Hey everyone.

So it looks like I'm next in line to pick up the baton (thanks @NickelnDime!) for #TheCoilChallenge; RileyQ's marvellous idea to help the Coil community get to know each other a little better.

This is the chain of Coil creators that it's passed through so far:

• RileyQ
• Patricia C
• AussieNinja (Adam)
• Patty B
• Dani Torres
• NickelNDime

If it was the Ice Bucket Challenge, you wouldn't have seen me for dust! As it is, this doesn't involve me dousing myself in cold water, so I'm good.

Thanks for the great questions, Nick. Here are my answers.

You have 30 minutes to kill so you decide to watch some Telly. There are only 3 shows available, they are: Monty Python, Benny Hill, and Ricky Gervais', “The Office.” Which one do you pick, and why?

This is an easy one for me! The Office everytime! I love Ricky Gervais and in The Office, I think he captured the essence of life in a British office with a set of characters I'm sure most of us can identify with.

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His sense of humour relies on a sense of acute embarrassment. It can be a difficult watch, often curled up in a ball, cringing at David Brent's ham-fisted attempts at political correctness. Nevertheless, it's still hilarious and relevant twenty years later.

Which movie was the best adaptation of a Steven King novel?

Great question. And a much trickier one to answer! There have been plenty of terrific adaptations over the years, and quite varied too.

I'm a huge fan of the original IT with Tim Curry, The Green Mile with Tom Hanks, and as a bit of a curve ball, Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Running Man (but he wrote that as Richard Bachman, so that would be cheating). Also, the film is absolutely unrecognisable from the book.

I have a real soft spot for the early horror movies too. Christine, Carrie, Salem's Lot and Children Of The Corn.

Erm..... today I'm going to say The Dead Zone with Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen. Ask me again tomorrow, it could have been anything from The Shawshank Redemption to Stand By Me or The Mist.

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Have you ever had a paranormal experience?

I think so. I have memories of running through the old alleyway behind my grandmother's house as a child, one night. Mist rose from the cobbles and out of nowhere, I saw a really tall man dressed in a top-hat and cape, like a really smart Victorian gentleman.

He didn't acknowledge me. I ran after him, but after he turned a corner, he was nowhere to be seen, and no exits apparent that he could have passed through.

I'm sure there's a good explanation. Maybe it was a fast-walking man on his way to a fancy dress party? It's much more fun to think that it was the ghost of a Victorian man who walked through a solid wall.

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If you could get a drink with anyone on Coil, who would it be?

I'm in a very fortunate position here, I've connected with a number of fellow creators for lots of different reasons. And there's a few people I can think of that I could probably chew the fat with away from the magical land of the internet. For the sake of the question, I'll play along and whittle them down to one.

I'm going to choose someone who I'm always pleased to chat to when he shows up online in the Telegram Content Builders Club.

I think we share a similar sense of humour, and in pixel art, photography and movies, there's a lot of mutual interests.

I'd certainly be happy to have a few beers with my good internet friend Adam, @AussieNinja!

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So, for the next leg of this blogging relay, I'd like to nominate

XRP_Productions!

Here are my questions to you, my friend! I hope you'll accept the challenge!

1. I first came across you when you were making terrific short films about XRP, but which existing movie do you wish you'd had a hand in creating?
2. What's your side hustle away from blogging? ie. your day job!
3. What's your jam when you're in creative mode and why?
4. If you were cursed with the Midas Touch, into what substance would you choose to change everything you touched?

Looking forward to seeing your answers and who you pass the baton on to next!