Getting to know you.............

[Nem]

Bounce for me

[thetank]

Real name : Thomas
Star Sign : Leo
Most unsuccessful chat up line :

Bounce for me

[Claw75]

Real name : Thomas
Star Sign : Leo
Most unsuccessful chat up line :

Bounce for me

 

[AdamM]

forgot about this, good thread. cant remember if I did one

Age: 33
Star Sign:   pisces
Favourite Colour: red
Favourite Food: chinese
Favourite Drink: lager
Favourite Singer/Band: alsorts of rock/blues/metal/punk/folk, aslong as guitars feature
Favourite Song: changes daily
Football Team: Man Utd
Rugby Union:  no egg chasing
Rugby League: no peanut hugging
Cricket: keep an eye on the test matches
Holiday Destination: Malta (today) 1st foriegn holiday in 12 years so no choice
TV Prog: Deadwood or UFC
Film: Last Samuri
Heros: Joe Satriani / Bruce Lee
Occupation: Fruit machine / quiz machine test player
Car: Porshe GT3 (in my mind)
Pets: cat called Kovu
Phobias: Drowning
Chocolate: Galaxy
TV Advert: Old orange Tango man ones
Favourite Book: Men At Arms Terry Pratchett
Fictional Character:  God
Poker played at: Nottingham Gala
Homegame: used to run my own regularly, must get that up and running again.

[Jon MW]

I wasn't here when this thread first started, so:

Star Sign: Pisces
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Food: Depends on the mood, sometimes it would be a medium rare stake with a cherry tomato sauce and sauteed potatoes. And other other times it would be a cheesburger pizza.
Favourite Drink: Guinness, Vodka Coke, Vodka Lemonade, Vodka Orange, Vodka Cranberry Juice, Vodka Dr Pepper...this could take a while.
Favourite Singer: James Dean Bradfield
Favourite Song: Motorcycle Emptiness
Football Team: Peterborough United
Rugby Union: England
Rugby League: Great Britain
Cricket: England
Favourite Place: At a computer
Holiday Destination: Anywhere, anywhere at all - I can't afford a holiday
TV Prog: Morse, 24, This Life, Press Gang, Twin Peaks, Shameless, Lost, Blackadder,Q.I., Buffy, Spooks, Hustle, Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Film: Casablanca
Heros: None
Occupation: Admin/Sales/Marketing/Internet Research
Phobias: Dogs - they hate me and they're all out to get me
Chocolate: mmmm yes
TV Advert: Pretty much all the Guinness ones
Comedian: Newman and Baddiel, Bill Hicks, Rowan Atkinson, Jack Dee
Sit Com: Friends, Futurama, Scrubs, Cheers, My Family, Black Books, 2 Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers
Actor: Clive Owen, Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Kevin Spacey, Nicholas Cage
Actress: Drew Barrymore
Favourite Stage Musical: Phantom of the Opera 
Favourite Film Musical: Moulin Rouge
Favourite Play: Art
Author: Bernard Cornwell, Jaspar Fforde, Terry Pratchett
Book: Ulysses (James Joyce)
Fictional Character: Linda Day
Poker Venues: The Vic and Cafe Royal in Regent Street. Definitely my favourites, although technically also the only 2 venues I've played live.
Reason i come here: To start with because I was watching the football in the Vic when the The Grosvenor World Masters was on and I wanted to see if I was in the background for any photo's in the live update - I wasn't. And now - because I can't escape.

[Claw75]

Star Sign: Capricorn
Favourite Colour: Red or Green
Favourite Food: Nice big juicy fillet steak, medium rare
Favourite Drink: black russian
Favourite Singer: like loads of singers/bands, can’t narrow it down to one
Favourite Song: Love and Affection
Football Team: I used to be a Wimbledon fan, but don’t have a team now
Rugby Union: don’t follow
Rugby League: ditto
Cricket: double ditto
Favourite Place: Las Vegas
Holiday Destination: ditto
TV Prog: Lost, 24
Film: The Outsiders
Heros: anyone who stands up for what they believe in in the face of adversity
Occupation: investigator for the Parliamentary Ombudsman
Phobias: no real phobias, but don’t like heights
Chocolate: Green and Blacks dark chocolate with cherries
TV Advert: liked a lot of the Guinness and Levi’s ads
Comedian: as with singers, can’t narrow down.  Newman and Baddiel and Lee and Herring hold a special place in my heart though!
Sit Com: The Young Ones, The Office
Actor: Johnny Depp
Actress: Can’t really think of a particular favourite.
Favourite Musical: Les Miserables
Favourite Play: am ashamed to say I could count the number of plays I have seen on two hands.  I enjoyed Art, and The Woman in Black.
Author: girlie writers like Marian Keyes and Freya North
Fictional Character: Lyra Belacqua

[Indestructable]

Star Sign: Cancer
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Food: Beef and Tomato Pot Noodle
Favourite Drink: Peppermint Tea
Favourite Singer: Kate Bush
Favourite Song: Tainted Love
Football Team: Manchester City and local team Brighton
Rugby Union: egg chasing nonsense for toffs
Rugby League: egg chasing nonsense up North
Cricket: Sussex
Favourite Place: Brighton Marina
Holiday Destination: Fiji
TV Prog: Poker Night Live
Film: Predator
Heros: Uwe Rosler
Occupation: Contract Manager
Phobias: Spiders
Chocolate: Allergic
TV Advert: Orange Wednesdays
Comedian: Lee Evans
Sit Com: Only Fools & Horses
Actor: Harrison Ford
Actress: Audrey Tautou
Favourite Musical: Les Miserables
Favourite Play: And then there were none
Author: James Herbert
Fictional Character: Dennis the Menace
Poker: Brighton Rendevous

[Nem]

Bounce for me

[Nakor]

Star Sign: Capricorn
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Food: Kung Po Prawns
Favourite Drink: RogerWilkins Cider, Premium - Scrumpy Jack, Training - Magners.
Favourite Singer: Caleb Kings Of Leon, Serj Tankian System of the Down.
Favourite Song: Hurt - Jonny Cash, Fu*k Forever - Babyshambles.
Football Team: Arsenal
Rugby Union: England
Rugby League: Wigan
Cricket: Essex and England
Favourite Place: Amsterdam and Glastonbury
Holiday Destination: Southern Italy
TV Prog: Lost, River Cottage
Heros: Quickly becoming Peta Costa
Occupation: Specifications Manager for a major Food Company.
Phobias: Quickly becoming being burgled - again and again.
Chocolate: Nope
TV Advert: Bane of my life.
Comedian: Sark
Sit Com: Futurama, Family Guy (are they sitcoms?)
Actor: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Al Pachino.
Actress: Diana Rigg
Favourite Stage Musical: Blood Brothers.
Favourite Film Musical: N/A
Favourite Play: Woman In Black, An Inspector Calls
Author: Raymond Feist and Dean Koontz
Book: Magician - Raymond Feist
Fictional Character: Nakor
Poker Venues: Any home game, The Broadway.

[Jon MW]

....
Book: Magician - Raymond Feist
....

Good call - I stole this off my brother to read when I was younger. It didn't help saving money though because then I had to buy the other two in the trilogy. 

[bolt pp]

Someone give me their phone number so i can dictate my answers to you and you can post them for me cos there is NO way i'm getting through all those without getting bored and going down the pub

[Sark79]

Star Sign: Capricorn
Favourite Colour: Bottle Green
Favourite Food: Macaroni Cheese and salad
Favourite Drink: Fruit Juice
Favourite Singer: Eddie Vedder. I also like Andrea Bochelli, Chris Cornell, and Andrea Corr . Frank Sinatra
Favourite Song: Black by Pearl Jam
Football Team: A British Team
Rugby Union: A British Team
Rugby League: A British Team
Cricket: No Idea ( I am Scottish  )
Favourite Place: Glencoe
Holiday Destination: Somewhere with ice cold temperatures
Film:  Back to the Future
TV Prog: 24, Prison Break, 4400, Star Trek, News
Heros: Rossi, Senna, J Villeneuve, Lance Armstrong, Martina Hingiss, Gary Kasparov, Steve Peat, Nicolas Voullioz ( both DH MTB riders )  many many more sports people
Occupation: Astronaut and part time Dentist
Phobias: Germs, untidiness, large groups of people staring at me, uneven numbers, Rats
Chocolate: I prefer fruit
TV Advert: Not sure really.
Comedian: Tommy Cooper
Sit Com: Don't watch them
Actor: Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Patrick Stewart
Actress: Not sure, for looks it has to be Kate from LOST ( Evangeline Lilly ? )
Favourite Stage Musical: None
Favourite Film Musical: None
Favourite Play: Not sure, I am a simpleton from Killie. We don't watch plays
Author: I only read sports biographies and books about sport
Book: Johnathan Livingstone Seagull
Fictional Character: Captain Pickard
Poker Venues: Pokerstars
Most treasured possession: Dogs / Plants

[londonpokergirl]

Star Sign: Pisces
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite Food: Chinese
Favourite Drink: Vodka sugarfree redbull
Favourite Singer: The Killers, Editors, Automatic
Favourite Song: aint nobody, chaka khan  or  elton john can you feel the love tonight
Football Team: none
Rugby Union: Rotherham
Rugby League: not thatfussed
Cricket: not fussed
Favourite Place: Las Vegas baby
Holiday Destination: Las Vegas
TV Prog: Deal/No deal, Countdown, Eastenders
Film: Top Gun
Heros: None
Occupation: poker pro/Tournament Director
Phobias: Balloons/Clowns and spiders
Chocolate: mmm  milky way please
TV Advert: can't think
Comedian: Peter Kay
Sit Com: Friends, Cheers, Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers
Actor: Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves (not for his acting
Actress: Drew Barrymore
Favourite Stage Musical: Phantom of the Opera 
Favourite Film Musical: Grease
Favourite Play: ??
Author:  John Grisham
Fictional Character:
Poker Venues: The Vic, Luton, Sheffield, Walsall
Reason i come here: good craic

[Tonji]

Star Sign: Sagittarius
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Food: Expensive Indian Restaurant
Favourite Drink: Italian Coffee, caffe espresso
Favourite Singer: too many, at the moment Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Natalie Merchant
Favourite Song: at the moment Ordinary Joe by Terry Callier
Football Team: Queens Park Rangers
Rugby Union: England
Rugby League: eh!
Cricket: England
Favourite Place: London
Holiday Destination: La Gomera (small island of Tenerife)
TV Prog: Lost, West Wing, Documentaries.
Film: so many… Withnail & I, Chunking Express,
Heroes: Henri Cartier Bresson (the reason I got in to my occupation)
Occupation: Buyer & Seller of Fine Art Photographs (& other things!)
Phobias: Escalators
Chocolate: Maltesers
TV Advert: I go and make a cup of tea
Comedian: Tony Hancock, Larry David
Sit Com: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cheers
Actor: Beat Takeshi Kitano, Bill Murray
Actress: Audrey Tautou, Julie Delpy, Juliet Binoche, Faye Wong
Favourite Stage Musical: I just don’t get theatre
Favourite Film Musical: Oliver.
Favourite Play: Still don’t get theatre
Author: John Irving, Raymond Carver, Italo Calvino, Jonathan Coe, loads
Fictional Character: Jeeves
Poker Venues: My Office

[weller001]

I'll have a go then.

Star Sign: Scorpio
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Food: Italian
Favourite Drink: Tea
Favourite Singer: Tough one…Eva Cassidy - the best , Tom yorke - favourite
Favourite Song: The Bends – Radiohead, Just lookin – Charlatans, and it stoned me – Van morrison
Best Guitarist Ever : Stevie Ray vaughan
Football Team: West Ham Utd
Rugby Union: England
Rugby League: No idea
Cricket: England
Favourite Place: Las Vegas
Holiday Destination: Turkey
TV Prog: Lost in space (if you can find it on anywhere)
Film: Platoon, Lord of the Rings
Heroes: Cant think of one, but any of our servicemen/women overseas are a good start.
Occupation: Network Security Consultant
Phobias: Horses
Chocolate: Marathon (yes..thats a marathon -  the proper name)
TV Advert: Ocean Finance - I may need them after discovering Poker.
Comedian: Billy Connolly, Lee Evans
Sit Com: Rising Damp, the Office, Peep show
Actor: John Candy, Billybob thornton as Bad Santa.
Actress: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Aniston, Alyssa Milano (obvious reasons)
Favourite Stage Musical: none
Favourite Film Musical: None
Favourite Play: None
Author: JR Tolkein, Raymond E feist, Bill Bryson
Fictional Character: smeagol
Poker Venues: Only ever played online – so Blonde poker so far..