I think I do.
53. What would you do with a million pounds.
Give at least a quarter away to homeless charities. Then piss the rest away on guitars and CDs.
54. What languages do you speak
Un peu de francais. I tried teaching myself Icelandic once, but it was from a book, and I had no idea how it was meant to sound.
55. What instruments can you play
Guitar, Electric Bass, Drums, Kazoo.
56. What are your political views
Nazis bad, Stalin bad, oppressive regimes generally bad.
57. What size feet do you have
11.
58. What height are you
6 foot nothing.
59. What weight are you
About 11 stone.
60. Do you think before doing
Doing what? I think before doing the crossword, doing things I might regret and doing the do like Betty Boo. Er, I think the answer is yes.
61. Do you say what you think
Not always.
62. Do you have a motto - if so what is it.
"Do you like honey? Don't eat too much or you will vomit!" (Proverbs 25:16)
63. What are your religious beliefs.
Christian.
64. Do you smoke
Nope.
65. What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning.
Check the time. Find my glasses.
66. What would you do if you had 24 hours to live
Cry a lot. Tell a lot of people I loved them. Eat a lot of marzipan.
67. What 1 luxuary item would you like to take into x-ile with you.
Deborah, my acoustic guitar.
68. Whats your favourite board game
Game of Life. Or Othello. Or 'Hotel' which we had when I was young. It was cool.
69. Whats your favourite book
"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" - Dave Eggers.
70. Do you have a best friend and why.
Yes. Her name is Jo and she's my best friend because she nicked all my nurses when I was being born. Maybe that's why I have the fear.
71. What's your favourite holiday destination.
Home.
72. Any allergies
I used to be allergic to wheat, dairy products and eggs, but it stopped when I was 12. Therefore, no.
73. Any medical conditions
No.
74. Any personal hygiene problems
No.
75. Whats your favourite sexual position
The porcupine.
76. Whats your greatest ever sexually experience.
A girl held my hand once.
77. Whats your worst ever sexual experience.
She didn't hold it again.
78. What impressions can you do.
Loyd Grossman. Mark Cousins. Hannibal Lecter. Mark Seddon.
79. Describe your self in less than 200 words.
I am Tom, a curmudgeonly gentleman more suited to the Victorian era than this one of new-fangled technology and approaches to sociological considerations. I talk sparingly, but each golden morsel that drips from my tongue is filled with pith and wit. I have brown hair, well-proportioned hands, one ugly knee and I like music which evokes emotions. I want to escape suburban tedium and this barrage of white noise that fills our ears unknowingly. I once met Mark Curry and he signed something that I had. I'm over my teenage obsession with black and I now wear a few clothes in a chocolate brown colour. My search for the Rowntree continues...