I’ve been tagged by Nigel Paine and Martin Belam – so here goes…
Five things you might not know about me:
- I went to nine nurseries/schools including O Pequeno Principe (The Little Prince) nursery in Brazil and the Junior English School in Rome, Italy.
- At Southampton University I was the long-haired lead singer in a band called SINS (which stood for Suck It ’N See!). Our biggest gig was in front of 1500 people celebrating Chamberlain Hall’s 10th “Bar Birthday”
- Both my ears are pierced.
- In 1992 I was Office Angel of the Month while temping at South London Dial-a-ride. The office postcode was SW19 8UG – I told them the mnemonic was “Swig bug” and that’s how they remembered their postcode from then on. I don’t think it’s connected to the Angel award.
- I broke my nose doing the high jump. I was 15 years old and representing my school at an athletics meeting. I cleared the bar (1.58m) but had to pull out. My record was 1.78m which was also the school record for a short time. I also did 110 metre hurdles, javelin, 800 metres and 1500 metres.
You sound so cosmopolitan. I wonder if it is too late for me to get myself an interesting past?
I do have two pierced ears though.
Snap. In 1989, I too was office angel of the month! Never knew why though. They came down to my place of work to give me something. Was it cash or a book token? I cant remember. Did they give you anything?
I did loads of jobs for Office Angels but never made Angel of the month. I worked hard and was always polite. So what’s the secret you creeps?
Beats me. Perhaps it was our err ‘good’ looks?