A to Z of MeMe!

Went to see my specialist in London today. This is made especially frustrating by the one and a half to two hour journey¹ each way² in order to spend three-quarters of an hour actually seeing the specialist. Curiously I tend not to feel tremendously well after these excursions ... wonder why?

Anyway, everyone else is doing it:

A - Accent: Received Pronounciation, though it varies slightly depending on the company I'm keeping.
B - Breakfast Item: Usually nothing at all.
C - Chore you hate: Hoovering.
D - Dad's Name: My father's given name was Egbert but he fairly swiftly learnt that this was not a good name to have and so changed it to Edward or, more usually, Ted.
E - Essential everyday item: My PC.
F - Flavour ice cream: Either something with more chocolate than the human body can sustain, or a really good ginger.
G - Gold or Silver?: Gold ... unless we're talking masks.
H - Hometown: Crawley, which everyone but me seems to dislike.
I - Insomnia: Frequently.
J - Job Title: Bit of a tricky one this, since I'm not employed at the moment. My first job title was Fixed Penalty Clerk and my last was Webmaster ... take your pick.
K - Kids: Except in very unusual circumstances I'm actually moderatly phobic about children ... I certainly won't let them touch me if I can possibly avoid it³.
L - Living arrangements: Far from ideal.
M - Mum's birthplace: Tooting, London.
N - Number of significant others you’ve ever had: Five, each one significant in a different way.
O - Overnight hospital stays: Two or three ... for all but one of them I was really quite young.
P - Phobia: Depths, Spiders and their ilk.
Q - Queer?: Not a favourite word of mine, nor one I would generally use to describe myself but yes. For those people confused about the word ... it means preferring to have sex with your own gender.
R - Religious Affiliation: Buddhist/Pagan/Marian.
S - Siblings: None.
T - Time you wake up: Depends what time I finally got to sleep.
U - Unnatural hair colours you've worn: Bright yellow.
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: Cooked mushroom.
W - Worst Habit: Snoring is the only one I'm prepared to admit to having.
X - X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, chest⁴, colon.
Y - Yummy: Chinese food⁵.
Z - Zodiac sign: Aries/Snake

¹ The actual distance from my house to the hospital is less than thirty miles ... and people wonder why I dislike London.
² For a total of three to four hours in the car.
³ I have been known to quite literally use my walking stick to fend off over-eager youngsters.
⁴ This is especially amusing if the x-ray nurse hasn't noticed your nipple-piercings.
⁵ At least, European-style Chinese food is yummy ... I'm not sure that I'd feel the same about actual Chinese, Chinese food.