Game: This or That

[Dark Muse]

That it is a tough one, I rather like both. But if I had to choose I think snowfall.

Milkshake or smoothie

[bounty]

im a vegetarian and try to also limit dairy products and in so much as smoothies can be made without ice cream and milk, id go with them.

Heinz-57, A1, or Worcestershire?

[Pendragon]

A1

French, Ranch, or Blue Cheese salad dressing?

[bounty]

French (especially the catalina kind) on traditional green salads, ranch on submarine sandwiches, and blue cheese with fried things like French fries, or mushrooms, okra, etc.

cola type soda pops or the clear lemon-lime types?

[Dark Muse]

lemon-lime

Digital camera or film

[tonywalt]

Digital.

Film movies or digital movies? (now, there's my issue).

[Pendragon]

Digital.Much clearer.

Lost or X-Files?

[Dark Muse]

Definitely Lost

Twilight Zone or Outer Limits

[Pendragon]

Outer Limits

Bonanza or Big Valley?

[tailor STATELY]

Bonanza

Pistachios or Pecans ?

[Pendragon]

Both, really

Cashews or almonds?

[bounty]

almonds are great, but cashews are tied with pistachios for the best!

rocky mountains or the Appalachians?

[tonywalt]

Rock Mountains

Carbonated or flat water?

[bounty]

carbonated if its flavored, otherwise plain water if its cold and im thirsty...

chocolate covered raisins or chocolate covered peanuts or chocolate covered pretzels or yogurt covered raisins or yogurt covered peanuts or yogurt covered pretzels?

[Dark Muse]

Cocooate covered blueberries haha

But if I had to choose one of those I would go with cocolate covered pretzals

White chocolate or dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

[bounty]

another ample usage of "its all good" but i'll go with milk chocolate.

normal/plain potato chips, ruffle type or kettle cooked?

[Dark Muse]

Kettle cooked

Ice cream, sherbert, or frozen yogourt

[tonywalt]

ice cream?

Fries or Salad (or insert choice) with that?

[Pendragon]

Fries

Soup or salad?

[Dark Muse]

Soup

Apple or orange?

[tonywalt]

Orange.

Color or black and white portrait photography?

[Dark Muse]

Black and white

Broadway musicals or opera?

[bounty]

ive never been to the opera, so id go with that one if the preference was about trying something new, but otherwise, I love broadway musicals, so id go with that one hands down!

ive seen oh Calcutta, cats, evita, a chorus line, ain't misbehaving, and annie get your gun.

for how you feel right this moment: listening to a musician you know you love, or listening to a brand new one (to you) that the jury is still out on?

[tonywalt]

Listening to a musician I love, with a brand new one as a close second joy (but rarer these days as the industry is flatter, more bands, more content, very few super bands, and not as innovative with the exception of the Hip Hop Genre(innovative, but revolving door of talent).

Plot driven or character driven books?

[bounty]

when I first started reading in earnest I remember telling a friend in reference to the brothers Karamazov--"there's not action!" and he said, "that's because its a character driven story not a plot one."

I imagine all stories have elements of both but for my part, I want lots of plot movement and a little to moderate character development.

a cold drink on a hot day or a hot drink on a cold day?

[Dark Muse]

I don't like most hot drinks, so cold drink

tea or coffee

[tonywalt]

coffee.

Paris or London? (to visit as a tourist, if you do no live in either France nor England)

[Lykren]

Yes.

Chandeliers or lamps?

[North Star]

Yes.

Chandeliers or lamps?
Chandeliers


Paradise Lost or Coriolanus?

[Lykren]

PL for the PI.

Hats or scarves?

[Clopin]

Hats make my head look really small (because it is), so, scarves.

Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump to ascend the throne of America? I don't need Lykren's input because he is a Marxist shill and doesn't want to see America made great again through sheer Trump.

[Pendragon]

Then you won't like this either. Bernie Sanders. Donald Trump is a pompous blowhard bully.

Mystery or Horror movie tonight?

[Pompey Bum]

Mystery or Horror movie tonight?

Just let me read.


Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump to ascend the throne of America? I don't need Lykren's input because he is a Marxist shill and doesn't want to see America made great again through sheer Trump.

Given the choice, then Trump, of course. Bernie doesn't understand that black lives matter. Heh heh.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjt56Tdhhqk

[Lykren]

At least he knows that (cute) animal lives matter: https://facebook.com/animalsforsanders

[Pompey Bum]

At least he knows that (cute) animal lives matter: https://facebook.com/animalsforsanders

Just ask the next question, racist. [:)]

[Lykren]

Did you even click on the link?

Men in bunny suits who support Trump or actual bunnies who support Sanders?

[Pompey Bum]

Did you even click on the link?

Yes, yes, newborn puppies giving Bernie the fascist salute. When their eyes open they'll go over to Trump.


Men in bunny suits who support Trump or actual bunnies who support Sanders?

"Bunny" is an extremely hurtful term, both to actual Lepus Americans and we species fluid who are still making our transitions. Failure to conform to the dogmas of affirming and celebrating will not be tolerated, sir. Your career (as a poet, right?) is over!

Clam bakes or crawfish boils?

[Lykren]

Vegetarian curry.

And never fear, my career as a poet was over before it began.

At least, though, I can accurately differentiate between 'they're' and 'their.'

Watch or no watch?

[Pompey Bum]

You just watch.

Eaten no meat in 2015 or eaten lots of meat in 2015? Hmmmmm?

[Lykren]

Eaten lots of meat. Middlebury served heaps every day.

Lots of cuddles in 2015 or not?

[Pompey Bum]

Eaten lots of meat. Middlebury served heaps every day.

Ah! Now I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think I've eaten any dead animals since leaving Taipei last year.


Lots of cuddles in 2015 or not?

That's one way to put it.

New England or California?

[Lykren]

CA.

Riding in the car with my dad for the next five hours who just happened to see a really explicit sext I got, or blowing my head off?

**** MY LIFE

[Pompey Bum]

Get in the car and deal with it. Your generation didn't invent sex (even if it invented sexting). Your father knows all about your sex drive and loves you anyway. If he didn't have one, too, you wouldn't even be here. If you did something wrong, then apologizing will help. If not (and it doesn't sound like you did), then just tell him honestly how embarrassed you are about the whole thing. He's probably embarrassed, too. Good luck, Lykren. You're an amazing young man. This too shall pass.

Um, being in your 20s or being in your 50s? [:)]

[Lykren]

just tell him honestly how embarrassed you are about the whole thing.

... I'm good, thanks.

50's.

Oaks or pines?

[North Star]

20s, as one still has all ahead of him then, like at the beginning of a holiday, but instead of going back to work, you die at the end of itAnd it's a lot easier to stay fit. Not that being in ones 50s can't be very nice as well, relaxing into retirement.

E: Pines. But I don't see too many oaks around here.

Apple trees or cherry trees?

[Pendragon]

Black Cherry Tree here in Virginia.

East Coast or West Coast America?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Black Cherry Tree here in Virginia.

East Coast or West Coast America?

Oh god, East. As a native New Yorker and long-standing New England dweller, I am biased, I know, but apart from the Pacific Northwest, which is lovely, the east coast is where it's at. I mean, Autumn. In Vermont. With a hot toddy. And a coed.

[tonywalt]

West coast

Beach holiday or historical/cultural city holiday?

[EvoWarrior5]

Historical/cultural city holiday.

The Picture of Dorian Gray never having been published or Things Fall Apart never having been published?

Preferably to be answered by someone who's read both but I cannot stop anyone from responding, of course ;)

[Dark Muse]

That is a touch one I really enjoyed both books, but if I had to choose then I would say Things Fall Apart not being published. I LOVE Dorian Gray too much.

Deciduous or Coniferous?

[Pendragon]

Either. Both have their good points and bad but it is worth pointing out that you never see anyone raking and burning pine needles!

Mountains covered in trees or mountains with a tree line, then rock?

[Dark Muse]

Both are good, but I like the tree lines with rocks. I love looking at the rock formations.

Parachuting or hang-gliding

[Pendragon]

Both terrify me. When I was younger and weighed 150, I would have done either with gusto. Now, 55 and over 300 pounds, I cringe from such things!

Walking or weights for exercise?

[Dark Muse]

Walking

Kayak or Canoe?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I'm going to say kayak because I've done much canoeing, down rapids and on lakes, but no kayaking, and doing so on the beautiful lakes around here would be ham sandwich. I mean great.

Cephalopod cocktail or Grecian urn?

[Dark Muse]

Grecian Urn

Ham Sandwich or Turkey Sandwich?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Ham sandwich, to which can be added Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Turkey can sod right off until Thanksgiving.

Stoat or vole?

[Dark Muse]

They are both pretty cute but if I had to pick one then stoat

Wombat or Wallaby?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Wallaby, 'cause they look like 'roos and 'op about on their back legs, and 'oo doesn't like a bit of 'opping?

Marsupial or Cricetinae?

[Dark Muse]

Marsupial, they have built in pockets.

Koala Bear or Panda Bear?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Koalas aren't bears, it's a misnomer, but I'd pick them because they sit round getting stoned all day on eucalyptus leaves and yet, far from being shunned or castigated by the prim and proper, their stuffed effigies are given to tiny children wot cuddle with them in their littew beds.

Asparagus or curry? Note that these rank one and two, respectively, in the list of foods wot make your pee reek loyk the loo on a fishing trawler two months out at sea.

[tonywalt]

Curry.

Potato or rice?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Baked potato with sour cream.

Organic, non-GMO tomato or cloned stegosaurus?

[tonywalt]

the first.

Godfather 1 or 2?

[Dark Muse]

Of course Godfather 1

Reading the Instruction manual or just figuring it out on your own?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Watching the instructional video on YouTube.

Margarine or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter?

[bounty]

from a cost perspective, gotta go with the former, from a taste perspective, maybe a slight lean towards the latter...healthwise, I cant say.

im a vegetarian but---mustard or ketchup on a hot dog?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I have to go with ketchup on this one. I'm not morally opposed to mustard, and in my NY deli lovin' family it's generally ketchup, mustard, relish, onions and an unsuspecting passerby, but ketchup has long been my mainstay.

Use an Iroquois burial ground to dump dry cleaning chemicals or set fire to Sequoia National Park?

[Pendragon]

Neither, both are atrocious!


Jump off the Empire State Building or shoot yourself?

[tonywalt]

Shoot yourself with a waster pistol (that blast of tepid water hurts a bit but really makes ya appreciate the beauty of life)

Don Johnson or Phillip michael thomas in the old miami vice series? (tongue in cheek here)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Tony, I'm glad for your sake that was tongue in cheek. Don't mess with my Miami Vice.

New cell phone or an hour of unbridled fun online with Mistress Spanky Bottoms.

[bounty]

I don't have a cell phone (and don't want one), and my internet connection is too slow for mistress spanky bottoms---hah! smiles...

how you are feeling right now: a piece of classic literature, or a contemporary best seller?

[tailor STATELY]

Classic Literature: "The Martian Chronicles"/Ray Bradbury as opposed to "The Martian"/somebody(just kidding) Weir

Plain-Jane flavor of ice cream (vanilla/straw/choc) or something more exotic ?

[bounty]

yayy someone else joined in! I thought maybe I hadn't taken a shower, or was what, chopped liver or something!

ive got the martian chronicles tailor---want some company in your reading?

I don't eat much ice cream, its a part of the vegetarian scene for me, but I do like it all and if someone put a bowl of any of it in front of me, id eat it, but right this moment---something exotic sounds fun. I remember an old baskins and robbins flavor called peppermint fudge ribbon...but cookie dough ice cream sounds good, or moose tracks, or some other whacky ben and jerry's flavor...

as a series: twilight, harry potter or hunger games?

[Kemijost]

Hello,

Hunger games.

I need to practice some dietary restraint. I had ice cream today because the stand was closing for the winter this weekend.

Martian Chronicles: love those ancient memories.

Issac Asimov or Ray Bradbury?

[Pendragon]

Both are good!

Agatha Christie or Rex Stout?

[bounty]

ive only got one rex stout book, "three doors to death" and ive not read it yet, but ive read bunches of hercule poirot stories and have enjoyed most of those---so i'll go with Agatha Christie.

might have asked this one before, or something close:

james bond or Sherlock holmes?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

James Bond, 'cause I'm weary of Sherlock at the moment, and Daniel Craig as 007 is my secret identity. Oh, and Ray Bradbury, Martian Chronicles. Glad to see I'm not alone in that.

Kale juice fast or mud wrestle Gwendoline Christie?

[bounty]

i think Daniel craig is the best bond...

I had to look up gwendoline Christie and I suspect id choose the mud wrestling even if it was grape juice or tomato juice.

since i mentioned it---grape juice or tomato juice?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Tomato juice, as I freakin' love it and could drink it all day. Well, maybe not all day, but after struggling fecklessly against Gwendoline Christie's might and mass, I'm sure a glass or two would stand me in good stead.

And Daniel Craig is, agreed, the best Bond.

A hundred years of youth, beauty and perfect health, or forty million dollars.

[tailor STATELY]

$ 40 million USD............. a hundred years of anything would get old fast.

Tablet or smart phone ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Smart phone. For a start, some models of smart phone are now damn near as big as tablets. Second, tablets, I think, are on their way out, judging by the fact that most of the new ones offer keyboards to complement them and are increasingly laptop-like. Especially since Windows 10 has touch capability, you might as well get a new laptop with touch screen features, and get a smart phone for phone sex. I mean for calling Mom. Or, possibly, phone sex with someone you call Mom.

Self-warming KY or Original Formula.

[bounty]

im partial to raspberry preserves or orange marmalade...

onions or peppers on a pizza?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Onions, as I love the stinky little buggers. Mind you, if I can have my druthers, it's pineapple all the way, baby.

Toaster oven or traditional pop-up toaster?

[bounty]

one of the best pizzas I ever had was topped with pineapple, spinach and feta.

hated onions when I was a kid, now I love them.

I think onions and pineapple go surprisingly well together.

tryion---ever have a pineapple and cheese sandwich? I remember being in England and having them in the pubs there.

toast (and tea) is one of the favorite things and I think other than that, a microwave suffices for everything else, so I say traditional toaster.

benny hill or monty python?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, for the love of pineapple, Monty Python. I loved watching Benny Hill on PBS as a kid, but there simply is no comparison. Most of my mental processes and verbal gyrations can be attributed to the early Python influence. That, and women's brassiere ads.

Jergens Skin Care or Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion?

[bounty]

I liked the comic absurdity of both but I particularly enjoyed monty python's social commentary.

im a guy so not being acquainted, im going to say six of one, half dozen of the other...

a crisp autumn day and walk in the woods, or a hot summer day with a lake?

[bounty]

double post, but while im here, I think my favorite python scene is from holy grail when Arthur is interacting with the peasants in the slop and dennis goes off on a rant about power being granted by a mandate from the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[tailor STATELY]

a crisp autumn day and walk in the woods

Fall or Spring ?

[bounty]

fall is by far my favorite time of the year, and im fortunate to live in the middle of hundreds into the thousands of acres of hilly forests.

going to a restaurant---a brand new (to you) ethnic type food place, or an old standby that you know you love.

[Dark Muse]

New Restaurant

When reading a book do you prefer

A lot of really short chapters or a few really long chapters

[bounty]

i think I prefer them on the short-ish side. they make for great natural pausing points if you want to put the book down for a bit. yet at the same time, some of the contemporary best seller types I read seem to have willy nilly chapter breaks, for instance right in the middle of a conversation for goodness sake. its almost as if the writing is more consistent with a tv show's commercial break at a dramatic high point rather than any objective change in the topic.

salty and crunchy or sweet and chewy?

[papayahed]

salty and crunchy

scrambled or over easy?

[Dark Muse]

Scrambled

A book that is very well written but you find to have a boring story and/or uninteresting characters or a book with mediocre prose but has a compelling story line?

[bounty]

muse, that's a variation on a question I used to pose to my students. winning beautifully is best, losing ugly is worst, which is the next best---winning ugly or losing beautifully? gender differences in the answers were usually evident.

id pick mediocre prose and compelling story line.

and heck, for my question, given some recent activity, papayahed might already have the answer---do you ever go back and look at old threads, or the very beginnings of current threads, and wonder about the people who used to post, but who are no longer active?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Yes, and I picture them in frightening situations, assuming, as I do, that they've all been disappeared by Them. You know, the Gobblers. The ones wot come wiv a potato sack in da middle o' da noyt and knocks you over the 'ead. Such that you're never seen again--know whut I mean?

The Waitresses' "I Know What Boys Like" or Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"?

[tonywalt]

Bow Wow Wow

What's more shocking: The fact that most people will take the extra effort to message/text, even driving or the demise of the music video?

[bounty]

ive sometimes wondered, when music videos can cost hundreds of thousands, and sometimes into the millions of dollars to produce, what the pay-off is for the artists?

tony if I take the first part of your question to mean people shouldn't be texting when they are driving in particular, and that people spend too much time texting in general---i'll go with all that one being more shocking. I actually find it disturbing.

large sold out auditorium for a concert or a small intimate coffee house/pub type show?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, god, no-brainer: small venue. Mind you, my youth was filled with stadium shows, wouldn't trade it for the world, those memories, but it was also filled with once in a lifetime small shows, and continues to be. Don't think I'd go to an arena show at my age, or enjoy it, it is the intimate connection between audience and performer in a small venue that makes for magic. Or, possibly, beads of sweat landing on you.

Hemorrhoids that go away in three days or a cold that lasts for a week?

[bounty]

having never had the former, and knowing the latter is very tolerable, i'll go with the safe bet and say the cold.

recorded live music or studio music?

[Dark Muse]

Studio I really don't care for recorded live music.

French Fires or Onion Rings?

[Pendragon]

Fries

Apple or Cherry Pie?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Apple. And the recorded live music one is big with me, going back, yea, to my youth. Most recorded rock music blows because instead of getting a new album of new songs, you get a live album on which the songs don't sound notably different from the original studio recording, i.e., a total waste. With progressive rock, jazz, blues, fusion and rock that's played by the better rock musicians out there, though, live is everything, mon, everything.

And bounty, what's this I've never had hemorrhoids thing? Seriously? You sir, are a lucky man.

A dose of embarrassment or an equal dose of pain?

[Dark Muse]

I have a high threshold for pain and it doesn't bother me that much, so a dose of pain. I am used to be being rather accident prone.

with that

tattoo or piercing?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Piercing. I had one at one point, as mentioned aforetime this evening, in me ear. Tattoos, on the other hand, I wouldn't get for love or money.

Potato salad or bean dip?

[bounty]

laughs...and hopefully i'll be one of two out of three people who don't get shingles either!

and bean drop sounds great! with tortilla chips...

tyrion, im listening to tomoyasu hotei as im writing. do you know him? I half suspect youd like some of his music...

star wars or star trek?

[Pendragon]

Star Wars for more realistic aliens, Star Trek for the adventures.

Country or Rock music?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Rock. I respect the talent and technical accomplishment of many country musicians, and that goes double for bluegrass, but I's a rock boy.

bounty, yes, Tomoyasu is cool.

Hostile ETs landing in an Illinois wheat field or Godzilla rising out of the ocean off the coast of Maine?

[bounty]

the fun thing about a large segment of today's country music is its merging with rock, or at least pop rock.

absolutely give a listen Miranda lambert's fastest girl in town, carrie underwood's cowboy Casanova, gloriana's trouble, and reba McIntyre's going out like that.

if you want some male artist recommendations after you've eaten those songs up, lemme know! smiles...

tyrion, will you check out blind joe's audition on the voice? if it hadn't been for love, by the steeldrivers.

hmmm, that's a toughie. I don't like for anyone to get hurt, or anything for that matter...I think since we already know how to defeat Godzilla, id go with him.

been a while since ive asked this: mary ann or ginger?

[papayahed]

I'm a mary ann

Luke or Han?

[Pendragon]

Han. I bet he secretly had the Force to be able to fly the way he did!

Darth Vader or The Emperor?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

The Emperor had margarine face but a cool voice which I spent ages doing a rather good impression of after Return of the Jedi came out, to the delight and hilarity of my friends. (That's why you should always take me to Tupperware parties.) Also, he's ultimately scarier than Darth, so I think I have to vote Emperor.

Spending your Saturday night shaving your privates and watching M*A*S*H reruns, or out with the prettiest gal in town, dancing the night away like giddy teenagers, then being invited back to her place for carnal sin?

[Sancho]

Haha, the old fish or cut bait paradigm. I'd rather fish.

Okay, a night at the opera or a day in the park?

[Emil Miller]

Haha, the old fish or cut bait paradigm. I'd rather fish.

Okay, a night at the opera or a day in the park?

It's no contest.

https://youtu.be/3IDOIdrwtJM?list=PLxJQM6o4lmjlTZ5A4qeIUqXJfSNOmEV0 j

[Sancho]

Bah-hahahaha-hah

Groucho Harpo and Chico, or Larry Curly and Moe?

[Emil Miller]

Bah-hahahaha-hah

Groucho Harpo and Chico, or Larry Curly and Moe?

Now that's a tough one.

[Pendragon]

The Stooges, hands down

David Bowie or Elton John?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Elton John, or my childhood never would have been the same.

Laser hair removal or roast Long Island duckling?

[bounty]

pen have you seen the Seinfeld episode where jerry is courting this hot blooded latin woman and he makes some reference to the three stooges? she's not familiar with them and so she says "tell me about the stooges"---its cute.

im a vegetarian, and im a guy so the laser hair removal has no appeal either but i'll go with that one on feminine cultural principal...

the three stooges or abbott & Costello?

[Sancho]

Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyuk

Stooges, hands down.

Curly or Shemp?

(I used to own a T-shirt emblazoned with a picture of Shemp Howard and lettering which proclaimed: Legalize Shemp!)

[tailor STATELY]

Curly (and not Curly Joe) hands down, story over, didn't even hafta think about it. I still use: "top of the morn'n to ya... the rest of the day for myself" from the Stooges.

WC Fields or Jerry Lewis ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

WC Fields 'cause he smoked cigars, which used to dun, and liked it.

Driving an ordinary car as fast as you like, or driving a Lamborghini within the speed limit?

[bounty]

the interesting thing there is, when im on the highway with no particular hurry, I enjoy driving well under the speed limit, enjoying the scenery, and listening to music. i'll speed up to the limit if there is a car behind me but as soon as they are allowed to pass, i'll slow down and pull over a bit to the right. aggravatingly enough, the majority of cars slow down with me, sometimes agonizingly so (lemmings!), and miss the opportunity to pass, causing me to have to speed back up to the limit until the next passing section arises. usually after the second invitation, they get the idea.

I suppose driving the Lamborghini within the speed limit would be like having a chaperoned lunch date with a nymphomaniac? one would wonder what the point would be. perhaps one gets a sense of the unbridled power, but it seems rather a frustrating tease. so id go with the ordinary car.

musicals---cats or phantom of the opera?

[Pendragon]

Phantom of the Opera

Dracula or Frankenstien's Monster?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Dracula, 'cause if the Count bites me, I get to rise as the undead--long a life goal of mine--whereas the monster would only dismember me, snap my spine and spray my viscera on the cobblestones.

An average looking woman who was never hostile, aggravating or willful, or a total knockout with all the above qualities?

[bounty]

absolutely the first. there is a bible proverb that actually touches on that:

25:24--Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

dry sauna or steam room?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Steam room. Good for the skin, don't ya know.

Intestinal parasite that keeps you on the toilet for a week or being young and really good-looking?

[bounty]

despite some suffering having purifying qualities, a penchant towards masochism, and equating being young with a lack of wisdom, I think id go with the latter...

a murder mystery or a political/legal thriller?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

A murder mystery. Neither are genres I like, but I'd sooner squirt grapefruit juice in my eye than expose myself to politics.

Colonoscopy or rectal exam?

[papayahed]

rectal exam


bubonic plague or small pox?

[Dark Muse]

Plague

cupcake or muffin

[bounty]

I certainly would not kick a cupcake off my plate but hands-down its the muffin. similar shape, similar texture, just enough sweetness to not make you miss the cupcake, and much better for you too!

have asked this before---though the time of the year for us northern hemisphere folks is off---popsicle, creamsicle or fudgesicle?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

creamsicle

A gourmet dinner with an elegant lady, followed by dancing and lovemaking, or having your testicles crushed by a freefalling elevator?

[bounty]

my sense of masochistic asceticism does not extend that far, so im going with the former. of course the type of dancing matters too...laughs...

a night of social/ballroom dancing or square & round dancing?

[Dark Muse]

I will say ballroom preferably if it is a Masquerade ball

Going to a free concert in a park in which the music playing might not be your favorite genre or listening to a recording of your favorite band?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

A recording. At home, comfortably, with privacy, no one around, endless pots of tea and easy access to a toilet. My days of attending large outdoor events, or, perhaps, even indoor ones, are over. I'll leave that to the kids with their mud and porta potties.

NY strip sirloin prepared perfectly, with onions and mushrooms, green beans with toasted almonds, braised potatoes and a fine Merlot, or jumping on a bicycle only to discover too late that it lacks a seat?

[bounty]

im a vegetarian and a teetotaler so im going to trust my experience with bicycles can prevent any damage to sensitive and important areas...smiles...but if you could change the menu, id probably go with that.

music from your youth or music from now?

[North Star]

music from your youth or music from now?
That question is basically modern classical from the 00s or from the 10s to me. Most of the classical composers I know from that time wrote much of their music before that, though.. I'm saying now on the strength of Karl Henning, Ivan Moody, and some others I forget now..

If you could only listen to music after 1970 or music before 1970, which would you choose? (and what year would you draw the line on personally? Mine would probably be somewhere around 1800...)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

You're an evil bastard, so you are, North Star. ;-) You're forcing me to bid farewell to the Beatles, you wicked, wicked man, if man you be. And early Pink Floyd, and Hendrix, Cream, all the great psychedelic music of the 60s... Hm, this is harder than I thought. I think, ultimately, though, I'd have to choose the music that came after 1970, simply because there's more of it, for me, and in certain cases it's the music I couldn't live without.

Would you rather have a gorgeous face and an unimpressive body, or an unimpressive face and a gorgeous body?

[bounty]

im going to presume the gorgeous body has a much desired athletic utility to it, so hands down in that direction. by contrast, the gorgeous face is more or less eye candy that some, too many, people would resent or be suspicious of.

have used this one before a long time ago: betty or veronica?

[bounty]

heck I was thinking this was almost as good as ginger or mary ann! smiles...

betty or veronica?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Veronica, hands down. Or hands on, as the case may be.

Cucumber or pickle?

[bounty]

I like cucumber sandwiches, and sliced cucumber soaked overnight in apple cider vinegar and black pepper is really good, but its hard to beat a big fat whole dill pickle while you are walking around a state fair. so I lean towards the pickle.

x-men or fantastic four?

[Dark Muse]

X-Men

Apple Pie or Pumpkin Pie?

[North Star]

Apple Pie.

Bach or Beethoven?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Bach, the grand master, whose music was made expressly for me.

Fried rice or egg roll?

[Dark Muse]

Egg roll

Orange or lemon?

[Pendragon]

Orange

Orange or Tangerine?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

This is tough, as I like tangerines, but nothing beats a really good orange--except a hammer. That'll do it right quick.

state fair or outdoor music festival?

[bounty]

I lean towards the state fair because of the variety and there's music there too...

herbal tea or "regular" tea?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, heavens, regular tea. I live on it. And that herbal stuff would be more useful for hand to hand combat.

Regular pasta or "healthy" alternatives made from spinach and such?

[tailor STATELY]

hmmm... I like both but will go with "healthy"

Apples or pears ?

[Dark Muse]

pears

Bagels or English Muffins?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I'll have to go with bagels, but do love English muffins, especially the large size ones, a bit burnt.

Broccoli or Brussels sprouts?

[bounty]

oh tough one! slight nod towards broccoli but I really like Brussels sprouts.

ever have broccoli on pizza? it works surprisingly well. plus its a good raw addition to a green salad. works great in fried rice too.

edgar rice burroughs' tarzan series or his john carter of mars series?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

John Carter all the way. When I was twelve or so I freaking devoured that series. It was so vivid, I really lived inside it. Plus, when you're that age, those Franz Frazetta covers really, uh, get your attention. <cough>

Ursula Andress or Eva Green?

[bounty]

hmm, tough one...am going to lean slightly towards eva green...although its tough to beat the bikini shot from dr no.

i learned not too long ago that the voice we hear in dr no, is not actually Ursula andress', that her Swedish accent was so thick they opted instead to dub someone else in.

adele or Florence and the machine?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Adele, although her new single, after we waited so long for it, I find underwhelming. It's good, just not great, in my opinion.

I never knew that about Ursula Andress's voice in Dr. No. The fact that she was too Swedish to understand makes her even sexier to me--then, not now--but I am impressed at how good a job of overdubbing they did since I don't remember being able to tell that it wasn't her and their technology at the time was...not. And hell yes, the bikini shot is burned indelibly in the minds of three generations of men now. Probably how she got the job, and all she needed. ;-)

Curvy and voluptuous like the young Sophia Loren, or slim and elegant like, uh, whoever your favorite slim and elegant female is?

[tailor STATELY]

Sophia-esque

Gold Finger, or any other James Bond movie ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Not sure I understand your question, it could mean you disliked Goldfinger so much you feel any other Bond movie is better. I'm going to interpret it to mean Goldfinger vs. some other Bond film as a favorite. For me it would probably be Casino Royale, as Daniel Craig is my favorite Bond and that movie freakin' rocked.

Bond theme songs: Adele's Skyfall or Chris Cornell's You Know My Name?

[bounty]

I like them both, but slight lean towards skyfall. apart from Adele's voice, I like how the melancholy tone and lyrics are foreboding and ominous and tie really well into the nature of the movie---something very personal and catastrophic to bond.

tyrion, when I first heard Adele's hello, I just liked it. 2nd time around, I liked it more, 3rd time around started to love it. there's going to be some televised concert in nyc coming up soon that I might watch, I suspect if I do, when she sings the song i'll end up loving it even more.

as movies---hunger games or lord of the rings?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, sweet sassy molassy, Lord of the Rings! The Hunger Games is for the recently lobotomized.

Adele's voice is so powerful she can make anything sound great, and that's the undeniable part of Hello, it's just the song itself doesn't grab me; however I'm sure I will watch that live concert, thanks for the tip.

Regular rye bread or dark pumpernickel?

[North Star]

Regular rye bread, but they're both good.

The original Star Wars movies or the first three Indiana Jones movies?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Star Wars, and for me it's really the first Indy movie that rocked.

Cow milk, or some alternative like soy, almond. etc.?

[isabellet91]

I will never be able to experience soy/almond/etc. milk like that army of Pinterest health moms, so I'm gonna go with cow milk. Also some grain of salt advice: if you ever run out of milk for cereal, use half and half. Its sweetness will like match your cereal and using almond will just make you sad for wasting a bowl of cereal. Although I was eating Honey Bunches of Oats vs like Raisin Bran so results may vary, but just like throwing that out there. Anyway...

Hmmm, infinite universe or finite universe?

[bounty]

too heady for me---especially as my love of hunger games has found me recently lobotomized! ack!

i'll go with whichever one has god in it...

the old country music or the new country music?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Country music...<buries face in hands> Country freakin' music... You had to choose country music... Can we compromise and say bluegrass? I can dig me some o' that, but country... :-0

And I don't think our universe can be infinite, Isabelle, because it started as a single point and has been expanding ever since the Big Bang, of course, so it has to be finite if expanding. However, I am a subscriber to the multiverse theory, which from what I understand is quite plausible, and one could interpret an infinite number of universes as an infinite universe.

Nachos made from fake cheese from a squeeze bottle, or shooting yourself in the head?

[bounty]

tyrion, I suspect given a fondness for literature, an historic and renewed appreciation for the outdoors, you would like country music more than you think. the songs are interesting from a lyrics perspective, and more often than not, they are singing about something traditional of value. the merging of styles, pop with country, rock with country, etc, changed country music from something palatable and sometimes good, to more than good almost all the time.

I wonder if I recommended a handful of country songs to you, if you'd give 'em a try in earnest and see what you think?

I got turned on to the steeldrivers this year---they're a relatively new bluegrass band. have you heard of them?

im a vegetarian but not quite a vegan and I do occasional dairy products. im going to go with fake cheese is at least slightly better than no cheese at all.

leftover pizza for breakfast the next day, or eating peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon?

[Dark Muse]

I am a big fan of leftover pizza for breakfast.

Eating three square meals a day, or just snacking consistently throughout the day?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Three square meals. Plus snacks. Throughout the day.

Yes, I am familiar with the permutations of modern country, bounty, and while I've heard some listenable songs, it just ain't my cup of tea. I know what you mean about the lyrics, though, it's often cited as a big reason why country fans like the music.

And I eat peanut butter from the jar with a spoon all the time. ;-) But I would warn you about that fake cheese--heed my advice, get out while you still can. ;-)

Being too hot or too cold?

[tailor STATELY]

Ugh. Extreme temperatures vex me. That's why I long for the S.F. Bay Area in times of insanity. I lived in the east, west, and south bay spanning almost half of my life (~45 %) and now reside in the California Gold Country.

Going to go with too hot.

Watching sci-fi or sit-coms on the telly ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, gods, tailor, sci fi. A no brainer, my lad. As it is, the last sitcoms I'm aware of that tickled my funny bone were of the M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore Show, generation. Yes, I'm old, but more to the point, comedy took a nose dive when the Great Dumbing Down began some decades ago. (And not a Seinfeld fan, personally.)

An enema or a long walk or jog to alleviate constipation? Note how I choose the delicate topics.

[bounty]

have never suffered from the condition, but hands down, the walk/jog...

grew up watching M*A*S*H, still will watch it when I see it...one of my very favorite tv scenes from all time comes from an episode.

not the actual shows themselves, but rather the thing the shows illustrate, that is, the foundation of the shows:

American pickers or pawn stars?

[Pendragon]

Pawn Stars

Darjeeling or Earl Grey?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Both good choices, but I'll stick with Earl Grey--hard to beat that, though I do drink lapsang souchang as my standard tea.

A baseball bat weapon, i.e. something that started as a simple baseball bat but grew metal spikes on the end or broken glass stuck to it with false nail glue, or a neck knife, the kind designed to puncture and be dragged across the carotid artery?

[Pendragon]

Yea. I always have at least one knife on me if I am not in my jammies. I have them from 11/2 inches to more than a foot. At times I could totally pull a Crocodile Dundee: "That's not a knife. Now, this," Pulling out a heavy bowie over a foot long is a knife!"

Nunchucks?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

The problem with nunchaku, unless you're skilled in their use, is the overwhelming likelihood of giving yourself a concussion, and leaving your opponent, far from bleeding on the ground, doubled over with laughter. I'll take the baseball bat weapon any day.

Underground bunker fashioned from an old shipping container, or a cabin or other stable long-term above ground structure you've built, somewhere deep in the woods, far from prying eyes?

[Pendragon]

Cabin, as far away from civilization as possible

Ty, they are also hard on the privates until you learn how to use them. I speak from experience! :D

Pistol or shotgun for home protection?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, procreative activity, shotgun! Just that instantly recognizable pumping sound, the one famously said to stop any home invader in his tracks, that sound alone is enough to cause instant and invincible tumescence! So give me that mag fed pump-action Mossberg with the pistol grip all the way, baby!

Same options, pistol or shotgun, but this time for defense/survival during a SHTF scenario when you bug out.

[bounty]

seems to me, with the exception of the extra burden carrying of it, a shotgun effectively can do everything a pistol can, and more so its gotta be that.

winters with temperatures in the 20s and 30s and snow, or winters in the 30s and 40s and rain?

[tailor STATELY]

The latter, the latter. I always pray that snow falls where people appreciate it. El Niño treats my environs with tenderness for the most part; not so much world-wide though.

The decade: 60's or 80's ?

[papayahed]

80's

Zombies or Vampires?

[Pendragon]

Vampires. To me Zombies are the white eyed thin dead men from Haiti (As in I Walked With a Zombie)

Frankenstein's Monster or Gill Man?

[tailor STATELY]

Frankenstein's Monster

Mothra or Gamera ?

[bounty]

i think i'll go with gamera. I suspect he was the inspiration for the monsters in pacific rim. has anyone seen that movie? pretty neat.

blue oyster cult's Godzilla or edgar winters group Frankenstein?

(how's that for an inspired post?)

[tailor STATELY]

EWG's Frankenstein !

Hocus Pocus (by Focus) or Popcorn (by Hot Butter) ?

[bounty]

unfortunately im on a connection where I cannot hunt up popcorn, but I do know and like hocus pocus, so i'll go with that; its a fun song.

yoda or spock? (boy how is that for a tough one!)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Spock. Yoda is cool and all, but he's short and no fun at parties, whereas Mr. Spock, I hear, is the first to put a lampshade on his head.

You guys asked some great questions there, the last few, but the answers were often a bit terse for my taste. One word, even. Why waste a fun question like that? Tell us more, like whether you'd prefer the 60s for the free acid, or the 80s for the Sonny Crockett sports jacket with the push-up sleeves?

New Wave or Glam Metal? Give examples, please, and show your work.

[bounty]

well I had to do some reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_metal

the former mentions the ramones, talking heads, blondie, duran duran and the cars (what?)

the later mentions Mötley Crüe, Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi, poison, and warrant.

ive got a smattering of music from both genres but am going to give the slight lean due to some songs I really enjoy from motley crue and bon jovi, plus I like the groups that Wikipedia said from whom the glam folks found their roots.

who would you rather see in concert, Florence and the machine, and the black keys, or aerosmith and the rolling stones?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

<groans> Well, it would definitely be the Stones (or their remains, as the case may be) and Aerosmith (ditto), 'cause I wouldn't listen to the first two groups with your ears, but if there were an option to avoid the lot of them I would.

Would you rather get revenge on your worst enemy or sleep with the hottest chick you've ever seen?

[Dark Muse]

Sex is momentary but the satisfaction of revenge is everlasting

If possible would you rather travel back in time to the era of your choice, or travel into the far future?

[tailor STATELY]

Far future for sure; prolly the sci-fi fan in me looking for utopia and wondering if we made it to the stars.

Davy Jones or David Jones (Bowie) ?

[swathisharan]

cake

Temple run or candy crush ?

[Dark Muse]

I was going to say Davy Jones because in my mind I was thinking of the pirate version of the Grim Reaper as in Davy Jones Locker, but I don't think that is what you mean.

[tailor STATELY]

Candy crush I guess; I've never played either (games right?) but CC sounds more poetic.

lol Any interpretation is fine Dark Muse. Do you have a This or That ? (he asked at ~ 3am PST)

[Dark Muse]

Sitcoms or Dramas?

[North Star]

Dramas.

Shakespeare's Comedies or Histories?

[bounty]

north star, I wrote you this on another thread but I think you haven't seen it:

north star---if you like queen, can I encourage you to hunt up Jordan smith's performance of "somebody to love" from last weeks episode of "the voice" on nbc.

adam Levine, one of the professional recording artists called it simply the best performance he's ever seen. I absolutely loved it.

all of Shakespeare is a struggle for me, and while I do like history, am going to go slight lean with comedy. a midsummer's night dream is my favorite Shakespeare (which might not be saying a whole lot given my success with him).

WWII histories or American civil war histories?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Eesh, that's a good one. I will say WWII because its roots go so deep and encompass just about everything. There are facts and truths and lessons from that war that escape most people even today.

Tailor, I haven't though of the non-Bowie Davy Jones in a dog's age, and I'm talking about a dog wot's been in suspended animation, so thanks for that. ;-)

Frozen pipes, like I have in my house, such that I can't have a shower or run the tap, or non-frozen pipes. Think hard, lads, I know this is a tough one.

[North Star]

north star, I wrote you this on another thread but I think you haven't seen it:

north star---if you like queen, can I encourage you to hunt up Jordan smith's performance of "somebody to love" from last weeks episode of "the voice" on nbc.

adam Levine, one of the professional recording artists called it simply the best performance he's ever seen. I absolutely loved it.

all of Shakespeare is a struggle for me, and while I do like history, am going to go slight lean with comedy. a midsummer's night dream is my favorite Shakespeare (which might not be saying a whole lot given my success with him).

WWII histories or American civil war histories?
Cheers, Bounty. Smith's performance is indeed superb. Mercury was one of the greatest singers ever and it's rarely a good idea to sing Queen as it's near impossible to sound even half decent in the comparison. The tremendous energy more than made up for some infinitesimal nitpicks.

WWII histories by far for me too, and even over Finnish civil war histories. Perhaps the most interesting war in the history of mankind so far.

Frozen pipes? That is a hard one, certainly, but not a tough to call... I'll take the non-frozen pipes ;)

Jazz from before 1959 or after 1960?

[bounty]

im glad you liked it north star...I've watched it bunches of times and don't get tired of it. I have so fallen in love with the show too, the voice.

I was a high school kid when queen was hitting it big; many of their albums and songs were a happy part of our lives.

I just started a WWII history book, citizen soldiers by Stephen ambrose, and im really enjoying it.

tyrion---how do you have frozen pipes? that is, where is the frozen culprit, whats the source?

im ill-equipped to answer the jazz question, so i'll pass it along:

Jazz from before 1959 or after 1960?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, man. The issue here for me is the definition of 'jazz', since there are many styles. If you mean pure jazz, then definitely before 1959. There is no substitute for those early albums by Miles Davis, Coltrane, etc. (long list) But in my life I have been a big fan of music that may sound more modern because of the use of electric guitars and such, and because it is incorporated in with other genres like rock and blues (I'm talking fusion, for example), and that stuff all came later. So mainly, for me, I'm going with post-1960.

Raise your hand if you were lucky enough to see Queen live with Freddie? <raises hand> Yes, I'm just that cool.

Dried mixed fruit or raisins?

[bounty]

didn't ever see queen in concert, ive not been to many, but I did see springsteen and my goodness what a show.

that's a toughie, I love raisins, all by themselves, or with big gobs of peanut butter, and they are about the best thing to put on a green salad (after onions and tons of croutons!) but boy its hard to pass up dried apricots, and dates and papaya and apples and whatever else in the dried mix. so slight lean there.

your favorite Chinese meal or your favorite Italian meal or your favorite Mexican meal?

[Dark Muse]

I am torn between Chineese or Italian but I think I would go with favorite Italian meal.

On a related note

Go out to eat to an old favorite restraunt or try out a new place that just opened and has a lot of good reviews?

[papayahed]

new place


Thunderstorm or Snowstorm?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I'm going to say thunderstorm, because although they can be scary, they don't dump five feet of snow on you which buries you alive for some days. Or weeks. Or months, as the case may be.

If you must consume one item with dangerously high levels of refined sugar or high fructose corn syrup, and your choices are a soft drink like Coke or sugary donuts and such, which is it?

[tailor STATELY]

Ginger Ale

Hobby genre: Collecting comic books or coins ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Comic books, 'cause that has street cred these days--so much that a girl might even think I'm hip. Coins, on the other hand, well that's just one step away from trainspotting.

As a pastime, watching old black and white educational films in which an eager young kid in a button down shirt and a crew cut learns about being an engineer from his suspiciously unmarried neighbor Mr. Matthews, or stabbing yourself in the tonsils with a protractor?

[bounty]

the former at least reminds me of a skit that the guys on whose line is it anyways used to do. i'll go with that one.

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

[Tyrion Cheddar]

<groan> If I have to listen to that gonad biting cacophony, it'll be the Billy Idol version.

Listening to Mony Mony or hurling yourself off an overpass in time to let an approaching eighteen wheeler laden with depleted uranium flatten you a like post-apocalyptic pancake? I know which I'd choose.

[Lemonade]

Listen to Mony mony.

Never read again or only read in uncomfortable chairs?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Only read in uncomfortable chairs. Heavens.

Live in an America now populated mostly by people in their 80s, or do an Olympic gold medal winning swan dive into a wood chipper? I know which I'd choose.

[tonywalt]

Live in America populated by elderly.

Sparkling water or flat?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Flat, and live a little, Tony. Gripe about old people.

Injure your elbow lifting weights, as I just did, apparently, or have something delicious to eat after your workout, as I'm about to?

[tonywalt]

Injured elbow. Builds toughness and character.

The left or the right? (Anything)

[Lemonade]

Left (left handed and left footed)

Stay up way too late and sleep half the day away OR got to bed on time and rise early

[tailor STATELY]

Lately: Stay up way too late and sleep half the day... working on it.

Marking up your books or no (as in leaving them as pristine as possible) ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I like the cut o' yer jib, there, tailor, as this is one I've been aforetime. It is my inclination, ideally, to take notes when reading a worthwhile book, though not necessarily in the margins of the book, though this was a custom among scholars in years gone by. On the other hand, note taking interrupts the narrative and "pops" one out of that internally focused state in which transcendence takes place. In short, no, I don't take notes, but I heartily approve of it. And more to the point, books are sacred, so leaving pristine appeals to me innately.

Going downstairs for the other half of the meatball sandwich you got at Subway, as I'm about to do, or remaining upstairs, hungry and grouchy, which is the other possibility, as I'm too freaking lazy to get up?

[The Comedian]

Remaining upstairs -- Have some discipline (wo)man! You halved that sam'wich for a reason.

Answer the phone OR Bah! let it ring and if it's important they'll leave a message.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

The latter, Comedian. I make it a point never to answer the phone, unless it's a family member or a Victoria's Secret model. They can be so bothersome, pestering me in the middle of the night, begging to come over and be comforted. And they're always leaving their lingerie in my sock drawer.

Get up, get a tissue and blow one's nose, or continue sitting on the couch comfortably sniffing?

[Andrea Michelle]

Answer: Get a tissue! I can only take so much sniffling...

Snowboard in the mountains or surf in the tropics?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Why can't I snowboard in the tropics? Where there's a will, there's a way. And technically I can't do either. Very technically, as in I'd stand on either and immediately fall over. But ideally I think I'd like to surf.

Learn Welsh or learn Egyptian hieroglyphics?

[tonywalt]

Welsh.

Would you rather work in Academia or the corporate world?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Is that even a question? Especially here. Academia, baby. The corporate world can gobble my kosher hot dog.

Kosher beef hot dogs or turkey hot dogs?

[tonywalt]

Turkey hot dogs.

Holiday/Vacation in Italy or the UK?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Dang, son, that's a tough one for me. I have been an Anglophile most of my life. I've been to the UK heaps of times, and love it, so my natural inclination is to go there. On the other hand, a relaxed vacation in Italy with some curvy Italian girls sounds just the ticket right now, so I'm going to opt for that one.

Garroting yourself with the low E string of an electric bass, or making passionate love to a curvy Italian girl?

[tonywalt]

the Italian girl.

cross country by train or car?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, train, definitely. In fact, I've been considering a luxury train trip through Alberta and the Canadian Rockies this summer. Sounds lovely, just depends on whether I can afford it and on how many moose I'll have to share a cabin with.

Bigamy or polygamy?

[tailor STATELY]

Bigamy - I would love to shoot large wildlife in the Serengeti with a fully automatic DSLR.

Stamps: Newfangled already sticky or licky stamps

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Already sticky. I wrestled with them old-fashioned ones for years and I say sod 'em.

Now, tailor, as a man of esteemed age who watches no reality TV shows and shields himself from almost all pop culture, you're going to have to help me out a bit. What was the connection between bigamy and Serengeti wildlife photography? Was that a pop culture reference, or do men in the Serengeti get to have two wives?

Have two fat wives or one skinny one?

[tonywalt]

One skinny.

Sweets or Starch?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Starch, because I love potatoes, in whatever form, while sweets, however tasty, ultimately make me feel sick and I don't want diabetes.

Pottery or paintings, to decorate your home?

[tonywalt]

Paintings.

Modern furniture or more traditional?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, gods, traditional. Don't even go there. Classy and classical, understated, none of this modern trendy rubbish.

Steak fries or regular ones? This is a big one, 'specially if you're American, so think carefully, lads. And lasses.

[North Star]

^Traditional, I suppose, although some understated Modernist stuff from the earlier parts of the 20th century is what I'd go for.

Steak fries? Do they have meat in them? I'll have my potatoes with their skin intact.

Ancient Greeks or Ancient Romans?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Well, let's see. Greeks invented philosophy and democracy and thought man-boy love was the bees knees. Romans had baths and liked to puke between courses, also had a senate and gladiatorial combat. Also built really good roads and bridges and sewage systems and under their pax romana policy spread such infrastructure hither and yon--forcibly though it may be. I think I'll have to forego the philosophy and bum boys and go Roman. As it were.

Steak fries do not have meat in them. They're a sort of broader, flatter french fry often served with beef at diners in America. I prefer the other kind of fry, myself.

Peace and quiet, alone at home, or excitement and bright lights in town?

[North Star]

Peace and quiet wins every time.

Hey, you forgot that the Greeks invented theatre, and what would later become science, from geometry and physics to medicine and zoology. And the Olympic games. But yes, the Romans were really great at engineering, and pillaging the inventions of other cultures.

That's pretty much what I expected steak fries to be. If they're both mushy inside, I'd certainly prefer the skinny ones, otherwise I don't know if I'd prefer one over the other.



Renaissance or Baroque?

[tonywalt]

Renaissance.

Beatles or Stones? (or other)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

No brainer (for me): Beatles.

Good points about the Greeks, North Star, although the sodding Olympics, today's version that is, can gargle with drain cleaner for all I care. Nothing against the athletes, just the politics and corrupt money involved.

Tavern wench or courtesan?

[tonywalt]

Courtesan?

The Byzantine Empire or the Kingdom of Kongo?

[North Star]

Byzantine Empire. That place was a crucial influence on the development of so many cultures, particularly all of Europe (and where the Europeans ended up, too). That said, I don't know much of the Kingdom of Kongo.



No brainer (for me): Beatles.
Good points about the Greeks, North Star, although the sodding Olympics, today's version that is, can gargle with drain cleaner for all I care. Nothing against the athletes, just the politics and corrupt money involved.
Yes, it would be better on many levels if there were no professional athletes, and if the art competitions (epic, lyric, dramatic poetry, town planning, architecture, orchestral music, chamber music, vocal music, oil paints & water colours, engravings and etchings, applied statues, reliefs, medals) still were a part of the Olympics. Then again, I wouldn't mind if the people in those categories were professionals...

Ditto for me on The Beatles.



Ancient (that is, from before they were intimately in contact with Western culture) Japan or China?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Somebody better educated on this should probably answer, the only thing I know is that before Edo, Japan was a blood bath. Seven hundred years of non-stop butchery, I believe. Some damn pretty girls, though, but that's true of Chinese girls, too. I don't any more, so I'll leave it there.

That would be nice, wouldn't it, North Star, if the great arts were part of the Olympics, although today the artists and performers would scarcely be judged for their talent or accomplishment, as the judges would be too busy examining the race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation of the contestants to ever get to their actual abilities.

Meat or vegetables?

[North Star]

Oh, there was a lot of warfare, and tyranny too, in both China and Japan, that's sure.

Sure, that's how the style points are awarded in ski jumping. But the one who jumps the longest usually wins, nonetheless.


Meat or vegetables - I really wouldn't like to choose, but no matter how much I love eating some good meat like a true carnivore, I do believe I'd rather choose vegetables (and fruit and berries etc), and not just for the obvious health benefits, but I think I would end up being fed up with only eating meat faster.


Rice or pasta?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Pasta, I'd have to say. I love me some rice, but life without pasta is not a thing I want to contemplate.

If you have to do one or the other on a first date, audibly so the girl can hear, belching or farting?

[Sancho]

Both, simultaneously for extra points. Just getting to know you, sweetheart.

shlemiel or schlemazel

[Danik 2016]

Between one that sells his soul to the devil and another that spills good wine on a new suit, I prefer schlemmer.;)

wine or beer?

[tailor STATELY]

I no longer imbibe, but when I did 12-years/2-months/9+ days ago I was still drinking wine and had resorted to non-alcoholic beer which wasn't too flavourful...

So I'll go with wine.

Manual or Automatic transmission driven vehicles ?

[Danik 2016]

I don´t drive a car so public transport.

PC or tablet?

[tailor STATELY]

Prefer my laptop but just now my Kindle is just great.

Windows or Mac or Linux operating system ?

[Danik 2016]

I prefer the open source Linux but am addicted to Windows. So Windows.

Android or IOS?