Would You??

[imthefoolonthehill]

I'd turn them over to the law authorities. If i didn't think that was enough punishment...well............................. accidents happen all the time.


heh. heh. joking, right? yes. joking.

Would you joke about something as serious as committing a felony?

[Bianca Fransen]

Yes, definitely! I believe all things terrible are especially good to joke about...

If you had told a good friend a few years ago that you never wanted to see him again.. would you call him again to make up (I am doubting at this very minute)?

[Koa]

I probably would...but I must really really want to do it cos it's sometimes hard for me to look for people after a while. But yes, I even started to talk again to my ex-best friend when I happen to see her...it took me 6 years to be able to do that though..

Would you bore all the people you know by making them listen to your latest favourite band?

[mono]

I have before many times, actually, until I noticed their boredom; so, no, if I knew one of my favorite bands bored them, I would not play it.

Would you ever travel just for the sake of traveling (not to visit someone, for scenery, for tourist attractions, etc.)?

[Koa]

Er...this question got to the right person... ;) Of course I would :D

Would you tell your best friend to stop judging and complaining about everything?

[mono]

I thought you might answer this one, Koa, he-he. :lol:

Would you tell your best friend to stop judging and complaining about everything?
Definitely, and I have a few times. Especially with a best friend, honesty, to me, seems valued.

Would you ever allow your rommates to own more pets than you think your place could handle?

[Koa]

Probably not. I'm not sure I'd even like my roommates to have pets, I can barely stand my brother's cat and we're not even roommates, just flatmates :D
(or by roommate do you mean sharing the whole place? my flatmate in Hungary used the word roommate even if we weren't sharing a room, and her English was very American, so now I wonder).

Would you take some time to tidy up your desk even knowing that it will take less than 20 minutes before it's a mess again?:D

[Miss Darcy]

Out of pity for myself...no, I don't think so. :D Only if someone important was going to be looking at it before those 20 minutes had elapsed.

Would you seek to find an island at sea if you knew that no one had ever returned from that island? (And yes, that is vaguely reminiscent of Dinotopia.)

[kilted exile]

Yes, the way I see it this would leave one of 3 outcomes any of which I'd enjoy:
1) The island is perfect, and the reason nobody returned is no one wanted to leave.
2) The others never made it as far as the island, nobody there to bother me.
3) The island is rubbish, however as the first to return alive I am greeted with fame and adoration.

Would you "assist" someone who wanted to commit euthanasia?

[papayahed]

Yes if there death was going to be inevitable (in a short amount of time - all our deaths are inevitable) and painful.

If you really wanted an expensive electronic device (I-Pod maybe) but couldn't afford it, would you buy one off the street that you knew was stolen?

[mono]

Though it sounds tempting, I would not. Some new technology can get tracked by its code number, or production number, or something, while in use, plus it just sounds morally wrong to support someone who stole.

Would you help design/build something you have no passion or concern for, but for the sake of others?

[Koa]

Probably not. I can't do things if I have no passion for them, even if I try, the way I pursue the task and the crappy result make it clear that I have no passion for that
(er...just as my maths teacher at school always said it was evident that i couldnt care less about maths, even when I tried to struggle :D)

Would you buy something that is exactly the same as something you already have, just because you like it so much and you want another one of it? (be it clothes or something else that you can have two of)

[Miss Darcy]

Yeah. I mean, when the first one wears out, you can use the second one...afterwards it might not be on the market (or in fashion) anymore. ;)

Would you eat something if you didn't know what it was (and it looked a little...strange...besides?)?

[imthefoolonthehill]

depends on amount of hunger. If it was eat it, or die, then yes.

Would you go to more than an hours work to pull a prank on a coworker?

[Bianca Fransen]

Ehm.. no.. but I am not much of a prankster.. So that's the reason. Might spend that much time on a surprise though - like a present or a party.

Would you forget the birthday of someone close to you?

[Koa]

Probably not, I remember even birthdays of people I havent seen for 10 years, and people I want to forget... Though sometimes I happen to wake up knowing that it's X's birthday and by the time I see the person I forgot already... but no, if it's someone really close chances are I've had that in mind for weeks before.

Would you show to new people even the bad sides of your character, or would you try to be a good person for as long as possible in their presence?

[Bianca Fransen]

Ehm.. both.. I would tell them "Oh, I can be pretty bad in that and that way" but then I would try to act the opposite, to make people say "Oh, you're not that bad"... And then later they find out I spoke the truth :cool:.

Would you push yourself to the limit in reaching your goal even if it means that if you push a bit too hard that you will go mad from lack of sleep (experience speaking here ;) )?

[Koa]

No, I'm lazy, I set my goals high then lower them until they require no effort. It's horrible :(

Would you be able to learn something (eg, a language) by studying it all by yourself? No classes, no exams?

[mono]

Yes, but only to a limit. Though I have not attended a course in French in some time, I continue to study it by myself, but I feel I need a good course in its conversation, as I can never practice the language interaction with others (since no one else I know studies French!).

Would you give a homeless person spare change, when asked, even if you had little money, but enough, for yourself?

[imthefoolonthehill]

i'm pityless. I don't give money. If i really felt sorry for him, i'd take him to McDonalds for lunch.

Would you give a hitch-hiking granny a ride?

[Koa]

(LOL is taking someone to McDonalds a sign of feeling sorry for them? :P LOL just couldnt help the joke...;))

Probably not, I'm way too suspicious of anyone...

Would you download a song from your favourite band's next album, which is due in a few months, or would you wait for the official release to hear it?
(my current big dilemma)

[Bianca Fransen]

Ehm.. I would probably wait - because I think the sound is better from my stereo and I would be afraid to ruin the first impression..

Would you hire an advocate if someone had robbed you of some money?

[mono]

A lawyer/attorney? Though I would probably not enjoy going to court, I most likely would, if I had some kind of proof that someone robbed me.

Would you, if you had the money, purchase an electric car, which seem more healthy for the environment?

[papayahed]

I've been thinking of purchasing an eletric hybrid....but I'm not convinced all the "bugs" are worked out of them, so I decided to give it a few more years before I get one.

Would you continue a bad habit (I'll say pickcing one's nose in front of people, for lack of a better example) if it made you happy but disgusted of your loved ones?

[Bianca Fransen]

I would try to stop.. but have to admit I kept some bad habits my ex found hard to bear :mad:.

Would you walk for four days - 50 kilometres a day - just for fun (as people in Holland did some weeks ago)?

[imthefoolonthehill]

50 km.... hmmm... I walked for 10 miles a day in the most mountainous terrain in idaho for 5 days.... just for fun, wearing a 50 pound pack

Would you canoe? I Canoe, can you?

[Koa]

(LOL) No I wouldn't... or maybe I wouldnt look for a way to do it but if I was given the chance, maybe - and I say maybe - I'd try...

Would you feel very nervous about going to a new and very different place?

[shortysweetp]

always i hate moving

would you transfer universities just because?

[Koa]

Well that's what I practically did... I just felt awful where I was so I changed Uni, I still hate having chose that first Uni, it was my biggest mistake ever and it made me waste one year of my life :(

Would you buy things just because they are on your favourite colour? :)

[papayahed]

Just because of the color? No. If I was buying something I would definately look for it in my favorite color...

Would you ever toilet paper someone's house? if you felt they deserved it?

[mono]

No, as a confused teenager, I almost did to someone I had a great dislike for, but got occupied with something else (lucky for me, as others got caught in the act, getting in much trouble). Even now, no, as it seems a worse alternative for facing problems in a more just, peaceful manner.

Would you use your air-conditioner a lot in your apartment, due to extremely warm weather, even though it raises your electric bill considerably?

[Bianca Fransen]

Yes, I would. I always forget to think about the bills... But luckily it has never gotten me in great trouble..

Would you fall for Rhett Butler if you were Scarlett O'Hara (in this were your book)?

[Koa]

OH YES OH YES OH YES ABSOLUTELY!!!
(I guess that's clear enough ;))

Would you feel the need to answer to a question in a game even if you have no clue what to ask next?:D

[Bianca Fransen]

Not only I would, but I do right now.. :p

Ehm..
Would you use the kind of magic that Hermione has (in Harry Potter, part 5 I believe it is) that enables her to be on two places at the same time if that could have serious consequences?

[mono]

No, my simple mind keeps itself ridiculously busy and overwhelmed while even taking one situation at a time. :D

Would you steal food for survival if homeless?

[Bianca Fransen]

If I could - yes.. but I am very clumsy..

Would you stay up all night not to miss a beautiful sunset?

[mono]

Absolutely! I have stayed up very late for meteor showers, and, in fact, an aurora appeared last night - very beautiful - and I would definitely for nearly anything with natural beauty.

Same question.

[Miss Darcy]

We stayed up late to see Mars when it was closer to Earth than ever before...but to answer the question, it would really depend on how busy I was. If it was the holidays, and I had enough time to catch up on sleep....yes, definitely!

Would you write a book even if you knew you would never get it published?

[mono]

I have, but never attempted publication, and, presently, work on another. :p

Would you ever write in a style, conforming to literary trends, to get more readers?

[Bianca Fransen]

No, I write a book that I myself like to read :D , but that owing to its style is probably absolutely incomprehensable to others. I will try to get it published though :nod:, but if that succeeds I just don't expext many readers :D. But I can write this book in no other way.. and don't want to.

Would you include autobiographical passages in a book you are writing - if you are not very complimentary about one person.. and you think that person might recognize him-/herself?

[amuse]

<<<
We stayed up late to see Mars when it was closer to Earth than ever before.nice, were you able to see it? it was very foggy then in northern california. pish.>>>

[mono]

I witnessed the Mars encounter also - beautiful! :nod:

As for the question, if you mean encorporating autobiographical concepts of yourself into fictional characters, I say yes; I do it all of the time, and find it nearly inevitable, as the imagination can only extend so far, and originates in one's self, regardless.

Would you risk your own happiness, out of love, for another's happiness?

[imthefoolonthehill]

yes.

would you take mind-altering medication if a team of doctors and several close friends told you that you needed to?

[Miss Darcy]

Never ever EVER! I don't take medications. I haven't been to a doctor for years...


nice, were you able to see it? it was very foggy then in northern california. pish.>>>

Yeah, at the time I was actually in the Czech Republic, not far from Prague but far enough to avoid the interference of city lights. :) It was really beautiful.

Would you...go into a forest alone if all you had was a red coat and a basket for blueberries? :D

[Koa]

LOL... NO :P

Would you block people on messenger if they are boring, even if they are actually very nice and caring people, just a bit...'heavy' to stand?

[Bianca Fransen]

Ouch.. I have to be brutally honest, of course...Eventually (after many months of doubting): yes.

Would you wander for hours through a city at night time?

[mono]

I have many times, especially with nice weather; luckily, my city has relatively low crime rates, and it seems quite peaceful, for a big city (plus, I just love walking ;)).

Would you ever adopt a pet from the Humane Society?
(for those who do not know, the Humane Society provides shelter for abandoned, neglected, and/or abused pets until adoption)

[baddad]

Mono my friend, I'd love to answer the question, but " a better result to problems" has me quite confused. Do you man a (seemingly) better SOLUTION to a particular problem?

[mono]

*edit*
On second thought, I decided to change the question; I read it, and it sounded quite confusing, sorry. :p

[Koa]

Well it got me confused as well yesterday...

Uhm...answer... No, I'm not really a big fan of pets (I'm not patient, not caring, and live in a flat/apartment as most people here) so I wouldnt want one... but if I wanted, I guess that association would be fine.

Would you stay up until you have finish checking any new post you want on the forum, not to miss anything, even if you're literally falling asleep?

[Miss Darcy]

No...I'd do it the day after.

Would you ring someone who has been leaving you anonymous voice messages?

[baddad]

Huh? ..........

[mono]

If the incident happened enough times, yes; I would wonder who kept calling me. This occurred not long ago, actually, someone from out of my state kept leaving weird text messages on my cell phone; finally, I called the number, and the woman mistook my phone number for someone else's.

Would you download free songs off of the Internet, knowing the bands would never receive profit for the downloads?

[papayahed]

Yep!!!

If you were told you could go on the next shuttle to the moon, but there's a 50/50 chance you won't make it back, would you go?

[shortysweetp]

oh thats hard because i am such a science geek i would love it but not now that i that i have a family

would you ever download games from the internet?

[Bianca Fransen]

Ehm.. yes, probably, but I haven't yet, because I do not want something new that is timeconsuming :) Oh, and Mono and Shortysweetp: I just love the way you guys changed your avatars :thumbs_up

Would you go to Alaska :cold: ?

[shortysweetp]

yes definitely because i think its so beautiful from all the photos and videos i have see. Plus I have a friend that has family up there and she just loves it.

would you drink regular soda even though you are trying to lose weight just because you really wanted it?

btw thank you bianca

[Bianca Fransen]

Yep, and I can safely say this, because a) I am al-ways trying to loose weight, b) I always take regular soda and just love it :thumbs_up *hmm, reading this, makes me wonder whether there is a connection :eek: *

Would you pay for your sisters birthdayparty when you both don't have the money.. but she really wants this party.. and you want her to have it.. and she does not know you don't have the money, so she cannot object :) ?

[shortysweetp]

probably i am just that kind of person.

would you lie to a friend to make them feel better about themselves?

[mono]

Oh, and Mono and Shortysweetp: I just love the way you guys changed your avatars
Thank you, Bianca. ;)

would you lie to a friend to make them feel better about themselves?
Never. To me, an innocent ("white") lie does not exist - fairly dominant idea, I know.
Instead, I would maintain honesty and tell him/her the true better aspects to feel happy about, and help all I can with any problems.

Would you purchase something extremely expensive for your significant other, even if it would set you back financially, perhaps, for months?

[GruesomeBugman]

Yes, if they needed it, and it wouldn't get to the point where I couldn't pay my bills... affecting my bills would be the limit.

Would you bungee dive if you know there was a 30% chance the cord would snap?

[shortysweetp]

no no i am not that big of a risk taker.

would you complain about service at a restaurant even though you know the waitress is newish to the whole waitressing business?

[AimusSage]

Yes I would, but I wouldn't hold it against the new waitress, but against the restaurant who failed to instruct her properly, or had sloppy selection procedures.

Would you go to a Death metal concert?

[shortysweetp]

no too loud for me but my hubby has been

would you steal if you were hungry?

[Bianca Fransen]

Ehm.. yes, I would probably try.. but get caught as I am very clumsy and tend to be even more so when I expect people to be mad at me.

Would you buy a beautiful book with your last money - if it was a week to payday and you only had a bunch of apples to live on? *gheghe, I am thinking about the good old days as a student*

[shortysweetp]

erm thats really hard because i love food. i think i would wait until i have more money

would you consider yourself strange if you didnt want what everyone around you has?

i hope that make sense

[mono]

No, not at all. Sure, seeming a minority in certain, sometimes trendy, desires can appear strange to others, but, keep in mind, only a minority of people seem actually intelligent. :lol:

Would you ever volunteer as a test subject in University science experiments, which would involve no harm, but getting paid?

[shortysweetp]

sure why not :)

would you ever be a bully for no reason at all?

[Sitaram]

Would you ever be a bully for no reason at all?

The simple answer to the question, for me, is no.

But there is a fascinating reason why there is a fundamental flaw inherent in the very nature of this question.

I shall return to elaborate.

***OK, now that I have posted and reserved my place in the thread...

IF someone has the words "bully" and "gratuitous" in their vocabulary, then it is meaningless to ask them if they would "choose" to become a bully who delights in gratuitous cruelty and violence, since their consciousness of these words and concepts would mean that it is against their very nature to choose gratuitous violence and inflict suffering for no good reason. But on the other side of the coin, if you were to question someone who IS by their very nature a bully, then they would not be conscious of what they are, at least not in the sense that they would ever say they do it for no reason at all.

The perfect example was a documentary on television once, about "wolves" in the prison system (men who repeatedly rape other prisoners against their will). They interviewed one such wolf, and asked him why he did this, and he gave a long discussion about how he had experienced a wretched and deprived childhood, and how no one had ever gave him a birthday party or a present or loved him or cared what happened to him, so... in his mind, it was only right and fair and just that he inflict suffering and humiliation on these other men, since it was unfair that they had nicer lives, while he had suffered. In his own mind, he was simply evening the score (you see, in his mind he HAD excellent reasons to do what he did.)

And, to conform to the rules of the game, my question is:

If some all powerful genie or deity or demon came to you with a choice: You may live for 100 years in happiness, but when you die, the world is destroyed, or would you choose to die immediately, and a painful death, but the world will be guaranteed 100,000 years of safety (but no one would ever know of your choice); would you choose to suffer and die for the sake of the world?

(By the way, I recently posed this very question to someone who is quite brilliant and educated, and a published author in a certain field, and he unhesitatingly answered that he would take the 100 years of life, not because he was greedy for pleasure or afraid of death and suffering, but simply because he saw it as the more sensible choice, since, for him, the human race as a whole is so worthless and destructive that it would be pointless to guarantee it another 100,000 years of rampage. I had told him, initially, that I would choose the martyric death, precisely because it would give my own death meaning and purpose.)

[Jay]

The others not knowing would still mean that your martyric death had a meaning and a purpose? When you're dead and the world keeps on living, your meaning and purpose of dying dies with you. Did you mean that you knowing in your last moments that your death might have had a purpose would be enough for you to die willingly? Just curious.

[Sitaram]

The others not knowing would still mean that your martyric death had a meaning and a purpose? When you're dead and the world keeps on living, your meaning and purpose of dying dies with you. Did you mean that you knowing in your last moments that your death might have had a purpose would be enough for you to die willingly? Just curious.

Curiosity is the highest form of insubordination. - Nabokov

Good question! And my answer is, "Yes, it would be sufficient for me and me alone to realize that I had acted in a noble fashion and sacrificed my own life and personal pleasure for the sake of future generations."

Obviously, not everyone feels or thinks the way I do, nor do I have any right to impose my own idiosyncracies and values upon others. Whenever we choose to write and publish, we do impose ourselves, potentially, upon posterity in the sense that we leave behind us a legacy, to be read. And there is always the danger that our legacy may survive, like a rosetta stone, and one day be rediscovered, and taken seriously.

Consider that obscure poet who wrote "The Tobacconist".

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693

All that was left of his life was a chest of manuscripts, found in his wretched, rented, furnished room. But, as fate would have it, it was a chest that survived, and was one day open, and read, and taken seriously.

If you happened to read my long post on the Baudelaire Seminar

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=101273#post101273

You will notice that I sat silently through the seminar, only taking notes.

I mention this because I want to speak of a certain kind of "forebearance".

It is the forbearance mentioned in the "Life of Pi" post, in the explanation of "Tsimtsum".

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4365
(see #18)



An ancient Indian poet Tulsi Das, rewriting the oldest of stories, and one of the best, the Ramayana ,adds this "the gods themselves live by forbearance"... they live by drawing back.

And so it is written of Jesus in Philippians that he "took on himself the form of a servant..." The Greek word Kenosis or self-emptying can parallel the Tsimstsum and perhaps each word enriches the other a little. Unfortunately few people have set them together! But you and I may today and see therefore the sign of the cross on the creation of the world itself, and then the cross as no isolated moment
but the heart of a deep mystery of creation-by-making-space.

Into that space which God made, light entered... and from the light came all the worlds and all the persons and you and I...


Forebearance can become a way of life; a practice.

The true thespian is always on stage, even when there is no audience to applaud or jeer.

[papayahed]

I would die immediately, why not.

You are really hungry and decide to make a sandwich. The sandwich was the best tasting sandwich you've ever had, you get halfway through the sandwich and you notice there's a small piece of mold on the bread. Would you pick off the mold and continue eating?

[shortysweetp]

seeing that as i was a poor child growing up I have done this. it really wasnt to be bad plus you have already eaten then bread so might as well finish up.

OK would you do nothing all day long if you knew you had to pack because you will be moving in five or so days?

[AimusSage]

Yes, as I always pack on the last day before I leave, and not a day sooner. I don't really see the need to start packing earlier.

Would you negatively use other people to further your personal goals?

[Bianca Fransen]

Not knowingly... but I do tend to be egotistical to attain things I want - I stop looking around me and noticing that I might hurt others. :blush:

Would you jump in a train even if it was already moving (but the door is still open)?

[mono]

I suppose it depends on how fast the train traveled, how badly I needed in the train, and why. If needed, yes, I would. :nod:

If your best friend or close family member committed a crime, would you turn him/her to the police?

[AimusSage]

Depending on the severity of the crime, Yes I would.

Would you avenge yourself by killing your killer if you had the chance?

[papayahed]

No, I don't want to be responsible for anothers death, however I may change my mind if it was to prevent the killer from killing a loved one.

If you were being put to death (wrongfully of course) would you chose to die by hanging or firing squad?

[Bianca Fransen]

Firing squad.. It makes me very scared to think of dying by suffocation - for me a couple of seconds under water are already quite a feat :goof:

Would you try to escape if you were sent to jail?

[Miss Darcy]

Depends on the circumstances. If the punishment wouldn't be...er...anything fatal in the not-unprobable case that they caught me, then I'd probably try...but I think after a few attempts I'd probably just give up and submit to being caged up...I would certainly *try* to escape, though.

Of course, that's if my conscience was clear. :p

Seriously, if I had to spend a long time in jail then I would HAVE to have 1) paper 2) pen (for writing and drawing) 3) pencil and 4)...I would put this first but somehow I'm not sure if they'd let me bring my violin. :D

Would you steal if the life (or lives) of a loved one(s) depended on your stealing? (nothing serious, not drugs or cameras or anything expensive, just...I dunno, a loaf or two of bread, like Jean Valjean?)

[Bianca Fransen]

Yes.

Would you let part of your memory be erased if you could choose which part?

[AimusSage]

No I would not, no matter how much I want to, because I would be less of a person for it.

Could you leave your loved ones forever, they would die if you didn't?

[shortysweetp]

yes i would do anything for my loved ones

would you travel the world and leave your family behind if they slowed you down?
lets say that you had to travel the world in 80 days or they would die.

[mono]

That would probably depend on my purpose for traveling. I would never travel in a hurry, but if my family and I wanted to see very different things, then I would consider it; but a great part of traveling seems experiencing things with people you love, in my opinion.

Would you ever trust anyone enough to lead you around the city, while you wore a blindfold?
(I have heard of this experiment somewhere :D)

[shortysweetp]

yes well maybe not. they do it here on my college campus as part of orientation.

would you eat something you had no clue what was if someone you love told you to try it?

[mono]

I have too many times in the past, and felt disgustingly ill afterwards, and have discovered a few foods I liked, but, if I knew the food had no meat (or meat derivatives), then sure. :D

Same question . . .

would you eat something you had no clue what was if someone you love told you to try it?

[AimusSage]

I probably would, but would first dissect it carefully to find out what exactly it is, and only eat it if I am absolutely positive it is not something I am allergic to.

Would you let someone you really don't like get hurt? example; He/She is about to do something that you know will get them hurt, but you don't tell.

[Bianca Fransen]

Noop. Even if I really, really don't like someone I cannot watch them get hurt if I could prevent it.

Would you let someone close that might hurt your feelings and has done so in the past?

[AimusSage]

No, I don't let anyone get close ever (in an emotional sense that is)

Would you watch reality TV?

[Bianca Fransen]

No, I don't let anyone get close ever (in an emotional sense that is)

;) I am NOT going to ask you in which sense you do let people come close.. :D


Would you watch reality TV?
Yes, I like watching reality TV. Especially when I am tired.

Would you take a cat if you lived on a flat?

[shortysweetp]

no i dont like cats and i wouldnt want a pet in such a small place.

would you clean the oven if you knew you werent going to get your deposit back?

[mono]

If I had enough time while moving, I would, but I probably would not make an effort to do it well.

If your neighbors kept persisting being loud at odd times of the day (and night), would you speak to them yourself, or make a complaint to the apartment managers?

[Miss Darcy]

Speak to them myself and if it persisted call the police (I live in a house, but if I lived in an apartment I'd go for the apartment managers, of course)...I'm very sensitive towards noise, our neighbours had a long, loud party once just before one of my concerts and I couldn't sleep...*grr*

Same question. *Too tired to think of anything else*

[papayahed]

I would probably talk to management, that's why my rent it so high.

Would you purchase a really cute piece of furniture that was 50% off because it had a small but noticable scratch?

[mono]

Sure, furniture always costs too much, and it seems much easier repaired than purchased at full price, especially while on a college budget. :D

Would you ever live entirely alone in nature, "thriving on the land," so to speak, for two years as Henry David Thoreau did in Walden, just for the experience?

[Miss Darcy]

Yes, yes, YES!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

Same question, not because I'm too tired but because it's so good. ;)

[Bianca Fransen]

Noop, wouldn't have the guts or the talent. Two left hands and very, very spoilt. Maybe somebody else could persuade me though. If I would do it with a very good friend or one of my sisters.. I might reconsider.

Same question (it is good!)

[papayahed]

Nope, I like nature and all but I like civilization waaayyyy better.

Would you pay $80 for a concert ticket if it was your favorite band?

[AimusSage]

$ 80? Absolutely, Maiden is priceless. I actually think the going rate for high profile concert tickets might just be going in that direction. At least in Holland they are around 50 euro, which is about $ 60.

Would you try to get loose, when you are hand cuffed? (for whatever reason/crime/arrest)

[Bianca Fransen]

Ouch.. no.. I value my wrists too much :goof:

Would you push someone aside at a concert to get a better look at the band?

[papayahed]

Yep and I have done so.

Would you try to sneak into a concert if it was sold out?

[mono]

Hmmm, it sounds tempting, and I may, but only if I wanted to see the concert enough. :D

Would you go paragliding if you had the chance?

[baddad]

ABSOLUTELY!!! In fact, I was pointing out some great sheer mountain peaks to my friend the other day that would be damn perfect for paragliding. Of course, the real test is the courage to run and jump into a 4000-10,000 foot gorge......YEEEE-HAWWW.....

Would you participate in a dangerous sport solely to attain the adrenaline buzz???

[papayahed]

Yeppers!!! Although I'm skeptical of finding anything better then jumping out of an airplane for the first time.

Would you buy a piece of artwork for the sole purpose of waiting for the artist to die in hopes it will rise in value? For the sake of arguement the artist already has one foot in the grave.

[GruesomeBugman]

I might consider it, if I enjoyed the artwork to some extent myself.

Would you camp alone in the arctic during january with no guide or supplies, for a full month to be paid 30,000 dollars (canadian, of course =) )

[Bianca Fransen]

Only if my family would really need the inheritance :brow:. No, seriously, no way. I might be sad sometimes, but I am not suicidal..

Would you partake in a medical examination for money?

[mono]

It depends on the purpose, but, yes, I think I would. Going to nursing school, I feel as if we students often examine each other professionally anyway (and we pay for school! :p).

Would you attempt resolving a violent fight you witnessed between two strangers?
(this actually happened to me yesterday, seeing two people fight)

[Bianca Fransen]

Wow.. ehm.. I would walk close, but be afraid to interfere.. so I would call the police on my mobile while keeping the fight in view. Maybe I would try to get someone else to interfere. What did you do?

Would you try to get two people to talk to each other again if they have fallen out with each other and you know them both (not from my own life, just wondering)?

[GruesomeBugman]

No, if they want to work things out, they will.

Would you, without protection, fight an irritated, starving grissly bear for 100,000 dollars, if you needed it to save an ill family member?

[Loki]

Heh...complicated, that one...I'd go for a "no" just for the $100,000, but to save an ill family member?
Common sense says no. But if the family member were someone close? pleads conscience. Common sense still says no. If the bear were starving and irritated, and I had only my "bear" hands...(okay, bad joke, but..) it would be more likely that I wouldn't have much chance of saving the family member anyway.

Would you go on a theme park ride that had never been tested before if you were paid a large compensation for it?

[GruesomeBugman]

compensation or not--yes I would.

below me--same question, I enjoy it.

[Bianca Fransen]

Ehm, really depends on the kind of theme park ride. I did not have the guts to get in the Goliath in Walibi World in Holland.. despite it having been thouroughly tested.. But if the ride would look relatively harmless, I would.

Would you write your mum e-mails saying that you really love her, because she sends you e-mails with this message.. even if you are not completely sure you are truthful (ouch, I realise how awful this sounds.. but just say hypothetically :blush:)?

[mono]

What did you do?
I tried breaking up the fight, after telling someone nearby to call the police, while still trying to maintain a safe distance. I ended the physical fighting part, but they continued yelling all sorts of things, not quite for forum ears. :D

Would you write your mum e-mails saying that you really love her, because she sends you e-mails with this message.. even if you are not completely sure you are truthful (ouch, I realise how awful this sounds.. but just say hypothetically )?
Yes, I would. I love both of my parents dearly, but for my step-mother, I do not quite have the greatest feelings; regardless, I tell her I love her, more out of respect than motherly love.

Would you ever back-pack (meaning walk, stopping at places for food and essentials) across various foreign countries, just for the experience?
(I have a friend who does this frequently; he returns here to work, now and then, save money, then go back-packing. Reluctantly, he just returned from the Congo.)

[GruesomeBugman]

yes... I'd more than love to.

would you back-stab a friend for any amount of money?

[imthefoolonthehill]

i want to say no, but if you offered me enough money to match Bill Gate's personal fortune, then i'd have to say yes...as long as I didn't have to murder them.

i mean... think about it... i could buy a publishing house.

would you sing on national tv for 1,000 american dollars?

[Aramis]

Only if I was with a large group of friends and didn't have to sing for very long.

Would you lie to get a class office or promotion (depending on the age group)?

[chmpman]

Depends on if the lie affected my coworkers or not. But probably.

Would you give up your most prized posession for the greatest night of your life?

[Bianca Fransen]

Haha.. as long as the "most prized posession" is not my memory (or one of my friends or sisters, but I cannot think of them as a posession).. yes, I would.

Like this question, so I ask the same..

[mono]

Yes, I probably would, of course, depending on what entails 'the greatest night of my life.' Experience always sounds better than material possessions, but that would have to seem some great night.

Would you purchase your available college books early to begin studying (for what will seem the most difficult year of school), or enjoy the remains of your vacation?

[AimusSage]

Enjoy the remains of the holiday for sure. I don't like studying and I rarely ever do it anyway. So far I passed with decent enough grades and marks, so I am not really bothered. Dunno what I would do with a really difficult year, never had one of those.

Would you believe gossip about your friends if you hear it second hand?

[Taliesin]

Probably not. Although we might start suspecting.

This question requires one to have read "The Puppet Masters" by Robert Heinlein:
Would you have shot people who wore clothes?

[mono]

No, I doubt of ever shooting anyone, even in extreme cases of Heinlein's work. :p

Would you pretend you enjoy a disgusting food just to please people around you?

[papayahed]

Probably.

If you took hours to prepare a meal would you want your guest to tell you the truth about whether they liked your cooking or not? If it was bad?

[mono]

I would hope my guests would tell me the truth, yes. If they claimed to like what I prepared, no matter how long it took me, the chances seem high that I will prepare it again. :D

Hypothetically, if you needed surgery for something, would you allow surgeons and anesthesiologists to use an experimental anesthesia, if they asked your permission?

[Loki]

No. I'd try to cure it naturally before seeing a doctor at all; and once I did I think I'd want something that had already been established.

Would you tell someone how you felt about them if you were generally a shy sort of person by nature?

[Adelheid]

It would depend whether it was important to my feelings to say it. :D

Would you ever ask help from God if you are ever stuck in a crisis, not knowing whether to turn to the left or the right?

[Nightshade]

Definettly done it enough times but I always end u feeling guilty because I dont turn to HIm enough when not in a crisis.

Would you try to find a friend you haven seen in years simply because once they were your best friend??

[AimusSage]

No, I do not have strong bonds with people, and sever them very easily.

Would you tell someone your secrets if it was the only person left on the earth?

[Adelheid]

No...else it's not a secret anymore!

Would you ever kill someone if he/she has done something terrible to you?

[Loki]

Never.

Would you voluntarily allow yourself to have a near-death experience if you knew you would come back?

[mono]

If I knew I would come back, then maybe, but it really depends on the unpleasantness of the means.

Same question (good one!).

[Bianca Fransen]

Yes, I probably would. I am very curious.. :nod:

If you were an excellent musician would you use your talent in a second-rate music group if this would make you earn more money?

[Loki]

No. I don't like second-rate music groups...of course if I was very pressed for money I probably would, if reluctantly.

Same question.

[Adelheid]

No, I don't think so. Playing in a second rate music group would lower your overall standard, and seem ungrateful to your teachers and those who helped you go that far.

If you could have a choice of any wish in the world, what would it be?

[Loki]

I would if I could...uhm...there's so much...and yet I can't remember anything. :p When you think about it, wishing for something is all very well, but though it is often in our power to help make that wish happen, it is only very rarely that we do work towards our wishes. We continue wishing, sighing, complaining, but what use does it have? If one wishes for something, then I feel one should also work hard towards being a better person, and then at least deserve to have that wish granted, whatever it is. So many wishes are in vain.

That said, I'd wish there wasn't so much poverty and hunger in the world. We live in the 21st century, with advanced scientific and technological knowledge...with computers, televisions, cars, space travel, and new experiments being conducted...and yet, on the other side of the world, people still don't have enough to eat, don't have clean water to drink. How unjust that Western society can be so decadent, so immoral, so full of pointless frippery...the chase for pleasures, the chase of more things, the chase of happiness in a material shape...the chase of wealth, fame, status...while in the poorer countries people still die very young, live in squalid conditions - for them it could just as well be the Middle Ages. And on the other hand, there are people with billions of dollars, people with enough money to afford a journey to the moon and back (seriously, I was reading about it in the paper today...it costs US $1 billion per head, and they already have three bookings!) - people with four or five cars, a few computers, three or four televisions, big houses, enough food to throw away...people who spend their free time shopping...people, in short, who have too much. While there are still people, who have far too little.

It is all very well said, isn't it. But even if, physically, we do nothing to alleviate the plight of others (I know I'm sounding mighty serious tonight but firstly I'm tired and secondly it's a serious subject)...we should still be happy with what we have, and not pursue "more and more" so much. I'm not saying you should eat mouldy bread and rotten tomatoes...just that it's important to stop for a minute and appreciate how well off we are.

Now that is a very strange thing to get out of a "Would You?" thread, isn't it. But...it's a free world. ;) I'm sure that nobody will want to strangle me for posting a long semi-philosophical ramble in the games section...and if they do, well, I wish them luck in executing it. But I warn them - all they may end up with will be a tangled mess of electric cables. :D

To the PBM...if you found a thousand-dollar note on public property, what would you do?

[Stanislaw]

heh heh heh, I vould plunder it! :D


To the next person;

Would you ever kill someone to save someone else?

[Bianca Fransen]

Yes, I might.. if someone would try to kill one of my sisters, brothers or little niece - I hope that I will respond immediately :mad:..

Would you throw a big party for no particular reason?

[America141]

Of course! what better reason to have a party than just wanting to have a huge party! :yawnb:

Would you ever streak?

[mono]

:lol: Probably not. In public, I already feel shy enough fully dressed, so there seems no chance.

Same question.

[Ancestor]

NO! I would put people into a coma.

Would you do the deed in public with people watching?

[baddad]

....oooooooo.................without a doubt........but then I'd run like the wind so as not to get arrested. But how public are we talking here?? I mean, I've done the deed in a public place.....out- of-doors, in a car, some others I won't mention, but never in a church, or the middle of a traffic circle at rush hour..........and never while skydiving.......

To the person below:WOULD YOU care to define 'the deed'?

[Loki]

No. I would not. :p

Would you...?

[papayahed]

The mommy and daddy dance.

Would you date someone only because they were really attractive?

[Bianca Fransen]

:blush: Of course not.. :redface: .. for long that is..

Would you date someone you feel no attraction with just because that person has a lot in common?

[AimusSage]

No I would not, I would consider them friends, but would never date them.

Would you feel stressed when having to tell someone really bad news? (being fired, dead of a relative)

[mono]

It depends on who I must tell - one of my own family members/friends, or someone else. In my second term of nursing school, I lost a patient (on "comfort measures" anyway), and had to tell the family, which probably made me age 5 years in 5 five minutes. If I had to tell one of my own family members or friends, oddly, I would feel more comfortable, but probably more heart-broken.

Same question.

[Nightshade]

Yes without doubt . Actually Id probably find away to avoid telling them.

Would yyou sky dive for charity??

[baddad]

I will skydive for charity. I will skydive just because there is a sky.


Would you date your good friend's ex ?

[Loki]

Hum. Would depend on the ex a lot. If there was a mutual attraction between us...why not? :p

Would you read a book only because your friends were raving about it - so you could take part in their conversations about the book? (No cheating, though...from cover to cover!)

[Adelheid]

No I wouldn't.

Would you happen to know where Trolly is exactly now? ;)

[Nightshade]

Errrrrr She is supposed to be with me but isnt one guess though somwhere in the tombes of HRH EII Royal mail

Do you belive in conspiricies??

[Ancestor]

Knowing human nature, YEAH!

Which are you more afriad of life or death?

[mono]

Proven that a difference exists, both seem quite scary simultaneously: life's whims and caprices, or death's unexpectedness and oblivion.

Would you attempt learning a musical instrument just because many members of your family knew how to play it?
(a big question while I went through middle school and high school :p)

[Stanislaw]

Nope, I would learn a musical instrument because it calls to me

would you ever become a terrorist to save your country?

[Ancestor]

No, because then I become the enemy.

Would choose to die so another could live?

[mono]

Yes, without hesitation, if I loved the person enough.

Would you ever own a pet that usually brings fear out of most people (snake, spider, lizard, etc.)?

[Ancestor]

Yes, without hesitation, if I loved the person enough.

Would you ever own a pet that usually brings fear out of most people (snake, spider, lizard, etc.)?

NO! I am one of those people which it brings out fear.

Would you ever take a month to live the life of the opposite gender of yourself?

[mono]

Hmmm, interesting question. I must admit of loving living as a male. I suppose it may seem a very interesting experience to live as a female for a while, but a whole months sounds awfully long. After all, Samuel Taylor Coleridge did write of the most non-biased and experienced mind appearing androgynous.

Same question.

[Nightshade]

Yeah, if it was tottally reversable and had no freaky side effects. but I think it would have to be at least a month it would take me nearly that long just to get used to it.....just imagine one might acttually be able to understand how the oposite gendeer thinks......:idea:

Same Q

[Adelheid]

hmmm.... if i had alot of convincing proofs that I'm not breaking any of God's commands, and that there is no side effect, and that I have my parent's approval then, MAYBE.... :D

Would you rather face defeat at a sworn enemy's hands, knowing that you WILL live, or commit suicide, and die a dishonourable death?

[mono]

As long as it would involve taking no lives, I would face defeat, gladly and modestly; but for this reason, I try to avoid making enemies to begin.

Would you ever purchase a house and live in a dangerous region, popular for natural disasters (such as a hurricanes or tornados), if it cost only little money? :brow:

[Jack_Aubrey]

No probably not.

Would you ever go back in time as an Asian farmer in the dark ages and fight AGAINST Ghengis Kahns hordes?

[Nightshade]

Not asian but as one of Quttaz's soliders that eventually defeated him yeah why not (i am thinking the right history arent I transalating these people confuses me?!)

PBM DO you like History? and if yes whats your faviourate period??

[papayahed]

Not asian but as one of Quttaz's soliders that eventually defeated him yeah why not (i am thinking the right history arent I transalating these people confuses me?!)

PBM DO you like History? and if yes whats your faviourate period??

I do like history. I think I like the 30's and 40's and I would go back to those if I could.

Would you go back to prehistoric times if you could?

[AimusSage]

Only as an observer, I could life without most modern equipment, but I would not willingly part with it.

Would you feel compassion for your enemies if they were extremely ill, perhaps even dying?

[adilyoussef]

Yes of course. They are humans after all.

Would you tell a person that he or she is going to die? Do you have the courage to?

[Loki]

Mmm, I'm reminded of Richard Feynman (great physicist) here...he and his wife (fiance at that time) had sworn that they would never lie to one another at the beginning; his wife became ill and they didn't know HOW ill until they did these tests on her. It turned out she was dying. He was going to tell her but his family persuaded him not to. Well...he ended up telling her in the end, but she was strong and faced death willingly. She still had about two or so years of life.

("What do you care what THEY think?" by Richard Feynman...very interesting autobiography.)

Anyway...:D that was a bit off topic. Depending who the person was...well I think I would, in any case; after all, if it's a painless death, those who are left behind suffer more in the long run by the loss of a loved one.

I liked Ancestor's question:


Would you ever take a month to live the life of the opposite gender of yourself?

[papayahed]

Yes I would. I've always wondered what it's like to walk around with one of those.

Would you ever dress as the opposite sex for any length of time?

[Nightshade]

uHH how does a girl dress as a man???
probably not

same q

[Ancestor]

uHH how does a girl dress as a man???
probably not

same q

I seen women dress a guy and even look better while doing it but you have to see it for yourself. Yeah, pants are way more comfortable then a dress.

If a man got pregnant and say this can actually happen how many men. Would you as a man actually get pregnant and give birth or would you still leave that up to the woman?

[mono]

I would try to avoid it at all costs, having seen the immense pain labor involves, even by claiming abstinence. :D

Would you advocate for a dying loved one, allowing him/her to pass away, if indeed the case involved much suffering?

[baddad]

OH....MY............tres' excellent 2-part question!!!!! ...............NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!

Are you a closet sexist?? Should men perform 'man' chores (fix the car, cut grass etc, that are, well, manly?) and women 'girl' chores (shop,......uh.......uh..... *what do women do?* )

'this post intended to answer the 'man pregnant' query.......sorry...

[Ancestor]

I would try to avoid it at all costs, having seen the immense pain labor involves, even by claiming abstinence. :D

Would you advocate for a dying loved one, allowing him/her to pass away, if indeed the case involved much suffering?

Yes, seeing my Grandfather slowly die from cancer I would especially if the doctors wanted him on life support. Life support is not really living especially if there is not brain activity left.



OH....MY............tres' excellent 2-part question!!!!! ...............NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!

Are you a closet sexist?? Should men perform 'man' chores (fix the car, cut grass etc, that are, well, manly?) and women 'girl' chores (shop,......uh.......uh..... *what do women do?* )

'this post intended to answer the 'man pregnant' query.......sorry...

No, just curious to see if any guy would be brave enough to go through it. :)

Would you actually admit to a sibbling that you loved them in public? I wouldn't. :)

[baddad]

[QUOTE=baddad]............



This part of my post was meant as a 'To the person below me', and not a directed query of anyone........sorry for the confusion............



Are you a closet sexist?? Should men perform 'man' chores (fix the car, cut grass etc, that are, well, manly?) and women 'girl' chores (shop,......uh.......uh..... *what do women do?* ) [QUOTE]

[Loki]

Would you actually admit to a sibbling that you loved them in public? I wouldn't.

Definitely not. I'm not pro saying "I love you" to *anyone* in public, even if the person you're saying it to is your partner. It's just...weird. Love is a mutual thing, more than words...and treating those three particular words as an everyday thing just seems to make them bland and meaningless.

Would you ever try ballroom dancing? :brow:

[Adelheid]

Yes. I would LOVE to! I only wished I had learned proper dancing (or ANY dancing at all!), and had an opportunity at a party to dance. :D

Have you ever learned dancing? Have you danced at a party before?

[Loki]

Ah well...I danced with my second-cousin (I define that as my mother/father's cousin's child) at my great-aunt's seventieth once, a long time ago now (and that was ballroom dancing)...didn't really learn for that, I just did it. :p

Would you ever consider eating snakes/pig snouts/snails/carboard? :D Any of those? Which one, and why?

[Adelheid]

Awww... Yuck! (Sorry to offend those who do eat it, but that's my first response) :) Why eat it? I have heard of people who eat fried Tarentellas.... it's disgusting. Why risk getting poisoned to experience danger? No, I wouldn't touch it.

Would you experience danger because of the thrill itself?

[Loki]

Why eat it?

Sensible question. But for that matter, why eat any animal? Is it not disgusting to eat something that was alive and murdered? Think about it...eating chicken...lamb...it's no less disgusting than eating pig snouts or testicles or any part of a pig...eating animal organs...ugh...


I have heard of people who eat fried Tarentellas

Really? In what part of the world? Spain?
You know, I read somewhere that the dance was named that because it was what people where meant to do when bitten by the spider. :brow: I think it's the Italian word for it...


Would you experience danger because of the thrill itself?

Depends on what kind of danger. Sometimes danger can be fun, if it's not life-threatening...but usually, no. I stick to thrill rides. :p

Would you admit to loving a cousin if you did?
As in...hum...romantic sense...

[Nightshade]

Depends on how close a cousin i suppose

second-cousin (I define that as my mother/father's cousin's child) I call this my third cusin or cousin twice removed anyway about that far away is ok I guess.

I am now going to answe baddads' Q

Are you a closet sexist?? Should men perform 'man' chores (fix the car, cut grass etc, that are, well, manly?) and women 'girl' chores (shop,......uh.......uh..... *what do women do?* )

Yeah but no closet about it men should work and pay so that women can live in luxury and they should always stand up on buses and give women their eat if there are none left and carry thier bags etc....
Umm then again this is not always good I suppose I would get bored very quickly.

PBM what do you think of spinach?

[Miss Darcy]

PBM what do you think of spinach?

Yum. :D Not raw, of course, but cooked and finely chopped...with ricotta and fetta cheese...in a pie...*licks lips* :p

Would you prefer brussel sprouts to spinach? *grimace* Or perhaps...paris sprouts? :D

[Nightshade]

Oooh hard choice love both of them....Well I suppose if they are sprouts from the picking after the first frost and cooked jut riht
sprouts

pickeled gerkin or beetroot?

[mono]

I have never had either, but, I suppose, pickeled gherkin sounds the lesser of two evils. :D

Would you contribute to a loved one's education, even if you think he/she should do something else?

[papayahed]

depends do i think they should do something else because I had doubts about their being able to accomplish the schooling their in? Or do i just think they would be happier doing something else?

either way I would contribute. Who am I to say what they should be doing. Now if they were flunking out I think I might pull the plug..

Would you get into an experimental submarine (maiden voyage) if there was the possibility of going to depths no one had been able to reach previously?

[adilyoussef]

It sounds intresting but too skary. I'd rather not.

Woud you marry a person far older than you suposing that you are in love with this person?

[Ancestor]

Yes especially if I were in love with the person because age is only a number and when you love someone age, looks, race, or wealth doesn't matter. Besides I had a Great Uncle who married someone 40 years difference and were very happily married until his death.

Would you place your life on hold to take care of someone who was sick?

[AimusSage]

If it is a loved one, I would probably feel the obligation to do so deep inside, but I probably will not do it, at least not enough.

Would you be able to knowingly sacrifice the few to save the many? Example, letting a city of thousands get destroyed by bombs to protect a secret (knowledge of the enemy's code) that will ensure millions will live?

[adilyoussef]

:eek: Responcibility of other poeple's lives is above me to take care of. And to have to make a decision about other poeples right to live or not is out of question. I'd never take a decision like this at any circumstance. When I'm asked to make a choise, I always hesitate to make my mind. I'm not God to decied to do so. I'm but a man who try to live and cling to his life as others do. I wont live my life knowing that I'v killed many although for the benefit of others. Few or many, it is not me who created them so I have no right to take their lives at any condition although many may vanish as a consiquence. Nothing is 100% and there is always an alterntive to go to. Better think million times than decide to take the place of the Creator.

Would you respond as I did or take the other alternative to AimuseSage Question?

[Ancestor]

I believe that everyone as a right to live but if I could save others then I would try to find a way where no one had to die. I could not in good faith decide who should live or die as adilyoussef said I am not God. But it would put me in a most difficult position and one I pray I will never be in.

Would you consider having your own place, a good paying job, no contact with family, and have no friends living in the real world?

[adilyoussef]

That would drive me crazy. The answer is nooooooo and never. I can't live without friends and family. I grew up in a big family and still live with them and never think of having no contact with them. It's part of my culture and I'm used to it.

Would you leave the poeple that you like and you are used to be with for money?

[Adelheid]

No. Why should I? Money without love, selfish gain, is one of the most terrible gain you can ever receive.

Would you rather lie in this circumstances or go scott free?
"You are driving in a road, when you accidentally hit a little boy over. You killed him. Out of panic, you flee. Police chased you and caught up with you. They don't have enough evidence to convict you, nevertheless, you know you did kill the boy. Will you tell them the truth, or will you lie? Especially if you know the verdict will be life-imprisonment, (no family or friends around you for life)?

[fayefaye]

I would probably kill myself.

Would you torture someone if you believed it could save lives?
(sorry if that's come up before. I obviously can't be bothered reading more than the last post)

[mono]

Yikes! Well, in terms of interrogation, I would try some other means to save those other lives, but, if it came to torturing, I would have to leave that to someone else. :eek:

Would you eat some very unhealthy food for a month to further prove the food's unhealthiness?
(for those who have seem Morgan Spurlock's Super-Size Me, you know what I mean ;))

[AimusSage]

No, because to me it is just silly. Even eating only healthy food for a month, but keeping to one food group is unhealthy.

Would you prefer free trade, or protectionism?

[Adelheid]

I have no idea what protectionism means... ;) But I would like to choose the type of trade I like, and be protected for my choice... :D

Same question i asked before. Fayefaye didn't give a satisfactory answer! No cheating this time.... only the 2 options here.... ;)

Would you rather lie in this circumstances or go scott free?
"You are driving in a road, when you accidentally hit a little boy over. You killed him. Out of panic, you flee. Police chased you and caught up with you. They don't have enough evidence to convict you, nevertheless, you know you did kill the boy. Will you tell them the truth, or will you lie? Especially if you know the verdict will be life-imprisonment, (no family or friends around you for life)?

[Nightshade]

Tell the truth mind you life imprrisonment seems to be letting meoff rather lightly I think iit means no contact with children to bring back guilt.

Would you ever dance in the rain?

[adilyoussef]

Why not if it's in a romantic atmosphere. I would

Would you kill an animal for food?

[mono]

Never. Having adopted vegetarianism for about four years now, nothing, not even starvation, would stop me. If in some distant land, relying on hunting and gathering for myself, I would rely more on plants.

Would you live with annoying housemates if you had to pay amazingly little in rent and utilities?

[Nightshade]

Err what else is family... sure if I had my own room which tthey do not enter Ill just stay there with my kettle and store cans under the bed:eek: On second thought maybe not I dont know what kind of annoying and how much cheaper are we talking and most importantly do I have to share a bathroom???

Same Q (too lazy to think of another one a 545 in the morning and its a good Q)

Would you live with annoying housemates if you had to pay amazingly little in rent and utilities?

[Aurora Ariel]

No...I don't think so.I've never even lived away from home!I'm still quite young so I don't really see myself living with lots of flatmates,especially if they were extremely noisy all the time.I enjoy my solitude at home(and I'm an only child so it's like I'm alone alot of times anyway) so I can read and write in quiet.

And to the previous question...I would NEVER take the life of ANY animal(including Homo-sapiens), as I am a strong supporter of animal rights and equality and fair treatment for all who inhabit planet earth!I also would decribe myself as having a "pure vegetarian diet" since I gave up meat
about five years ago(and I'm 18 now) and I feel much healthier and glad that I choose this lifestyle.

PS:As for the other question-yes I have danced in the rain and it was only a few months ago.Late in the night,after walking by a park it started to rain and I danced and twirled in the silver mist and falling drops.It was a joyful experience and I would highly recommend it!I would also consider dancing in the frost,ice and snow if given the chance.:)

[Loki]

And to the previous question...I would NEVER take the life of ANY animal(including Homo-sapiens)

Neither would I. I'm also vegetarian, since birth...no red meat, no fish, no chicken, no seafood. Has anyone ever been to Singapore? The vegetarian food there is delicious...hmmmm vegetarian chicken...(it's made of gluten and absolutely mouth-watering)....yum.

Would you spend a month as an animal if you were given the chance? :D

[Nightshade]

err no dont think so would miss the books and other advantages of being human such as not worrying about humans destroying my enviroment...wait I do that anyway, errr I think the answer is still no though

PBM would you???

Would you spend a month as an animal if you were given the chance

[adilyoussef]

I like my life as a human being. To spend a month as an animal is a fascinating idea but it depends on the kind of the animal I would be. I don't want to be a prey and be hunted by avery moving creature. But I'd rather not.

Woud you exchange your life with another person's life for a month?

[dejosc]

yes just to see what it would be like

would you pay to take a backseat in someone you now mind for an hour

[mono]

I do not understand the question. Do you ask if I would remain in a backseat of some vehicle with an annoying person for an hour? If so, sure, I have dealt with worse.

Would you prefer Eastern or Western (allopathic) medicine for a medical condition?

[dejosc]

western its more...sciencey(if thats a word)

ill redo my previous question but a bit more eloquently

would you like to be inside someones mind for 1 hour seeing how it works?(if it still dont make sense well... i am not very god at english)

[adilyoussef]

I always wonder how people are different from ech other. Well, it can be a good experience. Why not; I would.

Would you risk your life to save other's?

[dejosc]

no dont be stupid that is idiotic who cares as long as im safe

would you swear at a policeman for money?

[mono]

Probably not; there seem more well-thought and productive ways of earning money, and I would not want to risk getting arrested for some silly offense of "harrassing an officer," or something. :D

Would you ever donate your blood or blood plasma?
(I do this all of the time, but it sometimes wears me out :p)

[Taliesin]

We would like to, but we are too young (you must be at least 18)
So we have to wait for about a year and a month.

Would you play a gothic horror role-playing game?

[Ancestor]

We would like to, but we are too young (you must be at least 18)
So we have to wait for about a year and a month.

Would you play a gothic horror role-playing game?

Actually Taliesin you can donate blood at 17 you may have to check to see if you need parents permission but you can at 17.

No not into gothic more like martial arts role playing is more my things.
Would you help a total stranger even though there is a risk of becoming a victim of a crime?

[Aurora Ariel]

....It really depends on the situation.But if it was something like a lady who had her bag stolen, then yes, I would help her, but if the person was trying to murder someone-like they had a gun or potentially lethal weapon or were trying to kill me with a knife-then probably no.I would call the police though, and try to get outside assistance.This is a hard question to answer as I would decide in the moment-it's like a split second choice as in fight or flight-one of the primitive aspects of our nature.


Would you travel through time if you knew you could never return(to your own era)?

[adilyoussef]

Fasinating. Traveling through time, although it's impossible, has always fasinated me. Well, it would be a good experience to live before death.

Would you go to war if your country is involved in a meaningless stupide one?

[Loki]

Traveling through time, although it's impossible, has always fasinated me.

Always fascinated me, too...very interesting subject. You know, it's not actually *impossible*...well it's not possible with the technology we have right now, but Paul Davies wrote a whole book about time travel from a scientific point of view ("How to Build a Time Machine" - a must-read if you're into popular science) and he believes it's possible (with a worm-hole or other ways...my memory's rusty but anyhow). Though one wouldn't be able to go further back in time than when the time machine was invented, e.g. say time machine (worm-hole sort) is invented in 3000 A.D. In the year 4000 you could go back to 3000, but not 2000 or 2999 (:D). You see, spacetime can be twisted (time is elastic) with a lot of gravity, warped, and bent to form a wormhole etc. Well, I'm pretty bad at explaining, as you can see, but if you read the book Davies (professor) will explain it better. It's worth the read...all about time and time paradoxes and how time-travel could be possible, at least from a theoretical point of view.


Would you go to war if your country is involved in a meaningless stupide one?

Certainly not. I'm against war...borders, nationalities, etc...it's ONE WORLD (we all share the same, communal speck of dust) and we shouldn't distinguish ourselves just because we come from different countries. I'm not saying there are no differences in culture, appearance, etc., but every human has two arms, two legs, two eyes, etc. (or almost every human, I'm not including Guiness-style mutations) and we're all equal and, furthermore, related (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/genes/dna_detectives/adam_and_eve/index.shtml).

Would you go on a long, pioneering space journey - let's say you can travel more or less the speed of light - if you knew that you would age less than your family and friends back home on earth? And that it was possible that they may be all dead by the time you come back? If you come back? (Balancing factor: you'd get to see what no human has ever seen before, it would be awesome, uh...you maybe get to meet some intelligent aliens? :D)

[adilyoussef]

Well, I'm pretty bad at explaining, as you can see, but if you read the book Davies (professor) will explain it better. It's worth the read...all about time and time paradoxes and how time-travel could be possible, at least from a theoretical point of view.

No not bad at all. I pretty well anderstand you. So thanks for the advice and I'll try to have the book.



Certainly not. I'm against war...borders, nationalities, etc...it's ONE WORLD

If everybody thinks the same way as you do, there will be no war at all. We are different but the same as well.



Would you go on a long, pioneering space journey - let's say you can travel more or less the speed of light - if you knew that you would age less than your family and friends back home on earth? And that it was possible that they may be all dead by the time you come back? If you come back? (Balancing factor: you'd get to see what no human has ever seen before, it would be awesome, uh...you maybe get to meet some intelligent aliens? :D)

Dificult choice to make. To go for a long trip and see what no human has ever seen is a good experience to live. But the problem is to report it and make people believe you and not take you for a crazy guy and exile. To come back and find no one waiting for you and all dead, the conception of things changed and all what you got used to nomore existed, addaptation will be hard. But it's worth a try.

Would you spend your life in the same country or change place from time to time?

[Loki]

Change place from time to time. I'm one of those travelling-gypsy types. :D

Same Q.

[Nightshade]

I suffer from itchy feet I need to keep moving changing being somwhere new at least every 3 years ( mind youonly been in present home for just about 6 months give or taka and am already packing to leave)

Interesting Q needs repeating I think.

[Bianca Fransen]

Haha.. it seems I am the odd one out. I would love to stay in one place for the rest of my life - I have tried to move for the one I love(d) and it wasn't a great succes, partly because I kept missing the place I came from.

Would you keep the same (a bit dull) job for 30 years if it provided for your family?

[Ryan Dollard]

No I wouldn't, nor would I keep the same (a bit dull) family for 30 years even if it safeguarded my job.

Would you give up the little finger on your right hand for a really astounding voice?

[Taliesin]

No way.
For
1)We play flute. We like it. We have studied it for seven years and we won't give it up for some voice.
2)Our voice is astounding enough, thank you.

Same question, since we are a lazy bastard.

[Nightshade]

No thanks I am rather attached to all eleven of my fingers :eek2:
And if you mean a singing voice I m tone deaf so have no interest in that area as for aa speaking voice I live with 2 eople of astounding voices so prefare a low insistant murmur. I find it most effective

Well since I too am lazy here is a rather boring q
PBM Would you kill a child to cure the world?

[AimusSage]

If the child annoyes me I would, doesn't seem that logical to do, but there would be little hesitation from me if it is proven to be correct (the curing the world part). Since I find all children to be annoying at best, I can state that I would do so.

PBM, would you sacrifice the world for your own elevation to Godhood?

[mono]

No. Of course, the whole part of achieving "Godhood" does not entirely involve superiority over all living things, but I would seem alone - for once, equal - with my surroundings, which would only consist of myself, and anyone/anything else divine.

Would you learn a talent merely to impress others, even though you would not choose it otherwise?

[adilyoussef]

I would if I would choose it. To impress people is part of human nature and I won't make the exeption. But as your question includes the word 'merely', I think I would not for that reason only. Why doing things only for others and not for ourselves first. I like entertaining myselfe and be happy with what I have achieved rather than wait for other's complements. No I would not.

Would you cry over your destiny or try to make things better if you are boken down?

[Nightshade]

Good q, Id like to think I would try to make things better but truth is Id probably cry about it first and then try and make it better because Im mad with my self for crying over what can be fixed.

Would you PBM admit on your first day of work somewhere you have never been that youve lost the list of days you are meant to work??

[Adelheid]

no. Why? unless someone asks or that question (hence the admitting) then I would have no cause to blurt that out in front of everyone and anyone! :D

Would you willingly give up your greatest (most treasured) possesion for immortality?

[mono]

No, I would trade nothing for immortality, for I imagine that immortality would seem horrible and lonely, seeing all of your friends and family members born and pass away, and I cannot imagine feeling fatal pain with immortality - in some painful, normally life-threatening situation, and having to withstand the pain. :eek2:

Would you ever allow one of your older relatives to live in an adult care home, even if it seemed against his/her wishes?

[Taliesin]

PBM, would you sacrifice the world for your own elevation to Godhood?
On a random thought, would one, who would destroy a world to gain godhood, deserve the title God? Wouldn't he then be just a god?

[AimusSage]

On a random thought, would one, who would destroy a world to gain godhood, deserve the title God? Wouldn't he then be just a god?

I never said anything about destroying the world, now did I?


Would you ever allow one of your older relatives to live in an adult care home, even if it seemed against his/her wishes?

If it means I would have to take care of the relative if he/she isn't in a home, I would. Visiting might be something i'dd consider.

PBM, same Q.

[Ancestor]

Having worked in a nursing home, no if I can avoid that I would. Nothing against a nursing home but most elderly would rather die at home with family around.

Would you consider going back in time to change your own past?

[shortysweetp]

no although my past has been for difficult and hard to bear at times i believe that it made me who i am and i like who i am. I am a great mother, a good wife and friend and an excellent student who works hard to achieve my goals.

same question?

[Nightshade]

No past makes me who I am today and even if Im not completely happy with that if I went back and changed it then would I still be me or someone else and would I care anymore??

Same Q

[Loki]

What's the question?
Eh, think I'll say no, since it's something about changing one's past. (Too lazy to switch pages...) I like my past, and though I have made a(n incidentally large) number of mistakes, I think I'll keep them because every mistake I have made has taught me something.

Very good question, erm, whatever it is, how about another repeat? :D

[Nightshade]

Ive already answered but here is the Q


Would you consider going back in time to change your own past?

[Rosevn]

the two persons above me are online, this is really nice! :)

The question is so interesting. I ever wished I could turn back time, and definitely I would have been able to do something that could change the life of my self and my beloved one's. Well, I feel pretty good with my present situation -> so no more regret about the past now. There are many beautiful, unforeseen (un)interesting things ahead that I haven't explored and done yet.

Life itself is to me like a road, and I wanna go straigth ahead toward the end of that road. :)

[adilyoussef]

Ask a question Rosevn please when you finish answering the above one. That what the thread is about.

Go back in time to change one's past and make it better, I think, is the dream of evry living human, with exeptions of course. We make mistakes, sometimes irreparable ones, and we would like to repare them. Going back in the past to do so will be a good idea. But don't you thing that won't affect our future or make no future at all. In this case we won't learn at all and we won't need each other. We always seek help and help each other to solve a past mistake and pass over our experience to one a nothe. Going back to the past will change the world and the way we deal with each other. Addaptation will be hard. I'm used to what I'm and I like my life as it is because it what I was that makes of me what I'm know. To make it better is now that I have to do it not in the past.

Let it go round a little again. Same Q

[Ancestor]

Would you consider going back in time to change your own past? Since I asked this orignal question that appears to have everyone in a time loop I shall answer it then ank another to see what happens. No I would not even dream of changing my past even though I was a vicitim of violence. What I went through has made me a much stronger person and I would not change who I am today for anything. Hope this will brake the chain. :)

Would you want to be a celebrity without being able to have any privacy?

[Loki]

No, never! Ever!

(100 posts, Ancestor, conga rats. :) Nice!)

Would you ask for more in Oliver Twist's place?

[Rosevn]

Ask a question Rosevn please when you finish answering the above one. That what the thread is about.

Go back in time to change one's past and make it better, I think, is the dream of evry living human, with exeptions of course. We make mistakes, sometimes irreparable ones, and we would like to repare them. Going back in the past to do so will be a good idea. But don't you thing that won't affect our future or make no future at all. In this case we won't learn at all and we won't need each other. We always seek help and help each other to solve a past mistake and pass over our experience to one a nothe. Going back to the past will change the world and the way we deal with each other. Addaptation will be hard. I'm used to what I'm and I like my life as it is because it what I was that makes of me what I'm know. To make it better is now that I have to do it not in the past.

Let it go round a little again. Same Q

Thanks for your reminder :) :cool:

Iagree with you at this go back to the past in time, and then change it, making it better is a dream of many people. I also like your question that
But don't you thing that won't affect our future or make no future at all

In case we want to change our past for a better present or future, so our present and future are surely affected or they are not the same as they are at present. So yes, as you said going back to the past will change the world and the way we are living right now. What passed already passed. If we have an unhappy past, just stand firmly facing it, we can become a stronger person as Ancestor by such unhappy/unlucky experience. And if we make mistakes in the past, lessons learnt afterward are worth, right?!

Like Ancestor, what I experienced have helped me a stronger person. I wanted to go back, mainly because of one of my loved one. Well I miss that great man, and I will miss him for the rest of my life :)

ANd here is my question: Would you believe in FATE? or would you think there is a fate set for every humanbeing?

[Aurora Ariel]

No...I don't believe in predestination.I believe we create our own fate.Through personal decisions colliding with the events of the world we built our own history everyday.I think it's a mixture of genetic predispositions and environmental factors.I believe in scientific explanations for things and not in the supernatural or fate that is already created or known prior to the physical or mental process.


Would you clone your pet(as in a dog or cat)?


Note:The "clone" would be a carbon copy of little "spot" or "muffins" -genetically identical- but would be a blank canvas when it comes to considering environmental influences, meaning all of those memories and years you spent together with the original would cease to have any meaning with the " new spot or muffins ".The clone would be from scratch(though predisposed due to its genes-and these are still the predominate influences) and may develop surprising personality traits, as a result of changing homes or encountering new or disturbing people,style,climate,food or care ect and not be exactly like the previous pet who you decided to clone when he/she died.

PS:If you don't have a dog or cat you could probably consider cloning your favourite farm animal-pig,horse or sheep, so reply with your answer if you have one of these instead...

[dejosc]

wouldnt be any point as you could just get a new one and have a change because it would most probably turn out similar.

if you were say a prime minister of some ex-superpower and were asked by, lets say the president of the major superpower who keeps you in the UN because you do what its government says would you risk the lives of your people?(obviously a completely hypothetical question with no link to current affairs :p)

[adilyoussef]

Like Ancestor, what I experienced have helped me a stronger person. I wanted to go back, mainly because of one of my loved one. Well I miss that great man, and I will miss him for the rest of my life :)


Sory for you. That what live is made of. Knoledge based on pain and suffering. That will bring me to your question about fate. Yes I believe in it as part of our existance.


if you were say a prime minister of some ex-superpower and were asked by, lets say the president of the major superpower who keeps you in the UN because you do what its government says would you risk the lives of your people?(obviously a completely hypothetical question with no link to current affairs :p)

In two letters no.

Would you ask a perfect stranger to help you if you are in trouble?

[Aurora Ariel]

Yes...as long as the request was not too extravagant.I think if it was in desperation then I would definitely ask for help.If I was starving or dehydrated or dying in the middle of the desert or the Antartic then I would search around till I came across a stranger who might be so kind as to help me...at least till I could survive by myself.And I think if they were sincere and truely a good person, then they would at least attempt to help me and then send me on my way with the necessary goods.


Would you leave(even if your family or some of your friends didn't) your home,possessions and town if there was a warning or prediction of a natural disaster in the near future?

.....or would you stay?

[adilyoussef]

It depends on how the warning and prediction can be true. For the part of the world I'm living in, there is no such disasters, thanks to God. But I'm not such a fool to know I'm going to die and wait for it. I'll cling ti life like my family and my frinds, and all human beings, will do. Home is created by people. So better leave it and beggin from 0 than vanish with it forever.

Would you accept some hurting comments, but true, made by somebody not close to you about your privet life or react unfrindly?

[samercury]

Depends on how hurting the comments are and to who they're being told to... I mean if they're telling it to someone that i really dislike and who's always minding other people's business then yes, i would be really unfriendly. ;)... my turn:

-Would you stand next to an errupting volcano (in a protective suit of course) just to see what inside the volcano looks like with lava coming out of it?

[mono]

In such a protective suit and strong safety precautions existed, then sure! That would sound like quite an experience.

Hypothetically, if you stood in a store of some kind, of which, at that time, someone robbed and held everyone hostage, would you run, or take any risks to escape, if given the chance?

[adilyoussef]

That brings me to what extant life is valuable to one? Yes I would. I'm not a hero and I wouldn't play this role in any condition. Some may say thet this is a cowerd decission, but it's the wisest one. I'v passed through many experiences that thought me that my own safety is beyound any heroic act; and if I get killed or badly wounded, no one will take care of me or I'll be forgotten in a short time. Poeple who was dead in taking such alternative are now forgotten leting behind them their femilies and a life worth living.

Would you kill an animal for food?

[baddad]

Yes. I would kill an animal for food. I have killed an animal and eaten it. Many times. But now I just kill for fun.........


Would you wear a protective suit and kill your 'animal food' with your bare hands, if need be? (this Q does not apply to Mr. Mono, of course...)

[Adelheid]

Protective suit? What for? Fish? :D well, if need be, then perhaps...

Would you ever watch a boring show (to you) because you've got nothing better to do? :D

[Miss Darcy]

*Decidedly* No. I'm hardly ever bored (especially nowadays!!!) and when there is a time when I don't have anything in particular I feel like doing, then I'll spend it in useless hours browsing the net, or productive ones (which rarely come out of boredom) of writing. Or simply read. But boredom usually comes in the times that one doesn't even feel like reading.

Would you ride a bike down a steep hill if you weren't sure of the condition of its (the bike's, not the hill's) brakes?