Getting to know you!

I got one of those getting to know you emails this weeks and so I thought, what the heck, I’ll post it here with my answers.

It’s shallow, it’s tacky, but I had a couple of minutes so here it is. Perhaps you’d like to do it too and leave a link to the answers on your blog or put them in the comments section below.

1. What time do you get up?

6:00am



2. If you could eat lunch with one person (dead or alive), who would it be?

Bob Dylan



3. Gold or silver?

Gold

4. What was the last film you saw at the theatre?

Home on the Range



5. What is your favourite TV show?

The Bill

6. What do you have for breakfast?

A banana or Sultana Bran



7. Who would you hate to be stuck in a room with?

The woman from the Pensioners Insurance ads

8. What/who inspires you?

People who do great things despite the odds.

9. What is your middle name?

James



10. Beach, City or Country?

To live – City. To get away – a beachside country town.



11. Favourite ice cream?

Macadamia

12. Butter, plain or salted popcorn?

Plain

13. Favourite colour?

Orange

14. Favourite sandwich?

Peanut butter



15. What characteristic do you despise?

Smugness

16. Favourite flower?

Rose

17. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?

Canada



18. What colour is your bathroom?

Tusk (I know it’s not relly a colour – but that’s what they call it.)

19. Favourite store to shop at?

Bike shop



20. Where would you retire to?

A five star resort … well I can dream

21. Favourite day of the week?

Saturday

22. What did you do for your last birthday?

Went shopping – ate a good curry – spent time with my family

23. Where were you born?

Subiaco – a suburb of Perth, Western Australia

24. Favourite sport to watch:

Cycling



25. What fabric detergent do you use?

Whatever’s cheapest



26. Coke or Pepsi?

Pepsi



27. Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Neither

28. What is your shoe size?

11

29. Do you have any pets?

A cat

30. Married or single?

Married to the world’s most wonderful woman



31. If married, for how long?

12 years on the 12th of December

32. Favourite scent?

Fresh bread or brewing coffee

33. Least favourite scent?

Public toilets

34. Do you collect anything?

Life experiences



35. Favourite author or type of book?

Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd Jones

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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He has worked in radio at Perth's media ministry Sonshine for over 25 years and has previously worked at ministries such as Compassion Australia and Bible Society.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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