Whippet - dog breed favoured by Yorkshire folk
Regarding yesterday's blogpost, BBC-newscaster-voiced Thelma in Todmorden, Yorkshire queried why I had sought out my searching questions from an American blog. I agonised about this for several minutes and realised that Thelma had made a good point so today, after a lot of contemplation, I have come up with ten Yorkshire-themed questions for you to ponder where ever you may reside - from Washington D.C. to Adelaide and from Ludwigsburg to County Cork.
Please answer as honestly as you can so that we can all better understand who you are and what makes you tick apart from your heart pacemaker....
- How many eggs do you put in your Yorkshire pudding mixture?
- What is your whippet called?
- How many ferrets have you got in your shed?
- What is your head size if I decide to send you a traditional flat cap as a present? (a) XL (b) XXL (c) XXXL
- For a seaside holiday do you prefer Scarborough or Bridlington? Why?
- Who in your opinion is the greatest living Yorkshireman? (a) Arthur Scargill (b) Geoff Boycott (c) David Hockney. And why him?
- (To avoid being accused of sexism) Who is the greatest Yorkshirewoman who has ever lived? (a) Betty Boothroyd (b) Emily Brontë (c) Judi Dench (d) Hannah Hauxwell (e) Jessica Ennis-Hill (f) Barbara Hepworth. And why her?
- How much money have you got stashed away in your house and where exactly do you keep it?
- What's the biggest number of pints of Yorkshire bitter you have guzzled in one night?
- What aroma of air freshener do you currently spray in your bog? (American: bathroom. Australian: dunny)
I am hoping that Molly Stillman in North Carolina will pick up on my ten questions and post them on her lifestyle blog - a favour returned.
Sorry I couldn't answer any of your questions. Your accent threw me.
ReplyDeleteThis was a "cultural exchange" blogpost which you could have at least attempted. I bet your air freshener scent is saguaro blossom for, as I am sure you already knew, this is Arizona's state flower.
Delete#8 Made me chuckle. I talked to a restaurant owner tonight who told us he used to take $40,000 with him down to Las Vegas every two months to gamble with. I can't imagine having an extra $40,000 to gamble with and potentially lose. I hide my money, dammit, I can't remember:)
ReplyDeleteI bet your Big Guy knows where it is. Probably in your French underwear drawer!
DeleteYou can't fool us - we see #8 squirreled away in the midst of the other innocent questions!!!
ReplyDeleteFive quail eggs and seventeen ferrets, if you must know.
All Yorkshire folk keep cash in their houses. None of that contactless crap for us.
Delete1: I don't make Yorkshire Puddings. 2: I don't have a whippet. 3: no ferrets but brother C used to have 4 to take "rabbiting". 4: my head is small almost child sized 5:Holiday? I can go to the seaside here everyday if I want to. 6: Who are those people? 7: Judi Dench and only because hers is the only name I recognise. 8: nunyabidnez 9: zero 10: vanilla air freshener is what it says on the tin, but it smells like caramel fudge.
ReplyDeleteIs it the "mixture" that smells of caramel fudge?
DeleteHa Ha, no. The actual air freshener smells like caramel fudge.
DeleteI can answer Q8... I have my £5 million, in francs and pesetas, stashed away in the American XL Bully's bed. He is not keen on sharing.
ReplyDeleteIs he called Lord Peregrine?
DeleteAn intriguing set of questions YP. I shall have to give them considerable thought before I answer them.
ReplyDeleteThe mind boggles at how our cousins across the pond will interpret your quiz, and what their answers will be!
I must confess that that was partly why I put these questions together Carol - a cultural counterbalance.
DeleteTalking as a soft southerner here, can you reword the questions in a format I can understand.
ReplyDeleteTek it or leave it lass. Have ye gorra pony?
DeleteYou want £25, yep I have a pony.
DeleteWell as you point out as I am not from Yorkshire, I'm as foreign as most of your commentators;) It has to be David Hockney (atm) as having come from Yorkshire. But my female choice is the Brontes, the three sisters. With Betty Boothroyd coming in second.
ReplyDeleteThey have ferrets and whippets down South but don't like skinny dogs and the ferrets are often lost ferrets who have refused to come out of the rabbit holes.
We don't use one odour to cover up another odour, just open the bathroom window! I would think that is very Yorkish.
Only one egg for Y/P, perhaps that is where I have been going wrong.
Whitby for me.
As for money stash that is a secret, but we subscribe to the cash in hand syndrome for some trades people.
Aye lass - cheatin' ont taxman no doubt. An Whitby weren't one o' choices ye awk'ard bugger!
Delete1. How many eggs do you put in your Yorkshire pudding mixture?
ReplyDeleteAh’ll ‘av’ t’ask t’Missus.
2. What is your whippet called?
Not go’r a whippet. Go’r a pet fox.
3. How many ferrets have you got in your shed?
None. They’d eat up all t’pigeons.
4. What is your head size if I decide to send you a traditional flat cap as a present? (a) XL (b) XXL (c) XXXL
‘ave y’ go’r any plastic macs instead?
5. For a seaside holiday do you prefer Scarborough or Bridlington? Why?
Ah once went to Goole. It’s raiyt grand thee’er.
6. Who in your opinion is the greatest living Yorkshireman? (a) Arthur Scargill (b) Geoff Boycott (c) David Hockney. And why him?
Col Graves ‘cos I was at school with ‘im.
7. (To avoid being accused of sexism) Who is the greatest Yorkshirewoman who has ever lived? (a) Betty Boothroyd (b) Emily Brontë (c) Judi Dench (d) Hannah Hauxwell (e) Jessica Ennis-Hill (f) Barbara Hepworth. And why her?
Our Lesley 'cos she comes from Thorne.
8. How much money have you got stashed away in your house and where exactly do you keep it?
Ah’l ‘av’ t’ask t’Missus, bu’ ah think it’s nowt ‘cos she pays it into t’didlum.
9. What's the biggest number of pints of Yorkshire bitter you have guzzled in one night?
Lost count. Y’can test me if it’s thee that’s payin’.
10. What aroma of air freshener do you currently spray in your bog? (American: bathroom. Australian: dunny)
Depends if t’Missus ‘as bin feedin’ me that asparagus stuff ag’en.
Ee by gum, tha's a reet un Owd Tasker. Tha dunt co-operate wi owt. Tha's as awk'ard as a pig at t'knacker's yard.
DeleteHow unfair! I answered all the questions and even suggested some more worthy Yorkshire worthies. But I suppose I could have answered Q10 more fully. I don't often spray the whole shed, just all over the seat ann toilet mat. That's quite useful because when they want a urine sample, I just take it round and they wring it out.
Delete1. Four eggs. 2. No whippet but got other kinds of tripe hounds complete with 4 paw drive. 3. None but we have pigs and rabbits in shed. 4. XL. 5. Scarborough. Saw the Grumbleweeds and Nolans there. 6. Sir Geoffrey. Big MUFC fan and once said: ""Hello son" to me at Scarborough Cricket club. 7. Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights. Kate Bush and my favourite novel. 8. Nowt. Rich on paper but poor in pocket. 9. Probably 8 pints of Theakstons Old Peculier. 10. Cheap stuff from Lidl.
ReplyDelete"Hello son"? Did your mum have a brief fling with Geoff Boycott back in 1963? Maybe your father was working.
Delete1. If I only want a snack, four eggs are sufficient, but they must be free-range, double-yolked, and collected at point of lay from hens that can prove full Yorkshire pedigree. 2. If my cat thought I owned a whippet she would never speak to me again. 3. I'm pleased to say that my shed is ferretver ferret free. 4. Darling, flat caps are so last year... 5. Sandsend. 6. We've lost some great ones recently, but Alan Bennett would be my choice, because he makes folk laugh and think in equal amounts. 7. From your list, Judy Dench. From my own preference, Isabella Bird. 8. My entire life savings of 2p fell down the left side of the sofa last month. 9. None. Some of us, even from this revered county, are more sophisticated than to 'guzzle' our beverages, pints or otherwise. 10. Amalfi lemons all the way.
ReplyDeleteSandsend wasn't mentioned and nor was Alan Bennett you young hussy!
Delete1;How many eggs do you put in your Yorkshire pudding mixture? 3-4.
ReplyDelete2;What is your whippet called? sweetie
3;How many ferrets have you got in your shed? none
4;What is your head size if I decide to send you a traditional flat cap as a present? (a) XL (b) XXL (c) XXXL B
5;For a seaside holiday do you prefer Scarborough or Bridlington? Why? The best deal on a 4 star hotel.
6;Who in your opinion is the greatest living Yorkshireman? (a) Arthur Scargill (b) Geoff Boycott (c) David Hockney. And why him? C- because I recognize the name
7; (To avoid being accused of sexism) Who is the greatest Yorkshirewoman who has ever lived? (a) Betty Boothroyd (b) Emily Brontë (c) Judi Dench (d) Hannah Hauxwell (e) Jessica Ennis-Hill (f) Barbara Hepworth. And why her? C- She is fun to listen to.
8; How much money have you got stashed away in your house and where exactly do you keep it? If I told you that, we would both know.
9; What's the biggest number of pints of Yorkshire bitter you have guzzled in one night? 1
10; What aroma of air freshener do you currently spray in your bog? (American: bathroom. Australian: dunny) citrus
Good effort Mr Penguin and you a card-carrying Yank too!
DeleteI didn't know the answer to any of these questions, Neil. It's like you live in another world!?!
ReplyDeleteYes. It's called Yorkshire - rather like The Garden of Eden.
DeleteHow come Emily Bronte and not Charlotte?
ReplyDeleteDave keeps threatening to get a ferret. He's kidding -- I hope.
Charlotte Bronte could have never written a novel as wondrous and multi-layered as "Wuthering Heights" is.
DeleteWe keep our dosh in the dunny and we don't use air freshner as a security measure.
ReplyDeleteActually IN the dunny? I hope it is well-wrapped in plastic.
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