always long for women, sort of a rule. As for men, not that i fancy them, short- but long looks cool on some.
Quiet hotel on the beach or a big "fun" resort with water park(and all the rest)?
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always long for women, sort of a rule. As for men, not that i fancy them, short- but long looks cool on some.
Quiet hotel on the beach or a big "fun" resort with water park(and all the rest)?
Quiet hotel
Cruise ship or luxury train?
Quiet fun beats paying someone to make noise.
You're not old enough to remember when it "meant something" for men to have long or short hair, are you Tony?
In the real world, probably the cruise.
Leather or lace?
EDIT: Or if that's too private, um, the Easter Bunny or a (Christian) religious Easter?
I go with Christian easter, and oh does certain leather tempt my vegetarian sensibilities.
okay I might be the only one here that knows this one but...
team Edward or team Jacob? (smiles)
Lace ;)
Edward all the way.
Hitler or Churchill (as authors)?
Never read Mein Kampf, but I hear it's boring. Churchill's "official version" histories are okay if you know how to read critically, and if you don't confuse them with actual histories.
Being arrested for a heinous crime you did not commit, going through the horrors and expenses of a trial that could put you in prison for life without parole, but ultimately being exonerated; or losing your hand quickly in an accident, getting an insurance settlement, and moving on with life?
Trial won't cost me anything and if I'm exonerated I don't see the big deal, better than losing a hand at least.
A day spent hiking in the sun or relaxing indoors from the snow with nice food and coffee, a fire and whatever else you want to occupy your time (books, movies, etc)?
Hiking
Mountains or Beach?
Don't count on it. That mom who was accused of killing her daughter in Florida is still in extreme debt to the defense lawyers who got her off the hook. Take my hand and leave me my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clopin
Fjords! Why not have it all?
Cantaloupes or honeydew melons?
Cantaloupes
The journey or the destination
Neither is sufficient and it is wise not to have a lot of illusions about either.
Wearing purple or wearing black?
I quite like both particularly together but if I had to choose I would say black
Cool colors (blue, green purple) or warm colors (red, yellow, orange)?
Somehow I pictured you like that, DM. It's why I asked.
Cool colors at home, hot colors to face the world.
Monty Python humor (dry but silly) or Saturday Night Live humor (loud and mocking)?
Haha that is funny
I love Monty Python
Monarchy or Anarchy?
I steer towards British humour, being British - but SNL can at times be satirical, rarely dry. VEEP is American and it's sharp and dry, love it!
Alarm clock of some kind or you naturally get up?
How about staying in bed? Still using one of those beep beep beep alarms for now, but I usually wake up before it does.
Your car's fm reception breaks. Do you listen to:1) am country music (followed by Rush Limbaugh); or 2) am Christian talk (followed by more am Christian talk)?
We dont' get htose here, but I would certainly give them a try.
Do you go to actual bookstores or order physical(or electronic books) online- and if you do go to bookstores - which one, indenpendent? i am curious as to where we are heading on the whole book thing.
I read ebooks almost exclusively. I used to like a Borders bookstore in the old days, but it's been gone for years.
Mr. Peanut or the Pillsbury doughboy?
the doughboy (from what i've seen on American tv)
pacino or de niro?
See my comments about James Taylor and Robert Redford. And you may as well throw Jack Nicholson in, too. But okay, when they were young, right? I mean, honestly, they were both good actors, but I always saw the characters they typically played (the Godfather characters, for example) as lacking the realism that was often attributed to them. But if I had to chose, I dunno, Pacino?
Cowboy movies or gangster movies?
Definitely gangster movies
Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit?
Well, I read The Hobbit in Middle School, and liked it, but found the other books kind of lame when I read them in High School. I saw all three Lord of the Rings movies as an adult, and prayed for each of them to be over (especially the last one-- throw the damned thing in the volcano already!). So, I guess as a book, the Hobbit. Didn't bother with the movie, though.
The Godfather or The Godfather II?
The Godfather
Spending the weekend with your partner doing something you are not that interested in but they really wanted to do or both of you doing separate activities so you are not together but doing what you both really want to do?
Personally I prefer being together.
A really funny movie or a really scary one?
The scarier the better
Animated short film or live action short film?
Both are good, but you can do more (in fact, anything) with a small budget in animation, so I'll go with that.
Ralph Wiggum or Butters?
Butters
Documentary or movie based on a true story?
Well, if I'm trying to make a critical historical judgment, I wouldn't go near anything "based on a true story." And if I want art or entertainment, playing the history nerd is is going to be self-defeating in the extreme. So it's really apples and oranges.
Sunny cheerful day or romantic night of warm, windswept rain?
Definitely the rain at night
Autumn or Spring?
Autumn
Summer or Winter?
Winter
Clown or Ventriloquist Dummy?
Ventriloquist's dummy's are funnier!
Stage play or movie?
Movie.
Audiobook or talkie style podcast?
I listen to two podcasts (actually just old podcast archives) and no audiobooks, so pods, I guess.
Edit: sorry, wrong game!
Um, toast or croissants?
Ugh don't even mention croissants to me, I would love to eat them for every meal, nothing but.
Bacon, ham or breakfast sausage with your breakfast?
Oh, and what podcasts do you listen to if you don't mind my asking?
Bacon, please.
One is Terry Gross' Fresh Air--way too left wing for me, but I like the author interviews. The other is called The Brass Figlagee, and is basically an archive of Jean Shepherd's old radio show from the 50s though the 70s. Shepherd was a commentator and story teller. He's mostly forgotten now, except that the movie A Christmas Story was based on some of his short stories. I listened to him in the late 70s, when he was way over the hill. Some of his stuff is pretty dated now, but some isn't. And it's all a kind of time travel.
How many podcasts would you recommend and which are they?
I don't listen to any, that's why I asked you! Maybe it was on here but someone recommended a Ulysses podcast to help with reading the book but I don't remember what it's called, and I think you dislike Joyce? I listened to some British literature podcast for awhile which I liked but I forget what that was called too.
You ever read The Golden Bough? Should I read it next?
Yes, I read and liked it. I'm not sure I'd recommend it next, though. Frazier's ideas are almost all out of date, and no one believes that business about the new king killing the old king anymore. But in supporting these ideas he collected a vast amount of really cool lore that survived from "pagan" Europe--wrenning, May queens, Old Christmas, fertility poles, all that kind of stuff. But his ideas are fun. If you've got the time to mine the fact from the fiction, then go ahead. But it's long, so if you really intend to finish it, I'd wait till the dead of winter, when there's not a lot else to do. Or at least knock off all the small novels on your plate for now. But, you know, do what you like.
Veal or chicken parm (and why)?
Oh I'm only interested in it as literature/folklore, not some sort or anthropology textbook.
Chicken parm because I've never had veal parm, I'm sure both are great though.
Pasta dishes or rice dishes?
Pasta
Italy or France for a holiday (vacation)?