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I’m going to be straight up and say it - I believe the worst job on earth to be anyone who has to maintain those arials at the top of giant buildings. For the life of me I could never do it - I’m afraid of heights and I think I would just wet my pants if I ever had to go up that high! I’d be fine being an astronaut though, the fear of falling wouldn’t be so present for me at that point, and well once you get beyond the atmosphere you’ve gone well out of the zone of ‘high’.

For a dollar…

What do you think is the worst job on earth?

Want to know why I love the Olympics? Oh… Well I’m going to tell you anyway.

It’s because if my country (Australia) was the same size as the US - we’d have something like 150 medals by now. I like being a part of a permanently (down)underdog country. It gives me something to hope for and then an excuse once we don’t win! It’s like two perfect worlds smashed together (although why would they if they were perfect?) and created Australia - land of the not-really-perfect-small-population-but-cool-anyway country.

I can see how you agree.

Being an underdog, there are a few things that you need to know to make yourselves look/feel better. One is that no matter how hard you try Michael Phelps will always win. So put your worst swimmers in those races and your best in the races he’s not in. That way you look better!

The second - and more important - is about the medal tally. This is how it works: the colour of the medal doesn’t matter, all you need is a medal. Say the US gets 90 gold medals and China gets 90 gold medals and Australia gets just 90 medals (87 of which are bronze) then being an underdog that’s EQUAL to China and the US. In effect you were as good as if not better than the other countries because look at your small population! It’s an amazing feat. The colour doesn’t mean anything - just the numbers.

And to celebrate we’re going to have a little underdog competition. I want to know the following:

What are you considered an underdog in? And how do you overcome this status?

Your answer could be sport but it doesn’t have to - because you could just be an internet fatty who doesn’t play sport or care about their health. Feel free to answer in any way you like

That’s right - empty your wallets and purses for One Dollar Jackpot. Hand it all over. In 25 words or less, what is in your purse or wallet right now?

I’ve got a photo of my wife. She gave me the photo to put in there and then months later says ‘that’s not a very good photo of me - take it out’. Whaaat? But you gave it to me! *sigh*

Is this your wallet?

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Since we’ve gone all kiddy-like again, we’re going to continue the theme and head into Playschool/Sesame Street territory. Of all the things that I like to do - eating vegetables is one of them.

I always eat my vegetables first because I love them so much, and if I go back for seconds I usually pile them up high on my plate! In fact, a rhyme I remember from my childhood goes like this, it was quite silly but it’s one of my favourites:

I eat my peas with honey,
I’ve done it all my life.
it makes them taste funny,
but it keeps them on the knife!

Are you that enthusiastic about your vegetables? My sister in law doesn’t really like them - a problem when she was a vegetarian!

In 25 words or less, a poem about your favourite vegetable.

Today’s competition is a different one - I hope. I like to get to know people, and I’d love to know something about you. Where were you when you were five? And why?

When I was five I was living in the only other house I have ever lived in. In Eastwood here in Sydney, here in Australia. Why was I there? Because my parents lived there too. Apparently I had no choice. But it was close to the train station - which was on the way to work for my father. A previously middle class and very white European suburb it has transformed over 15 years into a centre of Asian culture and immigration. I love it so! The best food has come to my front door!

Where were you? Respond in the comments to enter this competition Remember - 25 words or less for your official entry.

So my friend Rob, he’s decided that Apple (the technology company) is worth sleeping out for. In fact, right now as I type this he is waiting in line for the new Apple Store in Sydney - he has been there since last night and I just don’t get it. I slept out twice for U2 and I slept out… oh for U2 again. Well that’s me. But for a shop? Who sleeps out for a shop?

Apparently lots of people do. In fact - there’s been a buzz all around the interwebs today about just that.

Now what I want to know - what would you sleep out for? If there was something (an item, a band, a shop, a thing…) that you would sleep out for - what would it be?

Call me crazy but the last time I looked Apple wasn’t very ‘rock and roll’ if you know what I mean.

Taking candy/lollies from strangers is apparently the most deadly thing out there when you’re a kid. They’ll pull you into their car and run away with you never to be seen again. At least that’s what I was pretty scared of when I was young. I remember a policeman coming into our school one day and showing a movie on why you shouldn’t talk to strangers in parks and down the street.

Now that I’m older and I’m ‘the stranger’ a lot of the time poking my tongue out at kids in shopping lines, or just making silly faces I suppose I’m the scary one.

However I’m sure there are lots of things out there that you need to teach kids when they’re young. So my parents/wife say

What would you say is the most important thing to teach kids?

If you were a character from any movie ever made - which would you be?

Would you be tough like The God Father? Or would you be sweet cherry pie like Jaselle in Enchanted?

I’d be Donkey from Shreck. I’d be the guy always being annoying but at the same time a bit of wit.

I once read that the stress for men while shopping with their wives was equivalent to a fighter pilot flying his jet aircraft. I seem to understand that feeling sometimes. I’m more of a guy who goes shopping to get stuff and get out, I go with an idea of what I want and not as much to browse. Maybe that’s why a lot of shopping centers target women.

But what I want to know today - and you may have some great shopping experiences if you’re a man, is what is your most memorable shopping experience?

You could win a shiny dollar! (they’re made out of metal here in Australia)

Stupid.