Game: This or That

[Evie]

IOS!

Fruit or vegetable?

[Danik 2016]

Fruit
salt food or sweets?

[Evie]

Sweets!!

Hesse or Huxley?

[Danik 2016]

Hesse.
Jane Austen or Margareth Atwood?

[tonywalt]

Margaret Atwood.

Character driven or Plot driven?

[Danik 2016]

Character driven.

Poetry or prose?

[tailor STATELY]

Poetry mais certainement !

Bradbury or Clarke ?

[Danik 2016]

Malcolm Bradbury
Walt Whitmann or Elisabeth Bishop?

[tailor STATELY]

Glad to meet you Sir Malcolm !

Elisabeth Bishop

Tolstoy or Tolkien ?

[Danik 2016]

Certainly Tolstoy
Jane Austen or Louisa May Allcott

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Since I don't care about little women--I like 'em big, nay Amazonian--I'll have to go with Austen.

Coffee from a coffeemaker or a French press?

[bounty]

I don't drink coffee, but I can at least say I like the smell of French vanilla coffee.

im rather a big fan of tea.

Hermione granger or katniss everdeen?

[Danik 2016]

Hi, Bounty, was missing the Hispaniola in the daily display of avatars.

Katniss in the first film. (From the trailer, I didn´t see Hunger Games)

Long John Silver or Captain Hook?

[tailor STATELY]

Long John Silver by a league

Puppies or dogs (grown up puppies)

[Danik 2016]

Both,but as I have to chose, puppies.

Cats or dogs?

[tailor STATELY]

cats

gold fish in bowls or caged birds or neither ?

[Danik 2016]

.......

[Danik 2016]

Neither. I like them free in their own environements.

Mamals or birds?

[Pompey Bum]

Neither, I'm a vegetarian.

Western horoscopes or Chinese horoscopes?

[Danik 2016]

:smilewinkgrin:

Both
......

Winter or summer?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Winter, by a league as someone recently said. Me not like the heat, and me likey the short days and curling up in front of my wood stove. Uh, with a fire in it, that is. The wood stove itself is nice, but it's ever nicer with a fire in it.

And I love birds, wild or the kind I used to own. ;-)

Anime or manga?

[Danik 2016]

Both again.
And I like all kinds of animals.

Hot drinks or alcoholik drinks in winter?

[Pompey Bum]

Both again.
And I like all kinds of animals.

Me too. Anime or mangy, they're all good.

Hot drinks in winter.

Eaten by a shark or eaten by a Komodo dragon?

[Clopin]

Shark I think.

Eaten by a bear or pack of wolves?

[Pompey Bum]

Good choice. Komodo dragons bite you with saliva that gives you botulism and follow you around until you weaken and stumble (in intense agony). Then they rip you limb from limb.

A bear and hopefully a polar bear because you know they're having a hell of a time.

Eaten by ants or death from radiation poisoning?

Added: I'm amazed Danik hasn't said neither by now. :)

[Clopin]

Radiation poisoning because I could choose to kill myself. If that's against the spirit of the question then I think it's still radiation poisoning. Slower, but I believe less gruesome, though I've never died from it or suffered from it. I would have more time to say goodbye to my friends and family as well.

Kombucha or Coconut oil, as a miracle cure all.

[Pompey Bum]

Coconut oil because: 1) it smells like the beach when I was 16 (or was that cocobutter?) and 2) I don't have the slightest idea what kombucha is. Is it coconut oil?

The beach when you were 16 or the woods when you were 10?

[Clopin]

Get with the times.

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

Anyway woods for sure. My grandparents lived off the grid on Lasqueti island (I grew up on Vancouver island, if you know anything about that area) and it's still my favourite place. I've ever exactly had a 'beach bod' either, or really liked parties/fun in general.

Staying up all night or just getting 1-3 hours of sleep?

[Pompey Bum]

(I grew up on Vancouver island, if you know anything about that area) and it's still my favourite place.

Yeah, I was just in Olympic National Park in May. Gorgeous.


I've ever exactly had a 'beach bod' either, or really liked parties/fun in general.

Yeah yeah, poor boy. You are unusually handsome and you know it so stop fishing for compliments.

And staying up all night. A few hours sleep just make me psychotic.

Going blind or paralysis from the waist down?

[Clopin]

Well nice of you to say :3

And ugh, I guess... paralysis. Both are horrible but I can't imagine living without sight, and I think I could get used to paralysis.

Dodging the draft (and going to jail) of a war you consider either unnecessary or unjust or just fighting in it.

[Pompey Bum]

I'd go blind. There's always audiobooks.

As for the war, I'd go and you'd stay. But I was never in that position so who knows really? I never volunteered.

Being burnt alive for a deep personal conviction or accidentally falling into a giant meat grinder?

[Clopin]

Meat grinder for sure. I'm very afraid of pain and I don't care much about people on earth benefiting from my convictions. I wouldn't burn to death for anything I believe under any circumstance if I could help it. I'd keep my mouth shut.

Edit: Actually I'll amend this. I'd burn to death before murdering a bunch of innocent people or something, but if I'm asked to put my signature on something that I know for sure is untrue, and the punishment for declining is being burnt alive? Yeh I'm signing whatever it is.

Same question.

[Pompey Bum]

If it was for my wife (that is, in her place) I'd burn. Otherwise I'd refuse to sign and take the Roman way out. Nobody's burning me if I have a choice.

Reincarnation or oblivion?

[Clopin]

Ah it's hard to say, and I don't want to bind myself to one or the other by answering you in this thread. Right now I'm leaning towards oblivion but who knows how I'll feel later in life.

If Brexit happens will the EU survive or fall apart completely, and quite quickly?

[Pompey Bum]

No, I meant which would you want-- to return to a world of much pain and some joy (like ours) or just to be done? Can you answer that one?

If Britain goes, the Fourth Reich will fall in about a year.

[Danik 2016]

We don´t know, so better not worry to much about it. As we say here: Regard as mended what can´t be mended anymore.
Let´s turn the question arround: Won´t EU survive Brexit, if it happens,simply because it must?

[Clopin]

No, I meant which would you want-- to return to a world of much pain and some joy (like ours) or just to be done? Can you answer that one?

If Britain goes, the Fourth Reich will fall in about a year.

Well that's what I meant! Right now I think I'm leaning towards just being done, but I have a lot of life to live so my views might change. Okay but my final answer is reincarnation because, even though I'm leaning towards oblivion right now, I'm still young and will probably change my mind.

Would you rather be the greatest writer of all time, but never remembered or recognized, or the worst hack but famous and wealthy.

[Pompey Bum]

Sounds like obfuscation to me, Danik. Which would you WANT?

(And was there a this or that in your own question?)

[Clopin]

We don´t know, so better not worry to much about it. As we say here: Regard as mended what can´t be mended anymore.
Let´s turn the question arround: Won´t EU survive Brexit, if it happens,simply because it must?

Well I don't think so. I think it's done even if Britain votes remain today because of France.

[Pompey Bum]

Okay Clopin.

I don't want to be famous and I only want to be rich enough not to worry about it. So I am forced to fall back on a Danikian neither. :)

Oh, um, same question (about fame and wealth).

[Clopin]

Well I think I'll take the money, why not? Being the best writer but receiving no recognition would be pretty frustrating I shouldn't wonder.

Paperback or Hardcover?

[Pompey Bum]

I was just thinking about it, and I'll take money, too. I can always use it to perpetuate my anonymity.

Ebook or hardcover. Never paper if I can help it.

Corrective spelling or flying solo?

[Clopin]

Well corrective spelling often turns my correct spelling into the wrong American spelling (tell me, how can you be centerally placed in regards to something?) but I'm also a pretty poor speller so I do make use of it. I have to use a mix but if I had to pick one it would be flying solo.

Sigmund Freud or Carl Jung (for whatever reason you like, enjoyment garnered from reading, your opinion on their psychological insight, etc).

[Pompey Bum]

Jung because he played the wise old humanist better.

Owning an iguana or owning a black widow spider?

(Gotta go, homie.)

[Clopin]

Spider cause I can kill it off with less regret. I actually like iguanas but it's a big pet that I don't feel like owning.

(cya mate)

Chess or GO?

[tailor STATELY]

Chess ... never tried GO though

planes or trains ?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

For the purposes of having tea? Probably trains, just 'cause you can sit in the diner car and cross your legs and nibble a biscuit. Now if you want to nibble a biscuit, with the gal in the next seat, that is, then a plane's your best bet, as you can slip into the cargo hold and do it on someone's Samsonite luggage while joining the Mile High Club.

Flowers that live after you bought them at Home Depot and planted them on your deck, or flowers that die? I might be asking this for a reason.

[Danik 2016]

Living flowers always!

Flowers or chocolate?

[tailor STATELY]

chocolate... Rafferty's in Garden Valley

Seaside or mountain vistas ?

[bounty]

both are nice but im way partial to mountains. way back in the 80s I took a shot of the tetons that made its way onto the cover of the company I was working for at the time, pretty neat!

although, the sea and the mountains make great settings for adventure stories, a slight nod to the sea in that one.

clue or monopoly?

[tailor STATELY]

Monopoly

Stratego or Risk ?

[Danik 2016]

Strategies certainly.

Live in a big city or in the country?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Not even a question for me: country, all the way. Beauty, quiet, fresh air, and no freaking PEOPLE! ;-) Also I'm from NYC and have had my fill of cities for one lifetime. Of course, many New Yorkers wouldn't dream of living anywhere else.

bounty, I was out there in the Grand Tetons as a lad, did some whitewater rafting and such. The fact that Grand Tetons means big tits was and remains highly significant to me. Now, what did you mean your photo done got onto the cover of the company? You mean of a company magazine? Or a box of company menstrual cramp remedies?

Die of boredom or die of gasoline fumes while filling your tank at the service station?

[Danik 2016]

Neither. Playing LitNet forum games and closing the nose to avoid the fumes. ;)

Films or series?

[bounty]

danik I wonder if you misunderstood my post? or maybe auto-correct jumped in on you? stratego and risk are board games.

tyrion, yes, company brochure/progam actually. I have the slide the photo came from, but unfortunately not the brochure or actual photo.

hmm, that's a toughie---there have been a few series ive really enjoyed over the years, but movies are major special treats. im going to go very slight razor thin edge on series.

Ann Hathaway or Julie Newmar as cat woman?

[Danik 2016]

both are nice but im way partial to mountains. way back in the 80s I took a shot of the tetons that made its way onto the cover of the company I was working for at the time, pretty neat!

although, the sea and the mountains make great settings for adventure stories, a slight nod to the sea in that one.

clue or monopoly?
Yes, Bounty, it seems I misunderstood your and Taylor´s post about the games. I vaguely remember "monopoly" but I don´t know the other games, at least not with these names.

Ann Hathaway

Films or series?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

<sings Twilight Zone music> Ain't we just did 'films or series'? Anyway, my answer these days is series, since there are some supremely good ones around on cable and Netflix, while most films are now less fun than a piece of chalk and cost a whole lot more. Plus you can draw penises on the sidewalk with the chalk.

Anne Hathaway or Ranch dressing?

[Danik 2016]

Ranch dressing, of course, whatever kind of dressing it is.

Genuine Cheddar Cheese served in thin slices or Swiss Cheese?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Dude.:smilewinkgrin: You're talking to the Cheddar man himself.

Live in one of those valleys in Switzerland, amidst the Alps, that look like heaven itself, or live in a dingy, poorly maintained, rat infested fifth floor walk-up in Hell's Kitchen?

[Danik 2016]

Live in a heavenly valley, but with cinema and restaurants at arms throw.

Live in America (continent) or Europe?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

You're asking a whopper of a question, because it's implications include the geographic, cultural, political, economic and practical. So that we don't open a whole can o' worms, I'll limit myself to saying America, because it is the place I feel I can have the best quality of life, and remain close to my family.

Be boring or have a triangle shaped head?

[Danik 2016]

I certainly prefer to be boring and having enough hats fitting my head.:D

Working at home or at an office?

[bounty]

that's a toughie---pros and cons to both but the choice between the two would be consistent on the type of work one wants to be doing. for the most part, for me, coaching/teaching requires an office. universities like it when you show up and a few "office hours" per week just don't seem to get the job done. smiles...

but the nice thing about working at home is there's no one telling you "get out!"

so danik, specifically for you since youre down there, but applicable for anyone who might want---you get to go to the Olympics, do you spend the day at gymnastics or track & field?

[Danik 2016]

That's interesting, bounty, I too have been a teacher or lecturer most part of my life.

I'll probably disapoint you, bounty, but I don´t like sport. However I am going to start to do something in that line, gymnastic aided by those strange modern devices, because of medical orders.
As for the Olympics, I would be very happy if they happened in some other country. Brazil in in the midst of the greatest corruption scandal of its history. The state of Rio de Janeiro, where most of the games will take place, has declared financial failure at the beginning of the month, there isn´t even money to pay its civil servants and the retired people.
I wouldn´t advise anyone I knew to come to Brazil to watch the games!
Water sports or ball games?

[bounty]

yes the games in rio are already controversial and many people are critical of them.

in theory and in some practice, the awarding of the games to any particular city and the subsequent changes that happen to the place as the facilities are built, and the game occur, are beneficial to the host city in particular and to the world at large in general.

theres sometimes talk over the years of making 3-4 permanent sites for the games and to use them on a rotating basis. this offsets the tremendous cost of them as well as assures some sort of continual use of the facilities. many from prior games have fallen into disrepair and are not used.

I like both--either playing or watching im thinking the question's maybe too broad for me to narrow down to a definitive answer. id rather go canoeing, or white water rafting than say, play basketball. but id rather play kickball than swim laps or play water polo. synchronized swimming and diving is fun to watch, but I don't want to do them. leading a water exercise class or teaching kids to swim is fantastic, but then so is teaching tennis and I enjoy watching some of the grand slam events when they are on.

I think id go with slight edge to ball games though on this condition---thatd id have someone to do them with regularly and that they be something new to me---like cricket, or better yet, team handball.

somewhat vigilante/romantic stories like zorro and robin hood, or whodunits like Agatha Christie?

[Danik 2016]

Rio de Janeiro was formerly a favourite destiny for international tourism, specially on Carnival. But what happens this time is that the whole state is severelly in debt to the union because of the general corruption. Anyway the games can´t be avoided any more, so let´s hope for the best.
I hope you have time to practise your favorite sports, bounty.

Robin Hood any time!

Romantic or realistic literature?

[bounty]

well I am going to make at least a minimal attempt here to rescue one of my favorite games from the abyss.

you might have to elaborate a bit on "romantic" danik, because im sure I don't want to equate it with romances.

meanwhile, I can at least say dickens, cooper and Stevenson are a few of my favorite old authors, and if what they write is "realistic literature", im going with that one!

the original x-men movies, or the x-men first class movies?

[Danik 2016]

.....bad connection

[Danik 2016]

I didn´t watch either. Usually the original version is the best

You did well to ask, bounty. I don´t think it is that easy to define and distinguish "romantic" and "realistic" literature. It depends on the literary tradition of a certain country which on its turn depends on this countries experience view of the world.

"Romantic" literature is more subjective, emphasising the feelings sometimes to the extreme and there often is room for the supernatural. I believe, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and even Jane Eyre are considered romantic novels plus all the novels by Walter Scott, while the novels by Anne Brontë are considered realistic. In US I think Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the great romantic references.
Realistic literature relies more on objective observation and accuracy of details. Its intention is to depict life "as it is" as closely as possible. But their are great diferences. For example, the French realism of Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert, ground on a very negative view of man and society. I remember being impressed by a detail when reading Father Goriot-the dying old man was so exploited by every one, that even the cat lapped the cream off his milk.

Dickens is considered a realist too, but it is quite a different kind of realism. Dickens believed in the possibility of changing persons and instituitions for the better. For me his stories are an interesting mixture of realistic depiction of environment and instituitions and fairy tale characters.
Here is a bit more about romanticism:

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

novels or short stories?

[bounty]

interesting you say "the originals are usually better" because in x-men, the "first class" movie are the back stories of the "originals"---they pre-date the originals in the story line, so in a peculiar sense, they can be considered the originals.

well that makes the choice tougher---im a big fan of Frankenstein, the three musketeers, the hunchback of notre dame and Dracula for instance.

how about one one day, and the other the next day!

ah, thankfully a no-brainer. novels over short stories, although short stories are indeed enjoyable. I read a bunch by hawthorne I liked last year. typically I don't read them though.

edgar rice burroughs' tarzan books or edgar rice burroughs' martian tales?

[bounty]

interesting you say "the originals are usually better" because in x-men, the "first class" movie are the back stories of the "originals"---they pre-date the originals in the story line, so in a peculiar sense, they can be considered the originals.

well that makes the choice tougher---im a big fan of Frankenstein, the three musketeers, the hunchback of notre dame and Dracula for instance. and your wiki page calls cooper a romanticist!

how about one one day, and the other the next day!

ah, thankfully a no-brainer. novels over short stories, although short stories are indeed enjoyable. I read a bunch by hawthorne I liked last year. typically I don't read them though.

edgar rice burroughs' tarzan books or edgar rice burroughs' martian tales?

[Danik 2016]

With "originals" I mean the first movie(s) that were produced first. I´m not thinking of the story line. If the first product is a success they tend to make sequels to the story and/or previous story but the quality may not be the same.

You needn´t make a choice at all. I didn´t want to complicate but it is always dangerous to encorage a favorite subject. ;)

Tarzan, to be sure! Never heard about the martian tales.

Garfield or Peanuts?

[bounty]

i love the first class movies, but my favorite of all the x-men movies, is x-men first class: days of future past.

the movie combines elements from both time periods in it.

john carter is the main character in the martian tales. a movie was made a few years ago, called "john carter," combining elements from more than one book. I liked it, but a lot of hardcore john carter fans were critical of it.

i might lean slightly towards the martian tales but maybe the next tarzan book i read will swing me back the other way.

peanuts for sure...though my favorite cartoon strips are bloom county, the far side, calvin & hobbes, dennis the menace and foxtrot.

books with page turning story lines or with exquisitely worded sentences?

[tailor STATELY]

books with page turning story lines... Big fan of Burroughs... movie John Carter welcomed/watched over & over because nothing else is out by Burroughs recently, the piker; sure it has its flaws, but that could be said of any lit>screen (think "Battlefield Earth" as an extreme). Calvin & Hobbs, Bloom County, BC, Wizard of Id, 9 Chickweed Lane (seriously), Zen Pencils, Dilbert, Foxtrot, Lio... http://www.gocomics.com/features

Older classic scifi movies (ex: "When Worlds Collide") or contemporary scifi movies ?

[Danik 2016]

Older classic scifi movies

bagle or toast for breakfast?

[bounty]

toast and tea in the morning is one of the highlights of my day, but I love bagels too and if finances were different, might be eating them more often.

so tailor---you liked john carter? ive only watched it once but its a movie id watch over again. virrrrginia!

sci-fi wise, id go for the newer movies---I think the special effects from the late 70s onwards make the experience more enjoyable and the story telling seems more creative.

WWII history or mountain climbing stories?

[tailor STATELY]

WWII history... mountain climbing stories wear me out.

Rain or snow ?

[bounty]

rain in the spring or summer and snow in the fall and winter! hows that? laughs...

European WWII history or Pacific WWII history?

[bounty]

man the forum tricks me into double posting all the time!

[tailor STATELY]

... tough choice... I'll go with European history.

NFL or NBA ?

[bounty]

tough choice for me too. I just finished a book on bataan that I really enjoyed. im probably more acquainted with the European side, especially as I like survival literature and there seems to be more prison/concentration camp material from there.

heck, I probably haven't watched a full nba game in decades, and even then, I think it had been decades prior to that one. so nfl---but if I had to be watching sports on tv, there are plenty of others id rather be watching.

tom Clancy books or john grisham books?

[Danik 2016]

Haven´t read any of them. I remember vaguely that The Firm was a bestseller and/or blockbuster in Brazil so I go fraudulentely with Grisham.
Maybe more ample questions would boost this thread.

Prose or poetry?

[Lendo]

Haven´t read any of them. I remember vaguely that The Firm was a bestseller and/or blockbuster in Brazil so I go fraudulentely with Grisham.
Maybe more ample questions would boost this thread.

Prose or poetry?

Prose. Most books i read and that i consider my favorites are prose style books.

Tolstoi or Dostoievski?

[Danik 2016]

I usually prefer prose too.

I love both but I prefer Dostoievski.

Serious discussions or entertainment topics?

[Lendo]

I usually prefer prose too.

I love both but I prefer Dostoievski.

Serious discussions or entertainment topics?

Both have their importance, but we learn more with serious discussions.

Summer vacations or winter vacations?

[bounty]

ive spents tons of time either in college, or working at them, so "vacations" were both summer and winter.

did the florida spring break thing a couple of times during undergrad, so there is (was?) something appealing about escaping the cold and snow and enjoying the warmth and sunshine. on the whole though, especially as im not really involved in winter sports and the allure of sunshine destinations waned with age, id lean towards a summer vacation.

most poems are lost on me. I wonder if id take a bad book over good poetry? (if you go with either of the first two choices, who's your favorite(s)?)

marvel comic book superheroes of DC comic book superheroes or no superheroes at all?

[Lendo]

ive spents tons of time either in college, or working at them, so "vacations" were both summer and winter.

did the florida spring break thing a couple of times during undergrad, so there is (was?) something appealing about escaping the cold and snow and enjoying the warmth and sunshine. on the whole though, especially as im not really involved in winter sports and the allure of sunshine destinations waned with age, id lean towards a summer vacation.

most poems are lost on me. I wonder if id take a bad book over good poetry? (if you go with either of the first two choices, who's your favorite(s)?)

marvel comic book superheroes of DC comic book superheroes or no superheroes at all?

I'm from Portugal, the best summer destiny in Europe so... summer vacations all the way!

Concerning superheroes: the best comic book i read when i was a teenager was a Sipderman book, so... i go with the Marvel comic books.


Martin Scorsese or Francis Ford Coppola?

[Scheherazade]

Probably Scorsese - for his role in Shark Tale if nothing else!

Almond or coconut macaroons?

[Danik 2016]

Almond macaroons

I prefer parodies of superheroes to the superheroes themselvelves
The Martin Scorcese of Taxi Driver and Hugo Cabret
And I prefer the summer vacations because they are longer.

Apples or pineapples?

[tailor STATELY]

mmm... pineapples fresh out of the can in natural juice.

cranberry drink or pomegranate drink ?

[Danik 2016]

Cranberry drink and cranberry dried

Detective Series or Historical Series?

[Lendo]

Cranberry drink and cranberry dried

Detective Series or Historical Series?

There's so few historical series comparing to the number of detective one's... it's a shame. But i prefer historical series. "Band of Brothers" was an incredible one, i loved it.

Beatles or Rolling Stones?

[Lendo]

Cranberry drink and cranberry dried

Detective Series or Historical Series?

There's so few historical series comparing to the number of detective one's... it's a shame. But i prefer historical series. "Band of Brothers" was an incredible one, i loved it.

Beatles or Rolling Stones?

[bounty]

i started music listening life right at the end of the beatles' run, and then on into high school, the stones were still alive and kicking. some of my classmates and me actually posed that question amongst ourselves.

I preferred the beatles.

the beatles 62-66 or the beatles 67-70?

[Danik 2016]

The Beatles of "Eleanor Rugby", "Yellow Submarine", "Let it Be", "While my Guitar Gently Weeps"

Rock or Jazz?

[bounty]

ah youre cheating there danik! those songs actually land two each in the time frames.

I have a photo from a quick visit to Liverpool with a good friend of mine posing with a statue of Eleanor rigby.

rock for sure, 999 times out of a 1000. maybe even more! laughs...

fairy tales by the grimm brothers or hans Christian Andersen?

[Lendo]

ah youre cheating there danik! those songs actually land two each in the time frames.

I have a photo from a quick visit to Liverpool with a good friend of mine posing with a statue of Eleanor rigby.

rock for sure, 999 times out of a 1000. maybe even more! laughs...

fairy tales by the grimm brothers or hans Christian Andersen?

Just because of "The steadfast tin soldier", Hans Christian Andersen.

A trip to Paris, or a trip to Beijing?

[Danik 2016]

I like both but I go with Grimm because they were the bigger influence.
I went after my favorite songs, bounty, as I don´t remember the date and content of the different albuns.

Folk music or pop songs?

[Lendo]

I like both but I go with Grimm because they were the bigger influence.
I went after my favorite songs, bounty, as I don´t remember the date and content of the different albuns.

Folk music or pop songs?

Thank you for ignoring my question... ahah

Neither fork or pop are styles that i appreciate that much. But to sound cool and modern, i go with pop.

Goodfellas or The Godfather?

[Danik 2016]

Sorry, Lendo, we posted pratically together, so I didn´t see your question.

I prefer a trip to Paris as I don´t know France.

Goodfellas is more my line than Godfathers.

Fables or true animal stories for children?

[Lendo]

Sorry, Lendo, we posted pratically together, so I didn´t see your question.

I prefer a trip to Paris as I don´t know France.

Goodfellas is more my line than Godfathers.

Fables or true animal stories for children?

I think that in terms of directing, Goodfellas it's a greater masterpiece than The Godfather. The way of shooting the scenes, the construction of the storyline, the soundtrack, etc. it's superior. But we have to understand that Goodfellas was released in 1990... The Godfather dates back to 1972. The resources at Coppola's disposal were completely different, archaic even. Marlon Brando had to put cotton in his mouth to talk that way, which say's everything about what they had at their disposal. With the technology and the recourses available in 1972, what Coppola did was outstanding, memorable.

But concerning the overall, The Godfather was superior, in my opinion. Powerful dialogues, powerful scenes, the raw description of the underworld, the incredible and fascinating interpretations, the majestic suggestions that were made threw out the entire movie... it's incredible how most of the information that is important in the movie it's implied, implicit. Either you pay a lot of attention to the movie, or you don't understand most of what's happening. And that's one of the things that makes The Godfather one of the most brilliant movies of all time, and superior to Goodfellas. So, although i like Goodfellas very much, i prefer The Godfather, and i think it's considerably superior.


Concerning to your question, i prefer fables.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Luis Sepulveda?

[bounty]

ah now that's a toughie since I don't know who either one of them is!

I suppose that is the occasional pitfall on an international website.

[Danik 2016]

I go with Gabriel Garcia Marques specially One Hundred Years of Solitude

Well, sometimes there are pitfalls for me too! ;)

Christmas or New Year celebration?

[Lendo]

ah now that's a toughie since I don't know who either one of them is!

I suppose that is the occasional pitfall on an international website.

It's a crime that a user of a literature forum doesn't know who Gabriel García Marquez or Luis Sepulveda is!

Now seriously, Gabriel García Marquez is considered one of the best authors in Latin American history, and one of the best writers of the last decades. He even won the Nobel Prize in 1982 in recognition of his overall work. An incredible writer.

Luis Sepulveda is also a big name of Latin American literature.

[Lendo]

I go with Gabriel Garcia Marques specially One Hundred Years of Solitude

Well, sometimes there are pitfalls for me too! ;)

Christmas or New Year celebration?

By Garcia Marquez, i loved "Memories of my melancholy whores". A very touching and profound book. If you haven't read yet, you should. :)

I prefer Christmas. It's always nice to gather the family and spend a couples days with our loved ones.

Wine or beer?

[Danik 2016]

It's a crime that a user of a literature forum doesn't know who Gabriel García Marquez or Luis Sepulveda is!

Now seriously, Gabriel García Marquez is considered one of the best authors in Latin American history, and one of the best writers of the last decades. He even won the Nobel Prize in 1982 in recognition of his overall work. An incredible writer.

Luis Sepulveda is also a big name of Latin American literature.

The people on this forum come from different countries, they have different literary tastes and interests.
I think one has to respect that. The interesting about a literary forum is this diversity that leads to an echange of experience and opinions. No one has read all writers, not even all the great ones.
I myself, though I have read quite a lot of Spanish and Spanish American writers never read Luís Sepúlveda.

[Danik 2016]

By Garcia Marquez, i loved "Memories of my melancholy whores". A very touching and profound book. If you haven't read yet, you should. :)

I prefer Christmas. It's always nice to gather the family and spend a couples days with our loved ones.

Wine or beer?
I saw an interesting Marques film I think it was about the melancholy whores.

Wine, but I prefer non alchoholic drinks.

Sea vacations or mountain vacations?

[Lendo]

The people on this forum come from different countries, they have different literary tastes and interests.
I think one has to respect that. The interesting about a literary forum is this diversity that leads to an echange of experience and opinions. No one has read all writers, not even all the great ones.
I myself, though I have read quite a lot of Spanish and Spanish American writers never read Luís Sepúlveda.

Of course, that's why i said it as a joke :)

I prefer sea vacations. A cruise is an amazing vacation.

Computer or television?

[Danik 2016]

Computer, because one can watch TV on the PC

red or green?

[bounty]

ah green's my favorite color, so that one was easy! but I do love the Christmas pairing of red and green.

alas, just recently I went to get the Christmas decorations for the tree, and some mice had been living amongst the ornaments. so I had to wash everything, only to find the red on the all the bulbs washed right off.

a book in the winter in front of a fire with some hot chocolate, or a book in the summer under the shade of a tree with some iced tea?

[Danik 2016]

A book in the winter (in front of a fire) with some hot chocolate. I have to edit the fire because this is a hot country. Few places are cold enough for fireplaces and the wood for the fire is very expensive. About three hours from here is a town called Campos do Jordão. It is the town with the lowest temperature in the state and we lived there for some years. We didn´t have a fireplace in the house, bjut a wooden stove that was lit in the cold days.

Snacks or popcorn when you read a book or watch the telly?

[tailor STATELY]

Snacks/popcorn when watching telly... generally nothing when reading

trees: deciduous or evergreen ?

[Lendo]

Snacks/popcorn when watching telly... generally nothing when reading

trees: deciduous or evergreen ?

Evergreen it's more beautiful and energetic, but deciduous has something poetic about it.

Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino?

[tailor STATELY]

I'll give Robert the nod here.

Planes, trains, or automobiles ?

[Lendo]

I'll give Robert the nod here.

Planes, trains, or automobiles ?

Plane, since the travel is a lot shorter. But it's boring as hell all the wait to get in the plain.

1960's music or 1980's music?

[Leopard]

'60s.

Gorillas or orangutans?

[Lendo]

'60s.

Gorillas or orangutans?

There's not even a debate... gorillas have a movie (King Kong) and a band (Gorillaz) based on them! ahahah Plus, they are more badass.

Lord of the Rings or Star Wars?

[bounty]

oh that's a toughie...so many similarities but then the obvious differences too and tremendous amounts of commendable things in both.

im declaring a tie, and whether one or the other would "win" would be totally contingent on my mood on any particular day.

in keeping with the theme:

Gandalf or yoda?

[Lendo]

oh that's a toughie...so many similarities but then the obvious differences too and tremendous amounts of commendable things in both.

im declaring a tie, and whether one or the other would "win" would be totally contingent on my mood on any particular day.

in keeping with the theme:

Gandalf or yoda?

Gandalf, no doubt.

The Sopranos or The Wire?

[Leopard]

Both are great, but I'd have to go with The Wire.

The Godfather or Goodfellas?

[bounty]

its been many years since ive seen the godfather but I do remember liking it and ive never seen goodfellas.

and I also read the godfather this past year and enjoyed it very much---so the godfather it is.

this might require a little research---team Edward or team Jacob?

[Lendo]

its been many years since ive seen the godfather but I do remember liking it and ive never seen goodfellas.

and I also read the godfather this past year and enjoyed it very much---so the godfather it is.

this might require a little research---team Edward or team Jacob?

None!

American football or european football (soccer)?

[tailor STATELY]

American football... Not collegiate... NFL: I watch it when available on Saturdays and Thursdays this time of the year.

orange or purple ?

[bounty]

orange on sunsets, tigers, fruit and pumpkins. purple on mountains, flowers, grapes and in deference to your love of the NFL tailor, "people eaters!"

I have one piece of orange clothing and no purple ones. although I am thinking purple looks great on women for dresses and ahem, lingerie. so how about, orange for me and purple for the other half!

not giving up the fight---team Edward or team Jacob?

[Lendo]

None!

Oprah Winfrey or Ellen DeGeneres?

[bounty]

lendo, can I suggest either doing the ten minute research to acquaint yourself with enough information to make the choice, or leaving it to someone else to answer? meanwhile, i'll revisit it another time.

I think the two are similar in terms of the good they do for people in general, but a slight lean towards ellen DeGeneres based soley on her comedic abilities.

Gandalf or Dumbledore?

[Lendo]

Gandalf. Not only i like Lord of the Rings better, but also because i always admired Ian McKellen.

Sunshine or the sun going down?

[tailor STATELY]

Sunshine

Warhol or Dali ?

[Lendo]

Sunshine

Warhol or Dali ?

Dali. I love his work, and i already had the pleasure of visiting his museum in Barcelona.

George Orwell or Aldous Huxley?

[Danik 2016]

Dali.

[bounty]

oh that's a toughie lendo because for me it comes down to only ever having read 1984, animal farm, and a brave new world and I liked them both.

slight lean towards orwell as his work, though maybe this is debatable on a much finer level, seems more believable. in fact I think that debate is actually out there---maybe i'll do some looking later.

hunger games, divergent, or maze runner?

[Lendo]

If i had to choose, it would be Maze Runner. But neither of them is my type of movie.

Summer vacations in Hawai, or winter vacations in Switzerland?

[tonywalt]

Winter in Switzerland (given my locale)

Travel by luxury boat or business class plane?

[Lendo]

Winter in Switzerland (given my locale)

Travel by luxury boat or business class plane?

Travel by luxury boat, for sure!

1 year without watching a movie or 1 year without reading a book?

[bounty]

for sure the movie, id miss them, but reading is both a daily habit and pleasure. plus they'd be easier to catch up with binge watching after the years up!

chess or backgammon?

[Lendo]

for sure the movie, id miss them, but reading is both a daily habit and pleasure. plus they'd be easier to catch up with binge watching after the years up!

chess or backgammon?

Chess.

Nightclubs or bars?

[tonywalt]

Bars (but the pub kind).

Paris or London?

[Lendo]

Bars (but the pub kind).

Paris or London?

I never visited London, but i already spent vacations in Paris and i loved it, so i'll go with the french capital.

New York or Los Angeles? (i have never been to the US)

[Sancho]

New York (LA's not really a real place)

Homer or Virgil?

[Lendo]

New York (LA's not really a real place)

Homer or Virgil?

What do you mean by "is not really a real place"?

I go with Homer, since he was the most influential of that Era, even to Virgil.

Albert Camus or Franz Kafka?

[Sancho]

You see, that's how they do you in California - you think there's an LA, you've always heard about it, you may have even been there, seen it with your own eyes, but pull back the curtain and AH-HAH, it doesn't really exist. It's all smoke and mirrors. If you ask me, I think Hollywood is somehow involved.

In all seriousness, when I think of NYC I think of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, (and sometimes Staten Island). I can see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. But when I think of LA, I don't know what I'm thinking of - Wilshire Blvd? Sepulveda? The 405? The 10? That's it! Voila! I'm on to something here! LA is just a huge car park. It goes from San Burdoo to the coast, and probably from San Diego to Santa Barbara. It's yuge. I can't wrap my mind around it. Either it's too big or my brain is too small (or both).

That said, San Francisco is a real place.

Albert Camus. Love his novels.

The Hebrew Bible or Homer's Odyssey?

[bounty]

Sancho, you being a baseball fan and you left out the home of the mets! (by the way, im reading a very enjoyable baseball book)

well, im going to hedge. for spiritual reasons, the bible, but for ease of reading and reading pleasure, the odyssey. so maybe one in the morning and the other in the evening? but im running contrary to the spirit of the game aren't I?

knowing it is profitable for my soul, i'll go bible.

salsa (the food, not the dance)---hot, medium or mild?

[Lendo]

It depends on the entire dish. But i'll go with hot.

New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox?

[Sancho]

Bo-Sox.

Only because a few of years ago, on a hot summer night, with a couple of good friends, I had the opportunity to go to Fenway and watch Anaheim squeak one out against Boston. It was a weeknight in late summer and the Sox were last in their division, meaning the game didn't mean Jack, but the place was packed. We sat in the grandstands next to a huge Mexican dude who was wearing an equally huge, bright-red t-shirt emblazoned with an Angel's A. Needless to say we got pelted with peanuts for 9 innings. Great fun. Boston is a great baseball town.

Bounty, old friend, I can't believe In my earlier post I left out Queens. Home of the Mets. Natural enemies of the Braves (my team). What was I thinking? Anyway, I knew my question was an impossible one, and you navigated it superbly, although I believe both those books can be good for the soul.

So then, since we're on the topic:

Ball Park or Gridiron

[tailor STATELY]

Ball Park

CNN or FOX ?

[Sancho]

^an excruciatingly bleak choice.

PUNT

I choose NPR

(Incidentally, years ago, I posed this very question on this very thread, and emily(bunch-o-nums) responded with exactly the same response.

Mother Jones or National Review?

[tonywalt]

Mother Jones, although National Review is a well written periodical that does not get in the slough.

3rd person or 1st person books?

[bounty]

Sancho, I appreciate your kindness, thank you. smiles...

the baseball book im reading (in the last chapter) is leonard koppett's "the thinking fan's guide to baseball"--its been a pretty good read. speaking of your braves---I just read in the book that when hank aaron was traded from Atlanta to Milwaukee at the end of his career, he ended up playing in the same stadium he started at there.

that's a fun question tony. I think because so many books we read are 3rd person, i see the 1st person books as special treats.

however, I think I could easily live with all books being 3rd person as compared to living with all books being 1st person.

so which perspective am I answering from? ack! laughs...

im going to go with 1st person books as treats.

earl grey or English breakfast tea?

[papayahed]

English Breakfast - Earl Grey tastes like soap to me.

Steak or Lobster?

[Lendo]

Steak, since lobster would take me to bankruptcy! ahah

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon or Conan?

[Sancho]

Conan, dig the hair, also he appeals to my Irish side (ack, ack, ack, always after me lucky charms)

Thanks for the book rec', bounty, I looked for it at a B&N - no dice. Gonna be in Manhattan on Friday, so I'll check at Stand Books.

Cato or Cicero?

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...

Cato or Cicero?

Cato...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2l5Yt6LBfo

(Cicero lacked the element of surprise)

Limburger or Provolone?

[tonywalt]

Limberger

cashews or peanuts?

[Danik 2016]

peanuts

mango juice or apple juice?

[bounty]

lemme know if you get the book Sancho and end up reading (and hopefully) liking it. its just a little bit dated, you might have better success finding it online at one of the used places.

oh no way danik! cashews are the best! laughs...although sometimes pistachios can beat 'em! now that I am thinking of it though, have you ever had "beer nuts"---those are made with peanuts (I think) and those are right up there too.

totally provolone over limburger. though the latter's making me think of my love for abbott and Costello.

which is a nice segue into the marx brothers, or abbott and Costello?

[tailor STATELY]

Abbott & Costello

Archaeology/ancient human civilizations or dino & pre-dino-paleontology ?

[Danik 2016]

Never heard of "beer nuts", bounty, but I love cashew nuts too! But they are very expensive.

Certainly dinos, real and fictional ones!

winter or summer sports?

[Sancho]

SUMMER

that said, my favorite winter "sport" is sitting in my wingback chair, next to my potbellied stove, reading a book

Mid Caps or Large Caps for 2017?

[Sancho]

SUMMER

that said, my favorite winter "sport" is sitting in my wingback chair, next to my potbellied stove, reading a book

Mid Caps or Large Caps for 2017?

[Danik 2016]

Sounds cozy!

Large Caps!

Beer or wine?

[bounty]

Sancho, ive got a number of investment products and one of them is a bridgeway bluechip 35, which if memory serves me rightly, is all large caps. it did pretty well last year and so im sticking with it again.

danik, I don't know if "beer nuts" have their equivalent in other countries, but I suspect they must.

they are peanuts with a sort of honey (and I think sugar or salt) glazing over them. its been a long long time since ive had any. i'll have to keep my eyes peeled to see if they are still even being made.

im a tea-totaller so neither for me, but theres something about each drinks' culture that I find appealing. based on that aspect, i'll go with beer.

coke or pepsi?

(or if you are a Saturday night like fan "no coke, pepsi!"

[Danik 2016]

Yes, we call them "sweet peanuts"

I seldom drink coke or pepsi. I prefer orange Fanta to or guaraná, our national soft drink:

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

tea, coffee or cocoa?

[bounty]

that was a fun read---I notice we have that primary ingredient in some of the stuff we drink here---monster and red bull for instance.

i love tea. i drink it most every morning and treat myself on weekends to some specialty tea. usually that's earl grey or English breakfast or lady grey (lady lipton), but for Christmas i got a gift set of tea that's got all sorts of interesting flavors---pomegranate green tea, and other stuff like that.

ah but danik youre in a restaurant, you want something badly to drink, you don't trust the water, and the waiter asks you, "coke or pepsi or I will shoot the diner next to you!" what do you say?

[Danik 2016]

Lol. In this urgent case a coke. A relative of mine worked many years for Coca Cola.
I love tea too. But as Brazilians usualy prefer coffee, the national black tea is not very good, and Lady Grey, Earl Grey, Breakfast and so on you get only as an imported product. In Rio Grande do Sul and in Argentina people also drink mate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage)
In Argentina tea is much cheaper and better than here. I brought classic black tea and earl grey with me.
Internet or TV?

[Danik 2016]

Posting connection still slow

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=2448

[tailor STATELY]

Internet

Honey or Maple Syrup ?

[Lendo]

I'm not a fan of honey or maple syrup... but if i had to choose, i would go with honey.

México or Canada?

[Danik 2016]

Canada because I know it better than Mexico.

Oranges or grapes?

[Lendo]

Oranges. Although i like grapes too. But not only i like oranges... but Portugal has the best ones in the world... so i have to stand by a national product ahah

Simpsons or Family Guy?

[bounty]

danik I appreciate your lengthy reply earlier---and yes, you have to go with coke out of family loyalty!

lendo I like both but prefer family guy for its irreverence and edgier social commentary. and I think stewie is one of the funniest things on tv.

legal thrillers (like john grisham) or medical thrillers (like robin cook)?

[Sancho]

Legal, I enjoy the argumentation and confrontation.

Also, bounty, Strand books failed me. No dice finding the Koppett book there. I'll keep my eyes peeled.

First-person narrators:
Straight up (Nick Carraway) or Unreliable (Holden Caulfield)?

[Danik 2016]

Unreliable narrators. They are much more interesting.

Novels focused on plot (Stevenson, Dickens, F. Cooper) or on the subjective impressions and feelings of the characters (Virginia Woolf, Joyce)?

[Lendo]

Unreliable narrators. They are much more interesting.

Novels focused on plot (Stevenson, Dickens, F. Cooper) or on the subjective impressions and feelings of the characters (Virginia Woolf, Joyce)?

I like both styles, but i'll go with the novels focused on the characters. I enjoy a novel that reflect's on human nature, our behavior, how we deal with certain issues.

John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan?

[bounty]

Sancho---give amazon or ebay a try, one or the other's bound to have it, maybe for a penny even!

danik---I tried reading "mrs Dalloway" once. ack!

im not old enough to remember kennedy, and while I understand he was a relative moderate by todays "democratic party" standards, im a conservative leaning libertarian, so im going to lean towards Reagan.

the martian with matt damon, or abbott & Costello go to mars?

[bounty]

Sancho---give amazon or ebay a try, one or the other's bound to have it, maybe for a penny even!

danik---I tried reading "mrs Dalloway" once. ack!

im not old enough to remember kennedy, and while I understand he was a relative moderate by todays "democratic party" standards, im a conservative leaning libertarian, so im going to lean towards Reagan.

the martian with matt damon, or abbott & Costello go to mars?

[Lendo]

None of them is my type of movie... i didn't like any of them. But, if i had to choose, i would probably go with "The Martian".

Nabokov or Tchekhov?

[Sancho]

Tchekhov, in small doses...

Metaphor or Simile

[Danik 2016]

Methaphors, I love them.

Meat, fish or just veggies?

[Sancho]

I never metaphor I didn't like.

Veg'. Not totally veg' yet, but I'm getting there. And I feel Grrrreat! Like Tony the Tiger. That said, I do live in the Pacific Northwest now and I'm not sure I can do without wild salmon here.

Walk or ride?

[Danik 2016]

Sounds healthy!

Walking. Urban creatures like myself ride only...on the bus.

City life or country life?

[Lendo]

Both. The most perfect life is the one in which a person has the possibility of spending time in the city and in the countryside. I live in a city, but i often need a getaway weekend in the countryside. To relax, to be in a quiet place in which i have only my thoughts and my routines. No noise, no busy streets, no cars going up and down the roads, the crouds, etc.
But, if i have to choose one and only one, i would have to choose the city. Even for practical reasons. In a big city, you have everything you need in the range of an avenue.

Pink Floyd or Dire Straits?

[Danik 2016]

Pink Floyd!

Songs or instrumental music?

[bounty]

I love lyrics and especially songs that tell stories, so its gotta be that one.

although, there are some great instrumental pieces out there that I just love. give moby's "guitar, flute and string" and "everloving" a listen (if you are only up for one, go with the latter).

and who doesn't love mason Williams' "classical gas?"

and oh my, movie soundtracks too! half the tunes from last of the mohicans make me cry.

still---going with music with lyrics.

watching the movie and then reading the book, or reading the book and then watching the movie?

[Danik 2016]

Usually I prefer reading the book first. The movies are seldon as good as the books that originate them. But today watching has become easier for my eyesight than reading. I guess that´s why I have become such a soap opera fan.

Solid meals or sandwiches?

[Lendo]

Solid meals, for sure. You can do much more concerning to solid meals than with sandwiches.

CSI or Law and Order?

[bounty]

oh that is a toughie, I like them both, and in so many of their iterations too! I like the two part story telling on law and order, but the science/tech stuff on csi is great. slight leans towards them.

honking geese or raucous crows?

[Danik 2016]

Well, I know only CSI. Sometimes good suspense, but too gorish for my taste.
Certainly honking geese. I like them and this also goes to the memory of a deceased geese story thread started by TC.


Drama movies or comedies?

[Laura Clarke]

Hmm depends on the mood. Though right now I'd say drama.

Sweet or salty?

[Danik 2016]

If I´m hungry, salty.

-10º C or 35ºC?

[Laura Clarke]

Oh -10 definitely! I want some snow

Soggy cold french fries or room temperature milk shake?

[tailor STATELY]

room temperature milk shake

fog or snow ?

[Danik 2016]

snow (never saw it)


soul music or jazz?

[Laura Clarke]

Soul

Rather be smart or handsome?

[Danik 2016]

Smart

red or blue?

[Laura Clarke]

Red

Italian food or Chinese food?

[bounty]

oh another toughie! pasta and tomato sauce are staples...but Chinese food is a special rare treat...ack!

going to go with the former just out of practicality. alas, goodbye vegetable lo mein!

a ponytail or a braid?

[Danik 2016]

Neither! Presently very short hair because of the heat.

Travel by train or by plane?

[Lendo]

Plane. Who wouldn't do in 30 minutes a travel that by train would take 3 hours?

Quentin Tarantino or Peter Jackson?

[bounty]

id much rather take the train. especially if there was some notable scenery along the way and the freedom to move between cars was involved.

I don't know enough about directors to have favorites, but I do know that tarantino has a sort of stylism that's unique and comical in a quirky sort of way, so i'll go with him.

the fuzzy peach or the smooth nectarine?

[Danik 2016]

Peaches are usually sweeter!

Do your reading and writing in the morning, in the afternoon or in the evening?

[PoeticPassions]

Depends on the day :)

Ice-skating or sledding?

[Lendo]

Ice-skating, although i just did it one or two times.

Reading at a quiet place or reading outdoors?

[Danik 2016]

No ice-skating here, but there is a lot of skating going on on a place near by.
Reading in a quiet place but it can be a quiet outdoor place.

Listening to music while working or prefering to work in a quiet room?

[Lendo]

I prefer to work with absolute silence. Just like i prefer to read at quiet places. Even if i read outdoors, it has to be in a place with very few people, or no people at all.

Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

[Danik 2016]

Messi.

Riding horses or swimming?

[North Star]

swimming

Breaking Bad or Sopranos?

[Danik 2016]

I haven´t seen any of these series, but Sopranos is probably more my cup of tea.

D. H. Lawrence or Ernest Hemingway?

[Lendo]

Ernest Hemingway. And Sopranos are the best TV series ever!

A trip do Índia or to Greece?

[Danik 2016]

To Greece to see the architectonic treasures.


TV films or soap operas?

[Lendo]

TV films. I hate soap operas. And the brazilian ones... i won't even comment, Danik! ahah

Monarchy or Republic?

[Danik 2016]

Republic, but there still are some very old members of the royal famiiy living here.

salt food or sweets?

[tailor STATELY]

Sweets mostly.

Ice cream or yogurt ?

[Danik 2016]

Ice cream


Sunday or Monday?

[Lendo]

Are you kidding Danik?? Sunday, obviously! ahah

Cinema or theatre?

[Danik 2016]

Today I prefer Monday.

Theatre, but it has to be good theatre.


Fruit or vegetables?

[tailor STATELY]

Fruit

Tap or bottled water ?

[Lendo]

Bottled water it's safer, but tap water, in rural places, it's more pure.

La la Land or Manchester by the sea? (anticipating the Oscars night)

[Danik 2016]

La La Land I suppose. I haven´t seen any Oscar candidate yet.

Guitar or flute?

[Lendo]

Manchester by the sea is waaaaaaay better, Danik. Watch it, it will be worth it.

Guitar, definitely.

1980's movies or 2000's movies?

[bounty]

much more the 2000s. I have this notion that creative story telling has to an extent kept pace with technological advancements in cinema. there were some great movies in the 80s, but I think there are also great movies in the 2000s, and there are more of them, they are better looking, and more innovative.

your favorite actors as good guys or as bad guys?

[Danik 2016]

I like good acting, so it is what they are best at.

White bread or black bread?

[tailor STATELY]

white bread...
sometimes whole wheat. I don't remember the last time I had black bread. I do like that dark bread that comes in a can my Mother used to get on holidays... warmed and served with real butter. Wonder if it's still available... yup: http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/recipes/ct-food-0401-brown-bread-20150403-column.html


Pistachios or Pecans ?

[Lendo]

I don't like none of them, but if i really had to choose i would go with pecan.

Watermelon or melon?

[Danik 2016]

melon


pasta or rice

[Lendo]

Pasta, definitely!

Jazz or Soul?

[Danik 2016]

Jazz
Taylor: isn´t that black bread Punpernickel?

Sun or moon?

[Lendo]

It's different. The sun give's you energy and the will to go outdoors and do something, but the moon it's calming. I probably go with sun, but i love the night as well.

Painting or sculpture?

[bounty]

im mostly naïve in both genres but im going to go with soul. a lot of jazz, like poetry, seems lost on me.

lendo when you say "melon"---I wonder if you mean honeydew? or cantaloupe? I love watermelon.

when playing chess, being left with rooks or knights?

[bounty]

oh man you guys are going to fast!

[Danik 2016]

Lol. I am such a slow player!
I usually prefer paintings.

Warm drinks or cold drinks?

[tailor STATELY]

Watermelon or melon? Honey Dew !

pasta or rice pasta: Fettuccine Alfredo.

Jazz or Soul? Tough choice, tough choice... Soul by a ♬

Taylor: isn´t that black bread Punpernickel? I read that black bread is either dark pumpernickel or dark rye/Russian rye... perhaps others I'm not aware of.

Sun or moon? Ecclesiastically: Sun; Poetically: Moon

Painting or sculpture? Ah... I love bronze sculptures, but could never afford such. Paintings, to my mind, are more varied in expression and more ubiquitous. I'll go with sculptures if money was no object.

when playing chess, being left with rooks or knights? Depends on position; generally rooks.

Warm drinks or cold drinks? I drink mostly water, so, cold drinks.

OS: Windows, Linux, Apple, other ?

[Silas Thorne]

Windows. I'm too incompetent to use Linux.

Kim Newman or Brian Lumley?

[bounty]

tailor when I play chess on the computer (im at a very low level), I find the knights on the other side give me fits!

well silas, ive never read anything by either, but I see they have both won bram stoker awards, so that makes it even tougher. horror might be one of my least read genres. lets go with Lumley because he's older and supposedly has less time left for people to choose him!

the pleasure of a woodstove in the winter time, or floating in a pond in the summer?

[Danik 2016]

I love woodstoves. We had one when we lived in one of the few Brazilian cities that are colder. And clean ponds are not available in My city, only swimming pools. So the stove.

A warming soup in winter or an ice cream on the beach in summer?

[tailor STATELY]

A warming soup in winter: Campbell's Cream of Chicken w/ 3-dashes of curry powder.

Avocado or Artichoke ?

[Danik 2016]

Both!Love them!

Horses or sheep?

[tailor STATELY]

re: A & A... me too.

We have only one horse left, out of many at one time, on our property: Tara, a gray Arabian, popular to all who pass by, whom I deride as Tarantula, Tarantella, Tyrannosaurus, Ta Ra Ra Boom d' A, etc.. My wife also had a sheep named, predictably, Baa Baa many years ago... and so many other animal pets. Sheep are tick infested if one doesn't watch closely... I'll go with horses.

Dancer or wallflower ?

[bounty]

tailor, if you are a fan of horses, I heartily recommend a book I just finished, beautiful jim key: the lost history of the world's smartest horse. thoroughly enjoyable, very well put together and a delightful story.

if you like horse racing---a couple other ive read and enjoyed: this racing heart, and, three strides before the wire.

hmm...if its a square or contra dance, im on the floor. if its a sort of social dance (formal or informal) or ethnic dance, likely on the floor. if its sort of club atmosphere where the dancing is sort of willy nilly, wallflower.

sourballs or fruit flavored lifesavers or jawbreakers?

[Lendo]

I don't like candy... but if i had to choose, i would go with sourballs.

Pizza or Hamburguer?

[Danik 2016]

Definitely pizza!
Tailor, I was very amused at the stories about Tara and BahBah. I think it is more difficult to care for big animals than small ones.
Bounty, a special request- ask more international questions. Sometimes I don´t answer them because I don´t know what or who they are.

soft drinks or fruit juices?

[Calidore]

Mostly fruit juices, unless the soft drink is root beer or sarsaparilla.

Algebra or geometry?

[Danik 2016]

Geometry because of the forms.


History or Geography?

[Lendo]

History. The first books (serious books, i mean) that i read when i was very young were History books (Portuguese and European History). An interest that led me to get interested in Politics and other themes.

Marlon Brando or Humphrey Bogart?

[Danik 2016]

Marlon Brando

Elisabeth Taylor or Betty Davis?

[Lendo]

Elizabeth Taylor.

Waffles or pancakes?

[Danik 2016]

Pancakes.


Flowers or fruit?

[Lendo]

Fruit. They are more useful in our day-by-day routine.

Rocky saga or The Exterminator saga?

[Danik 2016]

Neither! I am not fan of those killing for revenge sagas.


19 C or 20C authors (poetry and/ or prose)?

[Lendo]

I can't say. Some of my favourite authors are from those two periods, and i think that both centuries were extremly rich in good authors and works. From the 19th century there's Tolstoi, Eminescu, Eça de Queiroz, Dostoievski, Victor Hugo... the 20th century had Camus, Gorki, Mário Sá Carneiro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Bulgakov... it's impossible to choose.

Chico Buarque or Caetano Veloso? (this one is made for Danik ahah)

[Danik 2016]

I love both. Chico also wrote some very interesting novels.
But I am a defender of general questions, Lendo. If one asks questions about one specific country or culture, be it US, Portugal, Brazil or whichever country, the players who are not intimate with that particular culture will not be able of answering the questions and than they lose interest in the game.

Taking long walks or going by car/bycicle/bus?