Hello, thanks for reading this. My name is Richard a rather fine (hence the name) chap originally from the great Northern city of Sunderland. I am pretty laid back a bit of a wannabe surfer dude but, although I have been a few times, I am not fully sure my surfing skills are sufficient to exactly fulfil this claim! I enjoy most things (I would say the finer things but I also enjoy many of the simpler things too!) everything from fell walking, skiing and theatre to pub quizzes, comedy and music.

Well I have moved down from Sunderland for work, so obviously spend some of my time working, its only polite after all. But the best part of working is enjoying the time off with friends.

Yo-Yo's or at least I am marginally better than other people... that counts right?

That I am a devilishly debonair individual with a great personality and an outstanding sense of humour. Oh and that I am very modest.

Books: My favourite author is David Mitchell (not the comedian), but also enjoy more trashy stuff like the His Dark Materials books.

Movies: My favourites include Big Fish, Juno, The Princess Bride (good book also), Astro boy, Goonies, Son of Rambow and Starship Troopers. Although I am always open to recommendations (hint hint).

Music: My faves include MIA, DJ Format, King Creosote, Flaming Lips, Ladyhawke and Justice.

Food: I am into all sorts, especially anything I haven't had before (its good to experiment) although I am also partial to a pancake or 2 (Shrove Tuesday comes often in my house!). Oh and my guilty pleasure has got to be Greggs pasties (I am a Northerner after all)

Food, water, oxygen... what do you mean that isn't what you are looking for? Suppose I should give you what you want, so here are some things that I could do without but that I wouldn't want to do without:
1) Friends (boring but true)
2) A camera (recently got into photography and am loving it)
3) A cultural identity (I am a Mackem and proud of it)
4) The seaside
5) Travelling (its good to see the world)
6) Food (particularly the exotic, I like to try something different)

how best to answer the question "what is your favourite colour?"

trying to act typical

That I am really good at keeping secrets :)

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