The meme of three

Iain Dale has tagged me with this meme...

1. Things that scare me:

• Daddy longlegs
• Dark water
• Fierce dogs

2. People who make me laugh:

• Alexei Sayle
• Leonard Rossiter
• The League of Gentlemen

3. Things I hate the most:

• Tyranny
• Snobbery
• Anti-intellectualism

4. Things I don't understand:

• What is so great about Mozart
• What is so great about Jane Austen
• Why some Liberals have an inferiority complex towards socialism

5. Things I'm doing right now:

• Writing my blog
• Watching Dispatches on Channel 4
• Thinking I should go for a walk

6. Things I want to do before I die:

• See a Liberal MP elected for Harborough
• See Chelsea win the Champions' League
• Write that novel

7. Things I can do:

• Write
• Play chess well
• Make trivial connections

8. Ways to describe my personality:

• Humorous
• Serious
• Complex

9. Things I can't do:

• Click my fingers
• Play a musical instrument
• Believe that a great country like the USA elected George W. Bush

10. Things I think you should listen to:

• Your mother
• Your conscience
• Radio 3

11. Things you should never listen to:

• Victoria Derbyshire
• Nicky Campbell
• Any Questions?

12. Things I'd like to learn:

• Latin (again)
• More about statistics
• Scots Gaelic

13. Favorite foods:

• Trout
• Risotto
• Ice cream

14. Beverages I drink regularly:

• Wood's Shropshire Lad
• Royal Lochnagar
• Australian wines

15. Shows I watched as a kid:

• Jackanory
• Blue Peter
• Crackerjack

16. People I'm tagging to do this meme:

• Carlotta at Dare to Know
• Nick Barlow at What You Can Get Away With (something to think about while he is walking; please sponsor him while you are visiting his blog)
• Cicero at Cicero's Songs