What is your most annoying habit
Breathing
Seriously
I have many
Name one
I sometimes leave books in their Christmas wrapping
You fail to unwrap them
No I unwrap them but use the wrapping as a mock dust jacket
Why do you do this
To remind me of the day it was received
Really
One of the many things that bugs me about Christmas is the wrapping paper and the gift tags
Please explain
I often in the days after Christmas walk past overflowing dustbins full of wrapping paper and gift tags
We all do
I read the gift tags out of curiosity
To Christopher love Mum x
To Lindy Lou Love Saucepot xxxx
To Malcolm Merry Christmas Poland
These are all personal messages cast aside and I find this sad
What do you do with your wrapping paper
I keep it when I can
And the gift tags
The gift tags always
Tell me a fact about yourself
I sometimes collect other peoples gift tags
Really
I find them in the streets or on tube platforms anywhere in fact
Is that not a little odd
No
It might be seen as odd
So might standing by a river with a glass fibre rod
Fishing
Yes
Do you fish
No I collect gift labels from complete strangers
I think we have exhausted that subject
So do I
Tell me a secret about yourself
What type of secret
A quirky one maybe
I am not sure if it is quirky but I have used the same plastic cup for my night water for a number of years
Do you get thirsty during the night
Sometimes
How long have you used this cup
Twenty-one years twenty two this Easter
Does this cup have a name
Yes
What is its name
Monica
Why Monica
After the character in Friends
Was that your favourite show
I never watched it
Why
Because I thought it was shit
So why Monica
It was suggested to me
By whom
I cannot remember
Do you take Monica with you when you travel
Yes quite often
Where has she been
Kos France Belgium she has been to a number of countries
What do customs officials think about it
I do not know as they have never discussed it with me
What is your name
Outlaw is my pen name
Favourite colour
Purple Lavender Violet
Favourite football team
Chelsea
Favourite city
Paris
Favourite song
Bird Song by Lene Lovich
Coffee or tea
Both
Travel
By train I am scared of flying
What is your most appealing feature
I am kind
And your worst
I am often quite moody and volatile
If you were not a poet what would you be
An Anglican priest