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A bit about...Barry Douglas
metromagazine17/ 3/2006
The first thing I do when I wake up is...
Wonder how I can find an excuse to go back to sleep.
Ideally I would spend every day...
Taking my children to school - I only get to do it occasionally as
I travel a lot.
If money was no object I would...
Give a lot of it to the homeless and the rest I would spend on my
wife.
The greatest gift I have ever received
was...
My wife and children.
My one piece of advice would be...
Go for it - have no fear!
My first job was...
A paper round.
I'm scared of...
Journalists!!
I'm excited by...
Technology, as long as my son explains it to me!
If I could go back in time and do one thing again it would
be...
Have a honeymoon.
I love...
Sincerity.
I hate...
Deceit.
I want...
Meaning in life.
You have to read...
John McGahern.
Everyone should listen to...
Bach.
You must watch...
Sideways or Groundhog Day.
If I could be anyone else I would
be...
My biographer.
My ultimate ambition would be...
To make sense of my life.
My biggest inspiration has been...
Wagner's operas.
The first time I fell in love...
I was seven - we met by the river and scribbled drawings
together.
I think God is...
An inspiration, if we don't use him as an excuse for
division.
I think the death penalty is...
Not the ideal solution.
My epitaph would be...
He had a go and he had a good time having a go!
Fur or faux?
I don't look great in fur...
Mayonnaise or salad cream?
Neither - I try and make my own renegade variety.
Eastenders or Coronation Street?
No comment!
Daily Mail or Guardian?
As I live in France I dip into all the papers on the internet. My
Dad used to read the Mail, but I like the Guardian when I am in the
UK.
Harry or William?
What a question!
United or City?
To be honest I am more into Gaelic football.
Chav or scally?
After extensive research - as I am Irish - I think I may have to
come down on the side of the scally person; someone who is not
ashamed to be themselves, no matter how the world views them!
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