Interview Thread Questions Answered - Sept/Oct

Themer

Chairman of Selectors
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Well then; here goes.

Live a life without sorrow, or one with no regrets?
Life without regrets by a mile. If there wasn't sorrow in the world how could there be happiness?

What would you rather. Australia beat England in the Ashes or Australia beats you in the Soccer World Cup?
I’d much rather see England losing against Australia in the World Cup than an Ashes defeat. I expect us do terribly in the World Cup whilst I expect us to do rather well in the Ashes as things stand.

You have got a chance to kill Salman Butt, would you do that and how?
I’d have him slowly battered to death in a deep fryer for my liking. Oh if the allegations are true he should be given a punishment that resembles your crime; i.e. no balls.

Why are some people so painfully unfunny?
Possibly they’ve been involved in an accident with a crumpet filled toaster or they’ve had their humorous gland removed after an incident involving a hand dryer and a tomato. Who knows but none of the aforementioned have happened to me :spy

Ever been a situation where you wanted something really bad, but after getting your desire, you regretted it?
Not that I can recall but there has probably been something along those lines when I’ve been at a lower level of sobriety.

Do the Russians really love their children?
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From the looks of this picture yes; whether this is a situation replicated throughout Russia is up to debate. I’d like to think it is.

If you become the Moderator of Planet Cricket, what will you do first?
Start calling myself Maxwell and descend into a megalomania induced banning spree with my silver hammer.

Why is your username Themer?
I haven’t the foggiest to be perfectly honest.

Who in your opinion are likely to win 2011 WC and why?
I have a very strong feeling that England will once again have a good tournament but they’ll probably fall just short.

Zimbabwe after an unbelievable run of luck involving a spate of illness which decimates every team that stands before them with a few stellar innings from a re-emerging Flower thrown in for good measure.

Which sport do you like more, football or cricket?

Cricket. More tactical, longer lasting and more rewarding by the end. There's quite a few things that are starting to gripe me in Football at the moment such as the excessive diving, the fact that quite alot of footballers nowadays are complete berks who are only interested in one thing (Money although sex appears to be pretty high on their demands at the moment) and the archaic Fifa who refuse to introduce any type of goal line technology, give bans out for diving that goes unnoticed by the ref and are run by pillocks of the highest order.

Ashes call?
Australia/England?

Drawn series 1-1 with the Ashes coming back home.

I hope you follow Formula 1.
Whom would you rate higher, Mika Hakkinen or Fernando Alonso?
On pure driving terms I thin k I’d go Alonso as he has some serious pace, an attitude that he’s going to win at all cost and he’s very good under pressure but alas he’s a complete tit so I’m going for Hakkinen.

Is it true that Sachin cries himself to sleep every night because he will never be able to play in the Ashes?

He would if he was allowed to sleep. Unfortunately for him he’s been kept awake for the last fifteen years by fans constantly following him around singing his praises despite the fact he isn’t close to being comparable with Bradman. Or God for that matter.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Good question. After a brief look into the chucking abilities of Woodchucks they would probably be able to shift about 800-900 pounds but this would be entirely dependent on the desire of the woodchuck to chuck the wood (they don’t usually have such a desire to run amok chucking wood), the need for the wood to be chucked (a woodchuck isn’t going to expend all that energy if as a result all he has is a pile of wood chucked into another pile) and the ability of the woodchuck to chuck the wood (if the woodchuck is completely inexperienced at chucking wood he is unlikely to chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if the aforementioned woodchuck was an experienced veteran wood chucker who had been chucking wood for years.)

Right, you're just wandering about one day when suddenly a masked gunman abducts you, you then wake up, your blindfold taken off and you're in a room with 2 men. The gunman holds his gun to your head and gives you a choice. Your first option is to go off with the other man, Graeme. He's a lovely little fella, nice shaven bald head, nice little Ben Sherman pink shirt, he works for an advertising company in Brighton, drives a sports car, and he loves you dearly.

You then have to live out the life of an outwardly gay man, spending the rest of your days with Graeme. Doing all the activity in the bedroom, going to the bars with him at 3 in the morning, cutting the back out of your leather pants out, just generally being affectionate towards each other. You end up consummating your relationship with Graeme by getting married. At the end of the service the Vicar then decides to do what they used to do in 'olden times' but instead of saying "you may kiss the bride" he says "you may knob lovely Graeme", and this knobbing happens in-front of half of Brighton.

This may not sound like a fantastic option, and you may be thinking immediately that you'll go for the 2nd one. But, the 2nd option is that your close family and friends are killed, and you then have to live out the rest of your life with a monkey. Living in a tree, with a monkey, eating bananas, other fruit and nuts and just living your life all alone with the monkey.

Your choice. Graeme or Bobo?

Bobo. I’d get to be a monkey for god sake, spending my days eating bananas without a care whilst singing I wanna be like you all day.

What do you think, what is wrong with the United States? They only have two choices for President, but fifty for Miss America?
You do realise that there were more than just two parties to vote for in the election?

If you had to kill one person on this forum, who would it be and why?
BarmyArmy, I could then take over the whole site. Muhahaha.

If you could live in any one of the other seven major cricketing nations outside England, where would it be, and why?

After watching An Idiot Abroad last night I’ll rule India out and I wouldn’t want to live in South Africa as the rape count is unbelievable high and I’d be a target for sure. Pakistan is a no go for Westerners so another no and while I wouldn’t mind living in Australia I’d get bored of the Kangaroos and being called Pommy after a while. And I’d give both the West Indies and Sri Lanka the elbow because I’m not too keen on the heat. So in conclusion New Zealand, beautiful country with a laid back attitude to life and a nice mix of weather.

If God gives a chance to you to let either cricket or football survive, which one would you choose to save and why will you choose it?

As with before I’d save Cricket because I like the tactical depth to the game and the fact that the game lasts for at least four days.

Weirdest way you've met someone who became a big part of your life?

It was a long time ago but I once met someone by squeezing out from between their legs. Hell of a weird way to meet someone but they’ve been a pretty big influence on my life thus far.

The best place you've visited?

Krakow, Poland. In the middle of January during the heaviest snowfall and coldest European winter in yonks. The place was beautiful under a foot of snow albeit barely getting above -5 all day. The castle there was beautiful and the Dragon breathing fire was rather weird and interesting. The Wawel Cathedral was also quite stunning.

Who do you Think Will win the EPL this Season?

Chelsea.

Which international bowler would you fear facing?

For the sheer scariness and fact he could take my head off Shaun Tait

You are stuck on a desert island and can only have 3 other PC members with who. Who would you choose and why?

Yourself for some banter, common sense and your guns would make it a hell of a lot easier to catch food to eat. Tom (aka Highlander999) once again for the banter, drunken antics and his past experience in desolate barren wastelands (Scotland) and the last person I’d take would be Meet for the meat should things start to go badly.

Electric light orchestra; yay or nay?

Yay.

If you could live in a country other than the UK, where would you live?

As earlier I’d like to live in New Zealand but other than them perhaps the Falklands just for the country lifestyle, easy living and being able to poke fun at the Argies.

Who is your favourite international bowler?

Swanny, simples.

A couple more, inspired by college application essays!

Make up a word and define it.

Find X.

Write page 217 of your 300 page autobiography.

Fribble- (Noun) The state of mind a person experiences when he is unsure as to whether to be happy or sad. E.g; He sat there with a fribbulous look upon his face upon hearing of the massive inheritance and death of his great aunt.

X is in between C and Z.

*And so it came to be. I’d been kicked out of the TwiddlyWinkers association for turning up to the World Championship in a knitted grey jumper, my dog’s depression had worsened as the Pedigree Chum ban hit harder still and I’d lost any respectability I had.

Although my life had hit the lowest ebb I still kept plodding along as I knew that when my yellow water waders were delivered I could turn my life around big time. The TiddlyWinkers had always respected those who knew how to Angle and these waders would knock there socks off and yellow was the colour that Owen (the dog) liked the most (as is well known in our household of all colours yellow is the most likely to lift a depression in dogs).* Extract from page 217 of Themer's autobiography The Faceless Crab

That took longer than expected.
 
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Some moments of genius in those. You really are a funny bastard Themer. Cheers for the laugh

Meet for meat :laugh
 
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A coup then the site falling into disrepair sounds more alluring than a straight ownership swap followed by the site falling into disrepair due to my tardiness.

:p
 
Great read there Themer, brightened up my day :laugh
 
Had great fun reading some of those answers. :laugh
 

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