Game: This or That

[Bleeding Pawn]

Never consumed any of these.

Which Harry potter you like most: Literary character or the one portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe?

[papayahed]

Daniel


baked beans or refried beans?

[lilimarlene]

[QUOTE=Hawkman;1234819]Danke liebschen, das war fantastisch :angel::thumbsup:
Bitte :wink5:

[lilimarlene]

Daniel


baked beans or refried beans?
refried

samba or tango?

[Hawkman]

Erwähnen sie nicht. Möchten Sie, dass einige gebackene Bohnen? :lol:

Definitely Tango. Care to dance? Da dum, dum, dum, dum, da da da da da dum, dum dum dum.... ;)

Romans or Greeks?

[papayahed]

Greeks

skiing or snowboarding?

[kushy]

snowboarding

Rickyponting or AdamGilchrist

[Bleeding Pawn]

Which Harry potter you like most: Literary character or the one portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe?

Daniel

Its unbearable watching Daniel doing whatever he think hes doing, ( if that whatever is not acting) reminds me of Tom Cruise albeit younger.



Rickyponting or AdamGilchrist

They both are good looking and handsome fellows- difficult to choose between them but will go for the latter.

Albus Dumbledore or Gandalf the Grey?

[papayahed]

Gandalf


Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky?

[Hawkman]

Dostoyevsky.

Gold or platinum?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Platinum.

Alexi Lalas or Mia Hamm?

[kushy]

Mia hamm

Chocolates or drinks?

[Maria May]

Chocolates.

Are you talkative or shy?

[kushy]

talkative

systematic or normal

[Bleeding Pawn]

Normal.

If you wanted to take revenge on someone, would you; do the dirty job yourself or hire a hitman?

[lilimarlene]

do it myself

same question

[Bleeding Pawn]

Hitman ( better safe than sorry:D).

Predictable or Unpredictable?

[lilimarlene]

Hitman ( better safe than sorry:D).

how true! :devil:

Predictable or Unpredictable?

predictably unpredictable

change the past or do better in the future?

[Bleeding Pawn]

No use crying over spilled milk better do good with whatever you`ve got.

Same question.

[lilimarlene]

I think I might have wasted some precious time with people that didn't deserve it, so if I could take that time back, I would.Having said that I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it and focus mostly on right here and right now and the future.

travel through space (on a starship) or travel through time?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Space( atleast i get to sit near the windows).

Cooking for everyone or waiting someone to cook for you?

[lilimarlene]

Space( atleast i get to sit near the windows).
:smile5:

Cooking for everyone or waiting someone to cook for you?

I can do both but I prefer someone to cook for me

same question

[Bleeding Pawn]

Same answer if i am not feeling lazy.

Value life or take it for granted?

[lilimarlene]

without a doubt, I value it

same question

[Bleeding Pawn]

Value the valuables.

Leader or follower?

[lilimarlene]

I'm strong willed but flexible so sometimes I'm a leader, and sometimes a follower.

same question

[Hawkman]

I'm no sheep, but I am fussy about watching my six :D

Interventionist or Laissez-faire?

[Bleeding Pawn]

The former?

Peanuts or Lassie? (canine)

[papayahed]

Peanuts

Slippers or socks?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Socks.

Tweets or sms?

[papayahed]

sms


lethal injection or electrocution?

[Dark Muse]

Lethal injection

Guillotine or hanging

[Maria May]

Guilloutine xD

Jazz or blues?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Hmm....nothing particular.

Brain or Brawn?

[tonywalt]

Brain.

Pull the bandaid off slowly or fast?

[papayahed]

fast


white water rafting or rock climbing?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Rock climbing.

What is natural to you: playing a team or individual sport?

[tonywalt]

Playing with a team. I love to inspire people, especially children and the disadvantaged. It's more about giving than receiving for me. I support or sponser a load of African kids who now drink milk(and from some reports Guinness and Carlsbergs-but this is being addressed).

Winning a 'round the world trip' or a car and downpayment on a house?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Spoilt for choice here. Well would go for the latter. ( the world could wait)

Which one would you go for?

[tonywalt]

I'd go for the latter, next year the world!

Tend to stick with same computer technology or easily enough swith to a new brand?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Better to be updated.

Manual or auto transmission vehicle?

[papayahed]

auto


suv or car?

[tonywalt]

suv, well - in order to tow a boat.

Jeans or other type of slacks/trousers for casualware?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Cargos (compared to jeans)

Jeans: Skinny or bootcut?

[tonywalt]

Mostly bootcut, but now buying skinny cut

Long skirt or shorter skirt?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Long.

If no tissue is available; do you sneeze in your hands or use your upper sleeve/elbow?

[tonywalt]

I sneeze into the ground or floor - away from people.

Do you hold in a sneeze at a quiet meeting or presentation? -ya know the sort of event that cell phones are turned off

[Bleeding Pawn]

Have tried that before (once) but it is worse than the sneeze burst itself.

If you won a grand lottery; will you prefer to remain anonymous or enjoy the spotlight and 'bask in your glory'?

[Maria May]

Remain anonymous.

Same question.

[Oedipus]

I would prefer to bask in the glory of something that confers actual glory; all the same false humbleness is just as pernicious a poison as arrogance, so I hand the money - and the problem - to someone else. My pet dog, for instance.

Be able to play any given instrument, or gain half again as much intelligence as you already have?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Read that playing musical instruments boosts ones IQ level , so if the alternate option is increased would surely go for that.

What about you, which one would you go for?

[Oedipus]

Given how low my IQ is now I should take whatever I can get.

Spend ten minutes in a room with a (sane) Nietzsche or ten with Socrates?

[XaSp18]

spend ten minutes with Socrates

read an anthology or a collection ?

[tonywalt]

Anthology - close though, and depends.

Would you rather write 1st peson narrative or can you write/have you tried 3rd person narrative.

[Bleeding Pawn]

tried and tested both.

Instant noodles or chow mein?

[tonywalt]

I ate both.

Chinese food or Italian food?

[XaSp18]

Italian food.

Coffee or tea?

[tonywalt]

Coffee. But my kith and kin here drink more tea I'd say.

Prefer Beach holiday/Cruis or something cultural (NY/London/Paris)?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Actually none of these but if no other option, would be cultural capitals.

Which part in the Home Alone movie series did you enjoyed the most 1 or 2?

[XaSp18]

Home Alone 2

tablet or laptop?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Home Alone 2

I enjoyed both.


tablet or laptop?

For normal work, laptop.

Peanuts or Cashew nuts?

[XaSp18]

cashew nuts

black or blue?

[Bleeding Pawn]

I prefer both but as of lately i tend to go for blue.

Being an ambitious parent, ( in future if not present) what would you like to remembered for; person who trekked/climbed the highest mountain in record time or a parent who raised righteous kids in a wicked world?

[XaSp18]

I'd rather be the parent who raised righteous kids in a wicked world :) it means much more...

gardening or farming?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Gardening.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Fantastic Four?

[tonywalt]

Gardening

plot driven or character driven novels?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Non-ficton.

Stephen Hawking or Arthur Clarke?

[OnePlus]

Arthur C. Clarke
Bret Sinclair or Dany Wilde?

[XaSp18]

Bret Sinclair

Harry Potter or Twilight?

[Bleeding Pawn]

......

[Bleeding Pawn]

Harry Potter.

Which of these you hate most? Draco Malfoy ( Harry Potter) or James Witherdale(Twilight)

[tonywalt]

Those are tough reads BP - but I hate both of them equally and without the vaguest ability to qualify the hate.

YA fiction/vampire fiction genre or do you prefer [insert other genre]?

[Bleeding Pawn]

....prefer non-fiction.

Blushing or laughing at your own embarrassment?

[XaSp18]

Well, most of the time, I Laugh at my own embarrassment.

Washing your own dishes or using a dishwasher?

[tonywalt]

Dishwasher

Sweet or savoury?

[XaSp18]

savoury

winter or summer?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Depends, but would go for summer now.

UHU non-stic or glue?

[XaSp18]

glue

Nokia or Samsung?

[Bleeding Pawn]

I do not use any of them now.

Naphthalene balls or Fabric conditioner?

[OnePlus]

Naphtalene balls.

escalator or elevator?

[thelastmelon]

Escalator.

Starring in a movie or being mentioned in a best-selling book?

[XaSp18]

being mentioned in a best selling book

Sleeping or eating ?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Both, at their own specific time.

Wired or wireless mouse?

[OnePlus]

wired

Pen or pencil?

[XaSp18]

Pencil

black board or white board?

[Bleeding Pawn]

White.

Canoeing or Fishing?

[tonywalt]

Canoeing

Cruise across the Ocean or Long train ride along historical route?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Cruise, for a change.

Inspire or be inspired?

[XaSp18]

inspire

travel by air or by land

[tonywalt]

land

High paying job in Saudi or medium paying job in north america?

[SherlockHolmes0]

Medium paying job in North America

Go back in time or forward in time?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Forward, when the time comes.

Do you prefer; nutritious or tasty lunch?

[XaSp18]

tasty XD yeah, i'm sucker for delicious foods

sling bag or backpack?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Personally i will go for sling.

Do you prefer to make your own judgements or would go for others opinions too?

[XaSp18]

it depends must i mostly go for others opinions too and weigh in

which planet do you prefer? venus or mars?

[Bleeding Pawn]

None of these, I would only opt for Earth.

In a group of strangers; are you the first one to strike a conversation or let others start and then get involved?

[XaSp18]

Let others start and then get involved..

When you are divided into groups, which position do you prefer? being the leader or the member?

[papayahed]

leader


sneakers or dress shoes?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Dress shoes.

Used or brand new gadgets?

[tonywalt]

new gadgets.

Used car or new car?

[bouquin]

New.

Ironic or Earnest?

[papayahed]

Ironic

Comedy or Drama?

[thelastmelon]

Drama.

Beach and sun vacation or vacation in the city?

[bouquin]

City.

Peanut butter or honey?




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Currently reading: Amok (Stefan Zweig)

[tonywalt]

Peanut butter.

Sports car or luxury car?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Luxury.

Are you more adept in steering your car wheel or your life future?

[sapple89]

Car wheel.

organic or non-organic?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Organic.

Buying imported or local products?

[bouquin]

Local.

Raincoats or umbrellas?




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Currently reading: Wittgenstein's Nephew (Thomas Bernhard)

[tonywalt]

umbrellas.

US as China as the dominant world power? (think and be honest)

[Bleeding Pawn]

Yes?

Tobacco or nicotine gum?

[tonywalt]

Yes

US or China as the dominant world power? (think and be honest)

[Bleeding Pawn]

umm.. don't know to be honest.

Cigarette or nicotine gum?

[XaSp18]

I'll choose nicotine gum though I never did smoke.. it's safer

gun or knife (as a form of protection)

[Bleeding Pawn]

If knew how use a gun would go for that but presently, neither of them.

Reading or taking a tour to historical monuments?

[XaSp18]

In this case, I would rather take a tour to historical monuments

Texting or calling someone? (means of dissemination of info)

[Bleeding Pawn]

Texting.

Best in terms of swordsmanship; The Three Musketeers or Zorro?

[tonywalt]

tough question, couldn't honestly say

Rothko or Warhol?

[XaSp18]

Warhol

mayonnaise or cheese spread?

[tonywalt]

cheese spread

fast Plot driven books or character driven literary books?

[Bleeding Pawn]

some good books.

Would you take legal action against one who is making unauthorised use of your work in an international newspaper/journal/magazine or invite him/her home for tea for making you famous?

[XaSp18]

Unauthorised? If he did mention that the work is mine then I'll invite him for tea :D

A touch screen phone or the good old phone with keypads?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Touch screen.

For attending cell-phone calls; Hands-free or the phone itself?

[XaSp18]

Phone itself

Facebook or Twitter?

[Bleeding Pawn]

As an account holder, none.

Mustard sauce or powder?

[XaSp18]

Mustard sauce. Powder makes me sneeze

Gravy or ketchup?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Like ketchup too but most of the time prefer gravy.

Regular popcorn or caramel flavoured?

[tonywalt]

Cezanne or Matisse?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Regular popcorn or caramel flavoured?

[XaSp18]

Caramel flavored

Ice cream in a cone or ice cream in a cup?

[Bleeding Pawn]

If its outdoors, will go for cone.

Expensive autographed souvenir sports cap of inferior quality or branded one minus the autograph?

[XaSp18]

I'll go with the autographed one if it's for display :D

Go to book sales to find you favorite book or to a regular one?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Regular, traditional type ( you may never know what you will find).

If you got a chance to travel around the world; would you follow the route taken by of Phileas Fogg or of one particular man named Jason Bourne?

[XaSp18]

I'm more familiar with Fogg so I'll go with him.

As an OS, which one would you pick? Windows or Ubuntu?

[Kriana Inara]

Windows. 97% of my games dont work on Ubuntu.

Fennec Fox or Arctic Fox?

[Bleeding Pawn]

As pets? None of them.

Do you like sitting/sleeping/meditating/pondering in the dark or in a well lit room/place?

[Sophia21]

It depends on the mood.....
Winter or summer ??

[Bleeding Pawn]

Summer but it varies.

HOLES: book or the movie?

[XaSp18]

Movie

spring or autumn?

[Bleeding Pawn]

In a way both but would spring would have easily have preference over autumn ( somehow do really get tired of all the raking).

War correspondent : biased or neutral?

[XaSp18]

Neutral but I don't think that it is really that neutral.

Venus or Persephone?

[Bleeding Pawn]

as in fame, guess it is Venus.

Print or electronic media?

[XaSp18]

I think I'll go with the printed ones. It is easier for students since you don't have to worry about the battery life :D

Eggplant or cabbage?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Like both but the latter takes preference since it can also be consumed in salads.

Coffee; flavoured candy or drink?

[XaSp18]

I think I'll go with the flavored candy. I'm not really into drinking it.

Cotton candy or ice cream?

[papayahed]

ice cream

Swimming in a lake or ocean?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Pool.

To gossip or be gossiped about?

[XaSp18]

to gossip :D

Francis Bacon or William Shakespeare?

[tonywalt]

Shakespeare

exercise or do nothing?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Oh would really like to do "nothing", once in a while.

Blabbering on about ones achievement or remain anonymous?

[tonywalt]

Anonymous blabber

Same question

[papayahed]

anonymous


milk or cookies?

[bouquin]

cookies.

typhoon or tornado?




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Currently reading: Max Havelaar (Multatuli)

[Bleeding Pawn]

Both are cause of severe destruction, so none.

Vegetables: cooked or boiled?

[bouquin]

Since boiling is a form of cooking, so neither :-D

crêpe or pancake?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Pan.

Onion or Garlic?

[XaSp18]

Can I say none XD I don't like those XD

Notebook or Pad paper?

[Bleeding Pawn]

*****

[Bleeding Pawn]

notes.

Post-it-notes or text messages?

[XaSp18]

Text messages

pen or pencil?

[Bleeding Pawn]

write now, pen.

Are you God fearing or God loving person?

[tonywalt]

I fear him or her (because of his wrath - and stuff like that)

Fast dance or slow dance?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Where the stakes are high and so is the tempo.

Roasted ; beef or chicken/turkey?

[XaSp18]

I prefer beef or turkey. Either of the two. Roasted chickens are easy to find in my place.

Balmic vinegar or apple cider?

[tonywalt]

apple cider

Relaxing vacation/holiday or Activity driven vacation/holiday?

[Delta40]

Activity.

Crunchy or smooth peanut butter?

[Calidore]

The crunchier the better.

Scotch, Irish, or bourbon whiskey?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Neither.

Choclate: Bon bon or Lindt?

[tonywalt]

Lindt

Paris or London?

[XaSp18]

Paris

Book or e-Book?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Book.

DVDs or Video cassettes?

[tonywalt]

I'll get this one out the way. Dvd (I've not seen a vhs in years)

Gold or Silver?

[Lyn05]

Silver.

Freedom or imagination?

[tonywalt]

Imagination

Rock music or other kind?

[papayahed]

Rock


Coffee or Tea?

[tonywalt]

Tea

kim jong un's haircut or Dennis Rodman's haircut?

[Mohammad Ahmad]

mad or foolish

[faithosaurus]

Mad

Doctor Who or Sherlock?

[tonywalt]

Sherlock

Do you write in cursive or script?

[bouquin]

cursive.

fish or chips?




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Currently reading: Le Voyageur Enchanté (Nikolaï Leskov)

[hannah_arendt]

fish.

black or white?

[bouquin]

black.

cookie or spam?

[tonywalt]

cookies (cookie monster voice)

Techie or not a techie? (just vaguely two camps- with overlap)

[faithosaurus]

not a techie

abstract or concrete thinking?

[Bleeding Pawn]

hmm...concrete.

Fav player? Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic?

[tonywalt]

Abstract thinking with concrete (real) results! (Damn, a new company motto!)

German engineering or Chinese engineering?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Automobiles? guess it is German is famous.

To inspire or be inspired?

[tonywalt]

To inspire.

Motivational speakers or find your own way/purpose?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Lets say I`d rather consult those in my social circle, the latter.
Best baseline player: Nadal or Djokovic?

[bouquin]

Djokovic.

India or Sri Lanka?

[mal4mac]

India - without India Sri Lanka wouldn't even have Buddhism

D.H. Lawrence or Joseph Conrad?

[lilimarlene]

D.H. Lawrence

beards or clean shaven?

[bouquin]

Clean.

Pluck or shave?

[papayahed]

shave

Jupiter or Saturn?

[Hawkman]

Gotta be Saturn - I dig the rings. Anyway, I don't like spots on a planet, even if it is a gas giant!

Swan Lake or Romeo & Juliet? (The ballet)

[tonywalt]

Romeo and Juliet

Rock or Pop?

[Hawkman]

I'd have to say rock because you can sit on rocks and they can even be used to build things. Pop rots your teeth and leaves sticky patches when you spill it.

Troilus or Cressida?

[tonywalt]

Cressida. It was the first Toyota I ever drove in - and never seen many since.

Camus or Kafka?

[papayahed]

Camus, he seems more approachable.


Peanut butter or Jelly?

[Hawkman]

Ah... Two nations divided by a common language! You see, it depends on what your definition of jelly is. Jelly over here is what I believe you rebellious colonial type refer to as Jello, which would be nice with custard and appealing to my personal taste. However, if by jelly you mean jam then that's a different matter. It would also depend on what I wanted it for. If I was hunting Sasquatch I'd opt for the peanut butter, but if I was after pine martins I'd go for jam.

Alcatraz or Joliet?

[bouquin]

alcatraz.

chartreuse or magenta?

[papayahed]

chartreuse, although if I was in a different mood I might say magenta.


high heels or running shoes?

[Hawkman]

On me or someone else?

[aliengirl]

On you. :D

Rabbit or duck?

[Hawkman]

Duck.

God or Mammon?

[aliengirl]

God, no doubt.

Fight or flight?

[Eiseabhal]

Flight: feathered
Wild camping or hotel

[tonywalt]

Hotel (but camping good too)

Loud or Boring?

[bouquin]

boring.

speed skating or figure skating?

[Babyguile]

Speed skating.

Ginger or cinnamon?

[bouquin]

cinnamon.

allegory or metaphor?

[Hawkman]

metaphor.

Black powder or nitroglycerine?

[papayahed]

Nitroglycerine

sun or moon?

[Hawkman]

Moon.

Love or money?

[Babyguile]

Money

Critical acclaim or commercial fame

[bouquin]

critical acclaim.

magic or miracle?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Miracle?

Flash drive or External hard disk drive?

[bouquin]

flash.

knit or weave?

[lilimarlene]

Weave

Speed or power?

[The Comedian]

Power

Sunburn or hives?

[bouquin]

hives


cackle or curse?

[lilimarlene]

curse

frugal or extravagant?

[JanVanHogspeuw]

extravagant

The pen or the sword?

[lilimarlene]

I find a sword more satisfying.

risk or safety?

[Hawkman]

That's my girl :devil:

Risk (when calculated)

Stockings or trousers?

[bouquin]

stockings.


books or bras? http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/07/topless-reading-club-nyc-bare-breasts-books-nsfw-pictures_n_5280306.html?utm_hp_ref=uk#slide=232573 0

[tonywalt]

books

Plot driven or character driven?

[papayahed]

Plot

alligator or crocodile?

[lilimarlene]

6 of one and half dozen of the other

fruits or vegetables?

[Hawkman]

Fruits are vegetables, aren't they?

[bouquin]

vegetables then.


cumin or curry?

[lilimarlene]

I like both but since curry has cumin as an ingredient. I'll choose curry.

Snapchat or What's App?

[tonywalt]

Wats App.

Perfume/Cologne or None?

[bouquin]

perfume


soap or shampoo?

[lilimarlene]

soap for body , shampoo for hair

colour or black and white?

[tonywalt]

B&W

Pub quiz(or trivia nite) or Karaoke?

[lilimarlene]

Pub quiz. I would need quite a few drinks in me to do Karaoke.

listening to music or watching TV? ( tell the truth now)

[Hawkman]

It depends on whether i want to be doing something at the time. If I'm doing something then music is favourite. If I just want to zone out then it'd be the TV. Of course, sometimes I just want to make music, and then I'd rather just have silence and no distractions.

Roast beef or nut cutlet?

[lilimarlene]

Nut cutlet

confront or avoid?

[Pensive]

confront

a toothache or a heartache?

[bouquin]

toothache.


bacon or sausage?



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Currently reading: The Awakening and Other Short Stories (Kate Chopin)

[tonywalt]

turkey bacon, yes.

regular sized smart phone or the jumbo sized ones that we see around more and more?

[stephofthenight]

Iphone.

Mac or Pc

[tonywalt]

pc

message or call?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Msssage.

Here or there?

[stephofthenight]

here

go or stay

[Bleeding Pawn]

Go.

Did or did not eat your vegetables today?

[stephofthenight]

Did

Wasp or Spiders, which is worse

[Dark Muse]

Neither, I like them both, but if I have to choose I would say wasps because I am particularly found of spiders.

Reptiles or rodents (for a pet)

[papayahed]

Reptiles. I used to have Newts.

bus or train?