Game: This or That

[Lykren]

JJJJJJJJJJ-

England or Germany?

[Pompey Bum]

England as long as I got to go to Ireland on weekends.

Sleeping with a sexy witch or being married to a werewolf?

[Clopin]

Uhm... yes.

Edit: Well obviously the sexy witch.

Margarita (from Master and Margarita) or Gretchen (from Faust)?

[Lykren]

I'll take what I can get.

EDIT: Haven't read Bulgakov OR Goethe!

Sargent or Whistler?

[Pompey Bum]

Oh the witch isn't going to let you go free, Clopin; whereas all husbands learn how to make themselves scarce for a few days each month. :)

Gretchen.

And Sarge.

Grendel or Humbaba?

[North Star]

E: Humbaba

Whistler.

Bierstadt or Church?

[Lykren]

Bierstadt.

Rouault or Rousseau?

[North Star]

Rousseau.

Edelfelt or Gallen-Kallela?

[Lykren]

Edelfelt.

Peeling off dried glue or flaking paint?

[North Star]

podg.

Simberg or Munch?

[Lykren]

Munchkin.

Your hair long or short?

[North Star]

Long and short, I like both. It's nice to go back to short hair after it's grown long.

Mahler or Bruckner?

[Lykren]

Mahlykins. But I rarely listen to either. I do like Mahler 3.

Smiley faces or winky faces?

[Clopin]

Eh... My hair is sort of thick and curly and doesn't go "long long" very well, kinda fro's out honestly.

Shorter than longer lets say, but I don't love really short hair on myself either.

TV or Video Games (as a time waster, so no educational TV or Videogames)

[North Star]

E: TV, I suppose, but a video game with friends.


Mahlykins. But I rarely listen to either. I do like Mahler 3.

Smiley faces or winky faces?
M3? The others are too short?

Depends on the context ;)

Copland or Gershwin?

[Lykren]

VG.

TV sucks!

EDIT: Yes the others are too short and don't have sleigh bells. IIRC. Copland.

Bruxism or acne?

[Clopin]

I've never had bruxism and while I never had serious and horrible acne, I felt marred by three or four pimples pretty much constantly from around fourteen to nineteen and I hated it.

Gonna go with acne though, you only get one set of teeth and acne tends to go away.

Body odour you could never get rid of or forgetting every book you've ever read up until now?

[Lykren]

I have both problems already.

Dresses or skirts?

[Pompey Bum]

Honestly I don't have the legs for either.

Erectile dysfunction or being chronic obesity?

[North Star]

If you're chronic obesity, you're much more likely to get erectile dysfunction, and a bunch of other unpleasant conditions, so I'd take just the one.

verse or prose?

[Pompey Bum]

No loyalties.

Mary or Guanyin?

[Lykren]

I would like to be placed in a lotus.

Ra or Brahma? Not Ra or Brahms.

[North Star]

I would like to be placed in a lotus.

Ra or Brahma? Not Ra or Brahms.
Ra, although I am currently listening to the Ra(phael) Ensemble's exquisite recording of the Brahms sextets :D


Isis or Osiris?

[Lykren]

Isis, in the hope she would be beautiful.

Colossus of Rhodes or Phidias' Zeus?

[North Star]

Phidias' Zeus.

Hades or Poseiden?

[Lykren]

Poseidon, the sea is just flat-out awesome.

Italy or Spain?

[Pompey Bum]

Italy, though Spain isn't far behind.

The Colossus of Rhodes no longer exists. Neither does Phidias' Zeus. What are you guys talking about?

Hermes and the Infant Dionysos or The Dying Gaul?

[North Star]

E: Destroyed monuments, I suppose.
I like them both, can't really say I prefer one over the other, as they're very different statues, the poses in particular.

Italy, no matter how much I may like Mompou, Goya & Velazquez.

France or Germany?

[Lykren]

Yeah but if, Pompey! If!

The Hermes, and France.

Strawberries or watermelons?

[North Star]

Strawberries

Blueberries or lingonberries?

[Pompey Bum]

Blueberries

Black raspberries or red raspberries?

[North Star]

red.

cloudberries or cranberries?

[Lykren]

Woah, cloudberries? How poetic, those please.

Spring or fall?

[North Star]

Never heard of cloudberries? A summer isn't worth it if we don't manage to pick 50 kg of them :)

Spring.

morning or evening?

[Lykren]

Evening.

Do cloudberries taste like rain?

Sea-nymphs or sylvan ones?

[North Star]

Evening.

Do cloudberries taste like rain?
Hah! No. Their taste is one of the best things, though.


Sea-nymphs or sylvan ones?
Wood nymphs all the way.

Bach or Mozart?

[Lykren]

B-A-C-H. More flavor, in my opinion.

Schiff's Bach or Hewitt's?

[North Star]

I'm more into harpsichord/organ, but maybe Schiff of the two.

solo violin or solo cello Bach?

[Lykren]

Cello, but this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KaYzgofHjc) is gorgeous.

Reading Youtube comments or comments on news articles on Yahoo?

[North Star]

YT comments, I suppose.

Velazquez or Zurbaran?

[Lykren]

Velazquez, but dang this is cool (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Francisco_de_Zurbar%C3%A1n_006.jpg), and I had not seen it before. Still, that red pope.

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar or The Tempest?

[North Star]

And how about the Venetian Water merchant, the Rokeby Venus, Christ Crucified, Las Meninas, the Surrender of Breda. :)

Haven't read them yet.

Ian McKellen's Richard III or Branagh's Henry V?

[Pompey Bum]

Neither one, really, but at least Branagh's was in period dress.

Prince Hal in Henry IV I & II or his eventual grown up self in Henry V (aka "Hank Cinq")?

[Lykren]

The Prince.

Get on it, North Star!

And yes, there are other great Velazquez's I know :)

El Greco or Dali?

[Pompey Bum]

El Greco. I mean, I get it already, Sal.

Balethquez is a lot of fun, though.

Vanilla or French vanilla?

[Lykren]

French. It tastes like Proust to me, hahaha.

El Greco for sure, of course.

Balzac or Stendhal?

[Pompey Bum]

Balzac

Nuclear power or coal?

[Lykren]

Nukes.

Tight jeans or wide?

[North Star]

Not too tight, but not wide either. And yes, nukes for the time being.
Rare or well done beef?

[Lykren]

Well done.

Reading about royalty or poor people?

[North Star]

Van Gogh was a poor person, right? ;)
I can't say I'm that interested in reading about either class in general, or of a random rep of the classes.

Reading about painters or composers?

[Lykren]

Also neither.

Pink lemonade or yellow?

[North Star]

Pink lemonade or yellow?

Also neither.
Yellow if I must choose one, by a long way.

Sibelius or Shostakovich?

[Lykren]

Sibelius. Shostakovich's taut angst doesn't do a whole lot for me. Am I being unfair?

Brahms' Clarinet Quintet or Mozart's?

[North Star]

I think you are a bit unfair, especially to e.g. the Preludes & Fugues, the string quartets, the piano concertos. The melancholia is a part of Russian music in general, and it's not just angst.
But, I too prefer Sibelius.

Brahms


Prokofiev or Bartók?

[Pompey Bum]

Prokofiev by far.

And definitely pink lemonade.

Popcorn with or without butter?

[Lykren]

With. Are you trying to starve me?

Nachos or calamari?

[North Star]

Nachos.

Marlowe's 'The Passionate Sheepheard to his Love' or Raleigh's 'The Nimphs Reply to the Sheepheard'?

[Clopin]

Ah I like both, but I'll go with the original, Marlowe.

Goethe's Faust or Marlowe's Faust or Bulgakov's (kinda) Faust?

[Pompey Bum]

Goethe over Marlowe. Don't know the other one.

Fish or fowl?

[Lykren]

Fish, though I don't eat either much.

Portland, Oregon or Portland, Maine?

[bounty]

ive only been to Portland Maine so from the perspective of wanting to see someplace new to me, id have to go with Portland Oregon.

matchbox cars or hotwheels?

[Pompey Bum]

Um, matchbox? Then I could always light the wheels to get them hot.

Scooby-doo or Mr. Peabody?

[tailor STATELY]

Mr. Peabody... I could never understand the allure of Scooby Doo.

Impressionistic or Art Deco ?

[Pompey Bum]

Of the two, impressionism, I suppose. But I remember the art deco diners of my youth very fondly. Nothing chrome can last. :)

Highly accurate memory or nostalgia (which would you prefer?)

[tailor STATELY]

Ham

Felines or canines ?

[Calidore]

Canines. Genuine without attitude or pretension.

Fish or hamsters?

[Pompey Bum]

Fish. Hamsters are too hard to get on the grill.

Laptop or tablet?

[tailor STATELY]

Laptop.... received my first tablet yesterday (Kindle Fire); easier to write on laptop.

Apples or oranges ?

[bounty]

oranges for sure, but I like apples too...

Lincoln logs or tinker toys?

[Pompey Bum]

Lincoln logs. Tinker toys are for kids!

Plastic dinosaurs or transformers?

[Clopin]

Transformers of course, and the (animated, not the recent live action ones) movie and T.V shows which were on when I was a kid were awesome.

Pokemon, Digimon or Monster Rancher?

[Lykren]

Uh, none of those? Fine, Pokemon.

Climbing trees or walking through them?

[Pompey Bum]

Walking through if no one really wants to give me a lift.

Yellowstone or Yosemite?

[Lykren]

I dunno, I've only been to Yosemite. How about my room? :D

Lisp or rhotacism?

[bounty]

I lead a bike trip out west many years ago, Yellowstone was one of the places we went, its well worth the visit.

I think id have to go slightly with the lisp.

seven of nine or jadzia dax?

[Pompey Bum]

Seven of Nine. I usually prefer brunettes, but in her case I never really focused on the hair.

Chopsticks or fork (when eating Chinese food?)

[bounty]

I like trying chopsticks, but my dexterity with them isn't enough that I shouldn't answer fork.

star trek: the next generation or star trek, the original series?

[tailor STATELY]

Series: original

Star Wars iv-vi or i-iii ?

[Pike Bishop]

Series: original

Star Wars iv-vi or i-iii ?
I-III are unholy abominations.

Dick York or Dick Sargent?

[tailor STATELY]

I had almost forgotten about Darrin ii; so I'll have to go with York.

Plain or Bar-b-q chips/crisps ?

[Pompey Bum]

BBQ, but in small quantities.

Baltimore rioters: "thugs" or "misguided young people"?

[Clopin]

Well some of them are what we could call thugs and some of them aren't. At least this time the police probably actually did the thing they're rioting over, though I haven't followed it as closely as I did Ferguson.

Racial pride parades/days/months, something positive and useful for communities and people or vile racism which should be done away with?

[Dark Muse]

I don't know if I would call them vile but I am not a fan of them. I do think they serve to put more focus on are differences and some individual will always feel excluded because they don't identify with the group that others try and label them as.

Abstract or Surreal

[Pike Bishop]

Abstract in painting; both in film

Realism or Naturalism?

[Pompey Bum]

Abstract or Surreal

Abstract by far. Surrealism is fun, but it's kind of a dumb down.

By the way, I meant "thugs" vs. "misguided youth" in the sense of two media terms being used for the same thing. It was based on hearing a media idiot who originally said "thugs," then "corrected" it to " misguided youth."

Straight ties or bow ties?

[bounty]

i don't like either on me, but if im forced to choose, I say straight ties.

on others though, its interesting to note who can pull off bow ties and who cannot.

the coyote or the roadrunner?

[Pompey Bum]

I asked that before, and Clopin responded: "The coyote of course." Personally I enjoy a prosperous neutrality.

Of cottage cheese: large or small curd?

[bounty]

small curds, with lots of black pepper!

ah...well then...hmmm...

the Tasmanian devil or marvin the martian?

[Pompey Bum]

My favorite WB cartoon character is Elmer Fudd. I know he's not very PC, but I'm still reduced to jello when he cries like a baby because he can't "bwast" Bugs ("WAAAAA-HAAA-HAAA! I'll nebah bwast dat scwewy wabbit!). But given the choice above, I'd probably go with masculine energies of the Tasmanian Devil. Marvin the Martian is too--unpredictable? He's not a "regular guy" in any case.

Bluto or Brutus (as the name for Popeye's main rival)?

[bounty]

ah you presaged my next question of elmer fudd or Yosemite sam! laughs...

I think the earlier version was bluto and it changed later to brutus. I have to go with brutus because it sounds more nemesis-y. plus bluto is rendered somewhat comical but his namesake played by john belushi in animal house.

daffy duck or Donald duck?

[Pendragon]

My Daffy's better than my Donald voice!

Avengers or Justice League?

[Dark Muse]

Avengers

Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

[tonywalt]

milk chocolate

sweet tooth or do you crave "carby" foods?

[Pompey Bum]

Sweet tooth, especially for ice cream. I have to limit myself to only birthdays or things could get ugly.

Going to maximum security prison for life without a chance of parole, or execution (of the two, which would you choose?).

[Clopin]

Execute me please, i would be eaten alive in prison. Though Assuming it's a prison where I won't be raped, stabbed or beaten by other inmates then of course I would rather go there and just read for the rest of my life.

Should prisons be harsh and punishment oriented or relaxed and oriented on rehabilitation?

[Dark Muse]

That is a tough one but if I am alive there is always s chance. I could always work on plotting an escape maybe the chance us very slim of it working but not impossible and I could find a way to take my own life if I had enough. So I would say life because that way I can still keep fighting or choose to end my own life.

To me it depends on the crime. I think there are some people who cannot be rehabilitated and some crimes where I think harsh punishment is called for. It should be case by case.

Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics?

[Clopin]

Winter by far, I only care about team Canada and I barely ever watch the summer Olympics for that reason.

Double gold in hockey, suck it.

Chess or Darts (as an Olympic "sport")?

[bounty]

oh please can I say neither?? what an athletic bastardization that its even being talked about/considered/decided upon---wherever they are in the process. but if I had to chose, id say darts. at least there is some motor skill and control involved.

the original mony mony by tommy james and the shondells or the remake by billy idol?

[Pendragon]

Billy Idol

Movies or Stage Plays?

[Pompey Bum]

I gave up going out to see movies years ago. I don't miss that experience at all. And I haven't gone to a play for even longer, but I miss that experience quite a bit. So plays.

Chimpanzes or orangutans?

[tonywalt]

Orangutans (more peaceful than chimps).

Standard transmission or automatic?

[Pompey Bum]

Automatic. I associate standards with my midlife crisis.

Long farewells or just leaving?

[tonywalt]

Just leaving.

If you had no choice for a holiday(vacation): City or Rural?

[Pompey Bum]

Rural and remote.

Crowds or spaces?

[tailor STATELY]

Spaces

Oceanside or lakeside ?

[Pompey Bum]

Grew up with oceans, growing fond of lakes. But either one, as long as it's empty.

French fries or onion rings?

[tonywalt]

Onion rings.

Active holiday or relaxing holiday?

[Clopin]

Relaxing, I hate activity and most forms of fun.

Mountains or Oceans (as interactive scenery)?

[tonywalt]

Oceans, but I am biased.

Abstract expressionist art or Representative art?

[Pike Bishop]

Abstract expressionist art..not even close. Purely representative art is craft, not art.

Coleridge or Wordsworth?

[tonywalt]

Do your prefer Booker prize or Pulitzer prize? - in terms of taste.

[Pike Bishop]

Do your prefer Booker prize or Pulitzer prize? - in terms of taste.
They're both politically compromised, and the Booker becomes harder to discern since they started allowing American authors, but I've preferred the Booker's shortlists and finalists in the last 20 years. They definitely hit a home run when they gave Banville the prize for The Sea. He's the greatest English/Irish novelist since Woolf and Joyce.

[Pendragon]

Wordsworth, although I'm not overtly fond of either.

Nietzsche or René Descartes?

[Pike Bishop]

Nietzsche...not even close.

Raging Bull or Taxi Driver?

[Pompey Bum]

Descartes of course. :)

Waffles or pancakes?

[Dark Muse]

Taxi Driver

Paradise Lost or Dante's Inferno

[Pompey Bum]

Inferno, though both are great.

Balzac or Rabelais?

[Pike Bishop]

Paradise Lost

Byron or Shelley?

[Pompey Bum]

Waffles!

Balzac or Rabelais?

[Pike Bishop]

Paradise Lost

Byron or Shelley?

[Pendragon]

Byron

Dave Barry or Patrick F McManus?

[Pompey Bum]

Dave Barry (my kid brother likes him anyway, and that's good enough for me).

Baseball or basketball?

[Calidore]

Basketball. Baseball bores me silly. Even when the White Sox were in the World Series, I still couldn't get into the games.

American football or everyone else's football?

[Pompey Bum]

Double

[Pompey Bum]

Everyone else's until the NFL allows biting.

Birds or fish as:

1. Pets?
2. Dinner?

[Pike Bishop]

Dave Barry or Patrick F McManus?
Barry

Solo Lennon or solo Harrison.

[Pompey Bum]

American football or everyone else's football?

Everyone else's until the NFL allows biting.

Birds or fish as:

1. Pets?
2. Dinner?

[tonywalt]

I will answer both questions:

Lennon solo, although Harrison is my favourite beatle.

Pets.

Thunderstorms or Snowstorms if you are in a log cabin with a lover?

[Pompey Bum]

Thunderstorms.

Revolver or Rubber Soul?

[Pike Bishop]

Thunderstorms or Snowstorms if you are in a log cabin with a lover?

It depends on the lover; some love the crazy, some the serene.

Brian Johnson AC/DC or Bon Scott AC/DC

[bounty]

i grew up being a fan of the beatles, and have gotten to go to Liverpool a couple of times. i didn't have time to take in all the beatles sites i could have, but what little i did was enjoyable. i have a photo of a good friend posing with a statue of Eleanor rigby. i also had my bike, and all my gear, and all my clothes, stolen there. ack!

i also got tossed out of the abbey road studios in London when i ran in thinking it was a place that just any schmo might walk around.

very slight nod to rubber soul...

i think i asked this before---or something close to it.

early beatles or later beatles?

[Pike Bishop]

Thunderstorms or Snowstorms if you are in a log cabin with a lover?
It depends on the lover; some love the crazy, some the serene.

Brian Johnson AC/DC or Bon Scott AC/DC

[Pompey Bum]

early beatles or later beatles?

Later by far.

[tonywalt]

Bon Scott.

60's rock and roll or 70's rock and roll?

[Pompey Bum]

early beatles or later beatles?

Later by far.

And 60s over 70s rock.

Beatles or Stones?

[bounty]

slight nod to the beatles...

i like them both, and that was the question in high school too, with friends on both sides.

the first part of layla, or the ending part of layla or the slow solo-cover years later by Clapton?

[Pompey Bum]

First part of the original.

Exile on Main Street or Let It Bleed?

[bounty]

let it bleed (gimme shelter's one of my favorite stones pieces)

beatles breaking up when they did or a hypothetical beatles continuing well into the 70s?

[Pompey Bum]

All through the 70s, I wanted a reunion. I'm so glad now that it didn't happen. It was over when it was over. The Stones have been amazing to keep it going, though. Fred and Barney! (Sorry, old joke. :))

Sideshow Bob or Dr. Nick?

[North Star]

Sideshow Bob


Frasier or Niles?

[Pompey Bum]

Ah! Never seen the show, but I was once told that I reminded someone of Niles, so I will definitely say Frazier. :)

Sideshow Mel or Disco Stu?

[North Star]

Sideshow Mel. And you really ought to see it, I think.

Chief Wiggum or Mayor Quimby?

[Pompey Bum]

So they tell me. :)

Mayah, ah, euh, Quimby. That's how they talk in my home state. Seriously.

Smithers or MacBain?

[tonywalt]

Smithers.

Dialogue driven literature or character/narrative driven literature?

[Pompey Bum]

I think you asked that last year. I forget what I said then, but I'll go with character now. But both are enjoyable in effective hands. Is this a question that you ask yourself much? I thought you were a poet.

Irish music or Jamaican music?

[tonywalt]

Biased again, Jamaican.

The Who or Boston?

[Pike Bishop]

The Who...Boston are partial proof of the Devil.

Kiss or Chesp Trick?

[tonywalt]

Kiss

Paul Auster or JM Coetzee?...........

[Pike Bishop]

Paul Auster. Coetzee is a lovely writer but lacks Auster's experimental imagination.

DeLillo or Roth?

[tonywalt]

DeLillo

Modern Japanese literature or Latin American literature (20th & 21st century)?

[Pompey Bum]

I haven't read much modern Japanese literature unless Kazuo Ishiguru counts (which he doesn't really). I've read more Latin American lit, although not nearly enough. I really liked Mario Vargas Llosa's The War at the End of the World, though, which I read in January. So I'll fudge it and say Latin writers, although I really don't know.

Is it better to get married before you turn 30 or after?

[Pendragon]

Before thirty was fine for me

Same question.

[bounty]

I think generally people who get married later in life, are more likely to stay married but that doesn't mean to mean you don't get married at 26 if the right person comes along. this was actually a conversation on fox's "the five" show recently. someone's just written a book about it.

spock's intellect or captain kirk's ability with women?

[Pompey Bum]

Spock. I think he was doing just fine. :)

Seven-of-Nine or Councillor Troi?

[tonywalt]

Seven of Nine.

Do you photography with your smart phone or a camera mostly?

[Pompey Bum]

I use the only thing I've got: my Ipad.

Dignified resignation at the approach of death or "do not go gentle"?

[bounty]

death is the enemy and I think we do everything we can do to fight it, up until the moment where its inevitability is manifest, and then the resignation. in the meanwhile, where there is life there is hope. i also think though, its possible to be dignified in the "everything we can do to fight" camp.

that poem by the way is one of my favorites! i think there is an irony to it though...im not entirely sure but i think Dylan Thomas ultimately didn't live out the precepts from it.

heres a fun one:

the "this or that" game or the "aye or nay" game?

[tonywalt]

this or that

If you had to make a choice -the "forum game" section or the "general literature" section?

[Pendragon]

Games. (Duh!)

Poetry contests or Litnet Prose Contests?

[bounty]

i don't go to either, but as I like prose better than poetry, i'll go with that one.

I asked this a while ago, but its the quintessential this or that question and so worth asking again:

ginger or mary ann?

[Pompey Bum]

Seven days in a week, man. ;-)

Ginger or cinnamon?

[tonywalt]

Ginger (in answer to both questions).

Sushi or Indian? (I suppose this is a UK query as Indian food is on every street).

[Pike Bishop]

Indian

Graham Greene or Evelyn Waugh?

[tonywalt]

Graham Greene

An apartment in the upper west side or an apartment in greenwich village?

[Pendragon]

Neither. I am not made to be a city dweller...

Quaint cottage or Old Farmhouse?

[bounty]

oh both sound really good and I suppose id go with whichever one the hypothetical woman I have in my life liked better. I lean towards the quaint cottage.

and I suppose yes, id go with ginger and mary ann seven days a week too. although, maybe sundays off? laughs...

mad magazine or the old original Saturday night live shows?

[Pendragon]

Mad Magazine (Hard to sneak and watch SNL when your parents disapprove, but a magazine is easily hidden)

Biology or Chemistry?

[Pike Bishop]

Chemistry...although biology factors into attraction as well.

Matthew McConnaughey in Dazed and Confused or Matthew McConnaughey in True Detective?

[Pendragon]

Neither. Matthew McConnaughey in "Sahara"

Wolverine or Batman?

[TheLastBirds]

Wolverine.

Franz Schubert or Domenico Scarlatti?

[Pompey Bum]

Schubert, particularly raspberry Schubert.

Sherry or amaretto?

[Pike Bishop]

Wolverine.

Franz Schubert or Domenico Scarlatti?

Franz Schubert

David Bowie or Mick Jagger?

[Dark Muse]

Mick Jagger

Beethoven or Mozart

[Pike Bishop]

Mozart

Robert Lowell or Allen Ginsburg?

[Dark Muse]

Lowell

Robert Frost or Walt Whitman

[Pike Bishop]

Whitman, Whitman, Whitman

Elizabeth Bishop or Edna St. Vincent Millay?

[Dark Muse]

Bishop

Since I just watched the movie last night

The Imitation Game or Enigma

[Pendragon]

Enigma

Energetic or Lazy?

[Pike Bishop]

Depends on the day

Public Enemy or N.W.A.?

[tonywalt]

N.W.A.

the 1960's counter-culture changed north america and western europe for the better or worse?

[Pike Bishop]

For the better, of course. Who would want to stay in the racist, sexist, homophobic, McCarthyesque America of the 50's?

Mickey Mantle or Joe DiMaggio?

[Pendragon]

Jolting Joe

Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron?

[Pompey Bum]

Aaron. But Tommy, not Hank.

American League or National League?

[Pike Bishop]

Jolting Joe

Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron?

Hank Aaron

Starsky or Hutch.?

[tonywalt]

Starsky.

Blue ink or Black ink (bearing in mine many of us use ink less)

[Pike Bishop]

Black

Drake or Kendtick Lamarr?

[tonywalt]

Kendrick Lamar

Girl next door looking girl (or guy)or exotic looking girl (or guy)?

[Pike Bishop]

Wife is girl next door looking, so it's a no-brainier.

Metallica or Guns & Roses?

[tonywalt]

Metallica

Would you rather win a classic car (of your choice) or a brand new car? (of equal value and of course).

[Pompey Bum]

Probably a new one. A classic car belongs with someone who care's enough to pamper it.

Expensive or clean, safe budget hotel (assuming that you can afford both)?

[bounty]

im uncomfortable with too much comfort and am also very fiscally conservative...my first choice is tent in the woods, or the car, but if I have to, i'll go with budget motel. oh the stories I could tell...smiles...

the old planet of the apes movies or the new ones?

[Pendragon]

Old for storylines, new for graphics

Firefly or Babylon 5?

[Pike Bishop]

Firefly...and DS9 blew Babylon 5 out of the water.

Blade Runner or Star Wars?

[Calidore]

Star Wars for fun, Blade Runner for when I want something a little deeper.

Alien or Aliens?

[Pendragon]

Alien

Close Encounters of the Third Kind or Independence Day?

[Dark Muse]

Close Encounters

Exorrsist or Poltergeist

[Pompey Bum]

Exorcist by far. Gets funnier every time I see it. :)

Dawn of the Dead/lumbering zombies or 28 Days Later/Turbo-zombies?

[Dark Muse]

I tend to prefer lumbering zombies but on the whole I thought 28 Days later was a better movie.

Middle Ages or the Renaissance

[Pompey Bum]

Yeah, lumbering zombies.

Renaissance, although both terms are problematic.

Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome?

[Pike Bishop]

I tend to prefer lumbering zombies but on the whole I thought 28 Days later was a better movie.

Middle Ages or the Renaissance

The Middle Ages for thought and philosophy, the Renaissance for Art and decadence

Ben Johnson or Christopher Marlowe?

[Dark Muse]

Greece

Ninja or Samurai

[Pompey Bum]

Samurai. Ninjas need to get over themselves.

Sparta or Athens?

[Dark Muse]

Sparta

Robin Hood or King Arthur

[Pike Bishop]

Jaqen H'gar

Walter White or Tony Soprano?

[Dark Muse]

Walter White


Homer or Virgil

[Pike Bishop]

Homer

Paul Newman or Steve McQueen?

[tonywalt]

Paul Newman

Do you type with 2 fingers or all fingers in a sweet touch typing symphony?

[Pompey Bum]

I hold the Ipad in my left hand and type (fairly quickly) with the middle finger of my left.

Same question.

[tonywalt]

touch typer, learned in high school. Thank you Mrs. Breathspeare!

Digital books or physical books? (This question is standard)

[Pike Bishop]

Physical

Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd

[tonywalt]

Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Tom Petty or George Harrision?

[Calidore]

I'll go with Petty. I like Harrison's stuff, but I think he worked better adding flavor to the Beatles than as a solo.

The Cars or Devo?

[tonywalt]

The cars?

John Updike or Phillip Roth?

[Pike Bishop]

Philip Roth by a light year...Updike becomes more overrated with each passing year.

The Portrait of a Lady or one of the novels from James' Major Phase (The Golden Bowl, The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove)?

[tonywalt]

The Portrait of a Lady, I like the confronting of destiny and human conciousness 'stuff'

Great paintings should be in (ideally) museums or places of some public access or privately owned? The latter, perhaps(?) encourages and spawns more art and more artists, but it comes at a societal price. More and more great paintings are ending up privately held and museums don't have the budge to compete.

[Pike Bishop]

I say both for the solid reasons you gave. Painters' labor should have as much access to the free market as any other laborer. However, once it is established a certain artist is a significant part of a country's, or the world's, culture, there should be some requirement for private owners of that culture to share it in a manner benefiting both society and the owner.

Daniel Day-Lewis or Philip Seymour Hoffman?

[tonywalt]

PS Hoffman.

Kubrick or Fellini?

[Pike Bishop]

Kubrick by a light year

The Godfather or Godfather Part II?

[Pendragon]

The Godfather

Maltese Falcon or The Thin Man?

[Dark Muse]

Maltese Falcon

Songbird or raptor

[Pike Bishop]

Songbird

Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett

[tonywalt]

Raymond chandler

Raymond Carver or John Cheever?

[Pike Bishop]

John Cheever by a nose. Carver's structure and sardonic wit may barely edge Cheever's, but Cheever's style and profound social commentary make him the winner.

Quentin Tarantino or P.T. Anderson?

[Pendragon]

Tarantino

Daredevil or Spiderman?

[Pompey Bum]

Spiderman. Daredevil is just another Satanic ploy.

Long hair or short hair?

[Pike Bishop]

Tarantino

Daredevil or Spiderman?

Daredevil

Kirk Douglas or Burt Lancaster?

[Pendragon]

Douglas

Steve McQueen or Clint Eastwood?

[Pompey Bum]

Eastwood. McQueen was always flaunting his sensitivity.

Mister Rogers or Big Bird?

[tonywalt]

Big Bird.

John Malkovitch or William Macy (actying ability-wise)

[Pompey Bum]

Both great talents. I'll give it to Macy for realism and believability, despite my fondness for Malkovitch in Dangerous Liaisons.

Coffee sweetened or not?

[Clopin]

Black coffee.

Calvin and Hobbes or Peanuts?

[tonywalt]

Peanuts.

Snoopy or Bugs Bunny?

[Pendragon]

Snoopy!

Bugs or Daffy?

[bounty]

bugs bunny for sure but daffy is a good foil.

elmer fudd or Yosemite sam?

[Pompey Bum]

FUDD!

Chief Wiggam or Mr. Teeny?

[Clopin]

Wiggum!

Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen or -bonus- Angela Merkel (to rule over your country with an elected majority, none of the above is not an option)

[Pompey Bum]

Angela. Next thing you know Mexico would owe us money.

Opera or ballet?

[Lykren]

Opera!

Sharpie or highlighter?

[tonywalt]

highlighter (difficult choice)

Plot driven books or character driven?

[bounty]

when I read the brothers Karamazov years ago, I remember complaining to a friend of mine who is the director of the local university library as to how slow the book was and nothings really happening and he said, "its because its a character driven story not a plot driven one." that was my first introduction to the differentiation.

I do pay attention to character development, but I want to see that in the context of a plot driven story that involves action.

action movies with romance or action movies with no romance?

[Pendragon]

action movies with no romance

Slasher movies or psychological thriller?

[Pompey Bum]

Slasher movies with oodles of romance. Preferably musicals.

Environmental tourism or archaeological tourism? (Would you rather see pristine nature or remote ruins?)

[Pendragon]

pristine nature

Vacation in the mountains or at the beach?

[Dark Muse]

Mountains

Water ski or snow ski?

[North Star]

Snow skiing.

pasta or pizza?

[Clopin]

Pizza

Sweden or Russia? (or Estonia)

[North Star]

For permanent residence, Sweden. For holidays, Tallinn vs. Stockholm is probably tie.

French or Italian cinema?

[Clopin]

French but I haven't seen much Italian, becoming more acquainted with cinema is on my to do list.

Hockey or curling?

[bounty]

oh clopin, I might be committing heresy in saying this given you are Canadian, but hockey is way down on my sports to watch list and I actually enjoy watching curling. have I said before here I went to a bonspiel once? I think if I had the opportunity to do some curling id give it a try. so curling it is.

American football or what the rest of the world calls football (soccer)?