chickenfeet

From oursin

1. Is there anywhere, that, supposing you to be offered the ideal job with more than acceptable pay and benefits there, you would refuse to relocate to?

If it were just me and a return ticket was involved then the answer would be "very few". I don't think I'd be interested in going somewhere really dangerous or unpleasant like Baghdad but I'd be pretty flexible. However, in reality, it would have to be somewhere lemur_catta would be comfortable which would restrict the choice quite a bit.

2. Is there any particular cuisine you have not yet tried that you would like to?

I've had little or no exposure to Laotian or Cambodian. I think I would probably like them. I've not had much South American food either though what I have had I've liked.

3. What would be your ideal production of a particular opera with particular performers?

Last year's Met Peter Grimes came pretty close! OK, assuming all performers are 'in their prime' then I go with Le Nozze di Figaro with Fischer-Diskeau and Schwarzkopf as the Almavivas and Terfel and Bartoli as the lovers. I can't make my mind up whether I want Bohm or Beecham in the pit.

4. If you could take a year off to research some particular topic or learn a skill, what would it be?

I think maybe rugby coaching. Given a year full time I might get quite reasonable at it.

5. Normans or Saxons?

Let's see, we have a relatively literate people with an amazing literature and really cool art plus trade, a navy and so on who even produce scholarly and/or saintly kings on a fairly regular basis. Or we have a bunch of illiterate barbarians camped out pretending to be French. As far as I can see the only good thing the Normans did was to lay waste to Yorkshire. It's no contest.

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