A beautiful day largely spent hedge cutting was followed by a spiffing evening at Climping swimming in the balmy waters of the Channel. Most invigorating. The icing on the cake was to hear that Australia had lost to Bangladesh. Hopefully, tomorrow will be hotter still, and England will win their game. Who needs to go to Tenerife? (Well, I do, actually, since I’m sure the sea is cleaner and the beaches sandier.)

Pecan PIE
You scored 60 childishness and 56 evilosity!
Sweet but surprisingly naughty, you can sometimes be a handful but only in the name of fun. There’s plenty to you and generally speaking, one slice is just right for most people.

it would seem that i am also key lime pie, whatever that is.

Mushroom PIE
You scored 21 childishness and 27 evilosity!
Jolly serious and down to earth, well often under the earth in the case of mushrooms, I guess. That’s your PIE and that’s you. You probably enjoy gardening, come to think of it.

Just to restart the test theme: www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=12182938420541748145

I’m a:

Key lime PIE
You scored 49 childishness and 33 evilosity!
Sweet and tangy, you’re fun and a little bit naughty but you’re generally home by midnight and you’ve generally remembered to mask the smell of booze with a refreshing mint or somesuch.

The Sunday Times had an interview with Richard Gere, who is a Buddhist. After trying in vain to establish any individual traits whatsoever, outside of a general blandness, the journalist concluded:

“I’ve found it almost impossible to locate even the mildest tic or mannerism on which to hang his character. Decades of meditation have almost entirely polished away his personality. Richard Gere is a great big nobody. You see him, but he’s not really there.”

He then added:

“Writing this some days after I met him, I find this faintly chilling .”