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Fantasy Family

Goodness Gracious Meme

23:22 / 06.03.03

Being a silly game I play with friends alot.

Which famous people would you like in your fantasy family.

I'd have Uncle John (Peel). for the record collection, fluffy jumpers and all-round cuddlyness.

And Uncle David (Bowie) and Auntie Patti(Smith, of course) (not a couple of course) because then I could hang out with them and that would be *swoonsome*.

Could be tricky having massive crushes on my auntie and uncles tho'

what about you?

Less searchable M0rd4nt

23:41 / 06.03.03

Patrick McNee as some sort of uncle. And his lesbian parents; not sure how they'd fit in, but they sound cool.

00:17 / 07.03.03

I want Brian Sewell as my uncle. So we can never invite him to Christmas and deny we are related.

Goodness Gracious Meme

00:52 / 07.03.03

On the same lines, I'd like Neil Hamilton as an eldest son. So I could disinherit him.

02:54 / 07.03.03

Ricardo Montalban as the simpsonesque grandfather so I can hear him whimper "Once, I was Kahn."
George Carlin in the role of father
Diane Lane as the mother. sweet.
Me as me.
Eliza Dushku and Elisha Cuthbert in the roles of my very friendly adopted sisters.
The Littlest Hobbo as the cat.

07:40 / 07.03.03

I already have Leonard Cohen as my Uncle Len, of course (though he's not just my Uncle Len, he's everybody's Uncle Len, so I'm not sure it counts).

Regrettable Juvenilia

07:45 / 07.03.03

Noam Chomsky *is* my grandad. In my head, anyway.

08:22 / 07.03.03

Marlon Brando in "Apocalypse Now" for my grandad. Imagine going round to get your pressies - "The horror, the horror"...

And Ferris Bueller as cool old brother. Obviously.

08:39 / 07.03.03

I think I'd be quite happy going round to Kegboys and hanging out with his adopted sisters if he doesn't mind that is. I'd take round Twister...

09:28 / 07.03.03

Aww, man, me and some chums spent about a week on this one once; wrote down the whole familly tree. Don't know where it is now, but I'll try to remember as much as I can.

Dad- Michael Palin (though I'm definately down with John Peel for dad)

Mum- Fern Britton (this wasn't my choice)

Grandad- Groucho Marx

Grandma- Josephine Baker

Grandad- Spike Milligan

Grandma- Margaret Patten (mother of the modern cook book).

Great Grandparents- Virginia Wolf m. Wittgenstein.

Uncles, aunties and cousins- Harpo Marx m. Ella Fitzgerald, Ivor Cutler, David Lynch(not that popular at gatherings), Woody Allen m. Carrie Fisher, Nicolas Cage(Woody's son from first marriage to Audrey Hepburn), Harrison Ford m. Susan Kennedy(off Neighbours), Brian Blessed(a favourite uncle who would bounce you on his knee, even in your mid twenties), Des Lynam m. Carol Vorderman, Floella Benjamin, Patrick Moore (even though I have it on good authority that he touches the kids)

God parents- David Byrne m. Diane Keaton (parents of the Aphex Twin who used to come round and play when we were kids)

Fern an Michael's good friends- Aliso Steadman, Anna Ford (Mother of Natalie Imbruglia), James Earl Jones (Grandad Spike's best mate), Germain Greer.

Beryl Reed m. Some Old Guy Off The Antiques Roadshow (can't remember where they fit in)

Phew.

10:24 / 07.03.03

I hate to sound like I'm stealing B.i.P's ideas, but I definitely vote Patti Smith and John Peel as the perfect parents.

How cool would those children be.

12:42 / 07.03.03

And I think I'd have William Burroughs and H.P. Lovecraft as a pair of creepy uncles who aren't encouraged to come round very often cos their lifestyles are frowned upon and they keep filling the kids heads with crackpot ideas..

Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns

13:36 / 07.03.03

Grandfather: Winston Churchill/Alfred Hitchcock
Grandmother: Barbara Cartland/Zelda (Terrahawks)

Father: Soundwave/Danny Devito
Mother: Linda Lucardy/ The Midget Excorsist from Poltergiest

Brothers: The Gibbs minus Morris, Leo Sayer, Battle Cat and The Pasadinas.
Sisters: Sonia,Mira Hindley,Lisa Tarbuck's biggest arm and tweaky (Buck Rogers)

Uncles: Sandy Toksvig, Mrs Fatelli (The Goonies), Roger Moore, Chocky (From Chocky's Children)
Aunts: Danny Bear, Jesusackon, Godzilla and Judge Judy.

Cousins: Ravage, Lazerbeak, Bruce Willis, The Hulk, She-Ra, Neil Sadaka, Harry Potter (little turd), Old Yeller and Bob from Twin Peaks.

At Christmas we all will get together and sing a big happy song, that I will lead called "Make Me A Real Boy". This song will be based on the beautiful message brought to us courtesy of Stephen Spielberg's A.I.
Unfortunately Ravage is not allowed over to my house this year as I fell out with him cos he hit me when we put on a pop show for our mums. It was my birthday and he kept singing "Candle in The Wind" in a stupid voice. I did cry.

Goodness Gracious Meme

16:23 / 07.03.03

Fraely, nice work, but you forgot a really important one:

Uncle Brian (Eno). The uncle that I found a bit scary and distant when I was really young, during my teenage years I idolised him, and now, I've penetrated to the cuddly interior and when I'm skint he takes me down the pub.

C'mon...

Brigade du jour

23:32 / 10.03.03

Gene Hackman as my granded, because he's such a great actor he'd tell me I was cute and funny even when I wasn't.

Lemmy as my dad, because I wish he was my dad even though I love my real dad.

Jennifer Lopez as my mum because she's rich and I wouldn't feel the slightest bit guilty spending all her money for her.

Mind you by that logic I could have Bill Gates as my dad and feel even less guilty. Hmm ...

Christopher Lloyd as my mad old uncle, but not because of the Addams Family movies.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

00:22 / 11.03.03

If Peel's already taken, I want Tony Benn as an uncle.

The Return Of Rothkoid

00:25 / 11.03.03

Edgar Poe would have to be the brother that'll never amount to nuthin'...

Goodness Gracious Meme

23:31 / 11.03.03

Stoats, reckon we can share him (though that would probably make us cousins...)

After tonight, I want James Gandolfini in there somewhere.

I think he's the uncle my parents don't get on with, but tolerate for the sake of family unity. But who the nephews and nieces *love*.

23:41 / 11.03.03

Fraelyboy, with that kind of genetic loading, I suspect you'd be on antidepressants at six months and have learned suicide methods before potty training. Dead before nursery.