Loveday Writing

What’s the loudest noise you ever heard?** So far, live rock music coming from a speaker that I was dancing next to.   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

What’s the loudest noise you’ve ever made?** A scream   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

What seven items would you want to have if you were the last person on Earth?** 1. One set of clothes (undies, bra, socks, pants, shirt, jumper)* 2. A blanket 3. A pillow 4. Panadol 5. A (big) bottle of water 6. A stove 7. Food (of some sort)   *For the sake of this exercise, I’m counting this as

What’s your favourite tinned food?** At the moment, my favourite tinned food is Heinz Big N Chunky Beef Bolognese soup. It’s simple to cook, tasty and I eat it everyday for lunch at work.   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

List six bizarre excuses for not doing your homework** 1. I was sucked into a vortex 2. I was too busy travelling through time 3. My homework magically disappeared 4. My homework decided to escape/run away 5. My pens and paper kept magically transforming into food 6. I had a fight with my textbook   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything

Write three differences between carpet and ice-cream** 1. Ice-cream is edible, carpet is not 2. Carpet is furry, ice-cream is not 3. Ice-cream has to be kept in the freezer, carpet does not   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

List ten things that go up and down** 1. Ball 2. Lift/Elevator 3. Pogo Stick 4. Kangaroos 5. Planes (when they take off and eventually land) 6. Birds (when they take off and eventually land) 7. Flies, bees and other flying insects (when they take off and eventually land) 8. Springs 9. Cherry Picker/Scissor Lift 10. Rollercoaster   **Reference: Marsden,

Suggest six ways to get a ping-pong ball out of a (vertical) drain.** 1. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the drain 2. Put your hand down the drain and get it out 3. Scoop it out with a soup ladle 4. Use Drano (it will get it out of the drain but it will also end

What’s your favourite kitchen appliance and why?** The stove. The fact that a stove would be my favourite kitchen appliance is obvious to me, but I’ll explain per the request of the topic. The stove is my favourite kitchen appliance as I can cook/bake anything with it and provides me with hot meals. The kettle would come in second as