Highlander999
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The Tassietiger Interview
Here are your questions answered for the December 2008 Interview Thread. On a personal note, many thanks to tassie foe the quick reply with all the questions answered and the depth at which he answered them
The nomination thread for this month's interview will be up shortlyLeicester Fox: In your time at the donkeys they have established themselves as the best side in cricsim thanks to their amazingly high quality of posting but which post is your favourite out of the many 1000's there have been?
A: http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/951393-post286.html
Clearly. My proudest moment, not only as part of the Downright Donkeys, but probably also as a part of the world.
Manee: Yes or no?
A: An interesting question you pose, and I?ll admit this one took the most thinking of the lot. To go yes would be supporting the positive way of thinking, which many say is the secret to a much more fulfilling life, but on the other hand, what if you are saying yes to a man propositioning you? You can?t just go around saying yes to everything thinking that you?ll live a happy life. Sometimes you have to be prepared to say no to things. But then again, if you say no to everything, then you?ll probably get very little out of life. It really has to depend on the situation. I think it boils down to how people answer the 50:50 questions. When it really could go either way, do they have the agates to say yes when they could say no? I would like to be the sort of person who does, but sadly, I would probably just go no. So your answer is no.
ZoraxDoom: I'm more interested in your personal life, so I'll start with a simple topic. What school/college/university/kindergarten do/did you go to, what do/did you study, what are your favourite topics, and why?
A: I have been going to Oxford University since I was three, and then I graduated from there into Tassie's University and am studying engineering. My favourite topics were always the maths sorts of ones, as I was good at them. I hate doing subjects where I have to study to keep up with the class. Another old favourite of mine was Physical Education, you couldn?t find a more enjoyable class. I took my fair share of nasty injuries in the contact sports like touch footy, soccer and badminton, but I think I dealt out my fair share of them too.
Will_NA: Other than tigers and wombats, what other animals do you enjoy?
A: As you said ?enjoy? can be in whatever sense I see fit, I will take it as ?enjoy? in the sense that I like to do sex with them. That is disgusting. I call myself tassietiger due to the Tasmanian Tigers cricket team, and no other reason. I don?t do tigers. And I have a wombat as my avatar, as he is the battler?s prince, Fatso the fat-arsed wombat, the people?s mascot. How easily people can forget who the real icons of this world are.
Abhas: If someone calls you George Bush, would you take it as a compliment or a denigration?
I?ve never been lucky enough to be in the position. When people annoy me, I like to call them a George Bush and then peg my shoes at them, but I don?t think I?ve ever been called it myself. I think I would take it as a compliment, because I have always envisioned myself one day becoming the President of the World, and being called the President of the United States, while not being as good, is enough for me to realise someone else sees that potential in me.
Giggity Giggity: What is your secret to success at cricsim?
A: I?ve always seemed like a quite good player when I am in cricsim, largely because I have had Zorax on my team the whole time. This makes any player look really good, because he has the unique ability to be absolutely terrible at the game. I know he?ll probably protest this, bringing out his occasional lucky scores or lucky wickets, but he is as useful as a life jacket on a desert and he knows it.
PhilD123: Following on from the Tetris shapes thread, Tetris or Pacman?
A: Pacman, in my opinion, is one of the most overrated games of our time. A little circle with a wedge taken out of it is going around eating all of these little dots, with a bunch of weird-looking things chasing after it. Firstly, why would pacman bother eating those dots? He?s stuck in a maze which he can never get out of, there are more guys coming out of that start point each time, eventually, they are going to corner him. There?s no point in dying on a full stomach, he may as well surrender straight away. But these bad guys, who are presumably pretty tough, turn into a bunch of little fairies and run away whenever pacman eats a red dot. Why on earth should it make a difference? Pacman isn?t getting bigger, or he would get stuck in the maze. It?s a tight enough squeeze for him already. And when Pacman actually eats them, they get sent back to their start point and will eventually come back big and tough again. Those bad guys are the biggest tryhards going around.
Whereas, tetris might have its odd flaw but it is just a game so I let them all slide. Tetris wins.
dude64: Who do you think would win in a fight, an ape or a bear? (An explanation would be appreciated)
A: The ape would absolutely flog the bear. Look at an ape, and then look at a bear. The ape has muscles, the bear is just a big thing. The ape could actually run a bit and tire out the bear and then knock the tired bear out. The bear?s only move is just to swing with its overweight arms, and, honestly, do you reckon the ape wouldn?t be able to get out of the way of that? A better contest would be Bruce Willis v Jesus. I don?t know which way I would go on that one.
Neo95: How did you feel after hitting a Bradmanesque score of 239 against the The Animal Enclosure?
A: With my hands. Don?t see why that would?ve changed after the innings.
Cricketdudemad: The donkeys won the cricsim one dayers last season, How? Did all the spam in the donkeys thread get counted into runs? What other mythical answers that explain which some say "fluke" win?
A: The Donkeys are, and have always been, the best team in the competition. Our downfall, however, is our tendency to get sucked in by matchfixing bookmakers. Every time the Donkeys don?t win a title it is purely due to the matchfixing. In fact, every time we lose a game it is because of the matchfixing. Occasionally, you?ll see the Donkeys win a really close game. You can take my word for it that we were paid off in that one too, but the opposition team (usually the Bitters or someone) were that insanely terrible that we couldn?t actually manage to lose. If we felt that we wanted to win a title, we would, and that?s what happened with the one-dayers.
Kshitiz_Indian: Which members on this forum are on your most respected list? Otherwise, which on a "hitlist"? Answer any one.
A: I disrespect you all equally. I only really have a ?hitlist? when they get those teams to tour PlanetCricket in the cricsim. I love it when that happens, because you can say what you like to them, everyone on the forum will be on your side, and they?ll eventually leave back to their forum anyway.
Kev: You have no money and you have on your person (for some bizarre reason) your PC, a cricket bat and the world's last crate of beer. You also have the misfortune to meet USY in the street. Given you have no money to replace any item you are carrying and you will have to discard said object to avoid arrest, which object would use to club him to death?
A: I would first tell him that I have created an amazing sig of the tooth fairy when she used to open the batting for a women?s county team in England. Usy would try to outdo me and create a better one, but as this never happened, partly due to the tooth fairy?s lack of realness, (sorry if you still believe, it?s your parents, just take the money) he would drive himself insane trying to get a good photo of the tooth fairy batting. Eventually the insanity would get the better of him and he would meet his end. I would be able to use the PC to sell the bat on eBay, and then I would bet it all at the casino, get 500 times my original money, and then celebrate by drinking the crate of beer. Of course, if I lost at the casino, I would drink the beer to drown my sorrows.
!x!Culli!x!: Boris Johnson. Discuss
A: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is an English politician and journalist. The current Mayor of London, he previously served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Henley and as editor of The Spectator magazine. I can expand but what is a discussion when I?m the only one talking?
Highlander999: What is the best bit about Tasmania?
A: When a Test is still going at 6:00, Mark Taylor or someone usually says that Victorian and Queensland viewers will be leaving for the National Nine News and that they?ll be missing the last bit of the day?s play. So, logically, Tasmanian viewers will be able to keep watching the rest of the day. Sadly, this isn?t true, we do go to the news as well, he merely forgot to mention Tasmania, such is the significance of this state to the rest of the country. But it?s nice to have that hope we?re getting something the mainlanders aren?t, even if it?s only for a few seconds.
Cricketman: How does it feel to be playing under such an awesome skipper at the donkeys?
A: Who is the awesome skipper? I thought you were still captain.
Feeling Blue?: Which cricketer do you hate the most, and which do you like the most?
A: Due to you being the one who asked me, I have to say I hate Michael Clarke the most, despite his efforts in the current Test. I dislike a few Englishmen, mainly Kevin Pietersen, and I?m no Zaheer Khan fan either. My favourite players would have to be Chris Gayle, Dwayne Leverock and Ricky Ponting. Ponting mainly because he?s Tasmanian and everyone hates him, and he?s also quite a handy cricketer.
Griffo: Why are the donkeys the least active cricsim side?
A: Why can?t there be two suns, rotating around the earth in such a way that we get constant daylight and a generally more bright world? Some questions are best left as questions.
aus5892: If you had to be stranded on an island with three people - one PC member, one cricketer and one other person of your choice - who would you take and why, and what type of pants would you wear?
A: Funknath, as his leadership skills would be very useful. Ellyse Perry, as if I pick a male cricketer the ratio is a bit sausage-oriented, and she?s the most recent cricketer to appear on the cricket show and stuff. I?d also go that dark-haired girl from Lost, because she?s been stranded on an island before and, of similar importance, she goes pretty well. Not sure why I'd wear pants, this island has pretty good weather.
Holdenator: Whats your favourite type of cheese?
A: Gudbrandsdalsost. Believe it or not, there is a cheese with that cool of a name.
Pakistani Army: Where did you adapt your humour skills from or are you naturally gifted?
A: I did an apprenticeship with Jerry Seinfeld and he taught me all there is to know about humour. To be honest, I don?t actually see how you can train yourself in the field of humour, it just happens.
Surendar: Are you fond of a tiger or tigers?
A: Tigger from Winnie the Pooh has always done it for me. I wish he was a little more real, but you can?t always get what you want.
KBChandraw: If you like tigers, what's with the fond you have with Donkeys?
A: In hindsight, if I had my PlanetCricket life over again, I would mention less animals in my madness. This is coming back to bite me more than I realised it would. I just thought the team name should have an animal in it, and it should be a stupid animal, and it should have alliteration. Downright Donkeys just made sense. I don?t ?go there? with animals, honest, very rarely anyway.
Maney2k9: What is the most random thing you have ever seen/done?
A: I once spent a whole week where I had a deal with someone that we would only turn left. If we needed to turn right then we would have to spin around to our left to do it. When we were walking somewhere and had to turn right at the same time it was one of the most amazing things I reckon I?ve been involved in, it just looked so synchronised, yet it was so accidental.
