Would You??

[Dark Muse]

Depending on my mood I would say order in probably.

To take the other side of the coin on Pompey's question

If you encountered someone who used to bully you would you acknowledge them or confront them in any way?

[bounty]

i have had a few occasions to actually seek out (as opposed to random encounter) people I had wronged in one way or another and have gotten to tell them I am sorry, please forgive me, or alternatively, im sorry and thank you for putting up with me.

ive asked this one before, or one close to it, if you had the opportunity to go back in life and do some things over, would you? (and what would they be?)

[Pompey Bum]

Despite the great temptation to kick "younger me" in the duff a few times (or at least have a heart to heart talk), I would not change anything. History and fate are very dynamic, and if you were to fix your early mistakes, you would never end up where you are today. There's just too much I love now to risk that. So face it: your sins are your own. It's just a matter of where you go from there.

Would you accept a good-paying job you knew you weren't really qualified for?

[papayahed]

Yes. I'm a fast learner.

Would you sign up to go to Mars?

[Pompey Bum]

Sure, as long as I didn't actually have to go.

Would you take up cigarette smoking if all the diseases it causes were suddenly eliminated?

[Pendragon]

Likely. It will stop migraines... Pretty good for depression as well... It's the cancer thing that stops me now

Would you volunteer for a scientific study that sounded a bit strange, such as remote viewing?

[Pompey Bum]

Volunteer as in no pay? Nope.

Would you call 911 if you saw a ghost in your room?

[Clopin]

Hahaha, no, I don't know what they could do about it.

Would you ensure that an endangered but salvageable species (tigers, panda bears, etc) go extinct if it meant you could live your life over with all of your memories intact?

[Dark Muse]

No, why would I want to live my life over?

Would you flirt with a cop if you thougt it would get you out if a ticket?

[Pompey Bum]

No, I'm sure that would only be digging the hole deeper.

If you lost touch with a good friend for 20 years or more (if you're too young, just imagine), and he or she had committed suicide, would you wan't to know?

[Clopin]

Not particularly. Actually a good friend? Yes I would.

Would you be annoyed if your supervisor at work spent around sixty percent of the time flirting with female staff while delegating everything to you? Would you confront him about this?

[Pompey Bum]

Not if the pay were good or the job were useful to me for the time being. I doubt I'd stay in that position for long, but I sure wouldn't expect the professional world to be fair. It ain't.

Would you rather go to bed with Cat Woman or Super Girl?

[Dark Muse]

Hands down Cat Woman

Would you rather go the bed with Batman or Superman?

[Pompey Bum]

Well, you're very open-minded, DM, but I'd prefer to be good friends--with either really.

Would you rather have a great friend or an okay lover?

[Dark Muse]

Haha I am

A great friend


If you knew there was a fantastic waterfall unlike anything else but to get to it you had to walk through a patch of poison oak, there is no way to go around it, would you do it?

[Pompey Bum]

If I could wrap up my legs, sure, but if not, no way. I'll just turn on the faucet and pretend.

What character from literature would you most like to go bowling with?

[Dark Muse]

The first thing that popped into my head was Merlin, ( From the legend of King Arther) I think he would be intersting to talk to plus I kind of want to see some magic bowling ball action, like levitating bowling balls or shooting fire at bowling balls or using a fire ball as a bowling ball. We would probably get kicked out of the bowling alley but it would be worth it.

What fantasy world ( from a book) would you most like to visit?

[Pendragon]

Xanth, for certain!

Same Question.

[Ecurb]

Heaven, Aslan's country, Eden, in that order. (No disrespect meant to the religious.)

Suppose you could live one day AS another person, fictional or historical. You'd experience the day as the other person, with something of your own consciousness, and then remember it once you returned to your normal self. What day and person would you pick?
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[Pendragon]

Any day I would like to be Captain Kirk and run The Enterprise.

If you could have any super-power what would you choose?

[Pompey Bum]

Either time travel or the ability to see through dresses.

Would you voluntarily leave a love relationship if you were convinced you were bad for the other person?

[papayahed]

Probably, but how can I possibly be bad for the other person???

Would you date someone that had been in prison for embezzlement, even if it happened 20 years ago and they said they were young and simply got caught up in another persons scheme?

[bounty]

if I had a sense of that she was truly repentant, yes.

ahh---if you had the seeing through women's dresses superpower, would you use it?

[Pompey Bum]

Well, not in all cases, no...

Would you be ashamed to cry on a public bus?

[Clopin]

Of course. I would be ashamed to cry in most situations.

Would you ever get in a fistfight with someone?

[Pendragon]

Would and have, but only in self defense. I don't start trouble, but I don't back down.

Would you lay out of work on a flimsy excuse if you had little chance of getting caught?

[tonywalt]

Yes

Would you take a traffic ticket to court and fight it - cuz your'e pricipled? (they are winnable, but so much time effort)

[Pendragon]

Depends on the charges. I have went once in my life to get a ticket reduced from reckless driving to improper driving. The difference is over 100 dollars in the fine.

Would you defend your kid in court if you knew he was technically guilty, but there was a good loophole in the law you knew you could use to get the charge dismissed?

[Pompey Bum]

Absolutely.

If your 18 year old son wanted to have a sex change operation, would you help him pay for it?

[Dark Muse]

Presuming I had the money to afford it, yes I would

If you were dating someone who wanted to chain themselves to a tree in a protest would you join them to support them?

[Pompey Bum]

Not into to chains, no. What was she protesting, btw?

You are a regular contributor to a discussion forum website. One day you get a personal message from a friend, which was actually meant for another friend. The message is extremely erotic--even a little abnormal. Although your two friends have often mentioned having spouses, there is clearly something going on between them. The message also contains a crucial message--be sure to do this or we'll be found out--something like that. Would you let your friend know about the mix up or just let the whole thing take its course without your involvement?

[Dark Muse]

Protesting against cutting down the tree

I would let my friend know that I got thier message.

Your spouses best fiend attempts to hit on you would you tell your spouse?

[Pompey Bum]

Oh good. At first I thought the chain did something. :)

Absolutely yes.

You are bored in your marriage and have a general sense that, although your spouse is a good person and a responsible parent, you are not happy or fulfilled. You have tried several marriage councilors, but nothing has changed the situation. You have three elementary school aged children. Do you get divorced?

[tonywalt]

no.

Would you celebrate if I told you that Pike Bishop was not returning to this forum(until such time.....)?

[Pompey Bum]

Who?

You have an elderly and very emotionally and physically frail parent, well cared for by you and your many siblings. One day you learn that you have about five years to live, no longer. Your elderly parent, of course. may or may not be alive by then. Do you tell, and if so, when?

[Clopin]

No way.

Would you wear a human leather belt or carry a human leather wallet if you received one free of charge? (they cost tens of thousands of dollars)

[Pompey Bum]

No, but if it were an antiquity, I would be willing to own it. If you mean something from the Holocaust, though, I would choose not to.

If you inherited a large collection of Native American/American Indian artifacts, would you give them to a museum, give them to some indigenous tribe (whether their ancestors had anything to do with them or not), sell them on eBay, or display them in your home?

[Dark Muse]

i have a lot of respect for Native American spirituality and and some of my own spiritual beliefs are influenced by it and very similar to it in many ways I would most likely keep them, display them use them.

You are having dinner with the family of your boy/girlfriend for the first time and they serve something you have a strong adversion to. Would you force yourself to eat it to avoid giving offense or come up with some excuse not to eat?

[Pompey Bum]

Good choice, DM. Selling them's a crime. :(

In general, I'd say give you're hosts the respect of going along with it. Kosher would be an exception, but that wouldn't pertain to me.

Would you pretend not to drink to get along with your fiancée's obnoxious grandmother, knowing that the old bat won't be around too long into your marriage?

[Pendragon]

No. I am what I am.

Would you marry someone your family detests?

[Dark Muse]

I suppose it would depend on the reasons. If the guy was really a good guy and my parents were just being jerks for whatever reason then I wouldn't refuse to marry someone just because they didn't like him but if there was some legitimate reason not to like him then hopefully I don't let my rebellious stubbornness lead me into a bad choice.

If you inherited a collection of ivory, pelts and other paraphernalia from exotic and endangered animals what would you do with it?

[tonywalt]

Try to find out who was behind the crime - at all levels, right down to the African who likely did it.

Would go out to dinner at a nice restaurant alone? (not like when you are away on business, travel - i mean go out to dinner alone)

[Dark Muse]

I probably would yeah

Would you go out to the movies alone?

[Clopin]

I never have, but I would.

Would you go on a romantic evening, in public, with your body pillow effigy of an anime girl/your waifu?

A la...

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/240/558/d76.jpg

(also please note that I am not asking whether you would or would not have a waifu body pillow in the first place, but assuming that you do, would you take her out on the town or keep your love secret and hidden?)

[Pompey Bum]

Only if I were fixing her up with Lykren. :)

Would you eat so a piece of Cheesecake that fell on the floor, but you were the only one who knew it?

[Clopin]

Ah but Lykren likes 3DPD so no luck.

I would eat most things that fell on the floor but cheesecake might be an exception depending on how clean my floor is and how smooshed it got, and whether this is the last piece - I need details man! - but I lean towards yes.

Which governing council would you rather see in complete control of your nation

Group A - Italian confederate of weirdos

Benito Mussolini
Julius Evola
Ezra Pound
Niccolo Machiavelli

Group B - German Übermensch

Frederick Neitzsche
Adolf Hitler
Max Stirnir
Kaiser Wilhelm

Bonus - Group C - Mystic Frauds Association

Aleister Crowley
Madame Blavatsky
Grigori Rasputin
David Koresh

[Pompey Bum]

Yikes! It's a package deal, is it, like cable? Okay, the Italians. The food's likely to be better.

If you could magically remove one country from the history of the world which would it be? (The country has to still exist today).

[Clopin]

Let's get rid of Germany then, I think those world wars irrevocably damaged Western civilization.

Same question.

[Pompey Bum]

East Timor. No one would notice, and we wouldn't loose Beethoven and Bach.

If you could permanently change one aspect of your physical appearance, what would it be? (Genital/breast size are off limits).

[Clopin]

Give my hair a nicer texture/quality I suppose. I would give my body an overall thicker/bigger heft but that covers multiple body parts and feels like cheating, so I'll just take nice hair.

Would you commit murder for the ability to read a book and fully memorize its contents by touching it?

[Pompey Bum]

Of course not.

Would you exchange your vision for a life of luxury?

[Clopin]

Come on, you could use all that knowledge to cure cancer or something... Okay I wouldn't either, but I do wish I could read books by touching them.

And nah, I don't think I could enjoy life blind as much as I do now, luxury or not.

Would you donate a kidney to a close relative?

[Pompey Bum]

Again, of course.

If you were Commander-in-Chief of a country, would you order a drone strike against a fellow citizen serving in an overseas terrorist organization (that is, ordering a death without due process, including a trial)?

[Clopin]

No, and I wouldn't torture him in custody either. I'm not really opposed to the death penalty for people who voluntarily join Isis or whatever, but it has to be done through legal channels.

After committing a serious crime of passion would you pin it on a crazy homeless man if you had the chance, or turn yourself in?

[Pompey Bum]

I wouldn't pin it on someone else, but I wouldn't turn myself in, either. I don't know what I'd do if someone else (not family or friend) ended up taking the rap for it. Which probably means that I'd do nothing, doesn't it? :(

Same question.

[Clopin]

I wasn't thinking of this when I phrased the question but actually that basic situation occurs in Les Miserables and of course Jean Val-Stupid turns himself in.

I would pin it on anyone or anything, man, woman, flora, fauna, mineral... you name it.

Would you conspire against a totalitarian government if you knew it was unsafe to do so?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, if I was convinced it might help. Otherwise I'd focus on getting out.

Two part "Would You?":

1. Would you have advised Britain to go to war with Germany over Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia?

2. Would you advise NATO to go to war with Putin if he invades Georgia?

[tonywalt]

a quiet No on the first one and strong No on the second (The Swiss philosophy: but keep a strong defence. It is, of course, somewhat amoral).

Would you hang out for the night in a gay bar (of your own sex) for an entire night? (I realise you may not hang out in bars, or consider yourself too old for many of them, or may not drink- but this is a hypothetical)

[Dark Muse]

I always thought it would be cool to hang out in a gay bar but I would feel wierd since I am not really looking to hook up. I would go if if I could take a friend I would feel too awkward alone.

You lend something to a friend and they never returned it when you have tried to ask they always have an excuse, would you confront them and insist they give it back or let it go?

[Pendragon]

If it was one of my beloved books, dang right! I'd get a search warrant!

Are you easily embarrassed?

[Clopin]

Yes, if I was convinced it might help. Otherwise I'd focus on getting out.

Two part "Would You?":

1. Would you have advised Britain to go to war with Germany over Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia?

2. Would you advise NATO to go to war with Putin if he invades Georgia?

Big no to both. I think WW2 could have been avoided.

Yes, I am easily embarrassed.

Would you be able to impress a date by cooking a nice meal?

[Dark Muse]

Yes I could, cooking is one if the few domestic skills I have an inclination for.

If your best friend started dating the person you recently broke up with would you be upset with your friend?

[Clopin]

Yes, I would forbid such an unholy union.

Would you steal a friends boyfriend or girlfriend (as in willfully seduce him or her) if you really liked the person and thought you would be a better couple?

[Pompey Bum]

In my married world, I would say no. In single life, it depends on whether you want to sacrifice a friendship for a romance. I wouldn't recommend it personally, but all's fair.

How would you respond if a couple you had long been friends with were going through a bitter divorce and each wanted to turn you against the other?

[Clopin]

Probably remain closer with whichever one I was better friends with, but I wouldn't get too involved, I don't really like those sorts of conflicts.

Would you ever blackmail someone if you had a lot of dirt on them?

[Pompey Bum]

Here's what you do: you say, I love you both and I hope this painful time is behind everyone soon. Then keep the hell away from both of them for about a year (focus on something going on on your life). After that, you will still have two friends. If not, you will loose one or both permanently.

I would never blackmail anyone. It's a good way to get killed.

Would you date a first cousin?

[Clopin]

What is this Shelbyville?

I do honestly have a very attractive first cousin, but no, I wouldn't date her unless I was convinced she was my soulmate or something.

Would you suggest to a long term relationship partner that she should maybe lose some weight if you found yourself growing less attracted to her?

[Pompey Bum]

No, in the real world suggesting such a thing only makes trouble. Instead I would complain that I was feeling too paunchy and insist that we start going to a pool (or gym or something) together. She will already know that she needs to lose the weight, and will jump at the chance to ascribe the need for exercise to my "problem."

For non-theists: if you died and found yourself standing before God, would you be frightened or overjoyed?

For (religious) theists: if you were in the same situation, but found that your religion was all wrong and in fact a big part of the problem, would you feel frightened or overjoyed?

[Ecurb]

Obviously, nobody knows how he would react. I would like to think I'd be both frightened and overjoyed, all at the same time. If the shepherds were "sore afraid" when they saw the angel, I imagine seeing God would be even more frightening.

If you could go back in time and ask Jesus one question, what would it be?

[Pendragon]

Why? He would know what I mean.

If changing something bad in your past improved your present, but might ruin someone's chance to have a future would you change it?

[Pompey Bum]

No. Even if it helped one aspect of my future, it might ruin other parts.

Which Star Trek (or Star Wars) character would you most like to arm wrestle with?

[Pendragon]

I'd like to WATCH Spock take on Worf!

Which Star Trek series was the best?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes I would. ;-)

If a stranger made an insulting comment to you during a plane flight, would you ignore it or say something back?

[Dark Muse]

I think it would depend on what they say and the circumstances, my mood at the time but if they spoke directly to me
(opposed to me overhearing them) I would probably say something back.

If you found out you were adopted (and you had a really good relationship with your adoptive family) would you feel it was important to try and find out who your biological parents were?

[Pompey Bum]

No, I wouldn't. If I had had brothers and sisters, though, I would probably want to know them, so I might try to find out eventually, but I would do so with maximum discretion and sensitivity to my adoptive parents.

Same question.

[Pendragon]

Not really. If you are happy, don't dig up what you may not like.

Would you like to trace your family tree?

[Pompey Bum]

It could be fun, but it's not a high priority.

Would you support a mandatory DNA and fingerprint registry in your country?

[tonywalt]

No.

Would you support christian missionaries going into areas of uncontacted tribes (amazon) to spread christianity?

[Dark Muse]

No, if it were possible I would actively stop them.

You inherit your Aunt Edna's collection of old creepy dolls, what would you do with them?

[Pompey Bum]

The same thing I did with my mother's Hummels: sell them on ebay.

Would you support public video cameras if they significantly reduced street crime?

[Dark Muse]

I am going to have to go with no to that.

You lend a significant amount of money to a relative and they refuse to pay you back, would you take them to court?

[Pompey Bum]

If it was for a relative, I would only give it to them. Lending money is business (and hard-nosed business), and I wouldn't do that with family. So nay?

Same question.

[Clopin]

No I wouldn't take them to court.

Would you step in to stop a parent who you thought was physically disciplining his or her child a bit too severely?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, not for a spanking, but for anything egregious, you bet.

Would you?

[Clopin]

Aaaaaahhhh I can't say until it happens. I probably would not, out of cowardice.

Would you bet all of your money on something which you knew was 9-1 in your favour?

[Pompey Bum]

No way.

If you saw an alligator while you were fishing would you leave the area?

[Clopin]

Yep, and never return probably. I'm quite scared of animals big enough and with the inclination to kill me.

If you saw a bear mauling a hiker about a hundred feet in front of you would you rush towards it and try to scare it off, or leave the area and try to get help?

[Pendragon]

Try to run it off. I usually hike with a Gurka knife anyway.

Would you admit to your kids that you weren't exactly an angel back in high school?

[Pompey Bum]

For the bear, I'd back off slowly and call for help (no point in our both getting killed) if it was a brown bear and hadn't spotted me. If it had, I would stand my ground and make the call. If it was a black bear, I would make the call, then get the hell out. Poor guy, but two lunches is only going to make Yogi fat.

And I've got nothing to hide about High School.

Would you go to a boring one hour seminar in which a lawyer pressures you to hire him to make your will in return for a free Italian dinner at an outstanding local restaurant?

[Dark Muse]

No I would not, unless the restaurant was outrageously expensive I would just go there myself.


If you were in a survival situation were you had to try an survive in the wilderness and you could only have one item with you what would you choose?

[Pompey Bum]

Well it, would depend on the terrain, of course. Assuming that I had clothes (including shoes), I would 1) want a knife strung enough to cut saplings for shelters if it were a warm region; or 2) reliable means to make a fire if it were a cold region. I would also want a cell phone so I could order some Chinese food.

Would you hop a train if your tipsy friend really thought it would be fun?

[Clockwise]

Yes. Even without a tipsy friend.

If you, in an agreement with God / destiny, could travel back in time and meet your favorite dead author at a nice retreat with good food and wine for lengthy discussions and exchange of ideas over 1 week, would you agree to having your life reduced by 52 weeks?

[Pompey Bum]

No. I'd rather spend the 52 weeks reading his or her books.

What characters from Dickens would you invite to your birthday party?

[Clockwise]

You probably mean "Would you invite Fagin and the Artful Dodger to your birthday party?"
I would.

Would you rather have spent New Year's Eve Dec 31 1999 with a guest of your choice at Barbara Streisand's concert in Las Vegas (2 VIP tickets face price $1m) if you were gifted the tickets.... or spend the evening the way you actually did?

[North Star]

As I hurt my knee when I was watching the rockets with my parents and could barely move for the next couple of days, I think even Barbra Streisand would have been preferable.

If Ursula Oppens played a program of Elliott Carter's solo piano works near you, would you go see it?

[Pompey Bum]

No, it's she's just too Italian neorealist. :)

With my luck, Clockwise, I'd probably get Ebenezer Scrooge.

How would you have ended A Christmas Carol if you were writing it for modern readers?

[Pendragon]

Basically the same only it would be one of the 1% who have the worst reputation for ruthless dealing, and they would give away every cent they had, even selling all assets, and become a humble street preacher
castigating the rich for their greed.

How would you rewrite Moby Dick?

[Pompey Bum]

Queequeg reveals that he's really a woman; Ishmael feels better about sleeping with him at the start of the book, until he turns out to be pregnant. Moby and Ahab work their problems out maturely. Starbuck's market share strategy destroys Stubb's lifelong dream of opening a coffee shop. Everyone goes to Seaworld.

Would you get in a swimming pool with an 8,000-12,000 pound, more or less disgruntled, killer whale?

[Clopin]

Definitely not, those things go insane in captivity.

Would you rather be an eco-terrorist or a corporate criminal?

[Pendragon]

I'd rather be law abiding! :)

Local Police or FBI as a job?

[Pompey Bum]

Local police, if retirement ever seems like too much work. (J/k).

Would you rather leave a tidy sum to your heirs or live well and die broke?

[Pendragon]

I'd like to think I had something to pass on...

Is there a writer that you cannot abide? Whom?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, but some here like him, and I don't want to make them feel bad about themselves or inhibit them from reading what they love.

Is there a writer you consider "over your head"?

[Pendragon]

A lot of them, but it might show my ignorance to name one, and in the world of fine literature a Southern American already has two strikes against him!

Would you read what is described as "The most boring Sherlock Holmes adventure (by any author) you've ever read?"

[Pompey Bum]

If it was by Conan Doyle, I'd read it and make up my own mind. I probably wouldn't read any Sherlock Holmes pastiche, but not because of how someone else had described it.

Would you you visit a friend in prison if he had confessed to multiple murders?

[sweetcaroline]

If we're talking a Sonya/Raskolnikov scenario, definitely.

Would you rather be forever trapped in a morgue, or be completely aware while sitting in a lobotomy chair whilst being operated on?

[Pendragon]

Neither sounds good, but I'd take the morgue, given a choice.

Would you rather investigate a haunted graveyard or a haunted house?

[Pompey Bum]

Either would be fine. There's no such thing as ghosts.

If someone were publicly ribbing you for not wearing a colored ribbon indicating that you had made a nominal contribution to a well publicized charity, would you make it clear that you just contributed much more to a less supported charity of your own choosing, or take the slight and keep the information to your self?

[Clopin]

I would tell the offending party to go **** themselves but I wouldn't bother to tell anyone how much I had donated to anything, so the latter.

Would you keep giving your patronage to a struggling business because you wanted to see it succeed even if everything they sold could be purchased online, with same day delivery, for 75% of what they sell for?

[Pompey Bum]

Nope.

Would you?

[Clopin]

I don't think I would long term, besides they're going out of business with or without me anyway.

Would you trade your ability to speak, read and write English for equal mastery in some other language? Is yes, which language?

[Pompey Bum]

No. English is my favorite language.

Would you trade your current citizenship for that of a country in which education at all levels is free (the country has a small population and such phenomenal mineral resources that taxes are not burdensome)?

[Clopin]

Definitely not, and actually this is something that bothers me with Canadians in general. I have two coworkers, one from Spain and one from Brazil, I asked both of them where they would most want to live in the entire world if they had the option and they answered (spoiler), Spain and Brazil respectively. Ask any (young) Canadian the same question and you're going to get nothing but 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Denmark'... mostly because of the "free" education.

Would you say that access to "free" healthcare is an inalienable human right?

[Pompey Bum]

Ask me when "free" healthcare actually exists. Until then, how can it be a right?

If there were another "Black Death," where would you go?

[Clopin]

I'll wait it out in a small town.

Would you choose to extend your life by seven (healthy) years if it meant that when you do die the method of death is being eaten alive by rats?

[Pompey Bum]

No. It would tickle.

Would you want to live forever if it meant that your consciousness were downloaded onto software to be used by a researcher you didn't really know (and your physical body destroyed)?

[Pendragon]

No.

Would you want to live forever if you could be cloned over and over while retaining your memories?

[Pompey Bum]

Not really. There are worse things than dying, some of which may be upon us in a generation or two. I'm not that optimistic about this life.

If someone had told you a secret, an you had promised not to tell anyone, but on reflection you decided that the information would make someone else (suffering acute mental anguish) feel better, would you spill the beans?

[Dark Muse]

It would depend on my relationship to the person who told the secret and what if any damage might be done to them by revealing it.

Would you date someone who had radically different political views than you?

[Pompey Bum]

Sure, or marry her. As long as she didn't try to prescribe her political beliefs for me (in other words if there was no PC involved), it wouldn't be a problem. We're going to have to learn to disagree about more important things than that.

Same question.

[Clopin]

No, my political views are the only smart ones. Okay actually I would, but it would depend what the views were and how far she tended to stray from common sense.

Keep it going.

[Dark Muse]

There are some key issues that I would prefer the person I am with be on the same page as me but outside of that I wouldn't be deterred if we had opposing opinions.

If you were driving across a bridge and saw someone who looked like they were going to jump would you stop your car and try to prevent them?

[Pompey Bum]

Double

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, I'd ask how they were doing and talk a little anyway. A Japanese lady did that for me on an enormous suspension footbridge over a gorge in Japan (I wasn't going to jump, I was just staring into the void) and I appreciated it. Her English was limited ("Excuse me, are you a mother in America? Does she wishing to see you soon? Are you happy here?"--that kind of thing. I gave her a big smile and told her I was fine. I'd do the same for someone else (although I would probably call 911 first).

Same question (and how exactly would you handle it)?

[Pendragon]

A friend once talked me out of suicide and I would gladly try to talk anyone else out of it. Most people want to be talked out of it. Of the people that survived jumping from The San Francisco Bay Bridge or Brooklyn Bridge, most say they regretted jumping the instant it was too late to go back.

Would you step in front of a friend who was being threatened with death?

[Pompey Bum]

I'd step in front of a bullet for my wife. Otherwise I'd be inclined to call 911 and see if I could help deescalate the situation. But if someone were actually attacking a friend, of course I'd help defend him.

If you lived in state with a stand-your-ground law, and you were carrying a concealed pistol, and somebody jumped you with brass knuckles, would you shoot him?

[Clopin]

Definitely, not even a question. I have no idea if this assault will leave me dead, crippled or disfigured and his life isn't worth much if he's jumping random people with potentially deadly weapons.

Same question.

[Pompey Bum]

Yeah, you can kill a guy with brass knuckles, so I wouldn't debate it too long.

Would you spend the night with a really sexy woman who raised alligators in Florida, even though there were alligators all over the property, and she wanted to make love in the swamp?

[Clopin]

Just how sexy are we tal... Wait, no, definitely no.

Would you try to stop a guy next to you on the bus from decapitating someone across the aisle or would you run out of the bus in a panic when you saw the attack?

[Dark Muse]

Now that would be interesting to see. That is a tough one, I am usually not too keen on endangering myself for random strangers. But if I felt confidant I could stop it then I might, I don't think I would run off the bus.

If you saw a couple fighting and it seemed to be escalating to the point that it might become physically violent would you attempt to intervene?

[Pompey Bum]

Wise choice, Clopin. She was a goddess, but making love in a swamp is just gross.

I'd try to get the big guys to help me charge and pin him until the cops showed up. Some fairly frail looking Taipei folks did something similar once (with umbrellas, yet), so how hard could it be?

You are walking through the most dangerous neighborhood in town when you hear a woman's screams coming from what appears to be a rowdy strip club. Do you go in and see what's shakin'?

[Pompey Bum]

Oh sorry, DM. Yeah, just like the other, I'd call 911, then try to deescalate things. But I would seek to avoid a confrontation.

My question now. :)

[Clopin]

If I had a gun, sure, otherwise I am physically not much use and getting myself killed or hurt for nothing is pretty pointless. I would call 911 though.

Would you take my word for it if I said David Foster Wallace isn't worth reading?

[Pompey Bum]

911 and no walking into dangerous joints with a gun.

Actually yes, but I'd find someway to confirm it if I were ever tempted to read him.

Would you get serious about a woman who asked her cat questions more than 10 times per hour?

[Dark Muse]

I do talk to my cat and other pets and I do ask them questions but I am not that obsessive about it. More than 10 times an hour would probably drive me insane.

Would you get involved with a woman who had one bedroom dedicated to her doll collection?

[Pendragon]

No. Many collector's dolls absolutely creep me out!

Would you say you've ever had fear of clowns?

[Pompey Bum]

Would you get involved with a woman who had one bedroom dedicated to her doll collection?

I was pretty open minded in the day, DM, and frankly I could have taken the dolls or the cats if there was no associated baby talk. Unfortunately there usually was.

Not out loud, since they might hear me.

Would you pick up a penny (or whatever the cheapest coin is in your country) if saw one lying on the road? How about a 100 dollar bill of you saw one blow onto a busy highway?

[Dark Muse]

No I wouldn't pick up a penny, if I thought I had an opening I might try and grab the 100 but I wouldn't run out in front of moving cars for it.

If you saw your friends girlfriend with another guy would you confront her, tell your friend about it, or stay completely out of it?

[Clopin]

I would shout a bunch of slurs at her and then tell my friend.

Would you lie on your resume to get a job you really wanted?

[Pompey Bum]

I've been in a similar situation twice with married friends who walzed into early morning coffee shops with cuddly mistresses only to find me, reading and brooding. One guy grabbed his chippy and fled, and the other introduced her sheepishly (with a desperate "Guys understand these things, right?" look in his eyes). In both cases, I said nothing to the wives--not out of "boy solidarity," but because a marriage where that sort of thing is happening is in really bad shape and doesn't need my self-righteous judgment to push it over the edge. (Both marriages survived, btw). Boyfriend-girlfriendism is different, though. I'd be more inclined to tell someone if I thought he or she was being used--and I definitely would in the case of a close friend.

Don't lie on your resume. It will either catch up to you or put you under the power of scum at work who figure it out.

Same question.

[Clopin]

I tell my friend if his wife (or her husband) is cheating on him, but I wouldn't tell my friend's wife that my friend was cheating on her.

[Ecurb]

If you saw your friends girlfriend with another guy would you confront her, tell your friend about it, or stay completely out of it?

O my God! I'd freak out! Do you mean I'd see one of my friends' girlfriends walking down the street with some "guy" who is NOT her boyfriend!? Isn't that sufficient cause to get her stoned to death, according to the Quran? Or what if I saw her eating in a restaurant with some guy other than her boyfriend? I'd immediately assume that not only is she "cheating", but she is going directly to hell, no stops in purgatory. I'd go confront her, rocks in hand.

Would you ever allow yourself to be seen in public with a member of the opposite sex who was neither a family member nor your "significant other"?

[Clopin]

Of course I wouldn't Ecurb, that would bloody well be Haram as all get out.

[Pompey Bum]

Would you ever allow yourself to be seen in public with a member of the opposite sex who was neither a family member nor your "significant other"?

No, you want to keep that sort of thing indoors--or at least in the woods or something. (:))

Let's move on to the resume question.

[Clopin]

Well you answered that already.

WOULD YOU... ever consider a pet rat?

(oh and I would lie on my resume, but I've never had a serious or important job)

[Pompey Bum]

Only as food for a pet snake.

Would you marry a vegan?

[Clopin]

Ugh... yes if I loved her.

Would you marry a new age spiritualist?

[Pompey Bum]

Sure. They're sweet (and fun). As long as I wasn't expected to go along with the mumbo-jumbo, why not?

Would you use use Rogaine if you started to go bald?

[Lykren]

She's probably not my type, so no.

Would you approve of a government program to create native speakers of the fiendishly difficult and futuristic language Ithkuil (http://www.ithkuil.net/01_phonology.html)?

The above is a link to an explanation of one aspect of the language, its phonology, which distinguishes between every phoneme (language sound) yet discovered, from African clicks, to allophonic variance (such as the difference between the t of 'top' and the t of 'stop'), to seven separate tones. As of yet there are no fluent speakers of Ithkuil.

Edit: I would not use Rogaine.

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. It is unnecessary since Esperanto has already established world peace.

If you needed to lose 20 lbs or so, and a surgeon friend offered to give you a free liposuction if you'd sign a liability waver, would you do it? Alternately, if you had saved the money, would you pay for one?

[Dark Muse]

How do you create a native speaker of a language? That sounds a bit ominous so I will say no.

No I would not get liposuction

If you were on a jury and all the and everyone else voted gulity but you voted not guilty, would you change your vote just so you could get it over with and go home or would you stand behind your verdict knowing you would have to stay longer and the other jurors would be angry with you?

[Pompey Bum]

Good point, DM. The more I hear about Lykren's dark designs the less I like them.

I would not care if the others were angry at me. If they want to go home, let them tell the judge we've got (to quote the lawyer on the Simpsons) "one of those bad trial thingies."

Would you claim to be impartial about a case to get on a jury, because it looked interesting, even though you already had an opinion about likely guilt or innocence?

[Clopin]

Sure would, I also think I could be impartial to the evidence even with my own initial assumption.

Would you rather be transported to The Simpsons' universe or the South Park universe?

[Pompey Bum]

South Park, just so I could do Eric's mom.

Same question.

[Clopin]

Haha, Simpsons because it seems more fun and the laws of physics are more forgiving there.

Would you have anyone in the world brought to you right now just so that you could give them one good punch and then have them leave?

[Dark Muse]

Yes I would

If you witnessed a violent crime but no one knew you saw, would you report it and agree to testify in court knowing it would endanger your life and you woukd have to go into witness protection?

[Clopin]

Yes, but I probably wouldn't if I had a family to think of. My life is pretty anonymous already and I only have a couple close friends.

Same question.

[Pompey Bum]

Definitely. Witness protection sounds great. All that karma gone at once. Plus it's the right thing to do.

Would you correct a friend's grammatical mistakes (discreetly), or figure it would only make hard feelings?

[Clopin]

I still hate you since last time! And no, but not because it would create hard feelings, I just don't usually feel like it.

Would you go on an all kelp diet if you knew for a fact it would greatly improve your health?

[Dark Muse]

No I wouldn't

If your friend wanted to audition for a singing show and you know they really can't sing would you tell them or let them embarrass themselves on TV?

[Pompey Bum]

I'd definitely tell my friend. It might make for tension in the short term, but not in the long (especially of he or she disregards the advice). But if the person wasn't a close friend, I wouldn't feel the need.

Would you personally kill an old and beloved pet that was suffering, rather than have some one else "put it to sleep"?

[Pendragon]

sigh...

[papayahed]

No. Someone else is going to have to do the dirty work.

Would you keep your mouth shut and don't tell someone they are wrong or would you tell them they are wrong and listen to a half hour diatribe about how they really aren't wrong?

[Pompey Bum]

If I thought the guy couldn't handle it, I wouldn't say anything.

Would you be cool with your eight year old son wanting to play with dolls (Barbies, not action figures)?

[Lykren]

Of course.

Would you be cool about it if your kid's greatest ambition was to sell vacuum cleaners door-to-door?

[Pompey Bum]

No, I'd tell him ambition's a sin. :-P

Would you encourage your eight-year-old son to take his Barbies to (public) school to play with during recess?

[Dark Muse]

If he wated to do it I wouldn't tell him he couldn't or shouldn't but I wouldn't try to persuade him to do it. So if it was his decision I would support/ enocourage him in his wanting to do so.

Would you support and encourage your teenage daughter if she wanted to play football in high school?

[Lykren]

Yeah!

Would you choose Emily Dickinson poems to read to your four-year old at bedtime?

[qimissung]

Uh, no, they're too short. But I would sing them to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" while we're running errands.

Would you take your teddy bear to work with you?

[Pendragon]

No.

Would you wear rings on every finger?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

No, only on my pinkie like a car salesman.

Would you listen to an entire Miley Cyrus album for $200?

[Clopin]

I would listen to an entire Miley Cyrus album for $5 haha.

Would you eat an entire box of oreos with milk or could you stop yourself?

[Lykren]

I could stop myself from buying those icky things, and select a box of cheez-its instead. No problem.

If you could choose one consumable substance to have an lifetime supply of, what would you choose?

[Dark Muse]

I think I would have to go with Magnum Ice Cream

Would you give up your favorite snack food for one year for 100$?

[Clopin]

Probably some expensive, healthy and delicious fish. I'll talk bluefin tuna please.

Would you swim in a freezing cold river?

[Lykren]

Yes I would give up my favorite snack food for $100. And no I would not swim in a freezing cold river, you masochist.

Would you fly in a jetpack?

http://youtu.be/Czy0pXRRZcs

[Clopin]

Definitely not, I want to live.

Would you prefer humans evolve into a type of seal or into mole people?

[papayahed]

Seal. They're cuter.

Would you watch a bad movie if your friend asked nicely?

[papayahed]

Yes.

If you found a hair in your food would you continue eating it?

[Pendragon]

Depending on the cook. If it's my wife, of course I eat it!

Would you send back a entree that you could eat, it's just not cooked as you asked?

[papayahed]

Probably not.

If you were in a plane crash in the Andes would you eat your fellow passengers?

[Pendragon]

Survival mode would no doubt kick in just like those unfortunate people back then

Would you retrace the route of the Donner party?

[Hawkman]

Definitely! I am naturally gregarious and I love a good kebab.

Would you perform mass murder on a community of lemmings by driving them over a cliff just to see if it looked good on camera?

[tonywalt]

I must say no.

Would you move consider emmigrating to another country?

[papayahed]

absolutely.


Would you let me sleep on your couch?

[Pendragon]

Yes, but you might prefer the air mattress in the spare bedroom!

Would you say we've been friends for some time?

[papayahed]

Yes, for quite some time.

Would you like to buy some girl scout cookies?

[Dark Muse]

No I don't really care for girl scotts or their cookies

If it was a really hot day would you sneak into your neighbors backyard to use their pool if you knew they were out of town?

[Pendragon]

Not with their guard dogs loose!

Would you console a friend on losing a dog that you hated and it hated you?

[papayahed]

Yes, the friend still like it.

Would you dump a truck full of gnomes on your neighbor's lawn?

[Pompey Bum]

Of course not. I hardly gnome!

If Djibouti were playing Somalia for the World Cup, would you bet Djibouti?

[tonywalt]

Great question, um, yes.

Would you (if you were of draft age) evade the draft today? (I realise you may or may not have been of draft age in the past, but given today's circumstance, in your country of residency).

[Pendragon]

No. I actually had to register for the draft, as my children have also. I was never activated. I may not agree with everything in America, but it is my home and if called to defend it, I would.

Would you join the military if you thought you could serve out your time stateside?

[tonywalt]

Although I'm not American, I cannot serve due to flat feet and not sure if I am what any militarily invasive country would really want.

Would you mind if your adult child/neice/nephew/grandchild/younger close relative smokes marijuana in your immediate presence at your home?

[Dark Muse]

No that wouldn't bother me, as long as it was not in the house because I don't want the smell in my house.

Same question

[tonywalt]

No that wouldn't bother me, as long as it was not in the house because I don't want the smell in my house.

Same question

Yes.

What if it were a vaporiser with no smell, but they were smoking it - so you see the act of smoking and getting high? (just want to boil it down the only issue is the smell)

[Dark Muse]

If they are an adult than that is their choice to make. LOL I never smoked myself but when I was in high school I hung out with all the stoners. The act of them smoking/getting high wouldn't really bother me. I have friends and a cousin that smokes.

Would you date someone who smoked cigarettes or e-cigarettes?

[tonywalt]

hhm, I'm not a big fan of tobacco for health reasons. I would date them yes. I have no issue with E Cigs.

Would you be able to say that you have dated for longer than 6 months a guy subsequent to your 27th birthday who made 60% or less of your salary? If you, as you might, did not ask his salary, you very well may have had an idea. (I put the parameters in there for a reason....)

[wrc]

I'm not sure of your question. Do you mean sleep or have sex with? If sleep, I would, unless the other person wanted to cuddle so much that it would endanger my life. If you mean sex, that presents a more difficult personal problem. Clean and disease free? Not a sadist? Not a serial killer? A hating person?

You said stranger. I would prefer a female. Not that females are better than males. It's just my bonding preferences.

And if she was a nympho waitress from Los Angeles, California, like the one I spent time with in the past, there'd be no need for a money reward.

[tonywalt]

I'm not sure of your question. Do you mean sleep or have sex with? If sleep, I would, unless the other person wanted to cuddle so much that it would endanger my life. If you mean sex, that presents a more difficult personal problem. Clean and disease free? Not a sadist? Not a serial killer? A hating person?

You said stranger. I would prefer a female. Not that females are better than males. It's just my bonding preferences.

And if she was a nympho waitress from Los Angeles, California, like the one I spent time with in the past, there'd be no need for a money reward.

Ooops, I meant the question for females.

[tonywalt]

hhm, I'm not a big fan of tobacco for health reasons. I would date them yes. I have no issue with E Cigs.

Would you be able to say that you have dated for longer than 6 months a guy subsequent to your 27th birthday who made 60% or less of your salary? If you, as you might, did not ask his salary, you very well may have had an idea. (I put the parameters in there for a reason....)

[papayahed]

I have but not subsequent to my 27th birthday. Wait. Not sure we made it six months.


Would you read a friends book and give honest feedback?

[tonywalt]

Yes, and I've done so. I put the positve first, as we are friends - and that's more important than the book.

Would you ever own a restaurant, lets just say you were given it, but you had to run it on your own balance sheet thereafter?

[Lykren]

No. My business sense comes to a stop after I collect the small change from the corners of my wallet. Also, what's a balance sheet?

Would you use a friend's toothbrush?

[North Star]

Would you use a friend's toothbrush?
I don't think I would, irrational as I am, even though there's really no sound physiological reason not to, if the said friend doesn't happen to have a cold or some other catching disease. Well, I might use it to polish silverware...

Would you use a friend's credit card?

[Lykren]

I would use Clopin's, he's rich and can afford it.

If you were going to the Met with me today, what would you suggest we see?

[North Star]

I would use Clopin's, he's rich and can afford it.

If you were going to the Met with me today, what would you suggest we see?
Since the Metropolitan Opera doesn't appear to have anything on today, it will have to be the art museum. Lets see - it would be a long day :D :

After a quick glance, in order of interest:

Chinese Textiles - Ten Centuries of Masterpieces from the Met Collection
Van Gogh: Irises and Roses
Scenes from the Life of St. Martin - Franco-Flemish Embroidery from the Met Collection
Korea - 100 Years of Collecting at the Met
A Passion for Jade - The Heber Bishop Collection
Discovering Japanese Art - American Collectors and the Met
Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends
Chinese Lacquer - Treasures from the Irving Collection, 12th–18th Century

Which would you be most interested in?

[Lykren]

Probably the Japanese art and the Sargent and Van Gogh. I also want to see the Turners and Vermeers!

Would you wake up a friend whose apartment you were staying in, and who said they would take go with you to the met (museum), but kept hitting snooze?

[North Star]

Probably the Japanese art and the Sargent and Van Gogh. I also want to see the Turners and Vermeers!
Turners!!!! Vermeers!!! I only glanced at the exhibitions, but of course there are loads of permanent works there I'd love to see. Turner is one of my absolute favourite artists, perhaps the favourite.


Would you wake up a friend whose apartment you were staying in, and who said they would take go with you to the met (museum), but kept hitting snooze?
If I/we had a busy schedule planned, yes.

Would you rather see the Turners or the Vermeers?

[Lykren]

Tough but probably the Vermeers. They have late Turners though! I will make both of them priority of course.

She's up now :)

Would you teach me how to cook?

[North Star]

Tough but probably the Vermeers. They have late Turners though! I will make both of them priority of course.

She's up now :)

Would you teach me how to cook?
Sure.

Would you like to learn to cook?

[Lykren]

That's the better question. I've tried. I liked the part where I ate what I cooked.

What would you say to him if you met Andy Warhol?

[North Star]

That's the better question. I've tried. I liked the part where I ate what I cooked.

What would you say to him if you met Andy Warhol?
I probably wouldn't say anything. I'm rather indifferent about his art. What would you say?

[Lykren]

"Can I borrow some money?"

Would you say hello to a stranger for no reason but that you were very happy?

[North Star]

"Can I borrow some money?"
Ha!.


Would you say hello to a stranger for no reason but that you were very happy?
No, I don't like to act any stranger than a stranger.

Who would you pick as your single favourite writer?

[Clopin]

Chekhov.

Same question.

[North Star]

Shakespeare (too obvious, and I'm reading AMND and spent yesterday afternoon reading the Sonnets and Let the Bird of Loudest Lay)

Who would you pick as your single favourite musician (classical composers, popular music, or if you must, a classical performer)?

[Clopin]

Joanna Newsom.

Keep it going.

[Lykren]

mmmmmmmmmm Elliott Smith? or Beethoven.

Would you consider yourself a hipster?

[Clopin]

No. I wouldn't consider myself anything close to a hipster.

Would you want to go back in time seven years (with your memories intact, and with the stipulation that you can't profit financially from these memories) if it meant that at the moment of your death the way you may originally have died would be replaced with you being eaten alive by rats?

[Lykren]

You've asked that one before, no wants that deal!

Would you say buying this shirt was a good, bad, or very bad idea?

http://store.metmuseum.org/tops/fifth-avenue-at-night-unisex-tee/invt/fifthavenuetee

[Clopin]

I'm neutral on it. I don't like when the design fills the entire shirt like that.

Would you feel comfortable giving a speech at a family reunion?

[tonywalt]

Yes.

Would you emmigrate to another country given the right reasons?

[Lykren]

K, so you're neutral but you don't like it. Hm. There were other better designs, but only for women :(

No.

Oops the no was for Clopin's question.

Yes to Tony's.

Would you agree to switch to the middle seat if money was offered to you (as just happened on the plane I'm on)?

[Clopin]

Haha I'm uncomfortable with taking money from people so I would probably decline the offer but give them the seat if they seemed somehow infirm, or like they really needed the aisle/window. Also how long is the flight? If it's more than ten hours, well... maybe I'm a little less nice.

I don't hate your shirt beau, it will probably look nice on you.

Would you rather live in Scotland or Quebec?

[tonywalt]

yes, i'd switch - small issue.

Would you have dinner on your own where you live (not business or travel, just out to solo dinner and home)?

[Lykren]

It's a five hour flight, and she wanted to sit with her kid, who seems about six. I was one of the people who offered to switch, but yeah, taking money for such a little thing would have made me uncomfortable.

Probably Scotland, a bit easier to understand what people are saying, plus it's not quite so cold as Quebec, right?

Late again. Tony: I would and do.

Would you rather watch My Little Pony or eat an undercooked snail?

[North Star]

It's a five hour flight, and she wanted to sit with her kid, who seems about six. I was one of the people who offered to switch, but yeah, taking money for such a little thing would have made me uncomfortable.
I don't see why you should be bothered about someone offering money for you for the trouble. The mother and child will get to sit together, and you get a few bucks for making them happy. I might understand it if she had offered a very large amount of money (and in that case I would have jumped on the opportunity even more eagerly ;) ) or that she will starve in consequence.

I will definitely want to visit Scotland some day. Quebec or Canada aren't that high on the list - plenty to see closer to home.

No dining out on my own.

I haven't eaten an undercooked snail but it sounds like a treat compared to wasting a considerable part of an hour of my life.


Would you rather listen to Bach's Goldberg Variations played on a harpsichord or a piano?

[Lykren]

I am a decent human being and listen to it on piano, with the caveat that I only listen to Gould's in which he tried very hard to make a piano sound like a harpsichord.

What would you like to listen to on an airplane? Anything in particular?

[North Star]

I am a decent human being and listen to it on piano, with the caveat that I only listen to Gould's in which he tried very hard to make a piano sound like a harpsichord.

What would you like to listen to on an airplane? Anything in particular?
Very Whitmanian of you to say that you are a decent human being and listen to Bach's harpsichord works played on the piano. ;)

Hm, Bach's Goldberg Variations comes to my mind. Bach in general would probably be a good choice. Art of the Fugue might come in handy if there's an emergency ;)

E: What would you do if the person sitting next to you listened to some unpleasant music on open headphones and it disturbed you and you couldn't change your own place or otherwise escape the noise?

[Lykren]

Nothing. Once I was on a train and two seats behind me people were listening to an extremely slowed-down version of someone rapping the national anthem, not on headphones, but on the speakers of their laptop turned all the way up. It went on for about half an hour before the staff came and kindly explained that they were being gigantic pricks.

Would you drink chocolate stout with fondue?

[North Star]

Sure.

Would you drink red wine with fish?

[tonywalt]

Yes.

Would you ever see yourself adapting to another culture, and becoming part of that culture? (I can leave the Americans out of this question)

[Pompey Bum]

Would you drink red wine with fish?

Only if they promised to leave some for me.


Yes.

Would you ever see yourself adapting to another culture, and becoming part of that culture? (I can leave the Americans out of this question)

Very funny. Adapting to other cultures: been there, done that. Becoming part of another culture: it takes a lifetime, and I don't have that to give anymore.

Would you, if it were hypothetically possible, eat by passively absorbing energy from light? It would make it possible to maintain a healthy and attractive body weight without effort, but it would mean never being able to eat food again. The process would be automatic, and there would be no sense taste or pleasure involved.

[Clopin]

Yes, as long as I can have an optimal diet this way. In a heartbeat.

[Lykren]

But staying healthy and thin is so easy, and food is the most concrete, reliable pleasure there is.

You forgot to ask a question.

[Pompey Bum]

But staying healthy and thin is so easy, and food is the most concrete, reliable pleasure there is.

You forgot to ask a question.

No, I'm with Clopin. You'd never have to worry about starving to death or putting food on the table, you wouldn't have to live by destroying other life forms, and you could use the former grocery money to buy books. Plus you wouldn't have to poop. What's not to like?

If the choice of president came down to Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump, who would you vote for (assuming you are American, even if you are not)? Choose one or the other: write-ins are not an option.

[Eupalinos]

I'm voting for Sanders anyway... (And I would definitely go without food if possible. That sounds like best case scenario: to live but not at the cost of other life-forms.)

If you could press a button that recovered everything ever written before the last 100 years, but at the cost of everything written in the last 100 years, would you?

[Lykren]

Haha, yeah, Pompey, asking someone like me that question is a no-brainer, since I also plan on voting for Sanders in any case and am quite happy with my choice :) I'm just your little neighborhood bleeding-heart communist ;)

No, I love Proust more than anything. I'd weep over Genji though.

Same question.

[North Star]

Huzzah for the Sanders love.

I'm happy enough with the amount of classics that have survived from before 1915, so no.

Would you press a button that brought all the greats back to life (they'd not live on average longer than the current life expectancy, though, so the really old ones would have 5-20 years at best) and killed all contemporary authors?

[Pompey Bum]

Only if they subsisted on the brains of the living.

Given the choice of Bernie Sanders and Karl Marx...Oh wait, no politics, right? ;-)

If you were rich enough not to have to work, would you do so anyway?

[Lykren]

Given the choice of Bernie Sanders and Karl Marx...Oh wait, no politics, right? ;-)

If you were rich enough not to have to work, would you do so anyway?

Given the choice of Sanders and Marx, I'd choose... hmm... Bakunin! Hahahaha.

No, really, I'd choose, er, Eugene V. Debs!

Just kidding. Of course it's Emma Goldman all the way.

Is writing poems and playing music considered work? If so, then yes.

Same question.

[North Star]

If photography can be considered work, sure.


Would you rather eat chocolate or ice cream?

[Lykren]

Ice cream.

Would you have sex with Scarlett Johanssen?

[Pompey Bum]

If photography can be considered work, sure.


Would you rather vote for Hillary or Jeb?

Hell no, I'd read books all day. Why make money for someone else?

I'd vote for Jeb if he'd promise to stick closer to General Lee than he did at Gettysburg.

Would you affect a political view you don't truly have if you were fairly certain it would lead to a promotion at work?

[Lykren]

Nope. That would be very uncomfortable.

Would you be motivated to buy a house because of its pool room?

[Pompey Bum]

If ice cream were involved, yes. (Who's Scarlett Johansen?)

Would you affect a political view you don't truly have if you were fairly certain it would lead to a promotion at work?

[Lykren]

http://photos.vanityfair.com/2014/04/21/53556883158726f16b740130_scarlett-johansson-vanity-fair-ss05.jpg

[Pompey Bum]

Oh these are going too fast.


Would you be motivated to buy a house because of its pool room?

No, there's no reason to pay for something you can get for free at any seedy bar. That works well as a general life principle, too.

Would you dress up if you were fairly certain it would get you a promotion?

[Pompey Bum]

http://photos.vanityfair.com/2014/04/21/53556883158726f16b740130_scarlett-johansson-vanity-fair-ss05.jpg


Meh. Where would the ice cream go?