10 useless facts about you Edit: I meant 8 - duh

[Robert Vermaat]

Why do you all want to go to Kalkriese?

... you mixed up the "10-useless-facts-about-you-Edit:-I-meant-8-duh"-thread with the "What If?.."- and "How-would-you-change-history?"-thread ;-) )

As if! :wink:

[Kate Gilliver]

If you could have any animal as a pet what would you choose?

Labrador / Collie cross

If you could be anywhere right now where would it be?

In the mountains

What is the last film you watched?

Atonement.

If you could have super-powers which two would you choose?

Omnipotence and Omniscience.

If you could time travel what would be your first destination?

Rome, late Republic.

You're stuck on an island with three celebrities - dead or alive. Who would you like them to be?

Caesar, Crastinus (centurion who died at Pharsalus), Frontinus.

You're stuck on an island with three fictional characters - books/film/TV. Who would you like them to be?

Captain Kirk, Mr Spock, Dr McCoy.

You're still on the island and can play three albums. What are they?

Coldplay, x + y; The Caesars, Paper Tigers; since others are having loads of mp3 tracks, can I have the complete symphonic works of Mahler as one album?

[Carlton Bach]

If you could have any animal as a pet what would you choose?

A talking raven.

If you could be anywhere right now where would it be?

In a very large museum of ancient and medieval civilisations, or a very large library, or even better, a combination of the two. Ideally, as part of a semi-monastic community dedicated to the study, preservation and reproduction of these civilisations and their artifacts.

What is the last film you watched?

Amazing Grace


If you could have super-powers which two would you choose?


Immortality and full-body shapeshifting


If you could time travel what would be your first destination?

Salerno, c. 1180

You're stuck on an island with three celebrities - dead or alive. Who would you like them to be?

Pliny the Elder, John Stuart Mill and Audrey Tautou

You're stuck on an island with three fictional characters - books/film/TV. Who would you like them to be?

Magistrate Di, Commander Vimes and Ambassador G'Kar

You're still on the island and can play three albums. What are they?

The Men They Couldn't Hang: Waiting for Bonaparte
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (modern interpretation)
Magna Carta: Lord of the Ages