It has been a loooong time since we had our last interview :) I'm sure this is gonna be as exiting as the others :)

So, Mr Pinnochio , ready for the interrogation?

Let's get started!

Nickname: Mr Pinnochio
Age:
Status:
Current Location:
Qualifications:
Occupation:
Favorite Dish:
Favorite car:
Best countries you've been to:
Countries you'd love to visit:
Favorite website:
Favorite Quote:
Admirable sabla's member(s):
A dream you wish to come true:
Your role model in life:
Thoughts about Sabla:
Final wisper:


You have the right not to answer any of the above questions

Who want to know about Mr Pino :D

Mr Pino, your interview is here .. yallah come we want to know more about you.

Maybe you should private messages when the interview is up so members would notice it .. what do u think bimmy?

Nickname: Mr Pinnochio
Age: 33
Status: engaged
Current Location: London
Qualifications: 10 O levels, 3 A levels, History and Politics degree from Exeter University and an Army scholarship
Occupation: With a business partner, I run a small headhunting company
Favorite Dish: truffle risotto for starters, sausages, celeriac mash and mange tout for the main course and cheese for desert
Favorite car: I am not really into cars – generally I like Jaguars and Aston Martins
Best countries you've been to: South Africa, India, Australia, France, Holland, British West Indies, Italy, Ireland
Countries you'd love to visit: Belize, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, New Zealand, China, Croatia........and...........Oman!
Favorite website: www.bbc.co.uk, www.skysports.com, www.ilovebacon.com, www.englishsabla.com and a few others that I wont mention here!
Favorite Quote: Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."
- Mel Brooks

Don't be so humble - you are not that great."
- Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
- General George S. Patton (1885-1945)

Admirable sabla's member(s): TB, Wandy, Moonie, Mimmy, Sunny, X-press, Bimmy,Kitty, Revvy, Araby Princessy,SoMe
A dream you wish to come true: to find the perfect sausage, Brighton to win the FA Cup, make my business into a successful brand name
Your role model in life: Ian Botham, David Gower, Keith Richards,
Thoughts about Sabla: provoking
Final wisper: Isn’t that a song by Wham?

Good for you - you're running your own business.


Belize :cool: - do you know anyone who's bin there? Have you looked into citizenship ?

I do know people who have been to Belize

I'd love to go diving there, go on a wildlife trek up the jungle and then see the ruins

Very intresting !
well ya know about politics ...almost most of the times its a provocive thingy ;)
oo well...from ur experinace ...and from ur stay between us in This Sabla....what did u learn?
how do u find the members around here?
And hey from the interactions with the members here did any of ur previous ideas about any specific Topic or opinion or even concepts that u had long time back,...changed?? if yes? Like what!???

P.s. I still find u a valuble member Mr Pinno !

Interesting..Interesting :D Didnt know you're a business man :)

Questions..
-your job doesnt correspond to your major, why????
-you might want to explain more about your favorite dishes, as I'm sure most of us dont know much about them :)
-Qualifications: 10 O-levels?!!! how come??

3 Questions :

1.www.enligshsabla.com was not among your fav sites :( Don't you like it :(

2. Amoung your fav members you said mimmy, who is mimmy?

3. After all the Advertising we are doing for Oman! how come you wont wanna visit it :(
:rolleyes:

Thug 4 life,

I have learnt a lot since I have come here – I have learnt more about Islam, I have learnt more about your politics and your way of life.

I find the members interesting/frustrating/annoying/quick to anger/easily led/naieve/simple/indoctrinated/blind to things that you don’t like to read/amusing/sensitive/kind/loyal There is generally a greater willingness to be ‘open-minded’ amongst the Western contributors.

I wouldn’t say that any of my previous views or thoughts have radically altered. Some of my views have had the edges smoothed a bit – ie Even though I always had sympathy for the Palestinian cause , I am slightly more sympathetic now – although I intrinsically disagree with some of their methods

Bimmy,

There are many, many, many thousands of people who don’t work in jobs that correspond to their major.

From a personal point of view, I had always wanted to join the army – I got an Army scholarship and an Army cadetship – so, I wanted to go to University and do a subject that I enjoyed. As it happened, I chose a combined honours degree.

In terms of my favourite dishes

Truffles are a funghus delicacy (related to mushrooms) that are found in the ground (during Truffle season). A risotto is a creamy/cheesy rice dish.

Everyone knows what sausages are! Mash potaoto is mashed potato! (with milk, butter, salt, pepper). In this case, I like to add celeriac ( a root vegetable ) to the potato. Mange Tout is a green vegetable – a bit pea pods without the peas.

I presume you know what cheese is! ( I don’t have a sweet tooth ).

I don’t understand your question about the O levels?

SoMe,

1) I didn’t put you’re the Sabla down because I was looking for a reaction!

2) Mimmy is Mimosa

3) Re Oman, I left it out to get a reaction! My wife-to-be has been to Oman and really enjoyed it

Mr Pinnochio, I guess I'm not very familiar with teh British system..I always thought that O-Level is kinda like a degree you get by taking several exams..but it seems to me 10 O levels=10 subjects, am I right?

O levels are what you take at the age of 15/16 - ie your third year of 'senior school'

A levels you take in your last year (5th year) at the age of 17/18

10 O levels mean that I took (and passed) exams in 10 different subjects - in my case:

Maths
History
English Literature
English Language
French
Religious Knowledge
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Latin

I studied English, History and Politics at A level

Originally posted by mr pinnochio
My wife-to-be has been to Oman and really enjoyed it

Nice to read that!.

If you have been up to the far East, would you consider one day coming to Oman, as I said in another thread, it has one of the cleanest seallife in the world...great for scubba-diving ;)

Tell us about your siblings if you have any. What are there views about Islam or the Muslims in general?

My wife-to-be loved the diving in Oman

She stayed in Muscat (Intercontinental, I think) and went diving outside Muscat

She liked the history of the place - castles, fortresses etc. She has been all over the Middle East and she thought the Omani's were the nicest people - she has not enjoyed other countries as much.

Unfortunately, she also has a painful memory of Oman as she burst her ear drum on a dive!

I have one brother who is 31

He works in London.

He works on television for Bloombergs - he is the main interviwer, presenter, anchorman for the business news

I'm not sure of his views on Islam etc

MrPinn, why dont you come to Oman for your honey moon :) ?

Bim,

Because I like wine!

Mr P,

Every decent restaurant (and bar) in Oman serves wine.......not cheap, but readily available :)