My morning ritual is …
Get up, hug a canine, drink a espresso, take the canines out for a stroll, sit down in my library and crack on with my newest e book which is on the pursuit of happiness, one thing that I’ve spent the final 12 months travelling the world looking for.
I really feel optimistic about …
…every little thing till actuality kicks in. It’s at all times been an issue. I’m an ex-Goth. Truly you possibly can by no means be an ex-Goth however I used to be kicked out of the motion once I was 22 for being “too cheerful.”
What makes me offended …
…is injustice, bullying, racism, nationalism, cruelty and cheese and onion crisps. I’ve an actual challenge with cheese and onion crisps – simply odor makes me retch and but, I really like each cheese and onions…and crisps. I worry this is perhaps finest filed below “first world issues.”
If I wasn’t a comic and author, I’d have preferred to turn into …
I feel I’d have been an excellent sniper. I at all times fancied the thought of getting dressed up as a tree after which hiding someplace for someplace for 4 days ready to take the shot. The truth may not have lived as much as the thought, however I’ll by no means know.
The behavior that has served me finest in life is …
…the French exit. Working away from something I’m not having fun with. I dwell by Kim Cattrall’s quote- “I don’t wish to be in a scenario for even an hour, the place I’m not having fun with myself.”
The behavior I’ve efficiently kicked is …
…Heroin…and hurling abuse at random cats. This was getting me in a whole lot of bother with neighbours.
My sources of pleasure are …
…music, documentaries, canines, extra canines, journey to new locations, high-quality wine, extra canines.
When issues get powerful I …
…take the Liz Truss method – ignore actuality and crack on regardless.
The e book I want everybody would learn is …
Considered one of mine – The Darkish Vacationer is a cracker, or The Downhill Mountaineering Membership wherein I stroll throughout Lebanon. If I HAVE to say one other one it’s King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild.
I dwell by Kim Cattrall’s quote – “I don’t wish to be in a scenario for even an hour, the place I’m not having fun with myself”
The massive factor I’ve modified my thoughts about in life is …
…filling out questionnaires and beetroot. I used to detest beetroot however I’m unusually hooked on Borscht.
What retains me awake at night time …
Every part, notably Weston-Tremendous-Mare which, I consider, has just lately banned me from coming into the city. This would be the second time this has occurred following “the incident.”
The factor that motivates me most of all is …
Hope. It’s the hope that kills you.
My mother and father taught me …
Not that a lot truly. They might have accomplished a a lot better job, particularly round private funds.
I’ve this concept that …
Canines wink at me when no person else is trying. Folks assume I’m mad however they undoubtedly do.
I’d like to inform my youthful self …
It’s all going to be OK however possibly purchase some Apple inventory and don’t promote the London flat.
Dom Joly shall be acting on his twenty fifth anniversary tour Set off Glad TV from October seventh – 14th
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