Finally, Some Answers!

HT with bobble head Nora, September 2007

Well I shouldn't say finally, 'cuz we have been asking these questions for quite some time and have received several answers along the way.

Let me back up a little.

You remember this post, the one where I tagged you, well since none of you (and YOU know who YOU are) have responded and I have been sitting on pins and needles waiting for someone to put on their writers cap and play along, because it really is kinda fun, I will share with you the answers we have received from Nora Roberts to said questions in said post.

HT, September 2007

I say we because my sister is a huge fan of Nora Roberts and is also one of the administrators for the fan club website Adwoff (A Day With Out French Fries).  Anyway, there is a page on this website where anyone can ask Nora a "Stoopid Question" and Nora has agreed to answer.  My sister has even met Nora and had lunch with her and had the opportunity to ask her in person if the "stoopid questions" drove her nuts.  To which she replied that she enjoyed them as it gave her a challenge and was more entertaining then the usual "stoopid questions".

HT, September 2007

So without further ado here are the questions as posed to Nora and her answers. There is a slight variation in some of the questions posed in my blog post and the way they were posed to Nora, but you get the idea.

1.   How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

"The amount of wood the woodchuck can chuck varies depending on the type of wood to be chucked and the age, weight and experience of the wood chuck.  And, of course, the quality of his dental hygiene.  Not all woodchucks are created equal." - Nora


2.  We know that Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,  but how could he pick a peck of pickled peppers, because don't peppers have to be pickled after they are picked?

"Perhaps the progress of pickling and peppers is a puzzle to you. Proponents proudly produce peck upon peck of previously pickled peppers for the pickled pepper prefering public." - Nora


3.  When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch that pail of water, why did Jack fall down and break his crown and did Jill really come tumbling after?

"Jack has such an ego he thought he should be wearing a crown. He actually fell down and broke his butt, and Jill laughed hers off." - Nora


4.  I heard when Tweetle Beetles battle in a bottle with their paddles and the bottles on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle and I was wondering, why do they battle and what kind of noodle is the poodle eating?

"Tweetle Beetles are born to battle even though the paddle rabble gets them addled. The poodle gets kudos for eating egg noodles till she can say toodles and go back to her doodles." - Nora


Hm, do Tweetle Beetles Twitter?

Sorry, got distracted for a moment.

Continuing on.

5.  Did the North-Going Zax and the South-Going Zax ever solve their dispute or are they still standing there in their tracks in the prairie of Prax?  Don't the North & South going dudes have to pee yet?

"As neither will accept the facts, Zax North-Going and South stubbornly stand stalemated on the Prairie of Prax.  Like all guys, North and South pee as they go." - Nora


6.  If you could wish to wish a wish, what wish would you wish for?

"If I could wish for a wish I'd wish for everybody to wish for a wish so we have a wish for a wish-a-thon." - Nora

7.  For Christmas would you rather have Merry Christmas Mush to munch or flapjacks flapped by a fat flapjack flapper in a flat flapped-jack cap?

"My mouth says muh to Merry Christmas Mush, but I do flips for flapjacks." - Nora

8.  I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, which thought would I have thought?

"I'm always thinking I thought I thought but often I only thought I thought and have only begun to think. However, I think if we think we thought then we did indeed think the thought. (It's very Zen.)" - Nora


There you have it, the famous Nora Roberts playing blog tag, and on my blog!

Is that exciting or what!?

Okay maybe not.

As my 4 year old would say . . .  "Mama you're lloosional!"


It probably was delusional to think that someone would play along, so its good to know Nora's got my back.

Thanks Nora.

Trick or Treat

Yeah, these pictures have nothing to do with the post today, but aren't they cute!?

So, I've been tagged, the tricks on me.

I've decided that being tagged is the blogger version of a chain letter. I've received many more than one chain letter in my life and have participated in a few but the results were always less than promised. So don't get your hopes up. Although I'm sure reading my answers will be a real treat.

What?!

NO!

Suffer through it any way and there may be another treat at the end or a trick, you decide.

For those of you who have never known the joy of a chain letter or being tagged in blogland, it is really very simple, to participate you answer the following 8 questions and then tag 8 people.  Here are the questions asked of me.

1. What is the one food that you detest?

There is more than one but in light of the upcoming holidays, I must confess that I really do not like pumpkin pie and furthermore eggnog is a drink only those with iron stomaches could possibly ever consume. Okay so that was two.

2. What is your perfect day?

Hmmm, one without whining, I suppose, that would include yours truly of course.

3. If you could take a vacation next week, where would you go?

To the Oregon coast, Cannon Beach to be specific.

4. What are your five favorite blogs?

Really, do I have to answer that?   There are lots of blogs that I like and for many different reasons so hows about if I just tell you about five that I find funny. Hyperbole and a Half, Catalog Living, The Lumberjack's Wife, Parenting by Dummies and Nice Girl Notes


5. What are your thoughts on Facebook?

Well since I don't have a Facebook account I haven't posted any thoughts on Facebook, so if you would like to know my thoughts . . . wait sometimes I don't even know my own thoughts. Spooky. I suppose you could come check my blog every now and again, sometimes I'm very thoughtful and sometimes not.

6.  Are your parent's technological goobers like mine?

My parents are dead so I think I would have to say yes, although when they were alive they did own a computer and I know that my dad did surf the net on occasion but I don't think my mom ever did.  Not sure really.

7.  If you had to choose between losing 15 pounds forever OR having perfect skin, but putting on 15 pounds permanently . . .  what would it be?

Huh?  Since my skin has always been good comparatively speaking, I would love to lose 15 or more pounds.

8.  What is your best recipe?

I make a killer chocolate chip cookie . . . but I'm not sharing, well, maybe, but that will have to be another post.

Whew, all done, wasn't that a treat?  Now time for another trick.

It's your turn.

I tag you.

You.

Yes, you, reading this right now, I'm sure there are eight of you who are reading this, you decide who you are and whether or not you'll play along,  the treat part is that I am going to give you 8 new questions.

Ready?  

Here goes.

1.  How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?  Really, I would like to know.

2.  What did Peter do with the peck of pickled peppers he picked?  I mean seriously did he eat them or what?

3.  When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch that pail of water, why did Jack fall down and break his crown?

4.  Why do Tweedle beetles fight battles with their paddles in a bottle?

5.  Did the North-Going Zax and the South-Going Zax ever solve their dispute or are they still standing there in their tracks in the prairie of Prax?  Surely one of them has had to go pee by now.

6.  If you could wish to wish a wish, what wish would you wish for?

7.  For breakfast Christmas morning would you rather have Merry Christmas Mush to munch or flapjacks flapped by a fat flapjack flapper in a flat flapped-jack cap?

8.  You thought a thought.  But the thought you thought wasn't the thought you thought you thought.  If the thought you thought you thought had been the thought you thought, which thought would you have thought?

Get it? Got it. Good!

Now go forth and conquer,  you can answer the questions on your own blog with a post or just answer any or all by leaving me a comment or not.  If you do do a blog post let me know by leaving me a comment with a link.  

I can't wait to read your all answers.