Saturday
25Apr2009

          
          

Which Pirate Are You?

 

You've been told by The Boss that you and your friends are behind and in trouble. What do you do?
Worry and fret and knash my teeth
Hatch a plan to save the day
Give everyone a pep talk
Threaten my underlings
Put on my thinking cap
Make new rules for everyone to follow

CRASH. Breakdown in the woods! You’re stuck. What do you do?
Gather all the people who can help and tell them what to do
Take the opportunity to relax – if we’re stuck, we may as well eat
Freak out and yell and curse
Storm around trying to solve it all by myself
Find whomever's at fault and yell at them
Sit down in a quiet spot and invent a solution

You're lost. What do you do?
Follow my gut and end up in the right spot
Consult a map
Nothing - I kind of like being lost 'cause you never know what's going to happen
Eat - the only thing worst than being lost is being lost and hungry
Find someone who knows the way and yell at them until they figure it out
Come up with another plan

You're late. You have five minutes before you have to go. What’s the one thing you choose to do?
I call a friend and ask for a drive to save time
I run around in circles cursing and grabbing random things to try and remember to bring, then I run out the door and forget it all
Eat - I can’t get through until lunch on an empty stomach without tearing someone’s arms off
I never have only five minutes before I have have to rush out the door... what do we think I am, some kind of layabout?
I take a moment to set my sights on one achievement for the day
I turn all the clocks back to give myself more time... quit looking at me like that

Your favourite thing to do on a day off is...
Muck around and get dirty
Work on something new and exciting
Sit in a quiet spot and reflect
Hang out with friends
Kick up my feet
I don't need a day off and neither do you

Your best friends all have one thing in common. What is it?
They don't mind taking orders
They know when to leave me alone
They don't get grossed out by anything
They like to go FAST
They're uncommonly clever
They don't mind taking abuse now and then

What’s the one thing your best friends would say about you?
That I can be standoffish but I get better once you get to know me
That I’m kind of disgusting, but they love it and so do you
That I get stuff done
That I’m cool, cause they look up to me
That I know just enough about almost everything
That I’m nuts, but they wish they had my guts

How do your friends know if you’re having a bad day?
I snap and get nasty
I bury myself in my work and don’t talk to anyone
I stew and scowl
They hear me yelling a mile away
If I’m feeling off, everyone kind of has a blah day
I bark orders and slam stuff and storm around

Your best skill is...
My nose for adventure - when you're with me, crazy stuff happens
My charisma - people like being around me
My sense of humour - I crack people up
My inventiveness - I can make cool stuff
My gut instincts - I can always get out of trouble
My brute strength - I'm a tough nut

Your secret skill is...
Giving good advice/good listener (hard to imagine because I’ve got a lot of strong opinions)
Telling stories (I don’t tend to be a showman, even though people are drawn to listen to me)
Making people feel welcome (which is weird because at first I’m kind of surly)
Hiding my fears (I seem really brave but it takes work. You have to decide to be)
Following my gut (people think I always know exactly what to do – I don’t)
Being respectable (I don’t look it)

What scares you the most?
Confinement, rules
A shortage of basic necessities
Losing control of a situation, having to trust someone else
Ending up alone
Having to hide who I really am
Failing at my work

What makes you happy?
Knowing that people listen to me and respect me
Solving a problem nobody else could solve
Making other people happy
Trying new things and feeling brave and gutsy
Accomplishing a lot in a day
Being relied upon by important people