Game: This or That

Terrible choice to make... both make mighty fine bases for floats... but a maraschino cherry and grenadine syrup goes best with coca cola, so coca cola it is :)

First Top Gun movie or the sequel 36-years later with the same protagonist ?

ah, I didn't think it was going to be a toughie...coca cola by a bubble!

I remember liking top gun but I loved top gun:maverick. one of the things that made the sequel better was the very successful tie-in to the original. not to mention Jennifer Connelly.

somewhere tailor I have a bracket sheet drawn up for a 32 entry fruit tournament. hang in there with me while I hunt it up...

didn't find it, made a new one, and herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre we go!

apple vs pomegranate

Interesting choice... love both, both make fine juices... but apples are more varied and make fine pies,,, pom pies??? googling... yep: https://www.food.com/recipe/fresh-po...ate-pie-106474
Going with apple (less seeds).

Super Bowl or World Series or ilk ?

on the topic of seeds, if Persephone ate an apple instead of a pomegranate, we might have less winter!

I loved the super bowl and the world series when I was a kid, but at some point I started to fall away from watching baseball. I still love the game but I don't follow it as closely as football, so the super bowl it is. I think most of the rest of the country probably thinks that way too and a solid argument could be made that football has supplanted baseball as "America's national pastime."

I would however enjoy a trip to the little league world series. Williamsport, pa, isn't too far away from me.

apricot vs banana

I eat bananas nearly every day... so apricots it is :)

badminton or pickleball ?

the poor banana, ironically defeated by its own mundanity.

I love the idea of pickleball as a way to get otherwise non-active people, active, and in that regard, its great, but as a sport, badminton is awesome. I used to teach it and loved it. badminton wins the day.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VXoQYJAau5I

bonus treat hearkening back to top gun (don't remember if I have shared this before, maybe...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rQ3328Tok

persimmons vs papaya

Wow... yeah, badminton and ping pong can be really radical.

Lololol... shared :)

Persimmons have a persnickety flavor about them, a certain je ne sais quoi... going with papaya

Ping pong or racquet ball ?

ive since watched owlkitty a few more times and laugh out loud each time.

my parents got me a ping-pong table when I was kid. they were great like that and I regret not making use of it to the extent I could have. I also taught racquetball, played recreationally and liked that even more than badminton. racquetball it is.

raspberry vs honeydew (not the list, but the food).

I played racquetball for a short time when I had a gym membership anciently... wish I'd kept it up.

mmmm... very recently had a cranberry/raspberry blend drink from a major brand that was soooo deliciously smooth as a combination... prolly not great for my A1C, but delicious... raspberry it is :)

rowing or sailing ?

maybe you are a ripe candidate for pickleball tailor?

I think cranberry is a great mixer for so many other fruits. I haven't seen one with raspberry, but it sounds good.

that one sounds familiar---I only have a very little experience sailing. the romance of it is appealing, and the seeming simplicity too, but on the whole athletically, im pretty ascetic, and so rowing it is.

avocado vs tangerine

(I think avocado is going to go far into the tournament)

No pickleball for me, though some of my church family enjoys the sport.

Definitely avocado though tangerines, halos, and ilk are prized :)

Cashews or Pistachios ?

how come no pickleball for you? and can you answer without using the words "knee" or "hip" or "back?" laughs...

that's a real toughie, I love them both, and its even fun to open the pistachios to get the reward...but slight lean towards cashews.

I wonder why there is pistachio ice cream but not cashew ice cream?

orange vs mango.

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CIC: research says yes... never seen any though.

orange vs mango... almost too close to call... especially love them juiced together... go with mango :)

hammer throw or shot put ?

I have never seen cashew ice cream either. I suspect though its well known pistachio brother is better.

hmm, I wonder if the mango will go far into the tournament...

hammer takes more skill and is a bit more fun to watch. hammer it is.

starfruit vs cherry

I keep thinking about growing some cherry trees in my yard.