You guys are freaking me out! No, I would not work at said amoral company. I would quit my job and go on to become a millionaire playboy poet.
Would you hug a lion?
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You guys are freaking me out! No, I would not work at said amoral company. I would quit my job and go on to become a millionaire playboy poet.
Would you hug a lion?
Sometimes I play with my food like that, too.
Would you get a tattoo of a cartoon character, and if so, which one?
If someone held a gun to my head and told me I must get a tattoo or he would shoot me I would get something from Watership Down, Fiver or Blackavar most likely and maybe some text from the book (and all the world will be your enemy might be a little too dark and edgy haha), or one of the epigraphs which head every chapter.
Same question, and if your answer is no are there any tattoo's you have or would consider getting in general?
I would get a Chaim Machlev tattoo if I had to get one.
Would you be interested in time-traveling back to ancient Egypt?
clopin, have we talked about watership down before? its one of my very favorite books and one of the few ive read twice.
have you seen the animated movie? have you read the "tales from watership down" also?
I think time travel anywhere has an appeal to it...but I think I wouldn't want to be there during the biblical times of jewish slavery.
if you could make one cartoon character come to life and be your friend, which one would you bring to life?
No I don't think we have, but yes I've read Tales From Watership Down and seen the movie as well, it's definitely one of my favourite books as well.
I liked it, too, although it's been 30 years since I read it.
Oddly enough, maybe Sherlock Holmes. You can't make anyone be your friend, though. Not even fictional characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
What's the worst physical accident you've ever suffered without losing consciousness?
I like hazel...
I crashed my motorcycle going about 50 mph, and came away very unscathed compared to the possibilities.
lemme give another shot at my cartoon character question.
if you could make one cartoon character who is not also a fictional literary (should i include comic books in that?) character come to life so you could be friends with him, which one would you bring to life?
I liked Bigwig, especially his song about crapping.
A cartoon character, huh? How about the blue lady from X-men? She looks like fun.
Same question (since it sounds like you've got someone in mind).
laughs...I think the blue lady from x-men is mystique, the character played by Rebecca romijn and Jennifer Lawrence (in the "first class" movies). that might also be a good answer to "which x-men's mutant abilities would you like to have?"
hmmm...id say a toss-up between underdog and bugs bunny...
would you back pack around the world if you had good company and the financial means?
And someone to carry the backpack? You bet. :)
What would you want to do or where go if you were shrunk down to 1 cm in height for a day?
I don't know... girl's locker room? I would probably be cowering in a corner though, for fear of being stepped on or eaten by a rat or something.
Would you push someone out of a lifeboat to secure a spot for your wife/child?
If the guy had pushed his way into the boat and didn't 'to belong there, of course. Otherwise I'd give my wife my seat if I had one, and if not, we could wait for another lifeboat boat (or die together). If you throw one person out, then the next guy is going to throw you out. It's like driving. You get what you want more if everyone plays by the rules.
Would you enter a professional boxing match tomorrow for a guaranteed $300 million net?
There was a time when I wanted to be a boxer and I used to be a huge boxing fan, so yeah I would fight one match for that money.
You find a duffle bag with 500,000 dollars which you know probably came from something illegal. Would you keep the money or turn it over to the police?
I'd turn it over. Not declaring it would be a crime in any case, and I'd rather not have to live trying to cover something up when it's just more money than I need.
Would you?
Keeping it could be complicated. I would probably need an off shore account, and well if it was mob money or cartel money someone might want it back. If I was certain that there was no one or any cameras that could identify me I might take like 500 as extra chunk change and leave the rest to be someone else's problem.
If a teenage offered you 50 dollars to buy them a six pack beer would you do it?
Nope. They can commit their own damned crimes, however--teeny!
Would you still take a really expensive prescription pill (say $85 a pop) even though you dropped it on the floor and couldn't find it for 15 minutes, until you noticed it peeking out of a really scary-looking dust bunny?
Yes.
I've put much worse things in my mouth than a dusty pill.:)
If you won a multi-million dollar lottery, would you take the entire lump sum... or yearly payments?
! Jean Valjean over here. Of course I would keep it in a heart beat. Actually your answer reminded me of the scene in Les Miserables where Montparnasse attempts to pick Valjean's pocket and when Valjean catches him at it he gives him a stern talking to, let's him go and then throws the money over a fence into Mabeauf's yard; who promptly delivers it unopened to the police despite the fact that he's so poor he had to sell all of his books and plants and lives off of one potato meal a day!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Now would you do that?
IS: That decision would require consultation with a reliable tax/investment lawyer (which I could now afford), but in principle I wouldn't have a problem with managing the whole thing at once. I mean, I wouldn't worry that I would spend it all in a month on women and cheesecake,
Clopin: Yes, I would give him a stern talking to about how obtaining money does you no good if someone takes it right away from you and chucks you in prison (and that money itself is a curse if you have to worry about that all the time). I wouldn't throw my own money over a fence, of course, but if I were a poor man in that society (I never read Les Mis or saw the show, so I can't comment on the character directly), I think I would want to bring someone else's money to the police before they found it in my possession.
You, and Lykren, and Dark Muse (I think, although I'm old fashioned enough not to ask) have this huge financial edge on many of the rest of us because you are young and could start low risk investing now that would gain you all the money you could possibly need without finding someone else's money in a duffle bag (which ain't gonna happen anyways). All it would take would be to sacrifice what you normally spend on money pits like music (including going to concerts), fashion, recreational substances, and spectator sporting events; and having nothing to do with suckers' games like gambling, whoring, and watching ladies hump poles.
Now would you do that? :)
Forego all spending to make investments? I'm not going to do it right this second but I might in a couple years. I actually don't spend much money even though I love to. I'm very poor because i dislike working and up til now I worked very few hours. I never buy cd's, alcohol, drugs or what have you and I don't attend sporting events or concerts... I do buy clothes but I... refuse to stop, and I may give up book buying for libraries but it would be painful.
You should read Les Misersbles, you play the 'would you' forum game just like Jean Valjean!
Would you go on a wild spree if you learned you had only several weeks to live?
Likely so.
Would you give a ride to a homeless man you didn't know?
yep, I pick up hitch hikers, though you don't see many anymore. and if some homeless fellow just approached me and said, "could you please give me a ride to x?" id be happy to.
okay this ones a fun challenge I think---would you be willing to listen to a small handful of songs (4-5) of some musical artist whose music I love, but that you were unfamiliar with?
(oh I am so looking forward to peeking back here later!)
yes.
Would you be put off by someone when you learn their musical tastes are vastly different than yours or they are apathetic? (ex: "I like everything")
Haha, yes, I will.
Would you be offended if I don't like them? ;)
oh boy, this is fun...
are either of you familiar with moby?
clopin, nope, wouldn't be offended at all, but I am hoping you really do.
tony---maybe just a smidgen---ive got a friend who seems to be stuck in the 60s music wise and I can play some contemporary tune that would blow most people away and he would go "eh, I don't like it" and I wanna say "what the heck is wrong with you?"
lemme know about moby...
I know who Moby is.
Shoot me some YouTube links.
its tough for me to do link clopin because im on dialup and they take a long time to load. but theres a moby channel on youtube and you should be able to find these really easily.
I think the order ive got is a good one too:
everloving
guitar, flute & string
find my baby
first cool hive
extreme ways (if you've seen the bourne movies, you will recognize that one)
I really look forward to hearing how you (and tony) (and anyone else who wants to join in) like them...
I remember Moby from around 2001. I liked his sound, despite usually rejecting singers who use only one name. But I also associate Moby with this utterly obnoxious girl who used to talk about how he was the future of music. It is with no small pleasure I note that Bounty had to ask the congregation if anyone had even heard of him now. Petty victories are still victories. :)
Would you use your phone to video record the arrest of a black male even though nothing violent was happening--but just in case?
I would not film it but I might stick around to make sure nothing violent started to happen.
Would you take a " smart pill" that could store all your password information and unlock any of your devices you happened to be next to?
Nah. My ipad doesn't take much time to open, and the side effects of the smart pill can only be guessed at. Giant butterflies, irritability, herbicidal thought or actions--I mean who needs it?
Would you advise your child to live the kind of life that you have?
No, he/she should sort his own course. But, I would advise him/her to use live with my philosophy(which is Eastern and too long an a answer).
Would you see yourself becoming religious and if you are already religious - becoming much more devout in your faith? (if not, why not)
I am fully devout in my faith, so no. And my answer is just as long as yours. :P
Would you try an experimental pharmaceutical treatment (not FDA approved) for an extremely annoying but not fatal condition?
Yes
(On the previous music issue: it's a real deal breaker with dating and always was. My standard test is to give them my ipod and choose an artist/songs, but the last two said, "eh, I like everything" or worse, "it doesn't matter" It's a real indicator about a person who doesn't care much about music, movies, books and art - but there's lots of people out there who don't (shame really).
Would you get on the Serious Discussion thread of this forum with your 'soapbox' issues? (and lets's face it, many of us have them-me most of all).
Maybe for the "What's For Breakfast?" Thread.
Would you pray privately for a loved one in a desperate situation, even if you don't believe in intercessory prayer?
No, I haven't made any threads on my soapbox issues... yet.
Yes, I would pray and have done so.
Would you drink coffee past 10 pm if you wanted to sleep at a reasonable hour?
no
Would you agree with what Shakespeare is saying in this soliloquy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorro...w_and_tomorrow
sneaking in just to ask---clopin, tony---were you able to listen yet? if so, whats your verdict?
Clopin: I drink coffee till then or later and sleep fine.
Tony: No, I don't agree, and I doubt that they were Shakespeare's sentiments, either. It's just MacBeth's morality bottoming out because his puppet-master of a wife is gone. It is absolutely devastating poetry, though.
Would you be embarrassed to tell a parent that you forgive him or her for past mistakes?
I thought that the mistakes were too big and too often to forgive - there is a point where I cannot compromise myself anymore. And as this parent is not here, then it is done.
Pompey: Agreed. Interesting point, but there's a little bit of Shakespeare in that stunning piece of writing - has to be!
Would you encourage your child to choose the academic path of fine arts i.e. photography, drawing etc without "The Lecture?"