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Favourite colour?
Blue
Dogs OR Cats?
Cats (just ask Tin-tin )
Birth sign?
Aquarius... 11th February
Lucky number?
3
Freud OR Jung?
Jung
Musical hero’s... ?
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Schubert... Jean Michel Jarre
The Beatles OR The Rolling Stones?
The Beatles
Favourite saying?
Keep It Simple OR Do It Now!
Favourite season?
Spring
Factual OR Speculative?
Factual
Star Trek OR Star Wars?
Star Trek, but Stars Wars blew my mind when I first saw it as a kid
Bach OR Beethoven?
That’s tough! ...Bach
What’s always on your iPod?
Favourite actress?
Favourite actor?
Ed Harris
Laurel and Hardy OR Abbott and Costello
Laurel and Hardy
Right OR Left handed?
Right
Mickey Mouse OR Scooby Doo?
Scooby Doo
Favourite restaurant?
Vittorio’s, Bologna, Italy
Favourite meal?
A genuine Jersey (Channel Islands) Fruit de mer
Favourite car?
Where did you get married?
While on safari at the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
Blackberry OR iPhone?
How I relax?
Listen to music, read, play the piano, walk by the sea
I am reading?
I am NOT reading?
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Apple OR Windows?
I need both in my work!
Favourite films?
Apollo 13, Wall Street, Forbidden Planet, The Abyss, Amadeus ...
Favourite Comedy film?
Favourite TV Comedy Show?
Favourite TV Show ever?
UFO by Gerry Anderson
Friends OR Frasier?
Frasier...
Arthur C. Clarke OR Isaac Azimov?
Very close, ...but it has to be Arthur C. Clarke
Favourite web browser?
Most embarrassing moment?
Being ‘found’ in a wardrobe by my then girlfriends father! ... Eeek!
Another embarrassing moment?
Accidentally tipping a very large tin of paint over my head
Yet another embarrassing moment?
Tripping over in front of 1,500 people (Wembley Conference Centre)
Tea OR Coffee?
Coffee
My greatest hero?
My late father - absolutely no doubt about it...
What's your favourite childhood memory?
Making things in the workshop with my dad
What would you save if your house was on fire?
Aside from people: my animals, photos ...and last computer backup
What's the most expensive item you have ever bought?
My house
What was the first record you ever bought?
‘TV Themes’, because it had the UFO theme (Barry Gray) music
What's the most important thing you learned as a child?
Be good, don’t lie, don’t steal, and be nice to other people...
What would you change about yourself?
Oh so much! I don't think I would be recognisable...
Which talent that you don't have would you like to have?
To be able to dance
Do you have a nickname?
Yes, Griff
What scares you?
What we are doing to this beautiful world!
What keeps you healthy?
My wife
What makes you truly happy?
My wife
Train, plane or automobile?
Plane
What's the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Be yourself
Who is the wisest person you have ever met and why?
My father was wise, good, honest, hard-working ...a loving father
What’s the best holiday you ever had?
There have been so many...
Describe yourself in three words?
Short, bespectacled, nutter!
When did you last get angry and why?
I despise bullying, and put a stop to it when and wherever I see it
What's your favourite smell?
Vanilla, fresh coffee, citrus fruits, fresh laundry
How to you de-stress?
Spend time with my animals
What was you favourite TV show as a child?
UFO, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet... anything Gerry Anderson
What's your favourite word?
Serendipity
What habit would you like to give up?
My sweet tooth. I have four spoons of sugar in my coffee! ... Eeek!
Is there an afterlife?
I really don’t know
What's your takeaway of choice?
Chinese
What would your funeral music be?
I don't want a funeral. But, ‘Morning has broken’ by Cat Stevens
Have you ever hurt anyone?
Yes, and I will regret it for the rest of my life...
Has there been a single moment that changed your life?
Yes, good and bad: Marriage, near fatal car crash, brain surgery...
Where do you escape to?
Africa
What is your favourite building?
The London Science Museum (South Kensington)
When were you last star-struck?
Meeting Gerry Anderson (fan club: Fanderson)
Is your glass half full or half empty?
Full
Questions & Answers -
One thing that has really surprised me is the large number of the questions I receive
that
have nothing to do with my work, so I thought I’d list some of them...
The following are all questions asked of me via my feedback page?
Psychology fascinates me. I’m asking for trouble, but from the above what kind of person do you think I am?
