MEME: Saturday Six -- Episode 91

Saturday Six - Episode 91

I've been battling a cold/sinus double whammy this week, but I'm taking a break from my peppermint tea for another edition of the Saturday Six.

For those who'd like to join in on the fun, playing is simple: you can either answer the questions in this journal or you can answer them in your own blog and leave a link. It is strongly recommended that you answer the journals in your blog and post the link...since several of the people who are playing have relocated away from AOL, it's important that everyone knows where your new (or temporary) blogging homes are, so if you don't mind, leave a first name and your journal's link, just so we can find you easier!

But before the questions, it's time to recognize the first person to play last week. According to the rules, to be considered "first to play," you must be the first one to either answer questions in the comment or post the link to the specific entry in which you've answered the questions. The first one to do that was Donna, of "My Country Life." Congratulations, Donna!

Here are this week's "Saturday Six" questions. Either answer the questions in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your journal...but either way, leave a link to your journal so that everyone else can visit! To be counted as "first to play," you must be the first player to either answer the questions in a comment or to provide a complete link to the specific entry in your journal in which you answer the questions. A link to your journal in general cannot count. Enjoy!

1. What is your most successful "home remedy" and how did you first hear about or discover it?
The use of “B&B”, ie. Bandy and Benedictine (a liqueur made by the Benedictine monks of Austria) as a cough medicine or calmative for hacking coughs from post-nasal drip. My father was the one who told me about it.

2. Do you ever use substitutes for food ingredients, like sugar or salt substitutes? If so, which do you use?

I sometimes use a salt substitute (Potassium Chloride, instead of Sodium Chloride – not really a salt “substitute” as both are classified as salts) and sometimes use Butter substitute (“Butter Buds”).
3. How often do you go to a mall or shopping center just to window shop, with no intention of actually buying anything?
Next to never. I avoid malls because of plagues and window shopping is anathema.
4. How often in those trips do you actually end up buying something anyway?
Never.
5. Take this quiz (if you haven't already!): What is your biggest social dysfunction?
The quizmaster seems to think I'm pretty screwed up. Fuck 'em – I don't know their credentials from a horse's ass and I'm not sure they do, either.

Your Social Dysfunction:Schizotypal You display social deficits and oddities of thinking. Your perception and communication are similar to those of a schizophrenic.
Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com Please note that we aren't, nor do we claim to be, psychologists. This quiz is for fun and entertainment only. Try not to freak out about your results.

6. What possession would you most like to have by the end of 2006 that you did without in 2005?

A waterproof camera.

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