VENUE MAG 'QUICK WORD' INTERVIEW

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Full interview answers from each of us..

BB >

Where are you right now?
3rd floor broken swivel seat inside The Crystal Maze (aka OLO HQ)

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
with my dog in a sushi bar in Tokyo

What’s the first thing you can remember?
dunking a biscuit in a glass of orange squash while sat at a mountain-side cafe in Switzerland.

What are you scared of?
never being able to walk the red carpet

Who is your hero?
I used to have heroes but i don't anymore. If you're always looking up to others you'll never do your own special thing.

What do you most like about yourself?
my dreams are pretty awesome!! so to spend nearly half my life asleep makes the other half bearable

Have you ever stared death in the face?
yes, i guess when i was being born.

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
three massive tubs containing all my sketch books, idea note books, & cuttings.

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
myself, from the year 2000 through to the year 2007. i'd like those seven years back later on earth when i'm ready for them.

What would your superpower be?
double speed blogging!!

What makes you angry?
Clifton bubble girls

What’s your favourite flavour?
pizza

What’s your least favourite word?
audience-participation

What do you like about your appearance?
nothing. i think if anyone likes ANYTHING about their appearance they are sick in the head and deserve to be shot and skinned by Trinny & Suzanna..or better still Kim & Aggie

If you could bring in one global law, what would it be?
equal pay for women

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Jaws the shark

What is your most guilty pleasure?
eating leftover chocolates that the punters leave behind in the cinema where i work.

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
directing ''The International Gathering Of Champions'' the 3rd and final movie in the OLO Worms trilogy.

Pet hates?
He doesn't like it when you tease him when he's got a pig's ear treat. He'll bite you if you get too close.

What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
あなたはとてもハンサムです

Favourite film / book / album / TV prog?
This year > album - 'Jewellery' by Micachu / film - 'Synecdoche, New York' / TV prog (moment) - The last few minutes of the Everton Liverpool FA Cup match when ITV decided to go to an ad break just as Everton scored the winner. Classic ITV!

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
'Digidesign' by Joker

One place you'd never go back to?
cleaning the toilets in the students union at the University of Hertfordshire (at 5am!)

What’s your favourite toy?
it was subbuteo, i was a bit obsessed with my astro turf.

What’s your greatest regret?
there's soo many! maybe the magazine next week can be my regrets cover to cover? or you could do a special 'regrets' pull-out guide for the new students?

What was your first job?
at my great uncle's record shop 'Tracks'. i was upstairs with the video tapes. i had to send out torture videos to people around the world.

Of what are you proudest?
i once did this really simple drunk drawing of someone doing a high jump and its amazing! i dont know how i did it?

If you had to have a motto, what would it be?
colour in the cartoon.

Favourite thing on toast?
peanut butter with salt and pepper

Have you told the truth?
Hand cupping heart, 100% YES!

LH >

Where are you right now?
In the office with a robot and alcohol wipes for company

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
Hooters

What’s the first thing you can remember?
inventing the words 'goyt gigish' for chocolate biscuit

What are you scared of?
staying young

Who is your hero?
Matthew Le Tissier - i model myself on his laconic style.

Have you ever stared death in the face?
I've seen Boonbeans after a solo night out at Mr Wolf's

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
Wallet, Keys, Phone

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
That woman from the 'sexy' Peugeot car ad. Or Noel Edmonds.

What would your superpower be?
weight loss

What makes you angry?
Britain's got talent.

What’s your favourite flavour?
Rib 'n' Saucy

What’s your least favourite word?
Work

What do you like about your appearance?
Hairy skin.

If you could bring in one global law, what would it be?
Banning the internet.

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Dangermouse.

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Reduced pastries from the supermarket, they always feel like a bargain, but never taste like one.

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
I'll be retired, that's my main ambition.

Pet hates?
Gerbils, hamsters, Guinea Pigs- any of those non-pets that hearts' beat at 400 miles an hour whenever you get near them

What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
You look tired.

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
Managing to survive the credit crunch and swine flu.

One place you'd never go back to?
The Works (i think it's called Syndicate now)

What’s your favourite toy?
Space Lego

What’s your greatest regret?
Not learning another language properly, and having to force English through a terrible accent to get my point across.

What was your first job?
Paper-round, listening to Chris Evans' then Mark and Lard.

Favourite thing on toast?
Gentleman's Relish - no-one really actually likes that stuff do they?

DF >

Where are you right now?
In the Kitchen beside the clothes horse In Knowle Park.

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
Beside the seafront on a cold and sunny day in Fife

What’s the first thing you can remember?
Chucking my sisters shoe in a canal to see if it would float. My parents testify that it didnt.

What are you scared of?
Goblins

Who is your hero?
Johnny Lynch AKA The Pictish Trail

What do you most like about yourself?
My scabs, they are secret ones that only I can enjoy though.

Have you ever stared death in the face?
No..... well I was on a raft in Wales once and we went into a big wave and I thought I was either blind or dead for a few seconds. Wasnt even close though. The next day I met Matthew Kelly and Gaz Top from How2 so who knows maybe I did die.

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
walls, roof and floor

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
James Nation, an old school friend who is plotting to have me killed.

What would your superpower be?
Being able to walk backwards whilst talking forwards

What makes you angry?
Not being able to find something I've lost, no matter how trivial it may be.

What’s your favourite flavour?
Satsuma

What’s your least favourite word?
Pewter

What do you like about your appearance?
My nose. It has a small break in it caused by part of a kick drum falling on it whilst messing around in music lessons.

If you could bring in one global law, what would it be?
Coleslaw

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Paul Daniels

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Goo sweets....anything with gelatine, sugar and colourings.

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
Making sandwiches in Southville deli, crying into the tuna mayo

Pet hates?
fussy eaters

What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
whats that on your face?

Favourite film / book / album / TV prog?
none

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
fruit and veg shops

One place you'd never go back to?
World War 2

What’s your favourite toy?
Dental floss

What’s your greatest regret?
My haircut

What was your first job?
I was a toy demonstrator in a skate shop. Suffering from chronic shyness and trying to sell Yo-Yos to angst ridden teenagers was a match made in heaven that soon saw me replaced by a guy with a chin like desperate Dan.

Of what are you proudest?
My niece Millie, who is the funniest person I've ever met.

If you had to have a motto, what would it be?
Dont worry about what other people are doing.

Favourite thing on toast?
Flora, melted mature cheddar cheese and black pepper.

SW >

Where are you right now?
Pineapple Cottage

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
on skis on Alps

What’s the first thing you can remember?
accidentally scratching the paint off of my neighbors car door with my bmx handle bars.

What are you scared of?
Family Health Dictionary pages 2 to 147.

What do you most like about yourself?
I can click my fingers as if im playing castanets.

Have you ever stared death in the face?
I nearly got mowed down outside college green by a guy who didnt see the red light. Do be honest i was waring a parker with the hood up, so i wouldn't have seen much. At least i broke his wing mirror with my elbow. Justice.

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
A pair of Nike Mcfly 2015's I made, My Cat, My Girlfriend (in that order)

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
The hypochondriac in me.

What would your superpower be?
Fresh Breath

What makes you angry?
"Because I said so"

What’s your favourite flavour?
Cool Original

What’s your least favourite word?
'm'dears' as in 'cheers m'deers'.

What do you like about your appearance?
My bum. It never looks big.

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Arnold Schwarzenegger

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Jurassic Park

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
Creating an OLO Worms App.

Pet hates?
Over pronunciation of the letter 'S'. Oh, and Damon Albarn's hissy 'S'.

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
Plumbing.

One place you'd never go back to?
Woolworths.

What’s your favourite toy?
Scalextric

What’s your greatest regret?
Not buying that telly when it was in the sale.

What was your first job?
Pot washer at Cafe Rouge.

Of what are you proudest?
My old Scirocco. I sold it last year.

If you had to have a motto, what would it be?
I try to keep an open mind, but not so open my brains fall out.

Favourite thing on toast?
Fried egg, salt, chilli powder strong cheddar and ketchup.