The Queen's Meme #14 - Do You Believe In Magic?

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Welcome to The Queen's Meme #14
Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious.
Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative.
Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.

This meme is called
Do you believe in magic?


It's all about those things we can't explain, things that go bump in the night, and other freaktacular occurrences. In this crazy world of ours, what's normal anyway??! We'll even talk about sparks of a pleasurable kind....if you dare. And since I'm in a daring mood, let's get started. Good luck. And please, try to stay out of the dungeon this week.
It's getting cold down there this time of year.

1. Tell us about your superstitions. Do you have any? Do you "x out" black cats on the windshield of your car, avoid cracks in the sidewalk or practice other rituals that make you feel safer?
Don't have any? Come on now! Make up some....

I never look at future days on my daily calendar
I never drink a cup of tea or coffee right to the bottom (result of bad childhood experience)
I never lie down on a railway track

2. Has anything paranormal ever happened to you that you can write about?

The only time I went over to 'the other side' was when I changed channels on the television.


3. Have you ever had a near-death experience?
Care to share?
When my boss nearly caught me on the internet

4. Pheromones...aka "love fireworks" (I think I remember those)...are a force to be reckoned with. Do you believe that two people can have an uncontrollable chemical reaction to each other? How do you know this to be true?

A man and woman are the fireworks, phremones are the match. Right now I seem to be out of matches.

5. Do you believe that modern day witches can put spells on people?
If so, who would you like to hoodoo and why?

The taxman.....do you REALLY need to ask why?


6. ESP! What do those letters stand for in your life?   I wish it was Extra Sexy Person, but it seems to be Extremely Sane Person

7. Do you ever hear strange noises in your house?
If so, what do they sound like?  It's the bogeyman trying to get in


8. Tell us about a time you "knew" something was going to happened before it did. Are you one of those intuitive types or do you know someone who is ? Do tell.

The only time I knew something was going to happen before it did was when watching a movie for the second time.

9. I'm a tad gifted in the dream department. Really. Sometimes my dreams are prophetic and come true. It can be a blessing and a curse. Has this ever happened to you? If not, would you like to have this gift? (Be careful what you wish for. It can be freaky at times.)

One superstition I DO have is never wanting to know what the future holds. It would be a curse to me... This is all very 'Flah Forward'

the Queen's Tuesday Meme #13 - Peaceful Places

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Welcome to Bloggingham Palace!

 The Queen's Tuesday Meme #13 ~ Peaceful Places

Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative. Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.

And please, stay out of the dungeon.
You don't want to go there.


The Queen's Peace Meme

I have been inundated with peace this week as I read through the huge list of peace posts from the BlogBlast For Peace last Thursday. Be patient. I will get to yours yet! It's good for me to savor the words and images I'm seeing as I seek my way through the healing process. After a rather intense couple of months, I'm enjoying a slow pot of coffee and a warm fire in Bloggingham Palace tonight. I could use some quiet time. It's a perfect time to talk about peace.



1. How do you find your own personal peace/nirvana?

Get one of my favourite films from my DVD collection, sit back in my recliner....nirvana time! Woe betide any interruptions!

2. Where do you go to find respite and solace?
Is there a particular place, city, country, room in your house?

My bedroom is my SANCTUARY, as Quasimodo would say. I do a good impression of Charles Laughton saying "Sanctuary!"

3. Who is the most peace-loving person you know? What makes them so?

My father is a very peaceful type. He is a good mediator. I get livid easilt, easpecially if a neighbour parks across our driveway!

4. What do you do when your inner peace is threatened?
Do you have a strategy, a routine, religious faith, a mantra......to calm yourself down?

I release the steam out of my ears, count to 1,000,000.....THEN go mad!

5. What is your favorite comfort food?

Ahh....lasagna is belissimo!

6. Do you have a pet that brings you happiness and peace? If not, what type of animals bring you peaceful thoughts?

I don't have a pet, but love Minature Schnauzer dogs. I have a calendar with them on. It's a lot easier to maintain and food is cheaper!

7. What is your favorite peace song?

Lot's of favourites here, 'Turn, Turn, Turn', 'The Times They Are A'Changin' and 'Blowing In The Wind'

8. Did you post a peace globe on November 5th and participate in BlogBlast For Peace?
If so, please repost your peace globe here with a link to your peace post so that the Queen's players can enjoy it. If not, join in! It's not too late. Here's how....

Sorry I've been a bad boy here, Mimi. Please don't lock me in the Dungeon......

The Queen's Meme #12 - The Crazy Hospital Meme

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Welcome to The Queen's Meme #12.
A Tuesday meme
Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative. Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.

And please, stay out of the dungeon.
You don't want to go there.


My dad is in the hospital this week. I have nice, neat, clean Institutions on my brain.
Ergo, you get The Crazy Hospital Meme. Let's get institutionalized, shall we?


The Crazy Hospital Meme

1. What is the strangest thing that has ever happened to you in a hospital (besides your illness)? Not enough towels? No condiments? Can't get your favorite channels? Come on, you can tell me. **Or....maybe this answer doesn't involve you being the patient.**

The lavatories were not locked in the ward I was in when I was in hospital so that the nurses could rescue us. It led to some embarassing situations!

2. If you had your choice of IV cocktails, what would you choose?

IV? Is this the Roman numeral for 'four'? I didn't know they served cocktails in hospital. I'll have to ask the nurse.

3. Tell us your funniest hospital story.

I was taking my father into hospital. He was having a heart bypass operation. All the patients had their jackets wide open so people could see their red 'zips' from throat to naval, as if they were proud of showing them off.. They were nicknamed 'the zipper club'. I told my father to keep his jacket well covered whenever I visit!

4. Do you have any hospital phobias?  It's not so much the hospital, but rather never managing to get out!

5. Imagine you are in bed trying to get some sleep after a long night of interruptions by the nurse on duty who would NOT stop waking you up to see if you were asleep...It is 3am. You finally get to sleep. She comes in at 3:15 and wakes you up again. What happens next?

I ask her to get out of my bed.


6. You are stuck in the elevator with an attractive person of the opposite sex. You notice there is no wedding band. Do you strike up a conversation? If so, what is the first thing you would say?

Where's your wedding band and do you know how to stop the elevator from moving?

7. A very odd patient wanders into your room from the upstairs psychiatric ward. What do you do?

Tell him that Napoleon had been in earlier and was asking him where he was.

The Queen's Tuesday Meme #11 The Loud & Raucous Poetry Meme (Not)

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Welcome to The Queen's Meme #11.
A Tuesday meme
Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative. Use your imagination.
No one's answers are quite like yours.

And please, stay out of the dungeon.
You don't want to go there.

This week the questions are sheer poetry. Nonsensical. Cerebral. Challenging. The answers should be too.
I have given you seven familiar limericks. Your job is to change them by filling in the blanks. Here's an example of a limerick.

There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, 'Does it buzz?'
He replied, 'Yes, it does!'
'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'


Lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyme. Lines 3 & 4 rhyme. You can use more than one word to fill the blank but the end words must rhyme appropriately. Now fill in the blanks with the limericks I've given you. Don't think about them too much. Usually the first word that pops in your head can be used to make a very funny poem. Try it!



1.There was an Old Man of great age
Who lived upon  eggs in a cage
When that did not work
He took the hen, went berserk
That nasty Old Man of a rage.

2. There was a Young Lady whose eyes
Were unique as to color and size
When she opened them wide
People all turned aside
And started away in great size.

3. There was a Young Lady of Wales
Who casually sat on a nail
When the door squeezed her arm
She exclaimed, 'I am calm?'
This courageous Young Lady of ails.

4.There was an Old Man with a rose
Who bumped at it with his nose;
But they called out, 'that's bad!
You're a horrid old cad!'
So they smashed that Old Man with a hose


5. There was a Young Lady whose dress,
Came untied when the birds ate cress.
But she said: 'I don't care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my breast!'


6. There was an Old Man of the sea,
Who never knew what he should be;
So he tore off his top,
And behaved like a mop,
That intrinsic Old Man of great glee..

7. There was an Old Man of Lochnor,
Who had the most curious snore;
For while he was asleep,
He slept on a heap.
That funny Old Man of no more.

Hat tip: Edward Lear
Original limericks are HERE. Don't peek 'til you've finished or it's you-know-where for the likes of you.

The Queen's Meme #10 The Tick Tock Meme

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The Queen's Meme #10 The Tick Tock Meme


Welcome to The Queen's Meme #10.
A Tuesday meme posted early this week
Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always fun!
Step out of the box. Be creative. Use your imagination. No one's answers are quite like yours.


And please, stay out of the dungeon.
You don't want to go there.

1. Are you a Rolex watch, a Mickey Mouse watch, or a pocket watch? Rolex all the way...to have a Micky Mouse watch would be goofy!

2. Can you think of a time when you couldn't see the forest for the trees? Another 'deep' question, Mimi! When I chopped all the trees down I could see the forest....all firewood!

3. Can you think of a time when you were on the outside looking in?
What did you see? Lots of lovely toys in the shop near Christmas.

4. Go back in time. Maybe a long time ago, maybe today. Pick an hour you'd like to freeze frame forever and tell us why. It doesn't have to be THE most important hour of your life, but make it a good one. Well that was when.....I think I'll keep that to myself!

5. If you were a cuckoo clock, what would others say about you? Why do you have to keep going outside every hour? Put your feet up and watch the tv instead.

6. Can you think of a time when time stood still? When I broke my watch!

7. Watch this! You are a stopwatch. What would you stop? Stop going around in circles all day.

8. Imagine you were just born and have infinite wisdom. After the doctor smacks your newborn dust ruffle you look around and say to the Universe: "Give me a whole lifetime to do "this" and I will bless the day I was born."
What did you choose? Having a computer that will never need an upgrade or have a new Windows system every couple of years.


If I were you, I'd do the meme.

Introduction

Welcome to the first message in my Meme Holodeck.

The Holodeck is ment to store all the memes that appear in my sister blog Captain Picard's Journal Take a look there if you haven't been there before.

And now..set the Holodeck for the first Meme!