Know More About Your Elves - #2 Toots

Loughc

Happy Rudolph Day one and all and welcome to our second Know More about your elves. The first thread was such a success, I was delighted how it worked out.

This time it was the wonderful Sundew but Sundew hasn't been online for over 8 days now, so the fantastic Toots is jumping in to do this weeks Know Your Elves!


I'll kick off,

Favourite Movie of all time?
First single you ever bought?

Jude13

Do you prefer to use a black or blue pen?

If you were a dog breed which would you be?

DvB

When a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up (jobwise)

& Did you get close to achieving that at all?

TRS30

Favourite place you have visited (country or city/region) and why?

If you could be invisible for one day what would you do??

Toots

Loughc wrote: »

I'll kick off,

Favourite Movie of all time?
First single you ever bought?

Favorite movie is Die Hard, great for any time of the year! Also love the Lord of The Rings movies.

First single I ever bought.... I’m not sure actually. I want to say maybe Blue by Eiffel 65? (The shame!)

Jude13 wrote: »

Do you prefer to use a black or blue pen?

If you were a dog breed which would you be?

Blue pen if it’s ballpoint, but if it’s one of those inky pens I prefer black.

If I was a dog I think I’d be either a cocker spaniel or a staffie. Or some weird looking mix of the two.

DvB wrote: »

When a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up (jobwise)

& Did you get close to achieving that at all?

I was one of those kids who wanted to be about 10 different things when I grew up :pac: I wanted to be an actress or a vet or to work in the bank like my Dad (that was before I realised there was more than one bank, I just loved going to visit my Dad’s office)

In the end I kinda got close, I spent 10 years working in branch banking, but It wasn’t really the area I wanted to work and unfortunately it’s very hard to move out of the branch network.

TRS30 wrote: »

Favourite place you have visited (country or city/region) and why?

If you could be invisible for one day what would you do??

Favorite place would be a toss up between Hong Kong and Tamariu in Spain and Paris.

Hong Kong because I’ve wanted to go all my life, then my parents brought us all in 2007 and it was even better than I expected it to be. I’d go back again in the morning!

Tamariu because we would go on holidays there when I was in my teens and it’s just a gorgeous little area. Haven’t been back in about 10 years, so it may have changed since then. Hope not though!

Paris because that’s where I had my honeymoon.

If I could be invisible for the day probably a lot of what I’d do would involve moving stuff around and making people think they were either going mad, or living somewhere haunted. I’d also sneak into a sold out gig like Fleetwood Mac or something, but then right before I’d be due to reappear again, I’d sneak up on my husband so I’d suddenly reappear right in front of his face and scare the crap out of him :pac:

otnomart

Hi Toots !
here is my question (just after Oscars night):

Which actor would play you in your Biopic ?

Toots

otnomart wrote: »

Hi Toots !
here is my question (just after Oscars night):

Which actor would play you in your Biopic ?

Melissa McCarthy, provided the voice coach got her to do a decent version of a South Dublin accent - not this weird "oirish" accent that a load of American actors come out with. Nobody sounds like that!

freshpopcorn

What's your favourite shop?

Toots

freshpopcorn wrote: »

What's your favourite shop?

Bricks & mortar favorite is the Yankee Candle store in Naas, it’s called Candle Warehouse, but I just call it the Yankee shop. I could spend the whole day (and all my money) in there!

Favourite online shop is Missouri Star Quilt Co. It’s an actual bricks and mortar shop, too, but it’s in Missouri (gasp!) so not like I can just nip in for a browse. It’s on my bucket list, though.

jellybear

Fizzy or normal jellies?
Favourite Christmas bauble on your tree and why?

Toots

jellybear wrote: »

Fizzy or normal jellies?
Favourite Christmas bauble on your tree and why?

Fizzy, as long as they're not those insanely sour ones that make your face collapse in on itself like a neutron star.

I'm ridiculously sentimental about my Christmas baubles, so it's nearly impossible to choose just one, but my kids got me these little crocheted baubles this year and I love those so much!

Caranica

Favourite takeaway?

5 desert Island items?

Toots

Caranica wrote: »

Favourite takeaway?

5 desert Island items?

Ayoshima Sushi in Stillorgan, but only the odd time cos sushi isn't cheap

Hmm, well aside from food and water...

1. Phone
2. iPad
3. Collection of Harry Potter books
4. I suppose a few distress flares would be prudent
5. Crochet supplies

CheerLouth

Toots wrote: »

Ayoshima Sushi in Stillorgan, but only the odd time cos sushi isn't cheap

Hmm, well aside from food and water...

1. Phone
2. iPad
3. Collection of Harry Potter books
4. I suppose a few distress flares would be prudent
5. Crochet supplies

Toots, you are my kind of gal!

And on that note, what is the best thing you've crocheted? Or the item you feel most proud of might be a better question!

baby and crumble

If you had to go back and live in one other time period, what would you chose and why?

Toots

CheerLouth wrote: »

Toots, you are my kind of gal!

And on that note, what is the best thing you've crocheted? Or the item you feel most proud of might be a better question!

I think the best things are little toys or hats for my kids, because I love seeing their faces when I give them to them. The thing I'm proudest of is probably this massive shawl I made, because it's probably the first big project that I made for myself instead of giving it away :pac: https://imgur.com/a/d2dBQ

baby and crumble wrote: »

If you had to go back and live in one other time period, what would you chose and why?

Oooh, that's a tough one! I'd love to go back and have little glimpses into various times in the past, but I'd say maybe 1950s/60s America. That's assuming it's all shiny and nice like in the movies, as opposed to all racist and stuff :-/

CheerLouth

Toots wrote: »

I think the best things are little toys or hats for my kids, because I love seeing their faces when I give them to them. The thing I'm proudest of is probably this massive shawl I made, because it's probably the first big project that I made for myself instead of giving it away :pac: https://imgur.com/a/d2dBQ

Oh I love the shawl!!!!!!!!!!

Jude13

Jaysus that is a serious talent.

Sun or snow holiday?

Aisle or window seat?

CheerLouth

Two more from me:

Are you a chocolate or a crisps person?

Best childhood memory (excluding Christmas)?

TRS30

If you could meet one famous person who would it?

Toots

Jude13 wrote: »

Jaysus that is a serious talent.

Sun or snow holiday?

Aisle or window seat?

Thank you

I'd go for sun holiday, not too hot, but I definitely find sunshine improves the mood. Much as I love snow, I prefer to look at it from indoors. Actually being out in it causes me to become a danger to myself and others.

CheerLouth wrote: »

Two more from me:

Are you a chocolate or a crisps person?

Best childhood memory (excluding Christmas)?

I'm an "all the junk food" person :pac:

Best non-Christmas related childhood memory was probably my communion day - I got to dress up all fancy, and my entire extended family came over for a big party. A lot of my family are from the north, so the house was rammers because everyone was staying over, and it was great having everyone together at the one time.

TRS30 wrote: »

If you could meet one famous person who would it?

Alan Rickman!

Posy

Toots wrote: »

In the end I kinda got close, I spent 10 years working in branch banking, but It wasn’t really the area I wanted to work and unfortunately it’s very hard to move out of the branch network.

Did you get out in the end? I'm asking for a... friend. >_>


What is your favourite book as an (a) adult and (b) child?

Are you the sort of person who cries at movies?

DvB

What was the first record you ever bought?

Favourite chocolate bar? and favourite alcoholic beverage?

Sundew

What was your favorite toy as a kid?

Toots

Posy wrote: »

Did you get out in the end? I'm asking for a... friend. >_>

I did, in a manner of speaking... I took voluntary redundancy in 2015. Best career move I ever made! :pac:

What is your favourite book as an (a) adult and (b) child?

(a) The Harry Potter books
(b) Trick or Treat (it was one of those Point Horror books)

Are you the sort of person who cries at movies?

Yes, absolutely. I am frequently rendered an emotional wreck by movies/tv shows/commercials, and am worse since becoming a parent, because I now have to watch kids movies, which are pretty much emotional terrorism. Like I full-on ugly cried at the end of The Boss Baby and Big Hero 6; we were last out of the cinema because I had to try and compose myself before being seen in public. Oh, and Inside Out!!! Jesus christ, I was a feckin basket case after that.

DvB wrote: »

What was the first record you ever bought?

Like vinyl? I believe it was Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers, bought with a gift voucher I was given for Christmas.

Favourite chocolate bar?

It's hard to beat a classic dairy milk

and favourite alcoholic beverage?

I actually don't really drink alcohol. I might have a tiny taste once or twice a year. I like a really good whiskey, or a sweet sherry, and I swear to God I'm not 80! :pac:

Sundew wrote: »

What was your favorite toy as a kid?

My teddy, Marzo. He still sleeps in my bed to this day

Posy

Deja Boo wrote:

Hiya Toots wow you have skills - that shawl is impressive!

Hufflepuff, Gryffindor or Slytherin?
How Do You Feel About Pineapple On Pizza?

You think Toots isn't Ravenclaw material?

Loughc

Deja Boo wrote: »

There are more houses? :eek: I haven't actually seen any of the Harry Potter movies to know what.

also, I haven't seen any of the Die Hard movies

...but don't tell Toots :eek:

Haven’t seen die hard or Harry Potter....

Where did I leave my ban hammer :pac:

Posy

Deja Boo wrote: »

but it's still no a christmas movie

To be fair (sorry Toots, hijacking your thread!) how can you deem a film not to be a Christmas movie if you haven't actually seen it.

Deja Boo

....because it's an action flick



(yes, sorry toots, back to the fun... :pac: )

Posy

-You get to go on a City Break this weekend- where would you go?

-Do you think Die Hard is a Christmas movie? :pac:

-What's your favourite colour?

-Did you cry when reading/watching Harry Potter?

-Who is your favourite Harry Potter character?

Toots

Deja Boo wrote: »

....because it's an action flick



(yes, sorry toots, back to the fun... :pac: )

:pac: Yes, but it's set at an office Christmas party, ergo, a Christmas Movie In fact, I've lost count of the amount of office Christmas parties I've been at that have ended up with us all being grouped on to the roof while a group of international terrorists attempt to steal the millions of dollars worth of bearer bonds stored in the vaults below.

Posy wrote: »

-You get to go on a City Break this weekend- where would you go?

New York

-Do you think Die Hard is a Christmas movie? :pac:

It is THE Christmas movie! But it's great all year round, too!

-What's your favourite colour?

Probably blue or purple or red

-Did you cry when reading/watching Harry Potter?

Yes. Hysterically, in some instances. I'm reading them to my son at bedtime at the minute, and when we finished Goblet of Fire, I had to have a box of tissues to hand for the last couple of chapters. We're on Order of The Phoenix and I know I'll be a wreck at the end of that, too

-Who is your favourite Harry Potter character?

McGonagall or Snape (although I will admit to hating him the first time I read through the books, then when I got to the end of Deathly Hallows it made me see him in a different light) Oh, and also Hagrid, cos he's just awesome!


Just seen the quoted post further up, so to answer that:

Much as I'd like to say I'd be a Gryffindor, I'm pretty sure the Sorting Hat would have put me in Ravenclaw.

I think pineapple is an essential component of any pizza, and I'm genuinely baffled by the amount of hate it gets!

Posy

Toots wrote: »

I've lost count of the amount of office Christmas parties I've been at that have ended up with us all being grouped on to the roof while a group of international terrorists attempt to steal the millions of dollars worth of bearer bonds stored in the vaults below.

Sure isn't it always the way.

Loughc

Favourite season?

Toots

Loughc wrote: »

Favourite season?

Autumn. The bit where it’s still early enough that you’d get away with a light jacket, but the leaves have changed and the mornings are lovely and crisp.

Deja Boo

Hi again thanks for the great answers Toots.

How did you learn such skilled crochetwork?
Do you or have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument?

Toots

Deja Boo wrote: »

Hi again thanks for the great answers Toots.

How did you learn such skilled crochetwork?
Do you or have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument?

I learned to crochet by watching YouTube videos, I watched one for beginners just to get the basics and went from there. I was very unwell for a long time a couple of years ago, and during that time I crocheted loads of stuff, so I got lots of practice in! I think with crochet, once you master the few basic stitches, you can pretty much do anything.

I play the clarinet, took it up when I was 14 and did it through leaving cert. I haven't actually played it for years because it's too loud to play in my apartment, but I really miss it. I can also play recorder and tin whistle but I don't enjoy them as much as the clarinet. I've always wanted to play the guitar, but my tiny hands make it difficult :pac:

kitten_k

If you could only watch one tv show what would it be?

Toots

kitten_k wrote: »

If you could only watch one tv show what would it be?

Top Gear, but not the new ones with Chris Evans

Posy

Oh I love Top Gear!

My questions are:
Have you watched The Grand Tour?
And if so, what did you think of it?

Also, to keep the TV theme:
What is the last programme you binge watched?

Toots

Posy wrote: »

Oh I love Top Gear!

My questions are:
Have you watched The Grand Tour?
And if so, what did you think of it?

Also, to keep the TV theme:
What is the last programme you binge watched?

Indeed I have watched the Grand Tour, I really like it! I was a tad nervous to watch it at first, in case it was awful, but I like the set up they have, and it's very cool that the new "stig" is a woman!

Last show I binge watched was Benidorm on Netflix. I've just finished it and now I'm at a bit of a loose end and don't know what to watch next!

Posy

Toots wrote: »

I've just finished it and now I'm at a bit of a loose end and don't know what to watch next!

I'm also between shows. I feel like I have a void in my life right now. :pac:

Loughc

Posy wrote: »

I'm also between shows. I feel like I have a void in my life right now. :pac:

Me three!!

Loughc

Favorite Pancake topping for the day that's in it?

Toots

Loughc wrote: »

Favorite Pancake topping for the day that's in it?

I've 2 favourites - banana with nutella or else lemon, sugar, raspberry jam and whipped cream. Both clearly the healthy options!

Loughc

Toots wrote: »

I've 2 favourites - banana with nutella or else lemon, sugar, raspberry jam and whipped cream. Both clearly the healthy options!

We would get on well, excellent toppings choice.

TRS30

Most famous (relative I know) person you have met?

CheerLouth

Are you an Afternoon Tea person? And whats the best afternoon tea you've had?

Toots

TRS30 wrote: »

Most famous (relative I know) person you have met?

Well Brent Pope knocked me into a freezer in Tesco when I was heavily pregnant with my eldest, does that count? :pac: He was very apologetic about it.

CheerLouth wrote: »

Are you an Afternoon Tea person? And whats the best afternoon tea you've had?

I haven’t done afternoon tea in ages, but the best one I ever had was in the Killarney Park Hotel, it was epic! Also my grandma always did a savage afternoon tea, used to bring it in on a trolley and everything!

TRS30

Toots wrote: »

Well Brent Pope knocked me into a freezer in Tesco when I was heavily pregnant with my eldest, does that count? :pac: He was very apologetic about it.

I've heard of him so defo counts

DvB

Whats your favourite type of cake?

kitten_k

What is your favourite piece of clothing that you own?