Game: Ask the Person Below You

[cruciverbalist]

My avatar is a piece by rolf escher. I don't know what it actually means, but to me, the unending passageway represents a search for something...

Same question to the next person

[Nightshade]

My avatar are my smilies just to remind people...
Same q

[Kaltrina]

my avatar is a woman, Indian woman, because it their custom to have these drawings in their hands and feet.... at least that's what I've seen in TV. lol... :D but i love these kind of things... :D

same q.

[Ancestor]

My avatar is Japanese anime of a young girl who is smiling. I felt her smile expressed my personality. You see I try to smile every day because there was a time in my life I could not smile at all. I love who I am today with all that life brings me and that means the good and bad. Life would not be balanced without the bad although it would be nice if there was less of it.

Would you want to live in a world with all good and no bad or vice versa?

[Pensive]

my avatar is a woman, Indian woman, because it their custom to have these drawings in their hands and feet.... at least that's what I've seen in TV. lol... :D but i love these kind of things... :D

same q.

Hi Kaltrina, It is not called drawings...Actually here it is a tradition to have "Mehndi" on woman's or girls hands. These drawings are called "Mehndi" or "Hina"
People often use it in Pakistan on Eid Day. :)

[Kaltrina]

thank Pensive. :D I'll remember it from now on. ;)

[mono]

Would you want to live in a world with all good and no bad or vice versa?
Never. In my opinion, opposites must always exist, including if opposites only consist of opinions (for example: "that feels hot," or "that feels cold"). Without opposites nothing can undergo regulation, and without regulation and uniquity in certain actions, attributes, and qualities (such as "good" or "bad" attributes), nothing would seem either "good" or "bad," but would have no regard, in my opinion.

To the person below me: same question.

[samercury]

I wouldn't like to live in a world of all bad or good- until I die- because to know the good you must know what the bad is.

[adilyoussef]

A world with all good or all bad is not worth living in my opinion. There will be no life then if everything is good because we won't have somthing to try to make good as is the perpose of life in my opinion af course, and it will be a hell if everything is bad. No, I'm not for it. Without me.

I like samercury's question.


To the person below me: what is your avatar a picture of/ what does it represent?

[Chava]

Currently, it's Théme E Variation 8.. i beleive. By Matisse
Same Q.

[querida]

The view from my towel on the beach in Santander, Spain.

Last dream you remember having? (If it is right to speak of)

[samercury]

Last dream.... falling from a high tower and not being able to wake up... met all those stange, talking creatures who wanted me to live with them.... that's it I think :)

My current avatar represents my love of anime and manga. I could find one from "Fruits Basket" that was small enough to be accepted so I had to settel for "Sailor Moon" (the 1st season- the others weren't nearly as good) :D

[Loki]

On the topic of avatars, mine's...er...some Chinese calligraphy. :blush: It's meant to represent my current obsession with everything Chinese. :D (And if it ends up being Japanese then I'm killing myself)

To the PBM: What is your favourite piece of classical music?

[papayahed]

Perhaps I should leave this for someone who knows Classical music, but here goes: Flight of the Valkyries, ya know the one they always play in cartoons.


Same Question.

[Nightshade]

well I think its the marriage of Figero but then again Im useless at music unless we are talking Gilbert and Sulliven or Andrew Lloyd webber which I suppose doesnt count?:D no? Oh well
Its the one that goes figero figero figero so I suppose it the amarriage of figero saddly I discovered it through Bugs Bunny if anyone knows the episode with all the stairs and him shaving elmer fudge or whatevre his name was?

same q

[Scheherazade]

'The Montagues and Capulets' from Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev.

Next book in your 'To Read' list? (only one book, please)

[Kaltrina]

Vanity Fair - Thackeray

what are your plans for this weekend?

[querida]

super intense jam session!! woohoo

Fruit or candy?

[dejosc]

candy blatantly

whats the most embarassing thing youve ever done?

[Chava]

Let's not get into that... I yet try to get over it.

What is life, to your best friend?

[EAP]

A Feast For Crows.


Which comes?

[papayahed]

huh?

s10cr

[rachel]

struggling for money and huge family problems.
what would you consider the sweetest thing anyone could do for you when you are sad?

"I will take the ring" he said "though I do not know the way" lotr frodo

[Kaltrina]

try to make me laugh and do silly stuff. :D I hate when they try to tell how they are in the same situation or they know someone who is.... I totally hate that.

what kind of gifts do you consider special for you birthday?

[Pensive]

Paints, books, DVD Movie, some eatables like some buiscuits, sweets and chips.

To the person below me, Which are your most humiliating/shameful and happiest moments of the life? (you have to tell the both, happiest and humiliating)

[Dark Miss]

usually they are one and the same, not that i like being humiliated, but eventually you can laught at everything, and emberasment makes for a LOT of good jokes.

How long are your nails (in mm please)?

[papayahed]

That's funny I just clipped one because I was chewing on it...my longest one is 0.09 in. ~2.2 mm. I know - not very long, I can't grow them.

Do you paint your nails?

[Pensive]

No, I don't...
Same Question

[Kaltrina]

yes I do when I grow them (which I usually do) and I always paint them in different ways with different colours. :D

to men: do you like long nails in women?
to women: do you envy women with long nails?

[Pendragon]

It depends on how long a woman grows them. I like them to a certain length, but I am turned off by claws...

To men: Do you like a beard?
To women: Do you like men with beards? :)

[Aurek_Waverly]

Maybe. Depends on the man - depends on the length of the beard.

What is the worst thing someone could say to you when you've had a horrible day?

[cruciverbalist]

Probably a number of things...hard to think of something at the moment
Though people describing how bad their day was when you're upset is pretty bugging! ...After going through a bad day, I'd atleast like to feel that I've earned the right to complain!! ;)

To the person below me: What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it? (one thing only)

[Chava]

The love and admiration I feel for ... a certain someone...

Is vanity ever a quality?

[Darlin]

You bet! With out vanity the world would be filled with unkempt, slovenly, smelly people not to mention the trash piled up! I could go on and on. Vanity can be good.

Could you live without the Internet?

[Dark Miss]

I can exist, and probably live, but it sure makes life a whole lot easier and pleasant... to me its greatest use is to connect people who are close at heart but far appart on land/water/air... aghhh

how many languages do you speak?

[Chava]

6, danish, norwegian, english, indonesian, french (on the preliminary level) and swedish (i can understand, and respond, but my vocabulary needs training)
same Q.

[Dark Miss]

Bulgarian(mother toungue), English, Spanish, French (although i loathe the language, appologise to all Frenkofons :) ) Russian (basics) and understand quite well most Slavic languages (Balkans) although seems people have trouble understanding mine.

same question please

[Themis]

German, English and French ... more or less but I am perfect in German, of course. :)

Same question as I can't think of anything else right now

[Darlin]

English. How sad is that? I did take French and Spanish but what I've retained is rather pitiful. Why, oh why aren't American's as inclined to learn more languages?

SQ

[Kaltrina]

Albanian (mother tongue), Serbian, English, Spanish... I started learning German and French too but I still can't talk at all... :)

Same question

[Pendragon]

English, some French and Spanish, (French was my second language, but I'm a Southern American Hick so I sound funny and read it better than I speak it!) (my kids all took Spanish so guess who had to help them learn? If you think I sound funny in French, you ought to hear my Spanish!), a little German (a childhood friend taught me some simple phrases and some I won't use), some Latin, some Irish (I read The Sister Fidelma Series, set in Ireland in 664-666[so far]), some British English ([James Herriot, Sherlock Holmes, and the BBC Doctor Who Series of Novels] no, it isn't quite the same as American!) I read constantly so I pick up a lot.

I, too, pass the question.

[cruciverbalist]

English, Hindi, Punjabi (speaking it comes almost naturally if you know Hindi and live in North India...though learning the script was initially a bit hard) and a bit of French. I can sort of understand my grandmother's tongue, Pashto, but can't manage it myself.

Same question... :)

[Pensive]

English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Sirayki.
Same Question!

[Anon22]

English, Spanish, French(like all languages, I like new things, since I've begun learning French, French is my current favorite)

What's your favorite element?(Fire, Water, Air, Earth)

[Pensive]

Earth
Same Question.

[Anon22]

Air

Same Question

[papayahed]

Earth, Wind, and Fire....... HA!

OK, I don't really have a favorite, but I'll go with Air.


If you had to choose between living a year in a tree (you have a little treehouse, but your pretty high up there) or in a submarine which would it be? (Meaning you never left either)

[Anon22]

Treehouse... I'd at least see the light of day, the cities, what's going on outside, etc.

Intellect or Strength?

[cruciverbalist]

Intellect. 'Knowledge itself is power'.

To the pbm -- What's the strangest dream you've ever had?

[Anon22]

once I had a dream where I was taken somewhere and my body parts were just ripped off, it was strange...

Have you had a lucid dream?

[Dark Miss]

not that i recall... usually if people remember their dreams they know they were dreaming while dreaming. does that make sense. yup okis

i find it soo cool that so many ppl here speak different languages :)

If you have 12 pots of paint, each a colour in the colour wheel, and you mix them together, what colour of paint is created?

[samercury]

I don't know but I'll guess- gray (?)

Same question

[Pendragon]

Black, if I remember my art lessons correctly....

How do you feel right now? :)

[Darlin]

I feel pretty good right now, the whole night ahead to goof off online.

What color are your eyes?

[Tachikawa]

Dark brown

What name do you wish you had instead of your own?

[Darlin]

I love my name, Darlene is just so Darlin'! :)

SQ

[Pendragon]

I've never minded my first name, which is actually Dale, but I cannot stand my middle name. What would I change my name to? I have so many pseudonyms now that I have to keep a list to keep up with them! I usely go by one of the following as a writer of poetry and short fiction: Jonathan Blade, Raven Darkendale, David Pendragon, John Michael Carmichael, Lucas Spiritwalker, Aaron Pathfinder, Kai Yoshima, Vic Noir, Tobias Kirkwood, and so on and so on. Each one has a special meaning and is for a certain type of poem or writing.

This is a good question. Pass it on. http://www.websmileys.com/sm/dressed/bek027.gif

[Nightshade]

I actually have 7 middle names I suppose Ive gone thriough stages of wishing I had a diiferant name actually quite often I know if I had been a boy I would have been called Adam I like that name but mee Miriam I suppose I ve always loved that name
Same q

[Loki]

What do you know, Adam was also one of the options for me. Hmm...there have been times I've wished I had another name, and I've also spawned a few pen names, though not half as many as Pendragon, but right now I wouldn't change my name. I like it the way it is.

Same question, interesting.

[pickwick]

reading Nicholas Nickleby- favorite genre 19th century

[papayahed]

Umm I like the name I have. My name was going to be Monique, which is a very pretty name but definately wouldn't have fit me. Fortunately my uncle had met a guy with a daughter named Danielle and the rest is history...

Waht is/was your easiest subject in school?

[MiSaNtHrOpE]

Most of my classes this semester ae incredibly easy. Psychology & Anthropology because I took them last year, and Philosophy because the discussions are fun even though I get frustrated because everyone seeks scientific validation of religious beliefs (which, as I explained in another forum, isnt really possible).

Passes the question on.

[Pendragon]

English, Art, Creative Writing, anything except for Math which I have a fair enough grasp on to get the grades if I wanted them, but which I can't stand! Still, I graduated in 1979 with a low B average from High School, skipped going to college for marriage and a job, and was ordained as a minister in 1982. When I became disabled in 1995, I thought life was over. I became a poet and writer of short fiction, with fair results. Then, mainly because people said I couldn't do it, I entered a community college and graduated in 2000 with highest honors with an Associates Degree in Information Systems Tech. and returned to work part-time as office manager for a computer service/sales store. My nerves collapsed again, but I tried anyway! And I didn't think that was bad for a man out of school for twenty years with a nervous condition! Hey, great far as I was concerned. :)

Same question:

[Darlin]

English Lit

What's your favorite movie and why?

[subterranean]

American Beauty is one of my favs. The story is great :nod:


Do you have a middle name?

[Darlin]

Alas, no middle name but in the military it was Darlene NMN - no middle name. :D

SQ

[adilyoussef]

No but I have two names: Adil and Youssef.

To the pbm: what is your attitude towards mendacity?

[Kaltrina]

Hello Adil :wave: nice to have you back...it's been a long time since we last saw you in the forum... :D

well I think I could allow it only in special circumstances for example, when people don't tell the truth for the sake of somebody, not to hurt their feelings or maybe to protect them from problems, stress... you can't always tell the truth...

to the PBM: if you won a lot of money and you'd go shopping but you are allowed to shop only in one store...which store would that be?

[Adelheid]

I would be Borders. Cos I get a choice between food, books and music. All of which i like. ;)

PBM: What is your favourite girl and boy name?

[Loki]

Nice one! Favourite female name...um...Psyche (after the Greek goddess). Favourite male name, Victor.

PBM: SQ (like it)

[Kaltrina]

Favourite female name : Aurelia
Favourite male name : Dante

to PBM: Same question :D

[Nightshade]

hummm
Fav male name: Adam
fav female name: difficult to think hummm draw between yasmine (yasmeen not yasMIN) mirim, Emma and Mina (MIN-ah)
I like the do you have a middle name q

[Pendragon]

Do I have a middle name? Ugh! Yes. It's Lynn. Strangely enough, for those who are into name meanings, my names fit me like a glove. My first name is Dale, which means "a little valley, or of the valley", Lynn means "dwells by the torent". I am bipolar, swinging through panic attack and depression. So I am down in the valley or in a rageing torent at all times! :eek:

Same question...

[adilyoussef]

For my fafourite boy's name I have manu: Zakkariya, Hamza, Ali, Riyad and ....
For a girl's name: no prefference but I'll say Merriem, like my mother's.

SQ

[samercury]

Favorite boy name:...Akito
Favorite girl name:.....Sacha

I like this question :D so, I'll pass it on so that the PBM will have the pleasure of answering it :D......(I just can't think of one... I confess)

[Pendragon]

Favorite boys name: Jonathan (my oldest son's name and first name of a favorite pseudonym of mine, Jonathan Blade)

Favorite girl's name: Summer (my daughter)

If you knew beyond all doubt that the world would end this Friday, would it change your plans for the rest of the week?

[Darlin]

Favorite Boys name is Theodore. Fell in love with it after reading Little Women. You can do so many things with it like Teddy, Thee, Theo, Ted and I named my son that.

Favorite Girls name would be Rose or Rosie, an old nickname of mine for years.

Now what's your favorite childhood toy?

[Kaltrina]

]If you knew beyond all doubt that the world would end this Friday, would it change your plans for the rest of the week?
yes of course it would, I'd probably do the things that I wouldn't like to miss in this world and I wouldn't be bothering with the things that don't really mean nothing if they have no future.... :D

now I pass along Darlin's question

Now what's your favorite childhood toy?

[Rosevn]

my fav childhood toy was a beautiful Russian doll, Yes I loved it so much and I shared it with my friends too. Then as we were playing with it, we had ruined it for all wanted to have it for a long time :bawling: . I cried a lot at the time til my mom bought me another one. Yet I still missed the former much more...

hmm` a bit lazy... so, same Q from Darlin :lol: :D

[Pendragon]

Actually they were a set of things called "crazy ikes" which you snapped together into robot-like people. I haven't seen a set of them in probably 25 years. :D

It's an interesting question. Pass it on!

[Kaltrina]

there was a beautiful mouse like the ones that are in one Disney cartoon....let me remember...hmmm...Cinderella or Snow white... not quite sure... it was a fat mouse with a red t-shirt and a red hat...and the mouse had a big belly... I loved it so much... :D

same question...

[Nightshade]

Cinderella that is :D
humm Poley a polar bear.. but there was also pinocio who was usually the baddie and lets see now there was an invisible nasty person called Aunt Juli-ETTE now she ]was nasty oh of course how could I forget "my baby" she was given to me on my scond birthday when my sister was born presumebly so I wouldnt try to copy my mum with my sister :D
same Q

[samercury]

My favorite childhood toy was this cute doll that my aunt gave me- I really loved it... until my little sister ripped her head off (then I had nightmares about her).... why does that always happen to them :bawling:

......Same Q :)

[Dark Miss]

In my great-grandfathers house there was this beautiful glass chandelier. It had maybe 100 lusters, all arranged on different levels. Somehow along the years a piece was lost, so when my grandparents were renovating, my parents took the chandelier down and they were going to throw it away. I saved a quite a few of the lusters – they were just so pretty! Anyways they were shaped like spoons with really fancy handles and I played with them for years. I’ve had many other precious toys before and since then, but for some reason this popped into my head then I read the question.

Have you ever said something and knew while you were saying it that you were wrong, but continued to argue your point and powned the person who was right?

[Darlin]

Not sure what powned the person means though but here's my answer: No and yes but usually when my common sense kicks in I can admit to them they're right.

If you were given the opportunity to stop Hitler by killing him before he got out of hand would you?

[Pendragon]

It is my stance that history cannot be changed, and that if by some chace Hitler were to be prevented from rising to power, we would undoubtablely get someone as bad or worse! After all Stalin was waiting in the wings... :eek2:

Pass the question

[Dark Miss]

Not sure what powned the person means
It means you won, you beat the person by restricting them any further moves.

No, I wouldn't kill Hitler. I think he opened the world's eyes to what kind of monsters we all could be, and are crying out to be, just given the chance. He was smart enough to recognize what a whole nation needed and what they wanted and he turned that to his advantage. Hitler himslef didin't kill millions, he convinced one half of the world that they had a right to kill the rest. It takes a very strong man to have that kind of control - to turn a whole nation into mass murderers. I'd like to have studied him, after he has fallen from power I'd like to understand him instead of kill him.

Pass the question :)

[cruciverbalist]

Sounds like the plot of 'crime & punishment' (though Raskolnikov had modest-er ambitions).
I agree with Pendragon that history can't be changed. If it wasn't Hitler, there might have been other dictators, given the political situation.

Same question...

[adilyoussef]

Yes for sure, Pendragon's ansewr is very wise. What is done is already done and no one can change it.

To the PBM: what is the thing you'r afraid of?

[Ancestor]

Being alone without someone to share my life with but if that is meant to then I have no choice but to accept it.

Do you feel we should use violence to stop violence or is there another way to stop violence?

[adilyoussef]

It is like asking if we should use fire to stop fire or something else. Vilence brings only violence. There are other means to stop violence, but we are deaf and won't use them. Violence is a human nature. So why there is peace then if there is no violence.

Same Q.

[Pendragon]

I agree with adilyoussef the wise. Has the current situation in Iraq stopped the violence and senseless killings there? NO. "For violence born of violence can but breed new violence until all is destroyed." The Silver Surfer, Marvel Comics.

Pass the question.

[papayahed]

hmmm good question. I would like to think there are other ways to stop violence, but I can't think of any...

Same question:
Do you feel we should use violence to stop violence or is there another way to stop violence?

[chmpman]

Not to sound cliche, but "All we need is love."

Is hell really as bad as it is made out to seem?

[B-Mental]

No pizza delivery, no dsl or broadband, no cell phones, no rush hour, no inflation, Yanni music blaring 24/7....its a toss up.

Same Q?

[el01ks]

That depends, according to Pratchett it at least has all the good musicians!

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[Pendragon]

Twice that of one who must bear a burden....http://www.websmileys.com/sm/happy/045.gif

The world being an ever-changing place, do you feel you are better or worse off than you were say two years ago?

[adilyoussef]

In a way, I feel better than 2 years ago. To explain that, I find no means to.

Same Q

[jakobin]

i feel better off because i have done alot of travel and seen the world through so many eyes, and the world has also seen me through so many pairs of eyes.

italian or chinese food?

[luckypenny]

Chinese food, of course, for I am a Chinese.
like harry porter?

[jakobin]

i LOVE harry potter, when i read it, i completely get into the harry potter world. i know it may seem sad, because im already 18, but i really dont care, its awesome.

got any pets?

[Nightshade]

livinig or expiered??
ok at the moment 2 cats sushi ( the nutso cat that gets on the roof and screams) and Bonsai and an unnamed goldfish ( my smallest sisters are still arguing what it should be called and weve had it neally 2months:rolleyes: there is a hedgehog in the garden and I guess thats it :D

same q

[Pendragon]

House load of them. Two cats, Dummy, (a misnomer, if I ever heard one!) and Taz. Three hamsters, mine, not the kids, Phantom, Doc, and Fatty. A turtle (caught wild and tamed) Quickdraw. We had three, but gave the othe two away. A rabbit, Bugsy McHare. We'd have a snake if my wife hadn't put her foot down. We had a nice green ring-neck, non-poisonious, non-aggressive, but she was afriad it would get loose in the house. :) Martha swears that when my cat dies she's going to get me a small dog for company. I'll still have to have a cat. Had one all my life....:lol:

Interesting question. Pass it on....

[Monica]

I have a guinea-pig Oscar junior. My first piggy died at the age of 5 this February. I couldn't get over that for a while :bawling: so I had to had another guinea-pig.

[Monica]

same question

[Chava]

I have two cats, lovely creatures, utterly spoiled and lazy, pretenciously dignified, lovely creatures. (did I mention that I love cat's?)

Which alternate profession could you have chosen, but did not do, which you regret now? (if you can make sense of that, then you are far more awake then I am at current... tata, time for bed.)

[papayahed]

I've always fancied myself as an archeologist or an astronaut.


If you had to go back in time and live with a barbarian tribe for a month with group would you choose?

[Shea]

how exactly do you define barbarian? If ripping arms out of the sockets of enemies that eat your people, count me in with the Anglo-Saxons!

Which destination have you visited and want to return because you felt like you didn't get to see everything?

[Miss Darcy]

Hmmmm....probably....Hong Kong, 'cos I was only there as a little kid and I can't remember it. :D

Same question.

[Pendragon]

The Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Museum. I could spend weeks in there and never get bored!

same question.....

[Shea]

All of the UK (two weeks wasn't long enough to tour) but a particular place, the Museum of Scotland in Edinborough. I spent a full day there and didn't get through half of it. Too interesting, it's my heritage you know.

same question.

[papayahed]

Mexico. I went to a few Maya ruins, but I didn't get to the one I really wanted to see.


If you could live as another person (living or dead)for a week, in their time period who would it be?

[Bongitybongbong]

I'd probably live as William the Conqueror (if you don't know who he is go here (http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/willconq/)) this is still the time before Amreica and firearms are nonexistant.

PBM: same question

[Pendragon]

WOOPS! :crash:

[Pendragon]

Abraham Linclon...always my favorite President.....besides, I've always wondered what it would be like to be 6'4"! :lol:


same question

[Scheherazade]

Amelia Earhart during her last flight.

Which cartoon character do you resemble most?

[Helga]

Courage the cowardly dog

same Q?

[Shea]

Porky Pig. I can never get my words out quite right.

Have you begun holiday shopping yet?

[Outlander]

No I wait until the day before the week after next.

Do you swerve for fuzzy caterpillars?

[Bongitybongbong]

no i dont think about the holidays til atleast after thanksgiving

How many books have you regretted reading (or how many horrid books have you read)?

[samercury]

How many horrid books...............a lot. Once I start reading a book, I have to finish the whole book even if it's hooorrriiiibbbllleee x_x

Have you ever read the Spiderman comic book?

[Outlander]

No, never much into them.

Have you ever applied for a job you didn't want, just because you had nothing better to do?

[Pendragon]

No, never much into them.

Have you ever applied for a job you didn't want, just because you had nothing better to do?
Un-huh! And stayed in one until my nerves snapped because I had a family and the job paid well and had the best benefits you could get around here!
I'll say this, friends, money definately isn't everything......http://www.websmileys.com/sm/sad/1004.gif

Did you ever fuss at another driver only to find out that they were kin to you? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Outlander]

Originally posted by Pendragon
Did you ever fuss at another driver only to find out that they were kin to you?

No not like that.
Once I was telling a story to a friend who was driving about
how some guy flipped me off for trying to make a turn. Just as I got to the point of -visual display of the "flipping"- a car came around the corner.

The other driver raised a hand (he thought I knew him and was waving)
As he was returning "the Wave", I could tell by his expresion he noticed what my hand was doing. OOPS!

Did you ever get so lightheaded (while sober)
that you forget who and where you are?

[Shea]

Yes, while writing a poem once. Everything around me disappeared and the world was just my poem. I didn't have any worries then. I don't think it could happen now.

what kind of dog do you recommend for a pet?

[Outlander]

Hot dog - you never have to clean up after them.
If the need strikes you, they can be quite tasty.

Have you ever gone to a yard sale and seen something that struck your fancy.
Had no clue what to do with it, can't even tell what it was intended for.
but you just had to have it?

[smilingtearz]

Have you ever gone to a yard sale and seen something that struck your fancy.
Had no clue what to do with it, can't even tell what it was intended for.
but you just had to have it?

I had been workin for a month during the summer and right after the day we got paid ...there was this charity auction being held at our church...and there i saw this "something" in the shape of a giant egg(i had no clue what it was) and it was wonderfully painted...matched beautifully witht he color of my room...and b'coz i had the money required..i went ahead and bought it...like just a couple of months back or so i found out who had donated this "showpeice" and enquired what it was...
turned out to be the shell of an ostrich's egg, painted on.
i still have it in my room...

Q. Have you ever dreamt of something that actually came true in the following days?

[papayahed]

Yep, many many times. I can't think of an example right now though...


Same Question.

[Pendragon]

Enough times to make me wonder about the term "out-of-body experiences". It gets downright spooky!

Quick, pass the question!

[samercury]

Hot dog - you never have to clean up after them.
If the need strikes you, they can be quite tasty.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Funny!

@question: Yes that happens to me a lot and I agree with Pendragon......it's spooky :eek2:

......Same question since I can't think of a better one right now :D

"Q. Have you ever dreamt of something that actually came true in the following days?"

[baddad]

A hotdog.


Have you ever had an authority knock on your door because the music was playing at 'Ludicrious Level'?

[Chava]

no, unless my mom counts.. but then she is a lot more intimidating really.... But hey! some music, (Queen) can best be heard ludicrously loudly.

Have you ever been stopped by the police?

[Logos]

Yes because my stoopid headlight was out :)

When was the last time you broke something accidentally?

[Adelheid]

um... not too long ago to forget that I did, but long ago enough to not be able to remember how long ago exactly. :D

Who is your number 1 member that you nominated/will nominate for this year?

[smilingtearz]

shall i nominate the PAM...Adelhied???

[Adelheid]

cool name, PAM. :D

Up to you. :lol: don't forget you have to give a reason too! ;)

What is your favourite girl and boy's name (english please) :D ?

[Outlander]

Opossum - remember the movie with Sally Fields and John Malkovick?
During the deppresion, tornado, cotton.......
That name was adorable. Would never use it but love it just the same.

A winter question - What is the most creative way you've gained entrance to a car with frozen over locks?

[Adelheid]

um... never happened to me because winter is not that cold here (I always spend winter in Dorfli, remember?) :D so I have no idea... but if I were to use my imagination, I would probably get one of my brothers to crawl through the "hole" between the back seat and the boot (you know the middle seat?) sometimes that can be opened. I would get them to turn on the engine so that it warms up the car... don't know if that works, but if it doesn't I'll just call the RAC. :lol:

[Pendragon]

Hot water and fast hands! It doesn't usually get all that cold here, but a decade or so back we had a spell where it actually registered a wind-chill of 30 below zero at my house. Our antifreeze isn't made to stand that sort of tempeture change, and many canrs refused to start. My neighbor walked less than a quarter mile to catch a ride to work and almost lost both ears to frostbite. Today, 11/16/05, normally there'd be snow. Last night we ran a fan it was so hot. Whacky weather!

This usually stirs people up: Do you think humans hunting for food is right or wrong? :confused:

[papayahed]

Good Question. I don't know if its a question of right or wrong, there's valid points on both sides. My family are hunters, I don't have a problem with it as long as I don't have to do it and the bloody carcass isn't pushed in my face.

Same Question.

[Loki]

Hmm, I guess humans actually hunting food is probably better than the butchering industry, I mean, at least you actually have to catch your food yourself. However, I believe that it is unnecessary for humans to eat meat at all. (Obviously someone around here's vegetarian) Though humans need to commit some violence (to plants at least) in order to live, they can get the protein, minerals, etc. they need from vegetables, grains, etc.
(And yes vegetarian food can and does taste absolutely delicious...oh and if you ever chance to be in Singapore, go to the foodcourt in Suntec City...there's an absolutely divine vegetarian restaurant there. :D)

To the person below me: are you ticklish? :p

[Ancestor]

Yes but ain't telling where until I get a ring on my wedding finger. :lol:

Do you think a negative person can be happy?

[Outlander]

I dont know Ask Woody Alan.

If you could have a drink with any famous person from history.
Who would it be, what would you ask, and would you try to get them drunk?

[Adelheid]

my, my... i would choose Jesus, for obvious reasons... :D And I would ask Him a Hundred and One questions....

And NO. I want Him to answer my questions so I would NOT want Him to get drunk. Besides He would get drunk, I believe.

Same Q.

[Nightshade]

if lang were no problem Leonardo da vinci and inec I dont drink alchol No i would not get him drunk.

Ifyou were forced to put yourself in a class system ( high. middle upper miidle lower middle, working?) what woould you say you were?

[Pendragon]

Somewhere in the middle, towards the lower, not the higher end. :nod:


Do you prefer country or city life?

[Kaltrina]

city life better because I am used to the life in the city, to the noise, the rush.....

same q.

[mike-eustace]

A: I grew up in a small fishing village surrounded by countryside and I'm now at university near London. I love life in the country, but you're so sheltered. I prefer city life purely because of the diversity.

Q: Should we care about the opinions of the many? Good men, and they are the only persons who are worth considering, will think of things truly as they happened – Plato
Do you agre? Discuss in 50 words (or less) :)

[radshaw]

I disagree. There are no Goodmen.....no, not one.


Edger Allen Poe......Mad man or genius.

[Tachikawa]

Hmm...mad man.

Same Q.

[Pensive]

genius

Same Question.

[Darlin]

Genius! I'm reading an excellent bio of him right now and it's very revealing.

SQ

[samercury]

Genius :D

......Same Q.......

[mike-eustace]

[QUOTE=Darlin]Genius! I'm reading an excellent bio of him right now and it's very revealing.

whats the bio?

genuis

you win the lottery; what's the first thing you buy?

[Nightshade]

A real ( as in not e text) copy of the shuttle it cost £50.00


same q

[smilingtearz]

how much do i win in the lottery??...
wish i cud get a red ferrari(KRAZILY IN LOVE WITH THAT!!) ...that'll be the first thing id buy probably!!

same q

[adilyoussef]

BTW I don't play in lottery. But if so, maybe a house.

What do you think of this thread?

[emily655321]

I can't believe it's still going! It's my favorite! Hmm... Haven't all the questions been asked yet? Let's see...

An oldy but goody: What can you see out of your window right now?

[kilted exile]

I cant see very well out of my window (living in a basement/dungeon) however I think I can make out the branch of a tree.

What was the last thing that made you laugh?

(btw welcome back Emily)

[adilyoussef]

A poem written by Scheherazade in "Another Creative Game" thread. I heartly loughed when reading it.

What is you best novel?

[Pendragon]

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, if you are fortunante enough to get it in the original, unedited version. Not that the edited version isn't great, but if you ever get the chance to read the original as Twain wrote it, it is more than twice as funny! :lol:


Your favorite poet? :cool:

[papayahed]

The person who made up that "Roses are Red...." Poem.

Ok, I'm not much into poetry so I'll ask the same question.

[Kiwi Shelf]

Emily Dickenson

Worst book ever?

[emily655321]

Catcher in the Rye. Well, undoubtedly not the worst ever, but it is the one which most failed my expectations. I didn't like that book.

Most irritating character ever?

[Kiwi Shelf]

I didn't like that book, either. Too much hype or something...
Rayford from the "Left Behind" series. I liked the book, but he annoyed me...
(This book is fresh in my head)

Best fictional character?

[emily655321]

Momo, from the book of the same title, by Michael Ende.

Best literary villain?

[smilingtearz]

Iago in Othello...rokking character!

u'd be marooned on an island with...(just one person/thing)....(food???)

[Kiwi Shelf]

That's a hard question, only one thing T_T
Um, haha, does the island have a food source? You never said otherwise. I will say with my boyfriend because with all our work and school, we are not seeing a lot of each other lately. This would give us some quality time.

Forgot a question:
How about the same one? Someone can think of a better answer I am sure.

[Outlander]

A Gin who can fulfill my every request. :D
Why aim low?

Same Q.

[emily655321]

A cyanide capsule.

It's 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celcius) and raining here. What's the weather like where you are?

[kittykittie]

The weather is cold and kind of foggy ( yuck )

Haven't read this thread so hope I am not repeating anyone here;
What are you hoping to get for Christmas??

[Pensive]

Nothing :crash:

Same Question

[adilyoussef]

Really nothing. But let's see: a letter would be fine, a special one. Scher knows what I'm talking about.

So why not. Same Q

[papayahed]

I am hoping for the XM sattelite personnal reciever, however I positive I won't be getting it for Christmas though, but perhaps at the beginning of the year I may buy it for myself.

What gift would you like to give someone else this Christmas?

[smilingtearz]

hoping???...a radio with a car around it would be fun right???

same Q...can't think of anything better

[adilyoussef]

A neckless or something more valuable I think. BTW I would like it to be a "ring."

Same Q

[emily655321]

There's a clock in the store where I work that I wish I could get for my dad, but it's far too expensive for me. I got him a set of paperweights instead. :(

What's the best gift you ever gave someone?

[adilyoussef]

Last year I gave a friend a watch in her birthday. It doesn't cost a lot but that all I could give. I don't know whether it is the best think I've ever gave somebody but when I saw a smile in her face and thanked me for remembring her birthday, I felt so happy. Although things mightn't be so expensive, given in a special occasion, value more.

What is the best thing a person has ever gave you?

[Kiwi Shelf]

Well, when I was a kid, it was a doll. I called her Ragdoll... I had never had a special toy up until then, and I remember her being pretty special

More recently... "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I had known my boyfriend for a couple months when he spontaneously gave me this book. It was the first time anyone ever dared by me a book. Even my mother won't, so it really stuck with me. :) Not to mention, I really liked the book and have since read the whole series and seen the movie.

Same question

[Pendragon]

Her friendship, and her love. I married my best friend from high school. We were best friends from day one, but we dated other people. When there was a problem, we talked to each other. finally I got the guts to ask her out, sure she would turn me down. The rest is history. 26 years and 3 kids later, we're still best friends.

same question.

[Outlander]

A kind word.

Same Q

[emily655321]

A very tiny jar of honey. This past spring, when my boyfriend and I barely knew each other, and he was very shy and introverted, I got a cold and mentioned that I just drank a lot of green tea with honey, and the next time I saw him he gave me a tiny little jar of honey. I still have the jar.

If you could transform into any household object, what would it be?

[mono]

Oops, emily answered before me. If I could transform to any household object, I would probably choose a type of houseplant or flower: simple, still living, requiring minimal attention, yet admirable.

To the person below me: same question.

[Miss Darcy]

Household object.........is a book a household object? Household object...

Does my violin count? :D

If so, I'd transform into my violin. Why? >>>>>>Because I love it and it has a soul of its own. It's made of living tree bark (living=vibrating, moving, feeling...) and makes beautiful music.

To the PBM: same question (in a hurry).

[Nightshade]

I think Id transfer into a window or maybe amirror then I could watch the world go bye and no one would watch me:D
Same q

[adilyoussef]

To a bed and hold my beloved.

Intresting one. Same Q.

[Kaltrina]

To a frame of the family portrait, because whenever someone would look at me they'd smile and feel warm inside... :)

a great question... same q.

[Pendragon]

I have a couple special places along The Appalachain Trail where I go to be alone with nature. One of them is a waterfall. I'd be that waterfall.

Same question......

[adilyoussef]

I've already ansewerd it and I'll just repeat myself.

What is the best thing ever happened to you?

[Outlander]

This one time, I thought my scratch ticket was a ten dollar winner,
but it was for twenty.

Same Q.

[Kiwi Shelf]

I got a minimum wage job, had a fight with my assistant manager, and ended up dating and falling in love with the customer I waited on right after the fight. Corny, huh?

Same question

[Tachikawa]

Meeting Orlando Bloom finally. That makes me sound like a stalker...I'm not though.

Same Question

[Darlin]

It sounds callous but getting rid of the men in my live who've dragged me down.

SQ

[Miss Darcy]

Mmm...it would be hard to single out a single moment....perhaps playing the third movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor with a symphony orchestra was the best thing that ever happened to me. What a wonderful experience!

Same question (good one!).

[Nightshade]

I was going to say I have no idea but I do When I was 5 or 6 I got Pneumonia (sp?) and that has to be the best thing that happened to me becasue because of that my mum read me the secret garden twice or three times in those 2 weeks and then she said if I wanted it again Id have to read it myself and so I started to read and love it. Although I refused to read anything else till my mum bought me Malory towers by enid blyton which started me reading other things so I dont know getting mallory towers or getting Pneumonia.:D

same q

same q

[mono]

What is the best thing ever happened to you?
I have no idea, but probably the obvious answer - birth. A few other honorable mentions: finding one I love, minor publication, acceptance to nursing school, etc.

To the person below me: what time of year do you love most, and why?

[adilyoussef]

Spring, especially when it is cool and raining. Just little drops of rain. I love walking under the rain.

What is the most funniest thing that ever happened to you?

[emily655321]

I'm glad I can't single out one above all the rest; that would be a very sad life, I think. My life is just one big, long joke. Funny all the time.

I thought up a really good one, but now I forget it. We'll do this one...
Question: Where do you feel the most at home? (What place, or type of place, most gives you a feeling of belonging?)

[kilted exile]

Harbours, they remind me of many happy summers spent on the fife coast eating fish suppers in crail, pitenweem and anstruther (oh and cant forget the wonderful cellardyke)


What is the best thing about christmas?

[mono]

The best thing about Christmas? Good question; I do not really know.
Though, for good reasons, I love gathering with my family every Christmas, I have an odd, seemingly petty likeness for the weather. I absolutely love going outside, bundled in my warmest clothing in the snow, walking, shoveling the driveway, or some such thing, then going inside to a warm drink in front of my fireplace, cuddled next to my love. Though it sounds so specific and random, I enjoy it very much.

To the person below me: I think I will steal emily's question --

Where do you feel the most at home? (What place, or type of place, most gives you a feeling of belonging?)

[Kiwi Shelf]

My Rec Room, on my rainbow futon, with a book. Best place to be, because I have so little time to do such a thing, that it is a treat. :)

Same ques.

[Nightshade]

libraries and anywhere near enough to the sea that I can smell it and see it and only need go a little way to touch it.

same q ( its a good one)

[adilyoussef]

Anywhere with those I love. I can't live without people I truely care about and who truely care about me.

o the PBM: what is your plan for Christmas?

[smilingtearz]

Going around the neighbourhood...wearing white and read clothes...and carolling away to fun and happiness!
eating loads of candies and rum-cakes...yummy!
being with family and frendz

Same ques

[papayahed]

Going back home, spending time with family and friends and going to 2 restaurants/deli: 1 because of the salami sandwiches and the second because of their Greek pita's oh and 1 other place because of their pizza. hmmmmm...I may be going back home to eat...


What's your favorite Christmas/Holiday tradition?

[adilyoussef]

To gather with my family in my grand father house.

When did you read your first novel and what was it?

[Kiwi Shelf]

Gah, how many pages does a book have to be to be a novel? I remember reading lots of little kid chapterbooks.... Okay, I am not that old, but I feel it right now... *thinks* All right, although I know there were likely many before because I was in grade 8 when I read this book, but A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Suppose I reworked that to what did I read first and remember... heh

What is the first novel you remember reading, unless you have a super memory, then it would be the same ques. :)

[Pensive]

Umro Ayar was the first story/series I can remember in Urdu Language.

In English novels/stories, I think the first Novel I read was Little Red Riding Hood.

Same Question

[Mortis Anarchy]

uhhh, I think it was I dunno, actually it was a collection of Fairy Tales.

Favorite place to be, where and why.

[Kaltrina]

London.... because I love the British accent and I'd love to live among British people... :D

same q.

[Themis]

Vienna. :)

But aside from that, somewhere in Tirol (in English it's Tyrol maybe?) which is part of Austria. Because I love this part! Maybe South-Tirol too. It's so beautiful down (and up in case of most of [North]Tirol) there.

Same question.

[adilyoussef]

I've not a special place when I like to be. But when I don't feel good, I like to be in an isolated place far from people; a place where I'm only with my thoughts.

What do you want to be in the future?

[Themis]

a writer and jurist

Hm.. are you a student or do you work already? (Or both, maybe?)

[adilyoussef]

Both! I'm a teacher trainee. I study few things and practice teaching. Also I'm paid for that.

Do you like what you do as a job or what you are studying? Is it what you expected to do?

[Nightshade]

yes I like what Im doing when Im working that it is. xpected to do since when?? When I was % I wanted to be a Muezzin and when I was 10 a hermit when I was 3 a maid when I was 13 a nurse.... I still havent made my mind up if Ill be doing this FOREVER but I like it for now I think I want to work on a sheep farm for a year ...http://www.websmileys.com/sm/happy/369.gif

same q

[Adelheid]

Yes. I do really enjoy what I am doing, and although I didn't think of doing this when I was young, not too long ago, it became pretty apparent. :)

Same q.

[Themis]

I like it a lot. More or less it's what I've always wanted to study.

Same question.

[Pensive]

No, I am not happy with what I am studying. I don't want to study MATHS. *sighs*
Other subjects are pretty well for me.

Had you ever been slapped by your teacher?

[Nightshade]

err on the face no but I had a teacher who jumped up and down and scribble on my hands in marker and another who threw anything in his hand (once a cup of tea) if you got the answer wrong.

Have you had any teachers youve reaally really hated other tahn for the subject they taught??

[adilyoussef]

Yes, and it is for his behaviour: a bad person that thinks of nothing but himself. I don't want to go into details but I thank God I've changed my profession now and have no more to bear his character.

Did any of your teachers left a mark on you whether bad or good? Or did any one of them influanced you and made you like a course because of his/her behaviour or made you hate a course because of his/her way of dealing with you and with the other students?

[Kiwi Shelf]

One of my teachers, 5th and 7th grade made me like science, but high school destroyed it again :(

Same ques

[papayahed]

The teacher that really stands out is my 6th grade teacher. She was cool as heck, really good at explaining science, she didn't make me like science (that was already there) but she was excited about it which made me feel even more comfortable liking it.

On the other hand in high school I had a teacher accuse me of cheating on a research paper, which I did not. I had all my reference but she insisted I copied from some other book. She has to be one of my least favorite people ever.

Good question, same one.

[Pendragon]

My 8th grade PE teacher was a sadistic devil that enjoyed embarassing or punishing students constantly. I got to where I would use any excuse to miss that class. On the other hand, my 9th and 10th grade English teachers taught me enough about grammer that I breezed through every other class I took, even when I went back to school after 20 years to get an Associate's Degree. I had the Prof. with the worst reputation on campus for strickness and never got below an A+. I had already paid my dues!

Same question.

[Pensive]

She actually slapped me without any reason. I hated her and I still hates her but now my school is changed.

Just.....because I asked her to check my homework because I was absent. It was probably the worst day of my life.

Same Question.

[Kiwi Shelf]

I was going to get this back into activity, but I all ready answered that question... so, same question

[Adelheid]

My Primary 5 teacher was the worst! She made the whole class turn into a withering flower the second she comes in.... but the teacher the year before was the best. I shall always remember her, because she made me feel like someone special, like I can do something.

Which movie would you most like to watch? Which is your favourite (that has always been one of your best, not fluctuating due to moods)?

[adilyoussef]

Pride and Prejudice. I'm longing to see this one and I'm going to see it today. Luky me! I've read the novel and wanna compare it with the movie.

What is your best movie?

[papayahed]

My best movie? I haven't made any yet. I don't really have a favorite movie, I am partial to the Star Wars original trilogy. I own 2 dvd's Mars Attacks and Mystery Men.

What movie do you consider your "guilty pleasure"?

[Kiwi Shelf]

It used to be "Dead Man on Campus" but I watch movies so rarely now... I wouldn't know.

Same ques, because I like it

[Adelheid]

None. The movies which are not good for me somehow hold no attraction for me.

What is your favourite piece of operatic music?

[Loki]

Probably Verdi's Nabucco...though I love Aida as well...and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro...and of course Carmen by Bizet...Puccini's Turandot and Madama Butterfly...oh, and Verdi's La Traviata...and...

Same question.

[Adelheid]

Puccini's Turandot, particularly the Nessun Dorma..... sung by Pavarotti. :D

Same Q.

[Kiwi Shelf]

Well, I like musicals but Opera, well... unless "Phantom of the Opera" counts, because that is all I even can name.... I do live in a place where there is no decent theatre, so maybe I would like Opera if I ever had the chance to hear one other than in scenes in movies. Probably even buying a CD... maybe

Favourite musical?

[Pendragon]

Well, if we're talking stage plays, I've never been to one, even though the World Famous Barter Theater is only about a 45 minute drive away in historic Abingdon, VA. Now as to movie musicals, I'd vote for The Sound of Music.

I move to pass the question

[Kiwi Shelf]

I should have said movie musicals because I have never seen one on stage either... I like Sound of Music, Annie, Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, and Moulin Rouge. That's all I can think of right now.

Same ques.

[Themis]

The Phantom of the Opera


Same question because I can't think of any other right now.

[Weeping Willow]

The musical episode in buffy the vampire slayer season 6.

If you could be a character in a book what book would it be and why?

[adilyoussef]

Great Expectation and be genouesly described by the greatest novelist. I like the novel and the way it is written.

I like the Q. Same one.



If you could be a character in a book what book would it be and why?

[Riesa]

I always wanted to be a character in The Chronicles of Narnia, probably Jill.

Great Question, same one.

[RobinHood3000]

Must I really answer? ;) (hint: look at my name and avatar)

Same question!

[Pensive]

It will be Sydney Carton - A Tale Of Two Cities.

I will really want to see that how it is to have a life like that.

I change very quickly. Maybe tomorrow I want to be Lord Voldemort - Harry Potter series. *giggles*

Same Question. :D

A very good question.

[Weeping Willow]

Thank for the compliments..
There indeed too many..
But for me it would always be Death the character from niel gaiman comics.

next question:
If you could get back in time when and where would you go?

[Kiwi Shelf]

Medieval period or Ancient Greece

Same question

[Riesa]

Ancient Egypt, Jane Austen's England or Gabaldon's Scotland.

Another good one by W.W. so same question.

[AimusSage]

I would go back to my youth and give myself some much needed advice I never had.

What is your life worth?

[adilyoussef]

My life is worth nothing for I have not achieved anything worth being giving my life a meaning. Sometimes I feel just like roaming aimlessly and wasting my existance. I wonder why I'm here in this earth. Like a furniture or something part of the designe, I feel my existance is worth nothing. Still I'm trying to give sence to it. To write maybe!

Do what you're doing (job, study, hobies,...) in life give sence to it? Are you satisfied with your achievement?

[Pendragon]

To quote Kipling, in a little harback book I have had for almost 40 years:

"If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run
Yours is the world and everything that's in it:
And, which is more, you'll be a man, my son!"
From "If" by Rudyard Kipling

I was given this book as a small boy by a dear aunt, now deseased. I do not always feel that I have come up to that standard, but sometimes I look at my life and know in spite of it all, I have. To do one's best is all one can ask. But even that is going to take effort on our part, you don't do your best by waiting for the world to recognize you, you do your best by doing whatever you do with pride and joy in your accomplishments, recognizing whether someone else has outshone you or not, it was your best effort.

My book is still in almost mint condition, the only defects the writings my aunt put in it to me.

Do you always like a challange?

[Pensive]

N...No....*shivers*

What do you prefer? Hot coffee or cold coffee?

[Riesa]

as long as there is caffeine in it, I'll drink it. But my favorite coffee drink is an Iced Latte, but in the morning coffee has to be hot.

Would you like to go spelunking? Or how about scuba diving in underwater caves?

[Weeping Willow]

Oh no.. i have problams with deep water so underwater caves sounds very frightening to me.
As for spelunking (which is a new word for me so thank you for the knowledge)
it's sound intersting... although i'm not so much the travling type.

If you could have only one Superpower what would it be? and how would you use it?