Aye or Nay?

[bounty]

if you mean games like risk lykren, major aye, I could play them all night.

warm soda pop?

[tailor STATELY]

(bleh) Nay

Soft pretzels with mustard ?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye if there's a baseball game involved.

Boston terriers?

[bounty]

I like soft pretzels with mustard, and I love the hard honey mustard pretzel pieces.

all dogs are great, and all dogs go to heaven too!

leftover pizza for breakfast the next day?

[Pompey Bum]

You bet! It's better cold.

Mandatory recycling laws?

[bounty]

oh that's a toughie---im strongly libertarian leaning, but am also really big into environmental and consumer stewardship...

I lean towards no---but somehow figuring out a way to make voluntary recycling highly desirable and rewarding (economically, socially, etc)

kite flying?

[Clopin]

I had the same problem bounty did with that question, I also don't know much about the effectiveness of recycling, but if it is very good then, yes, it should be mandatory. Laws do exist for a reason.

Nay, I hate wind.

Floating in one of those kites that you can sit in and fly around? I don't know what they are called, sorry.

[bounty]

ah clopin, you maybe would get tossed out of the rand paul fan club!

[tailor STATELY]

Hang gliders? Nay

Bird watching ?

[Pike Bishop]

Only in London...;)

Confessional poetry?

[North Star]

Nah.

Metaphysical poetry?

[Pike Bishop]

Donne and Marvell, yes...Vaughn and Herbert, no

Mumford and Sons?

[Pompey Bum]

Metaphysical poetry?

Aye, Donne deal.

Gardening?

[Calidore]

Nay. I like eating from the garden, but not the work. Ditto cooking, for that matter.

Cooking?

[Pompey Bum]

I detest gardening. It's dirty and buggy and no fun at all. Cooking's okay because the reward is more immediate.

Chutney?

[bounty]

I love gardening and am looking forward to this summer---although it does have its challenges and I wouldn't mind some of them disappearing. one year some geese ate all my radishes! and last year was horrible for growth with the cool and cloudy weather. i never succeed with peppers and weeding's a pain in the hind end.

I like some cooking---would like it more if I had a significant other to cook for.

chutney---slightly aye in micro doses.

pinjur?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye, but pinjur doesn't like me.

Joan Rivers?

[bounty]

pompey, hey---do you remember those two jazz songs you sent me on youtube? I have had occasion recently to be using my laptop in a high speed internet area but I cannot log on to the forum for some reason in order to hunt them up. could you please send me the song titles and today i'll hunt them up that way.

oh that's too bad---I don't think theres any food I like that's disagreeable to me. I love pinjur.

I say aye to joan rivers, especially after she died and a handful of people whose views I respect spoke all sorts of wonderful things about her.

Hillary Clinton?

[Pompey Bum]

Not for me, but it's hers to lose at the moment.

Sure, it was Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca vs. Dave Brubeck's Take Five.

Howard Stern?

[Clopin]

I suppose nay, only because I would probably never really listen to him; it's not like I have anything particularly against him though.

Nationalism?

[Lykren]

Nayyyyy.

Gothic architecture?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye. Pointy arches! What will they think of next?

Fake leather?

[Clopin]

Nay, it doesn't look very good, but neither does real leather most of the time.

Carol Christian Poell? (google him if you don't know)

[Lykren]

This one I suppose...

9560

This stuff? (https://www.google.com/search?q=dutch+ceramics&espv=2&biw=1422&bih=696&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UYJAVdTdLourgwT2zIGwCA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=modern+dutch+ceramics)

[North Star]

Those Dutch ceramics - copied of the Chinese classics - look alright, aye.


A Wodehousean cow creamer? (https://auntdoom.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/code-of-the-woosters-by-p-g-wodehouse/)

[bounty]

I don't drink anything id use cream in but I have to say aye just for the neatness of having an actual thing that is inspired from literature.

ive got a Wodehouse novel, but ive not read it yet.

movies with sad endings?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye, if the alternative is a forced happy ending.


I suppose nay, only because I would probably never really listen to him; it's not like I have anything particularly against him though.

Don't worry, I was just teasing Bounty, who expressed respect for those involved in Joan Rivers' funeral. Since Stern was one of them, I wanted to see how he would react. :devil: Personally I admired Rivers, although I find the world she lived in kind of slimy. I liked her humor, though, because it was fearless.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6YaUrtf6Ak

Baltimore rioters?

[bounty]

laughs...howard stern wasn't one of the folks i was thinking of...smiles...

ive got mixed feelings about howard stern. I appreciate his sort of underdog makes his own way story, yet at the same time, he was pretty vile and tasteless in the process. I like now that he's one more mainstream in being a judge on one of those reality tv talent shows. I would call that being a sort of "force for good."

protesters aye, but major nay on the rioters. part of me wants to drop a net on them from a helicopter, scoop them up and drag them all off to the hoosegow.

if I were a business owner in the area, id be sitting out front of my store with a couple of friends and some shotguns and rocksalt. I think the national guard should have been doing likewise.

and law enforcement should be finding everyone who's done anything violent (burning, looting, throwing things at police) and hauling them in too.


so in keeping with joan rivers---red carpet reporting?

[Pompey Bum]

Well no, but to be honest, I don't see much difference between that and most network "news "

"Alternative medicine"?

[North Star]

"Alternative medicine"?
Nay!

Charles Ives?

[Pompey Bum]

I'm not going to answer your question. ;-)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vXD4tIp59L0

The UN?

[North Star]

Hah!

Aye for UN.

West Side Story?

[Pompey Bum]

Not for me, but I'm not much of a Broadway musical fan.

Modern dance?

[tailor STATELY]

Aye.... enjoy dance of all genres.

dark side of the moon ?

[Pompey Bum]

There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Did you forget about the Form Poetry Contest decision today? ;-)

Alternately, Rice Krispies squares?

[tailor STATELY]

Nay; & Nope... deadline today for the Form Poem contest: midnight PDT (Gold Country {Cali} Daylight Time).

Store bought or home made ?

[Pompey Bum]

It all depends: store-bought cardiac stent, homemade children.

French pastries or Italian pastries?

[Clopin]

Honestly I have no experience with good pastries of any kind so I really couldn't say.

Quebec regional delicacies or traditional Norwegian cuisine?

[bounty]

somehow "aye or nay" turned into "this or that" again...smiles...

im guessing Norwegian traditional cuisine would include lots of fish, plus, Canada's a good neighbor so id say aye to quebec regional delicacies.

ketchup (or hot sauce) on scrambled eggs?

[Clopin]

Hot sauce by a mile.

Scrambled, fried, poached or boiled eggs?

[Pompey Bum]

All are yummy--and not bad for you any more! AYE!

Raw oysters?

[bounty]

somehow aye or nay is still this or that? smiles...

or I could say nay to all the eggs since I don't eat them anymore.

back when I used to eat eggs, I loved them scrambled. my grandfather used to put ketchup on his, which I thought was weird. he was the inspiration for my question.

ketchup and peanut butter sandwiches?

[Clopin]

Bounty you confused me by asking what looked like a this or that question right after reminding me it was aye or nay :(

Haha and nay, my grandfather had a strong liking for ketchup sandwiches but I've never heard of combining the two.

A hamburger made with two patties, pineapple and peanut butter?

[Pompey Bum]

Never tried it, but it sounds great, so aye. Fried egg and ketchup sandwiches are a bachelor staple, or they were in my day.

Chocolate and bacon together?

[bounty]

how did I miss the raw oysters question! ack!

nay on the oysters for me...

clopin I was wondering if the "or hot sauce" might have done that, im sorry!

ive never had ketchup and peanut butter sandwiches, but I know they are out there.

I don't eat bacon anymore but, i'll give a retroactive aye to chocolate and bacon.


singing loud enough for other people to hear you when you sing really badly?

[Pompey Bum]

I don't usually sing much, but sure, the heck with 'em!

Irish music?

[tonywalt]

aye.

Punk rock

[Pompey Bum]

Aye, with not a little mockery.

The Monkees?

[tonywalt]

nay, but i don't hate the lads.

In the event you had paid for sex: Admitting to paying for sex on a forum such as this?

[Pompey Bum]

Heh heh. I never paid for sex. The forum's anonymous, so I have no reason to fib about it.

Have you ever seen an Asian slum?

[Lykren]

No.

Regularly donating to charities?

[bounty]

totally aye...doing good is a blessing.

barry manilow music?

[tailor STATELY]

nay nay nay nay... and yet I rank BM just above the Eagles, Tom Petty, and the Beach Boys. ( BM... giggle )

Facial hair ?

[Pompey Bum]

On me? Many beards in my time, but currently smooth as a cherub.

Women with armpit hair: sexy or gross?

[tailor STATELY]

nay... not sexy, but not gross (its a cultural thang I guess)

3-squares a day ?

[Pike Bishop]

nay... not sexy, but not gross (its a cultural thang I guess)

3-squares a day ?

What about Second Breakfast?

Ben Aflleck as Batman?

[Pompey Bum]

3-squares a day ?

At least! ;-)

Desert for lunch and dinner?

[tailor STATELY]

2nd breakfast (elevensies...) Aye

BA as Batman... hmmmmmm; I liked that dude in Top Gun (Val Kilmer?) the best (go figger) but I'll go

aye..... but narrowly

Dessert anytime.

tomato juice ?

[Pompey Bum]

Never liked it outside of a Bloody Mary--which always seemed a little too much like a salad to me.

Mangos

[Lykren]

Aye - somewhat.

I Shall Be Free No. 10 by Bob Dylan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8_YTIqQXk

[Pike Bishop]

tomato juice ?

Tomato juice?...never

Any of the last three Star Wars movies?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye (although The Chimes of Freedom is what you want).

Vashti Bunyan?

[Lykren]

Meh, her tweeness is her only trick IMO and it's not that interesting.

You are right about The Chimes of Freedom, but I Shall Be Free No. 10 was what was playing then at the store.

My Bloody Valentine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEnwUAzPG4

[Pike Bishop]

Punk rock

Always.

Justin Timberlake?

[Pompey Bum]

Meh, her tweeness is her only trick IMO and it's not that interesting.

You are right about The Chimes of Freedom, but I Shall Be Free No. 10 was what was playing then at the store.

My Bloody Valentine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEnwUAzPG4

Aye (big time).

Glam rock?

[Lykren]

Woah I did not expect you to like MBV! You have Lykren's Authorized Super-Hip Seal of Approval now.

Not too big on glam rock.

Sake?

[Pompey Bum]

Thank you. I will wear it with pride.

Yes, warm please.

Mazzy Star?

[Lykren]

Yes, and thank you for reminding me of them.

Yo La Tengo?

[Pompey Bum]

Listening to Mazzy Star now.

Don't know Yo la Tengo, though. I guess I'm not cool after all. :( I know what it means, though, if that counts for anything.

georgias horse?

[Lykren]

Entiendes, pero no lo tienes. :D kidding! They're good though, check them out.

And tit for tat, I don't know Georgia's Horse, but I will listen to them.

Grizzly Bear (the band)?

[Pompey Bum]

Don't know them, although I am very fond of the ferocious animal.

Spin art?

[Lykren]

Probably more fun to make than to look at.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpC9JqSnJk

The beauty of a sunfish?

[Pompey Bum]

Probably more fun to make than to look at.

Yes, I had a couple girlfriends like that.


The beauty of a sunfish?

Aye, not to mention their yumminess.

Beat poets?

[Calidore]

Nay, some of them are nice people, and violence is rarely the solution anyway.

Poetry slams?

[Lykren]

If Rexroth and Snyder count, aye.

EDIT: No to poetry slams.

Cacti in your garden?

[North Star]

No cacti in my garden. I don't think they would thrive in the snow :D
Octopodes in your aquarium?

[Pompey Bum]

No, the damned ink gets everywhere.

Cotton candy?

[Clopin]

Aye, but only very rarely and I usually throw most of it away.

Roller coasters?

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. Not my idea of fun or interesting.

Class reunions?

[Clopin]

Aye, but I never graduated from high school so I may not get an invite. Might be fun to see what people are up to, though I didn't have many friends in school to keep in touch with.

Same question!

[Pompey Bum]

I've been to several. Roller coasters are probably more interesting.

Hair dye for men?

Hair dye for women?

[Clopin]

Hair dye, aye, I don't do it, but I've considered going dark brown before. For women, sure. I don't think grey hair looks bad on either gender though, and I think it actually looks quite good a lot of the time.

Plastic surgery?

[bounty]

plastic surgery aye but I think only in extreme cases of restorative need from horrible disfigurement...but gee now im even re-thinking that!

otherwise nay.

scars?

[Clopin]

Eh, they can look cool or be horribly disfiguring, most are pretty reasonable though to aye in general.

(Uncle) Scar?

[Pompey Bum]

Never saw the movie. Is it worth it?

Ginseng tea?

[Lykren]

Lion King is silly.

Aye to ginseng tea.

Attending pro sports games?

[Clopin]

Never played Chess, Scrabble or basketball and never seen the Lion King? You give up a lot to become a classicist :(

And yes, it's a fantastic movie.

Aye ginseng tea.

Genmaicha tea?

[Clopin]

Do not listen to Lykren, who never had a childhood and genuinely has no soul.

[Pompey Bum]

I saw watched my share of Kimba the White Lion in the late 60s, though. I heard Lion King was plagiarized from that (at least the dead father part).

Popcorn tea. Never tried it. Maybe Lykren has an opinion.

Ringo?

[Lykren]

who never had a childhood and genuinely has no soul.

This is a fact.

EDIT: Never had popcorn tea. Nay on Ringo (further proof of the above).

Your childhood, aye or nay?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye, especially up to sixth grade.

Were you happier before you started to feel sexual attraction?

[Lykren]

Nope. That was when the problems began. EDIT: I meant aye; misread the question.

Same question.

[Clopin]

So you mean yes then. And yes, of course I was.

And it's popped rice, not popcorn!

The Lion King is probably plagiarized in the same way Shakespeare plagiarized stuff, making it a hundred times better by doing so. The Lion King, incidentally, partially derives it's plot from Hamlet and there are several Hamlet references throughout.

Disney/Pixar?

[Lykren]

Nay!

Nabokov?

[Clopin]

Nay to Disney and Pixar? What the Hell?

And a very mild aye to Nabokov who I do not greatly enjoy reading but who I like as a critic and whose work I have sometimes enjoyed.

Seeing monster trucks at THE TACOMA DOME?

[Lykren]

who I do not greatly enjoy reading but who I like as a critic

What the Hell? That's backwards! It's 'whom' by the way :)

Nay to monster trucks.

Should I read Dumas?

[Clopin]

If you don't like monster trucks stay away from Dumas! Whom put a lot of monster trucks in whom's work.

Aye or nay to blacksmithing as a hobby?

[Lykren]

Should be outlawed.

Drawing manga as a hobby?

[bounty]

for folks who can do it, aye. I wish I could draw well, id love to be able to.

tweety bird?

[Sido]

Nay. For some reason I always found tweety to be a bit annoying...hmm...

Bubble baths?

[bounty]

im a guy, I don't take bubble baths! that's a girly thing!

I do take baths with soapy water though! laughs...

Christian hayden as Anakin skywalker?

[tailor STATELY]

Aye - I think he was a gem in the rough.

Adam West as Batman ?

[Pike Bishop]

Only for low camp excess.

Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange?

[tailor STATELY]

(lol)

Appears to have the chops and appeal.

Bottled water ?

[Pompey Bum]

Only if it's offered, never to pay for.

Hate crime laws?

[Clopin]

Well of course nay.

The term "hate speech"?

[bounty]

nay---the lesser cousin of "hate crime"

peanut butter and raisins?

[Calidore]

Never tried that one, but it sounds worth a go. Peanut butter on apples is good.

Peanut butter and honey?

[Pike Bishop]

(lol)
Bottled water ?

Always...with a preference for Dasani:

Sean Connery or Daniel Craig?

[Pompey Bum]

Peanut butter and honey?


Big aye! Cream cheese and bacon sandwich ?

[Calidore]

Wow, it's got to the point where Pike has to go back five posts to find someone he's not ignoring.

Sacrilege though many feel it is to put anyone above Sir Sean, I'll go with Craig.

Sorry, Pompey, but even if I liked cream cheese, that doesn't sound good.

Pineapple & jalapeño pizza?

[bounty]

pineapple is excellent on pizza, but we'd have to go light on the jalapenos, aye!

one of the best pizzas i ever had was pineapple, spinach and feta cheese.

i think craig is the best bond. i suppose this is a facet of the times---i love how tough he is.


authors other than ian fleming keeping james bond alive in fiction novels?

(i understand the most recent is Jefferey deaver. i am a big fan of his Lincoln rhyme/Amelia sachs crime mysteries)

[Pompey Bum]

Well I haven't really read any, but in principle, nay. It smacks of cash-in. There's nothing wrong with that as far as it goes, but I don't want to read about it.

George Carlin?

[Clopin]

Nay, I don't find him all that funny.

Russell Brand?

[tonywalt]

Aye.

Oscar Wilde?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye, the poor devil.

Kipling?

[tonywalt]

nay, but i'm modern in tastes for this forum (hence why i'm usually in games and not discussion)

BBC news?

[Pompey Bum]

Nay, at least not BBC America with Kattie Kaye. What a load of crypto-socialist crap. I used to like BBC radio, though, when I lived in Africa.

Soul patches on anyone but jazz musicians?

[Clopin]

BBC is awful, one of the worst.

Soul patches on no one, nay.

Celebrity culture, movies, hollywood, magazines, etc?

[tonywalt]

nay.

Independent films?

[Pompey Bum]

I prefer the idea of the "art film" before the days of "Indies," but sure, anything's better than Whoreywood.

Ken Burns?

[Pike Bishop]

nay.

Independent films?

It depends on the film. Of course many excellent directors in Hollywood--e.g. Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan, Jones, Tarantino, and Anderson--have produced amazing films. So, one doesn't have to pretentiously hold their nose to Hollywood to find great films.

Is Mulholland Drive a masterpiece?

[Pendragon]

Depending on taste, it certainly can be. Or not. Perception is everything.

Should synchronized swimming be an Olympic sport?

[Pompey Bum]

No, it should just fall under the general category of comedy.

Ken Burns films?

[bounty]

I love synchronized swimming! and I had a crush in grad school on a classmate who competed in the 96 Olympics in it...

the "problem" with aesthetic sports is some folks don't like the way winners are determined, subjective judgment as opposed to objective scores.

ive only ever seen his "baseball" work and enjoyed that. I appreciate the effort it takes to create a documentary like that, so I say aye, at least in that regard.

Quentin tarantino films?

[bounty]

somehow posted twice...

so another opportunity to say "yay synchronized swimming!"

I like curling too!

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. A joke's only worth it when it's actually funny.

Kung Fu movies as a genre?

[tonywalt]

Nay

The increasing practice of revisionist history in Western Society?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye where it means skepticism about earlier scholarship, nay where it means mindless PC.

Mixing Guinness and champagne?

[tonywalt]

Nay, but I'm willing to try it.

(Pompey, I suppose I was mainly referring to mindless PC, not actual, "jeez, we had that history completely wrong").

West Coast of US or North East Coast of US, if you had to make that choice?

[Pike Bishop]

The increasing practice of revisionist history in Western Society?

All good history should be revisionist, as historians should constantly re-examine and re-evaluate their own methods and those of earlier historians. Also, historians' unjust and irrational ignoring, disparagement, or exclusion of marginalized people--e.g. women, Gays, and ethnic minorities--needs to be redressed to produce more accurate histories.

The current explosion of super-hero movies and TV shows?

[Pike Bishop]

West Coast of US or North East Coast of US, if you had to make that choice?
West Coast, West Coast, West Coast.

The current explosion of super-hero movies and TV shows?

[Pompey Bum]

I just mean tailoring history to serve a modern political or social agenda, because history, especially revisionism in a technical sense, is supposed to do the opposite of that. It's supposed to be skeptical, not duplicitous.

Tough choice. I grew up in the NE and don't think I could ever quite "think" West Coast." My wife and I currently snowbird between New England and the Far East, which has been working out, but we are probably going to move the American end to the Southwest. So neither? Or if I really had to choose, probably home.

Irish beer or German beer?

[tonywalt]

Nay

Fight a cold/flue naturally or off to doctor to get antibiotics/other drugs?

[Pompey Bum]

Heh.

Give me the drugs to kill it.

Another Rolling Stones tour?

[tonywalt]

Sure, it's probably more important to Mick and crew than the audience. But i do love the Stones.

The end of Stadium Rock Bands as we use to know it? (arguably still around, but i disagree)

[Pike Bishop]

Only Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Metallica, and maybe Muse could pack a stadium today, and Coldplay is hardly rock. Radiohead stopped being rock awhile ago. Rock just isn't the main popular or youth music anymore; hip-hop is...no matter how much that rankles the "old farts"

There are excellent rock bands left--e.g. Arctic Monkeys and Grizzly Bear--but they can't touch the popularity of Drake or Lil Wayne

Will Hillary's presidency bring rises in misogyny the way Obama's presidency brought rises in racism?

[tonywalt]

No

Highly organized vacations?

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. The sweet anarchy of the flesh.

Vacations to cold climates?

[Pendragon]

Nay. I like the ocean

Hike the AT?

[bounty]

aye aye, I would love to do that...but its lower down my list after cycling coast to coast and canoeing from my home town to the Mississippi to the gulf of mexico. but if I found the right person who strongly preferred the AT, id do that one first.

"beach" reads?

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. Beaches are for looking at, um, nature.

John Wayne?

[bounty]

laughs...

how about "beach" reads away from distracting, er...beaches?

totally aye to john wayne, at least movie wise.

john wayne cowboy movies or john wayne soldier movies?

[Pompey Bum]

His westerns, although both can be fun.

Silent movies?

[bounty]

aye, in a very small dose. maybe a few a year. I took a music and the film class in college and one of the things we had to do was put a musical score to a silent movie. if I remember rightly I chose some scene from a Charlie chaplin movie where some woman was beating on him with her umbrella.

and oh heck, I asked a this or that question in the aye or nay thread!

mel brooks movie "history of the world?"

[Pompey Bum]

As shtick, sure, it's fun.

Clint Eastwood movies?

[bounty]

i was a kid and just getting into movies when he was doing all those westerns...I say aye, I have fond memories of them all.

herbie the love bug?

[Pompey Bum]

You bet. I saw The Love Bug when it was in theaters. Now that's scary.

The remake of The Thing?

[tonywalt]

Aye.

Black and white photography of people?

[bounty]

i saw the love bug in the theaters too! and i saw the remake of the thing at the drive-in. where i presently live by the way---we still have a drive-in! i love that.

I say aye, I like black and white photos. sometimes (maybe often even?) black and white shots are better than color.

archie bunker?

[Pompey Bum]

I thought he was a little overdone at the time, but compared to most of the rest that was on then (or now), aye.

Eric Cartman

[tonywalt]

Aye, I suppose cuz he's the closest thing to our generation's archie bunker

Woodstock the rock festival?

[Pike Bishop]

No to each one. The first was too hippie-ish and muddy, the second was too sweltering and dude-bro-ish.

3-D films?

[Pendragon]

Nay. Not all that great and fast action scenes in three d can make me very nauseous

Films based on Marvel Comics?

[tonywalt]

nay

night or day?

[Pike Bishop]

Nay to Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America, Spider-Man 2, X-Men: First Class, and X-Men: Days of Futures Past? Those were all excellent films. Did you dislike all of the films or do you just dislike super-heroes?

Both day and night are awesome...much love for both.


Lana Del Rey or Lady Gaga?

[tonywalt]

Lana del Ray

People view you as inspirational?

[Pendragon]

Not anymore

Atheist or Religious?

[Pike Bishop]

Atheist

Turquoise or Teal?

[tonywalt]

Turquoise

chess or poker?- if one had to choose.

[Pendragon]

Poker. I can bluff my way through there, but I usually make some totally stupid move in chess.

UNO or Old Maid?

[bounty]

I like them both but i'll go with uno...

board games: risk or trivial pursuit?

[Pendragon]

Trivia Pursuit

Monopoly or Life?

[Pike Bishop]

Monopoly

Neil Diamond?

[Pendragon]

Meh... Some of his stuff I like, so yea

Rock Ballads?

[tonywalt]

mmm, yay.

Mass transport?

[Pendragon]

Aye. They need to bring back more passenger trains

Mark Twain?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye.

Designated hitter rule?

[tonywalt]

Aye, sure - adds a bit of zest to the game. As for our sport: cricket is stuck in the past, despite some rule changes to make it audience friendly.

Letting a common cold take it's course?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye (it's going to anyway).

The Oxford comma (e.g. this, that, and the other thing)?

[tonywalt]

nay.

Motivational and life coach people - more specifically, Tony Robbins (who charge into rooms pumping their fists)?

[bounty]

I say nay, but while I suspect he does help people, maybe even lots of people, id rather see us all turn to friends, family, and people we know for guidance and mentoring.

walking outside in thunderstorms?

[Pendragon]

Aye, but I've come close to being struck by lightning before...

Cheating on exams?

[Pike Bishop]

It depends on the exam and what one wants out of the course. If the course means nothing, and one wants a better chance of getting into a good college or graduate school, why not?...grown-ups cheat and lie every day. If the course means something to the test taker, then he or she would be robbing themselves of actual achievement in the course.

Hypocrisy?

[tonywalt]

No, to a fault - as it's a foundation block of the corporate world.

Carbonated water?

[Pendragon]

Nay. The taste must be an acquired one

Mountain Climbing?

[Pompey Bum]

Loved it in the day.

Mountain Dew?

[Pike Bishop]

Nay. The taste must be an acquired one

Mountain Climbing?

Tried it once and have no desire for the mule's second kick.

Public karaoke?

[tonywalt]

nay

Dessert after dinner?

[Pike Bishop]

Completely contingent

Fruit-flavored beer?

[tonywalt]

nay

operas?

[Pike Bishop]

German, Italian, and Russian: Yes...British: No

Top Chef?

[tonywalt]

aye.

Calvino Italo? (if you've not read him, as he's not widely read, then Gore Vidal's fiction?

[Pike Bishop]

I've never read either...and Vidal is a bit on the smug side for my taste.

Kierkegaard or Heidegger?

[tonywalt]

Kierkegaard.

Carson Mccullers or Flannery o' connor?

[Pendragon]

Flannery O' Connor

Hell's Kitchen (Show)?

[tonywalt]

Aye

Do you prefer to pay in cash or with card- what feels a bit better?

[Pike Bishop]

What is this "cash" you speak of?

Kirk or Picard?

[tonywalt]

Kirk

If you had to choose an condition: Anxiety or Depression?

[Pike Bishop]

That's Scylla or Charybdis. No human being could function happily in the world with chronic anxiety or chronic depression.

Amy Adams or Jessica Chastain?

[tonywalt]

Amy Adams.

Pleated or flat front trousers?

[Pendragon]

Aye on flat

Tank tops?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye, although those big treads on the bottom are cool, too.

Belief in some kind of an afterlife?

[Pendragon]

Aye

Belief in a lasting punishment?

[Pompey Bum]

Aye. Let me tell you about my arthritis.

Sumo wrestling?

[bounty]

all kinds of wrestling aye.

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women mud wrestling?

[bounty]

and most people don't know this, but sumo wrestlers are surprisingly athletic and versatile:

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[Pompey Bum]

Big nay for women mud wrestling. Not my bag, baby. Sumo is hilarious, though. It is one of those things which is intrinsically funny. My only complaint is that the bouts don't last very long. In theory, it's supposed to be a fast moving sport for quick gambling.

Any form of gambling?

[tonywalt]

No

Lover of Maps? (thinking of world atlas sort of stuff)

[bounty]

absolutely aye, I love looking at and using maps---I half think I could have been a geography major.

reading a book almost solely on the recommendation of a friend? (and if you've ever done it, which one(s) and howd it turn out?)

[bounty]

absolutely aye, I love looking at and using maps---I half think I could have been a geography major.

reading a book almost solely on the recommendation of a friend? (and if you've ever done it, which one(s) and howd it turn out?)

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. I never start a book on just one person's recommendation. Part of finishing every book I start is being a bit circumspect about what I'm actually getting myself into.

True crime books?

[Pendragon]

Aye I am a bit morbid that way, and if they are unsolved, I like to give my views on them

Historical fiction?

[Pompey Bum]

I read the occasional true crime, too, Penn--just to keep things lurid.

I like some historical fiction, but I prefer historical non-fiction, and especially ancient primary historians.

Evening network newscasts?

[Pendragon]

Nay if it is Fox News. They have a lot of imagination and way too much time on their hands...

Peruse Police bulletins?

[Clopin]

I'm not sure what that refers to Pen, so I can't answer.

Trigger warnings?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/14/columbia-students-claim-greek-mythology-needs-a-trigger-warning/

[Lykren]

Not for the reasons mentioned in that article, certainly. Ignoring and not talking about those issues can only make them worse! I suppose that people who experience definite and severe psychosomatic stress due to something like PTSD might be benefited from being warned about something extremely explicit; but again I suspect avoiding the source of pain is not going to be helpful in the long run.

Rooibos tea?

[tonywalt]

Aye.

Increasing size of smart phones?

[bounty]

I am not a smart phone user, but I do know that small size is desirable for all sorts of our implements. however, I am guessing larger size comes with certain features that smaller phones don't have? or that larger ones are better for certain users? and given that there are seemingly still plenty of small ones out there and people can choose and relatively speaking, they are all still small, i'll give a slight aye to them getting bigger.

rap and hip-hop music?

[Pompey Bum]

Nay for me. But aye for having the right to put it out, including gangsta.

Year-round schooling?

[bounty]

i lean towards nay---summers off give time (in theory anyways) for lots of play, freedom, a full time job and other important things students couldn't really do as well if they were in school.

educational vouchers for school choice?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, big time.

Genetically modified foods?

[Pendragon]

@ Clopin. Simple Do you regularly read the police report in the paper.

It depends on just how "genetically modified" they are


Molecular Gastronomy?

[Pompey Bum]

Nay. Eating moles is cruel.

Norman Rockwell?

[bounty]

I have a handful of norman Rockwell books, so aye (and a winslow homer and a Remington one too).

the smell of old books?

[Pompey Bum]

You bet. Especially the ones that still smell of my father's pipe tobacco from 50 years ago. Old books are ghosts.

Amazon dot com?

[Pendragon]

Aye. Do most of my book shopping there

Used bookstores?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, I used them, they used me. It was the 70s.

Electric shavers?

[Clopin]

Not for me, but some people seem to like them.

Shaving everyday?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes. If I don't I feel like I should knock over a bank or something. And electric shavers suck.

Tom Brady guilty of "deflategate"?

[Lykren]

Who? What?

Balsamic vinegar?

[Pompey Bum]

God, you're so West Coast sometimes, Lykren. :)

Aye.

Bingo?

[Lykren]

Haha, born and raised, baby.

Nay to Bingo.

Tweeter? Titter? Whatever it's called? ;)

[Pendragon]

Aye, needed for campfires

Flint and steel?

[bounty]

I say aye, and interesting question too---I am a big fan of survivor, and last night, in the finale, two contestants needed to make fire last night with flint and steel in order to stay in the competition. everyone who goes on the show knows the possibility they might be called on to do that, yet it took them almost an hour to do so! and then one person got a flame going but was clueless as to building an efficient fire afterwards. within a handful of seconds, the other contestant got a flame going and despite being behind, was able to build an effective fire, win the contest, and stay in the hunt for a million dollars. it was pretty exciting.

pop songs with heavy falsetto?

[Pompey Bum]

Not really, although falsetto grace notes are nice.

French horns?

[bounty]

love French horns...and one of the funniest M*A*S*H memories I have is when major Winchester had his horn run over by a jeep because he was distressing the camp so much by not being able to play it well, and then he had it repaired, but when it was fixed, it didn't have a mouthpiece!

salt on raw apples?

[tonywalt]

Nay. sounds good, though.

Pomegranate?

[Pompey Bum]

The juice is great, but the fruit is too messy.

Gorgonzola?

[Clopin]

Haven't had it recently enough to remember what it tastes like, I probably like it though.

Eating food while reclining in bed?

[Pompey Bum]

Gorgonzola smells like garbage but if you get a taste for it, there's nothing better.

And of course. If God had not meant us to eat in bed, he wouldn't have made the bottoms of grapes fit into belly buttons.

Electric blankets?

[Clopin]

I've never used one, but I strongly suspect nay, I would rather just heat the room.

Debating (in front of an audience)?

[Pompey Bum]

Sure. I have no stage fright and I'll do anything in front of an audience that doesn't involve stripping.

Sports cars?

[Clopin]

Not for me, I have never been interested in cars, though I can understand the appeal.

Fancy restaurants?

[Pompey Bum]

That's more than I can do. My brother digs cars, though.

No to fancy restaurants, but aye to good cheap eats. The pushcarts in Taipei have better food than most expensive restaurants here.

Baking at home?

[Clopin]

Sure, if you don't have a problem eating twelve muffins to yourself (which I don't) and I really haven't been able to buy good banana bread in this town, so it has to be made.

Academia?

[Pompey Bum]

Of the eccentric, over-educated, bucolic sort, sure. Of the neurotic hyper-competitive narcissistic sort-- I think we've all had enough of that at this point.

Long sideburns?

[Clopin]

Haha, not on me.

Alternative facial hair?

[Pendragon]

Mustache and goatee count?

Colored hair such as blue or green?

[bounty]

aye, but only on rare/special occasions, not as a perpetual fashion statement.

the blending of musical genres and expression? (like traditional country being infiltrated by pop and rock, or rock being played by orchestras).

[Pompey Bum]

It all depends. Afro-Cuban jazz, yeah! Rockabilly, if you're buying the beer, sure. But orchestral rock songs? Not at these prices.

Life cereal?

[bounty]

totally aye (but my goodness talk about prices!), and I have a good friend named mike too! (although he was never a "mikey")

low sugar "plain" cereals like total, cheerios, rice krispies, corn flakes, etc, eaten without sugar, or fruit, or anything else to sweeten it up?

[tonywalt]

ugh, aye (I say this in a semi -enthusiastic voice - but I prefer to fit for my sports!)

the paintings of edward hopper?

[Pompey Bum]

Cornflakes have their own weird charm without sugar. So do Grape Nuts, although you've got to be in the mood for a chew. But Cheerios are awful plain and not much better with sugar. Wonder why babies like them so much. It probably has something to do with brain size.

Aye to Hopper.

Driving barefoot?

[Pendragon]

Aye.

Going barefoot for weeks at a time?

[Pompey Bum]

All summer if I could, but alas, not practical.

Undershirts?

[Clopin]

Well definitely if it's hot, they absorb whatever mild sweat you produce and definitely if it's cold as an extra layer, so aye.

Robbing a library which nobody ever uses and only exists for students in residency (of which there are about two at any time) despite being publicly funded and after the librarian was all *****y at you when you asked for a card?

[Pompey Bum]

Naw. It's bound to be on Gutenberg for free.

Buying a used bicycle at a great price even though you suspect that the seller stole it?

[Pendragon]

Nay. Receiving stolen property carries jail time.

Tempted to shoplift?

[Pompey Bum]

Nah, whatever it is, I'm sure I don't need it that bad.

Turning stuff you find I to a lost and found?