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1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?


2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)


3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?


4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).
Why did you match them?


5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?



Your marks will be posted on my office door next thursday 01 PM.

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving.[...]

Well, first of all, of course I am driving! pfft! I don't believe in useless, endless arguing. If I see that the other person doesn't even try to accept or at least analyze what I say, I cut the convo at that point. No drama in my domain!

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

No.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?[...]

I watch almost no TV. Let's say 30 mins a day, and 3/4 of that time I spend listening to it rather than actually watching it. I do enjoy nature, documentaries, the sort of stuff you get on Discovery, NatGeo, etc., but I rarely find anything like that on free access public TV. I don't eat while watching TV, except for when sport is on (in your face fitness geeks!). I don't mind watching it with someone. I don't mind watching it by myself. I share the remote.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

I've been told to look "Polish", "Russian", "German"... A couple of weeks ago I was told I looked "English". Dunno, don't care.

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.

Dildo, errr... Bilbo Baggins (LOTR) and Trinity (Matrix).

Why did you match them?

Cos midgets need sum luvin' too.

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

About 7.62 meters.
What's made me what I am now? The fact that I am an independent unit, adjusted to operating in a hostile environment.Jarek A. edytował(a) ten post dnia 18.07.08 o godzinie 08:08

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road,(...)
What would be the first thing you do?

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

This very hypothetical, as I believe it wouldn't happen. If it did, I'd throw him out of the car, I'm very good at getting rid of men who have hurt me :)
On a serious note however, in both cases I'd pull over, and try to see what the problem was, talk about it, and resume driving.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?

Depends on a day. About one to two hours I guess.

What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?

I'm addicted to Dr House, and watch a lot of AXN as well, plus the news. I like movies, especially if it's the weekend and there's something interesting on (if not, DVDs can be of help; last time I did watch a movie on a Saturday evening it was an excellent piece with Nicolas Cage, Lord of War). I never watch soaps.

Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?

A glass of wine maybe, but usually a soft drink and a piece of fruit. I don't really eat potato chips or other snacks.

As to where - on the couch, feeling comfortable. I wouldn't mind a handsome someone next to me ;)

Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

I watch cartoons with my son, movies too (Cars, Lion King - he isn't old enough to appreciate Woody Allen), and love sharing a good movie with someone so that we can talk about it afterwards if we both found it interesting.

But more importantly... who has the remote?

Duh. I do. Obviously.
When I have company, well, I think he does. And I don't mind.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

No. But I've heard the "You don't look American at all!" phrase often enough. Wasn't annoying, just funny.

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.

Melvin Udall and Bridget Jones.

They'd never get bored with each other.

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

Not much. I don't possess any particular talents, am not strikingly beautiful, etc. I believe everyone is special in their own kind of way, otherwise we'd never be able to find a partner.Tatiana S. edytował(a) ten post dnia 18.07.08 o godzinie 08:49

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1) What would be the first thing you do?

I`d just shut up (much earlier) and ask the other person to do the same. We are a couple, right? So let`s talk, not argue, and not on the road.

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

No.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?

I hardly ever watch TV. Sometimes it is switched on but I don`t even know what`s on.

Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?

I don`t like going to the cinema because of the frills that people use so willingly and loudly...

Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

Not with friends! We don`t meet to watch TV.

But more importantly... who has the remote?

He does! Changing the channels all the time...Does it drive me crazy? No, I don`t care.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!"

A British said to me and my family "you look Europeans". I had a close look if he looked European too.

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.

Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Why did you match them?

Both talented, with serious attitude do their work. They could never meet at home, no arguments about the remote...:)

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street",

Sure I`m amazing as long as I enter the academic environment (street or conference, doesn`t matter). Then I AM average.

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Violetta P.:

A British said to me and my family "you look Europeans". I had a close look if he looked European too.

I'm quite fascinated by this.

Was this an educated person?

Are you certain this wasn't British humour?

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warren whitmore:

Was this an educated person?

Yes, a businessman travelling all over the world. But before he said that he`d had about a bottle of whisky. I`m not sure whether it destroyed his mind or just made him sincere.

Are you certain this wasn't British humour?

It wasn`t...

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

I tell him to shut the f* up, 'cuz I'm the boss!

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

I pull over tell him to apologize or get lost.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)

I have the remote, baby! Don't you ever get confused!
I wach about 2 hours TV a day. That is only if 'listenning" to TV equals 'watching'. 'Cuz I turn it on in the morning when I'm getting ready to leave for work and at night to see what movie's on (and since after moving I don't have cable, there's NEVER a good movie on at say 8 pm).

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

Many times. When I used to live in the US I was told many times I looked Russian. Whatever! The worst ting was, however, just answering a stupid 'hi' or 'how are ya' and hearing the mantra: "Oh, what a cute little accent! Where are you from?" (My blond Polish bombshel girlfriend used to answer: "I'm half Chinese, half Japanese")

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).
Why did you match them?

Winnie the Pooh and Bruce Willis. Why? You said 'favorite'!

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

Barney "Everyone is special" on YouTube http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=omz-tTop4yE

Your marks will be posted on my office door next thursday 01 PM.

Can't wait! Can I get an A+ for being a smartass?!?!?!Magdalena Czerwińska edytował(a) ten post dnia 18.07.08 o godzinie 09:23

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Magdalena Czerwińska:
I tell him to shut the f* up, 'cuz I'm the boss!

Oh my, ain't that what you normally hear from a psychologist?

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LOL, Jarek;).
Sure is!

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

I would shut up for a while and put on a very offended face (that scares him and at the same time amuses a little bit) and then I would just hit or slap him, just a bit and as I fight like sissy that would make us both laugh and of course for me it would also help to get my anger out (by hitting him, even though it wouldn't hurt really). The fight would be over :) I would probably also say things like don't be so macho, or you are such a prick or something like that not really thinking it but just to make things more interesting :D

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

Scenario would be pretty much the same, only difference would be that I would shut up and put on face for whole way to the parking, and then I would refuse to leave the car, and then after a while hit him and say some stupid but offensive words to make things more interesting. Then we would laugh and go to do some shopping. He would cuddle me and say I'm such a child and then he would buy me flowers :)

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?

sometimes a lot, sometimes not at all - depends what's on.

What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?

Friday night with Jonathan Ross, Family Man, Simpsons, fantasy movies (with witches and dragons preferably), and other movies

Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?

Can't think of any real pleasures. I like eating dinner and watch TV if something's on, otherwise probably crisps and stuff like that.

Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

no preferences

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)

It has to be me. My partner is really rubbish in finding anything interesting on TV, so I need to take charge.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

Not really

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).

Bruce Willis and hmm. Ben Stiller??????

Why did you match them?

They are my fav :) Hm, both are funny :)

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

Everyone is unique and special - no other person like me, no other person like you :))Malgorzata F. edytował(a) ten post dnia 18.07.08 o godzinie 12:03

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This

What would be the first thing you do?

This situtation is purely hypothetical.
I'd sink in myself, stop immediately and get out of the car, and go for a walk to calm down. It's good to change something in the environment in a conflict situation so a solution can be found.

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

I'd go back home. No point going shopping with someone you hate at the moment.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?

No TV on the house, no time wasted.
I definitely miss TVN Style - relaxed easy television.
In general I forgot TV exists, only sometimes when people refer to popular shows, I realize I miss (?) something.

Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

If it's something light I prefer interactive watching.
I'd tend to control the remote.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

No, I wasn't.
People abroad usually take me for a Russian, in Scandinavia I pass for a local. I hated it in Egypt, as the connotations with Russian women aren't very nice. In general I don't care what they think, especially if they know me better than myself and use their sterotypes system.

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters

Dilbert and Barbie

Why did you match them?

so much a real life couple

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street",

As your question is very general, so will be my answer:
I'm quite typical, except my thinking, I guess I never conform to popular opinions and I never will
I'm not very sociable and I'm very serious

I can live in silence and without external stimulation (no music, no tv), and do not need to get drunk to have a good time which is essential in this country

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

>
I don't drive. However, I would probably do what I always do - get furious, stay furious, then when the fury starts to subside, distract myself with the children.

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

Probably the same. I may propose for one of us to go and run the errand instead of both.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?

Kids shows - about two. My shows - none.

What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?

Nature shows and the like take number one. Stand up comedy is great. Anime (it's gotta be the right series) can be enormously gratifying.

Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?

Snacks are not necessary, but a great big comfy couch is nice.

Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

Not really fond of watching TV in general - I would rather have company.

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

No. I look like all five of my nationalities. What is annoying is when some drunkard or some ignoramous says, "I'll bet you're Irish, huh?" Um, yeah about 1/8th Irish, wow, you're smart (insert eye roll). Does everyone with freckles have to be Irish?

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).

Hahahaha. Oscar the Grouch and Cortland the Skexie from 'Dark Crystal'.

Why did you match them?

Hahahahaahaa.. They are the fugliest puppets on the planet - they would have ugly grouchy kids and they would be AWESOME!!!

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

Aren't we all average people on the street? Unless your not so average people do not frequent the street. I would be more than average, I would be a frequent street walker - with a pram of course.
Years ago I would have said that my early independence shaped who I was. Then I would have said it was my extreme, yet brief, lifestyle that fueled the fire in my spirit. Currently, I feel hope and determination as a new mother is the ultimate driving force in my life. Ultimately, the one thing that I would say has been a major factor in who I am is the undeserved betrayal bestowed upon me throughout my life. It has made me strong, hard and bitter. Yet there is a softness there still and I am beginning to nurture it so that I can continue to change and grow and perhaps shed the old skin. I'm complex. :P

Your marks will be posted on my office door next thursday 01 PM.

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together ....

I'm not sure if I've always been this way, but recently I've been reacting strongly (too strongly??) to things. I'd probably either do a u-turn and head home or stop the car at the first hotel/town, get out and not return.

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just
like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your
behaviour?

No, I'd do the shopping in a sulk. You have to eat!

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer

I have no regular TV habits as I'm not in my own country and don't relate to whats on. Maybe 30 minutes of CNN/BBC World a couple of times per week. Occasionally M jak Milosc. I put a film on once or twice per week. You could say a daily mean of 30 minutes I guess.

Absolute TV pleasure??? Porn?
I don't care who I watch with, but if it is something I WANT to watch then I don't want people distracting me.
Snacks, I try to avoid having them in the house. A bit of homemade cake isn't too unhealthy or expensive and it satisfies the craving to eat.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

People have never been so emphatic about it, but occasionally people has said I look more 'continental', i.e. darker - French, Spanish. It makes me quite happy.

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.

I don't have any favourite characters in films, at least not consciously.

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a
kind of special, or a different one?

In many ways a long way. I'm very intolerent of the slobbish, dirty, moronic, imbecilic behaviour of a large minority of people. Many people get frustrated by other people, but I think I let it get to me more.
So, in many ways I'm very un-laidback.
In this respect I'd rather be 'an average Joe on the street'.
On the other hand I do a lot of reading of news/economics and other stuff and consider myself to quite knowledgeable about these things. Difficult as it sometimes is I'd rather be knowledgeable than ignorant (though ignorance can be bliss).
I'd say that a long bout of depression and OCD as a student pretty much scarred me for the rest of my life and made me what I am.

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1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving....
What would be the first thing you do?
I would keep silence ... After rain there is always sunshine :)

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour? no ...

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV? 2 hours a WEEK

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
not really ... I like frensh fries with mayonaise :))

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
Why did you match them? Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one? I'm not special ... the most important factor: carpe diem ... :)

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1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

I can't drive.

But when I'm in my wife's car I demand she stops and I get out.


2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?


I hardly ever watch T.V..


3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

When I lived in Greece, I was often taken by Greeks to be Greek myself. Usually they spot foreigners immediately. This always used to amaze a female friend of mine who told me my character was really Greek.

I once had an absurd situation when a barman wouldn't serve me on the grounds that I was pretending not to be Greek. He then refused to serve anyone in my company. He told me I was insulting Greece by pretending to be someone I was not.

I really like Greeks so I took all this as a compliment.

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

I'd say I was very different from 'an average person'. I've always been a loner, and have never been afraid to voice opinions different from others. I have never really wanted to 'fit in' or be like everyone else. I guess it's just my personality.warren whitmore edytował(a) ten post dnia 19.07.08 o godzinie 19:02

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Btw, the questions are longer than usual for F4F, so if they are too much just answer those that are of interest to you.

I don't think it necessary to answer every part of every question if you don't feel like doing so.

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ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, [...] But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. [...] your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told...

It is a very hypothetical question.
But thank you very much for asking, it is brilliant...

I would shut up for sometime, remain silent, and wait for the other side to understand that something is not ok.
If no response comes to soften things up a little, I'd stop in the first convenient place and would ask if she was serious.
If I see no signs, I'd take some of my important things and turn back home. She can have a holiday, or turn back with the car.

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

Yes.
I wouldn't ask whether she was serious or not.
I can have a peace of mind and calm down, and she can think about what was wrong with what she said while we are alone.

Because in none of the cases it seems like we're enjoying what we've been doing anyway.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?

Hmm... tricky question!

It is inconsistent, and I think it is good that way :)
Sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 1 hour a day, sometimes no TV at all.

What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?

Lately there's one serial I like: Dr. House.

I like watching F1, and oddly enough ski-jumping.
Adam Małysz and Robert Kubica are the dudes to blame. Usually I am not a fan of watching sports at home.
Exception: FIFA World Cups and Euro cups. That's when I like watching football.

Other than that, I like watching weather forecasts in summer. So that I can make my sunbathing plan. I know all of those pogoda presenters. :)

If I feel like watching TV, I choose my favorite action/sci-fi/thriller ones that I'd like to see again.

If I am bored to death, though, I can even watch lowest grade, badly produced, horrible-visual-effects "catastrophe" movies.
"Meteorite hits the World", "The World under our feet started to crackle and suck huge trees in" are the types I like the most. In those moments.

Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?

I like Coca-Cola when I am watching movies in cinema, so I'd look for a coke in the fridge if I discover a movie in the schedule.

Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

If more than 2 friends, I'd refuse to watch TV. Going out or putting some music on and having a chat would be interactive and entertaining.
If I am bored, alone, and if I don't want to work, I watch TV until I get sleepy (which happens around 10PM).

But more importantly... who has the remote?

Of course I do!!! I am very good at sensible zapping. I can find the programs people were looking for easier than those people themselves.
And I am very kind. I don't dictate what to watch.
That's why remote control finds me, without even me asking for it, people learns!

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?

Almost all the time when I am outside of Turkey.
Although I can't claim I look like an average Turk, there are millions of Turks, who don't look like Turks -you need to stay in Turkey about a year to understand the diversity in the looks of Turkish people.
Foreigners usually mix me up with Spaniards, French or Italians.
When I was in US, I was either Mexican or Puerto Rican. But then again, most of them didn't know exactly what Turkey is. "Some other country, far, far away".

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.

What an interesting question is this?!!
I can't. I didn't think about it. But if I come up with a good match, I'll come by again.

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

What a creative and intricate question that is?.. wow!...

I am too far from being an average person. Not because I live in a foreign country, but because of my choices.
And most of my choices made it possible to add some interesting experiences, which I found them useful later on.
Although it wasn't so clear when I was 18, I knew that I won't live a typical life.
I see myself as a different person, mostly because I am able to understand other people easily. Probably because I started to put myself into others' shoes when I was 10. There are a lot of people around, also my age, but I see myself completely different, yet able to understand and even like them.
I can hold a serious conversation with many different people (from different backgrounds and cultures) in different ages, and somehow I like this ability of mine.ilter K. edytował(a) ten post dnia 19.07.08 o godzinie 21:13

Temat: 5 for Friday [18/07/2008]

ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

On a regular shopping trip, I would simply drop the person off at the nearest bus stop or taxi rank. Such a situation has actually happend to me. No regrets.

The longer trip case is more of a problem. I never get involved in prolonged (and pointless) verbal exchanges, so I suppose I would state my point and continue driving in silence. Upon arrival, I would let the person decide whether they wish to return by their own means or offer an apology.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)

Although I'm a materialist gadget freak, I don't possess a TV set. The PC is enough, and I prefer to decorate my walls with works of art, not a screen.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

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My Polish accent is different, so people frequently ask me if I come from the USA. I find that pretty offensive, since I'm not a great fan of them guys from across the Pond. ;)

On the basis of looks, I've been taken for an English-speaking foreigner, although I don't know of which nationality. I've just got used to being stopped in the street with a question in English. The same has happened in the clubs (Foksal19, Platinium etc). If the girl is nice, I pretend to be Irish... until the morning after ;)

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).
Why did you match them?

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I would match Claire Forlani with Hugh Grant. Claire is a unique mixture of an English rose and an Italian beauty, while Hugh is the only gentleman to handle the package ;)

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

I don't feel unique, but I'm constantly striving not to be a human xerox copy. Sometimes I overdo it, though.

Temat: 5 for Friday [18/07/2008]

ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

16 minutes? I've never argued more than ten sentences, I think. I have a bad memory, though. For argument's sake, I'd tell my partner that what they said really offended me, and I think it would be better if we calmed down and listened to some music. I would also give us a target of thinking of three things that we're looking forward to on this trip. Then I'd sneakily turn the heating up on her side of the car.

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

I wouldn't turn the heating up, or admit I was hurt, but I'd tell my partner I understood why she thought that, and ask her what kind of juice should we get, and would she like me to get ingredients for me to cook her favourite dessert? I love her, and I'm not going to get knowcked over upon leaving the car having "won" a petty argument.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

I watch TV about an hour or 2 every day. I loove british comedies, and "surprise films", where I'm flicking around, and a film I've never heard of comes on, and I give it a go, and it's brilliant. My ideal TV viewing pleasure, though, is watching a romantic comedy on a Sunday morning, in bed, with chocolates and a big pot of tea and Mrs. Keith. And no kids around.

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)

I have the remote. My wife lets me. I love her.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

People are always telling me "Oh, but you don't look Mexican!" I wasn't really surprised, but since I tell people I'm from Cancun, I avoid the whole "Irish" monologue that follows - DoyouhatetheEnglishWhy(not)doyoudrinkalotwhy(not)
areyouCatholichowcatholicareyoudoyoulikepoland/polishgirls/polishfood

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).
Why did you match them?

Johnny Depp and Cameron Diaz. They just seem like they'd get on really well. My brother's friend was in "Gangs of New York", and said Cameron Diaz just hung around and goofed off. Johnny Depp comes accross in interviews as a cool dude, too.

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

I'm very average, with an above-average awareness of this fact. This makes me above average. I'm not being a smart-arse. Think about it, and it makes sense. I think.

Your marks will be posted on my office door next thursday 01 PM.

I've got detention then, can you send a copy to my parents?

Temat: 5 for Friday [18/07/2008]

ilter K.:
1) You are a couple on the road, and YOU are driving. This trip/holiday was planned together couple of months ago and you've been cruising for about 2 hours already.
But you've been arguing in the last 16 minutes, and it doesn't look like you both are going to calm down. As if it wasn't unpleasant enough, your partner said such a thing that it is not possible to behave like it wasn't told. Maybe the thing he/she said wasn't a "way over the top" insulting, but you are VERY upset now and you think it is TOTALLY unfair.
What would be the first thing you do?

AND, if you were driving for your regular/weekly shopping (just like on a regular weekend day, maybe), would that change your behaviour?

I'd tell her it was over the top, probably get out the car for a little "time out", wait 20-30 mins until the anger has somewhat subsided, then go back in.

2) How many hours/minutes a day you watch TV?
What is your favorite program, or favorite type of programs?
Describe your absolute TV pleasure... where would it be, any snacks/drinks within the reach of your fingers?
Do you like watching TV with friends/spouse/children or prefer being alone?

But more importantly... who has the remote? - Of course I do!!! (You don't have to answer this, because Im not givinit back. But if you feel like answering, this is your last chance)

I hardly every watch TV. I sometimes watch either British comedies or films, but not on TV. I don't even have satellite or cable.

3) Have you ever heard people telling you: "Oh, but you don't look like a *put your nationality here*!" with an amazement?
If yes, why do you think they were taken aback?
... and does that (would that) annoy you in any way?

People have told me I don't look Polish... and I'm not!!! So, they were right!

4) Please match 2 of your favorite movie characters (as in matchmaking) to make a couple in real life.
If they were already matched in the same movie, un-match them first.
(You can consider the characters they expose in the movies OR the actors/actresses in their real lives according to your knowledge or taste).
Why did you match them?

I'd match Don Logan (Ben Kingsley's character from Sexy Beast) with Brigette Bardot's character in Et Dieu Crea la Femme

5) How far do you think you are away from being "an average person on the street", and what (do you think) has been the most important factor in your life which shaped you up and made you a kind of special, or a different one?

Some people have described me as strange, but what do they know?