Welcome to聽a new blog series where we’ll be getting to know members of the 17吃瓜在线 Content Team through a series of quick fire questions. Today we’re starting with 4 members of the team who most of our contributors will have interacted with or will interact with in future…it’s the guys from our Contributor Relations and Copyright & Legal teams!
Shelley – Contributor Relations
What’s your favourite place on earth?
*muffled* 鈥渟orry I have a mouthful of hummus鈥 *She finishes mouthful of hummus*
鈥淓rrrm, I鈥檝e been to quite a few places, I reckon Ecuador was probably my fave. I think the culture is cool and there鈥檚 just a lot of rain forests. I did some volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation centre and I loved it, there was a lot of monkeys, some birds鈥ther animals it was good, good times鈥
What was the first album you bought?
*sniggers* 鈥淚 think, I THINK it was erm Hearsay’s聽first album, I think it was called Pure and Simple but I鈥檇 have to look it up. I still remember the dance moves鈥 *starts singing Pure & Simple whilst taking another mouthful of cracker with hummus* 鈥 we’ve since looked it up and their first album was Popstars and Pure & Simple was a track on the album.
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
鈥淭hey鈥檙e not going to be dead though are they? I won鈥檛 be in a lift with a corpse?…鈥 *confirms they won鈥檛 be dead* 鈥淓rm who would have good chat? I don鈥檛 know, I feel like I don鈥檛 like that many people鈥
*laughter*
“I don’t know, there are a lot of people in this world. Maybe The Queen, The Queen would be cool, I think she’d be funny she’s just one of those funny old people. David Attenborough because聽he’s just, you don’t really need a reason, he’s just David Attenborough. I’d have someone that’s funny like Danny Dyer. I think those 3 would be a good mix.”
What’s your favourite movie quote?
“She鈥檚 my friend because we both know what it鈥檚 like to have people be jealous of us.” –聽Cher, Clueless
“**Disclaimer, this is because I love the character in this film not because I think people are jealous of me**”
What’s the last song that was stuck in your head?
鈥淧ure and Simply by Hearsay鈥 *erupts into laughter*
What鈥檚 your favourite TV show?
鈥淐urrently Love Island, I don鈥檛 watch that much TV but right now it鈥檚 Love Island. Ohh and Gossip Girl, I鈥檝e watched all seasons start to finish at least 3 times鈥
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
*cheeky giggle* 鈥淓rm, yeah I think most of the Content Team know who my unusual celebrity crush is. I鈥檓 in love with Luis Suarez, because he鈥檚 just, I don鈥檛 even know. Just look at him, he鈥檚 so attractive. He鈥檚 manly鈥nd bites people.鈥 *more laughter* 鈥渄on鈥檛 put that in!鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite 鈥90s jam?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know, I loved a bit of TLC you know No Scrubs. I think that was the 90鈥檚鈥 *both start singing No Scrubs*
What鈥檚 your biggest pet peeve?
鈥淲hen people spell my name without the 鈥楨鈥 because it鈥檚 Shelley not Shelly鈥
What was your childhood nickname?
鈥淢y childhood nickname was 鈥楴elkins鈥 or Nelks for short, they still call me Nelkins鈥
How do you take your tea?
鈥淩eal strong, you have to for brew it for a fair amount of time, you can鈥檛 just dip the tea bag in and take it out. And then a tiny bit of milk, no sugar.鈥
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
鈥淓rrrrm, something everyone looks stupid doing? I don鈥檛 know like the Macarena or something, you can鈥檛 pull the Macarena off really. Or what鈥檚 that one where you sit on the floor and go *starts singing and dancing to Oops Upside Your Head by Kidzone* anyways, cool dance moves鈥
Do you like cheese?
鈥淟ooooove cheese, love Cheese. Every single kind of cheese, the stronger the better, the smellier the better.鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite cheese?
鈥淧robably, camembert but when it鈥檚 baked so it鈥檚 all gooey so you can dip bread in it. Or deep-fried camembert, where they bread crumb it and deep fry it so it鈥檚 crispy on the outside and then you cut into it and it all oozes out. It鈥檚 soooooo good鈥
Dan – Copyright and Legal
What’s your favourite place on earth?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know because there are loads of places I鈥檝e not visited, but of the places I鈥檝e visited I鈥檇 say Wales, just because it鈥檚 got nice landscapes and stuff and lots of nice open spaces, depending on where you go obviously鈥
What was the first album you bought?
*sniggering* 鈥淨uite topical, given the current situation. The first album/single I bought was the, erm, The Lightning Seeds, Baddiel and Skinner – Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home) from the France 1998 World Cup鈥
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
鈥淪o it would probably be a pizza delivery driver, so we鈥檙e fed and watered. Errm, *clicking tongue* James Hunt and Matt Bellamy from Muse鈥
What’s your favourite movie quote?
鈥淵ou’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!鈥 鈥撀燙harlie Croker, The Italian Job
What’s the last song that was stuck in your head?
鈥淚t was ‘All these things that I’ve done’ by The Killers鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite TV show?
鈥淔avourite TV show is probably CSI, like the original one, the Las Vegas one鈥
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
*taps pen awkwardly* 鈥渆rrrm no, no I don鈥檛鈥
Are you sure?
*silence, and then awkward laughter*
What鈥檚 your favourite 鈥90s jam?
鈥90鈥檚 jam, that鈥檚 probably got to be Park Life by Blur鈥
What鈥檚 your biggest pet peeve?
鈥淚鈥檝e probably got a couple but they鈥檙e so petty鈥eople saying 鈥榣ike鈥 too much even though I say 鈥榣ike鈥 too much, but not as much as some people鈥
What was your childhood nickname?
鈥淏uckel鈥riginal but during sixth form I was called ‘light bulb’ because I had platinum blonde bleached hair鈥
How do you take your tea?
鈥淏uilder strength, milk and two sugars鈥
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
鈥沦苍别别锄颈苍驳鈥
Do you like cheese?
鈥淚 do鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite cheese?
鈥淓rm I鈥檝e got a couple. Stilton and baked camembert鈥
Corin – Contributor Relations
What’s your favourite place on earth?
鈥淗mm, I can鈥檛 decide between Lyme Regis, that鈥檚 one of my favourite places. I love New York but I don鈥檛 know that that would be my favourite place on earth. Or there鈥檚 this place in Devon called Newton Poppleford where we used to go on holiday every year when I was a child where they have yurts in a field and it鈥檚 just the best place ever, I grew up there鈥
What was the first album you bought?
鈥淓asy, Mcfly Motion in the Ocean. That was the best one, or was it Room on the Third floor. It was Room on the Third Floor.鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite song from the album?
鈥淏谤辞肠肠辞濒颈鈥
Can you sing me a bit of it?
*starts singing Broccoli really badly*
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
*without hesitation* 鈥淶ac Efron, Julie Andrews and errm鈥 started so strong and now I don鈥檛 know. Who else do I love? I鈥檝e got eye candy, my dream woman who I can sing with and maybe someone funny鈥elissa McCarthy, she鈥檇 be funny鈥
What’s your favourite movie quote?
“This is a really tricky one for me, I love films so much and am a sucker for a quote so I’m torn between a few, I may have to just cheat and include a couple…”
鈥淎 queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early.鈥 – Queen Clarisse Renaldi, The Princess Diaries
鈥淪ometimes it’s the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.鈥 – Christopher Morcom, The Imitation Game
What’s the last song that was stuck in your head?
鈥淵ou’re so vain by Carly Simon. They sing it in ‘How to Lose Guy in 10 Days’ which is one of my favourite聽films. It’s one of those songs that always pops up in my head going round and round”
What鈥檚 your favourite TV show?
鈥淥ne Tree Hill, I鈥檝e watched it from start to finish at least 3 times and went to a One Tree Hill convention in Paris to meet the cast a few years ago鈥鈥檓 a big fan鈥
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
鈥淚 feel like I do but I can鈥檛 think who it would be, because I obviously fancy them so can鈥檛 think it鈥檚 too unusual. Jamie Oliver is fit, like really fit but then I love a dad bod. And Iain Glen who plays Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones, he鈥檚 nearly 60 but still so good looking鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite 鈥90s jam?
鈥淭LC, Waterfalls or any Shania Twain song鈥ou’re still the one, That don鈥檛 impress me much…they鈥檙e all crackers鈥
What鈥檚 your biggest pet peeve?
鈥淚 feel like I have a lot, especially at the moment everything is irritating me. I guess when people think I鈥檓 a boy or call be Colin鈥 *laughs*
What was your childhood nickname?
鈥淢y mum and dad used to call me 鈥楥orinoco鈥, they still do sometimes鈥
How do you take your tea?
鈥淓rr milky. On the milky side, not too milky so it鈥檚 like dishwater but it can鈥檛 be too strong. No sugar鈥
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
鈥淲hat does everyone look stupid doing?…people always look silly when they鈥檙e running for the bus and wearing matching tracksuit top and bottoms鈥
Do you like cheese?
鈥淚 do like cheese. I don鈥檛 like a wide range of cheeses, I don鈥檛 like a strong cheese but I do like cheese鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite cheese?
鈥淎ll jokes aside, my favourite is probably gouda or a garlic roule such as Boursin (other garlic cheeses are available) oooh and halloumi鈥
Siobhan – Copyright and Legal
What’s your favourite place on earth?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 have a specific place, but city would be New York. I guess my bed as well, sleeping is fun鈥
What was the first album you bought?
鈥淗mmm I don鈥檛 know the album I bought but the first CD I ever got was a gift from my uncle which was a Spice Girls one. I don鈥檛 remember which one it was. I also remember me and my sister buying my mum a cassette tape with the RUN-DMC song, It鈥檚 like that.鈥
You get stuck in a lift with 3 people (dead or alive) who are they?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know. People I find inspirational I guess鈥upcake Jemma, Joy the Baker she seems cool and Christina Tosi鈥
What’s your favourite movie quote?
鈥淲ell, nobody’s perfect.鈥 鈥撀燨sgood Fielding III, Some Like It Hot
What’s the last song that was stuck in your head?
鈥淪hotgun by George Ezra鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite TV show?
鈥淚t鈥檚 a toss-up between the US Office and Parks and Recreation鈥
Do you have an unusual celebrity crush and if so who is it?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I have one.鈥
What鈥檚 your favourite 鈥90s jam?
鈥淓rm, I am going to be a typical 90鈥檚 girl and go Spice Girls, Spice Up Your Life. And I won鈥檛 tell you why鈥︹ *laughs*
What鈥檚 your biggest pet peeve?
鈥淧eople chewing with their mouth open鈥
What was your childhood nickname?
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 have one, not like a proper nickname, you can鈥檛 really shorten Siobhan鈥
How do you take your tea?
鈥淪trong, milk, no sugar. I only really like one brand of tea, I can鈥檛 do a bad cup of tea, I can do bad coffee but I can鈥檛 do bad tea.鈥
What brand of tea do you like?
鈥淭hompson鈥檚, it鈥檚 a Northern Irish one that my nan always used so me and my sister still always buy it鈥
What is something everyone looks stupid doing?
鈥淥hh I don鈥檛 know. I supposed people look odd driving, everyone is always in their own little bubble. It鈥檚 funny to watch people driving and doing their own thing鈥
Do you like cheese?
鈥淢ost definitely. I don鈥檛 really have a favourite, I like all cheese. All cheese is good鈥
Hopefully this was a fun way for you to get to know some of the team and keep your eyes peeled for the next installment. We’d love to get to know you better, so why now have a go at answering some of the questions yourself in the comments below!