It's Me - Yet Again

 

Welcome to a cold but sunny South Manchester day. We are fast approaching the shortest day of the year, which will occur in nine days’ time. The sun will rise at 08:23 in the morning and will set at 15:51, which means that we will only get 7 hours and 28 minutes of daylight. The good news is that the days start to get longer after that we have Christmas and New Year to look forward to. 

You’ve got to look at the positives of every situation, right? 

Let’s dive into some Sunday Stealing shenanigans. 

1. What one word describes your personality?

Weird.

That is of course my own personal opinion and, sometimes, that of Mrs PM too who often implores me to “Stop being weird!” I have met a lot of people who are a lot weirder than I am but I think that adjective does just about sum me up.   

2. What's the best way to get on your good side?

Buy me a beer or a coffee and have a chat to me. 

The fact that I will accept the beer tells you that I am willing to try to get to know you or perhaps forgive you for a misdemeanour. If I don’t like you, I will still try to be nice to you on the surface because I do regard myself as a nice guy. Nevertheless I will try to avoid you and I probably wouldn’t accept the beer or coffee, making an excuse to avoid it. 

3. What person do you feel most comfortable with?

I feel comfortable with a lot of people but the person I feel most comfortable with is, unsurprisingly, Mrs PM. She is the person from planet Earth that knows me best – hence, as I said above, she will say “Stop being weird”.

4. Do you handle criticism well?

Yes, if it is deserved, constructive and if I can learn from it. Sometimes it is good to be honest and if I am being an arse I would rather be told about it. 

5. Are you the type to tell someone, if asked, that their pants DO make them look fat?  

Absolutely not. Mrs PM sometimes asks for my opinion about clothes she wants to buy and I hate it when she does because she says things like “Be honest with me”. I would never say that something makes people look fat, even if it really did. I would choose to be more subtle or more delicate by saying “No – but I prefer the one you tried on before. That really suits you.” Or pehaps I would just look puzzled for a second or two and then shake my head without saying anything else.