Monopoly
Stratego or Risk ?
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Monopoly
Stratego or Risk ?
Strategies certainly.
Live in a big city or in the country?
Not even a question for me: country, all the way. Beauty, quiet, fresh air, and no freaking PEOPLE! ;-) Also I'm from NYC and have had my fill of cities for one lifetime. Of course, many New Yorkers wouldn't dream of living anywhere else.
bounty, I was out there in the Grand Tetons as a lad, did some whitewater rafting and such. The fact that Grand Tetons means big tits was and remains highly significant to me. Now, what did you mean your photo done got onto the cover of the company? You mean of a company magazine? Or a box of company menstrual cramp remedies?
Die of boredom or die of gasoline fumes while filling your tank at the service station?
Neither. Playing LitNet forum games and closing the nose to avoid the fumes. ;)
Films or series?
danik I wonder if you misunderstood my post? or maybe auto-correct jumped in on you? stratego and risk are board games.
tyrion, yes, company brochure/progam actually. I have the slide the photo came from, but unfortunately not the brochure or actual photo.
hmm, that's a toughie---there have been a few series ive really enjoyed over the years, but movies are major special treats. im going to go very slight razor thin edge on series.
Ann Hathaway or Julie Newmar as cat woman?
Yes, Bounty, it seems I misunderstood your and Taylorīs post about the games. I vaguely remember "monopoly" but I donīt know the other games, at least not with these names.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
Ann Hathaway
Films or series?
<sings Twilight Zone music> Ain't we just did 'films or series'? Anyway, my answer these days is series, since there are some supremely good ones around on cable and Netflix, while most films are now less fun than a piece of chalk and cost a whole lot more. Plus you can draw penises on the sidewalk with the chalk.
Anne Hathaway or Ranch dressing?
Ranch dressing, of course, whatever kind of dressing it is.
Genuine Cheddar Cheese served in thin slices or Swiss Cheese?
Dude.:smilewinkgrin: You're talking to the Cheddar man himself.
Live in one of those valleys in Switzerland, amidst the Alps, that look like heaven itself, or live in a dingy, poorly maintained, rat infested fifth floor walk-up in Hell's Kitchen?
Live in a heavenly valley, but with cinema and restaurants at arms throw.
Live in America (continent) or Europe?
You're asking a whopper of a question, because it's implications include the geographic, cultural, political, economic and practical. So that we don't open a whole can o' worms, I'll limit myself to saying America, because it is the place I feel I can have the best quality of life, and remain close to my family.
Be boring or have a triangle shaped head?
I certainly prefer to be boring and having enough hats fitting my head.:D
Working at home or at an office?
that's a toughie---pros and cons to both but the choice between the two would be consistent on the type of work one wants to be doing. for the most part, for me, coaching/teaching requires an office. universities like it when you show up and a few "office hours" per week just don't seem to get the job done. smiles...
but the nice thing about working at home is there's no one telling you "get out!"
so danik, specifically for you since youre down there, but applicable for anyone who might want---you get to go to the Olympics, do you spend the day at gymnastics or track & field?
That's interesting, bounty, I too have been a teacher or lecturer most part of my life.
I'll probably disapoint you, bounty, but I donīt like sport. However I am going to start to do something in that line, gymnastic aided by those strange modern devices, because of medical orders.
As for the Olympics, I would be very happy if they happened in some other country. Brazil in in the midst of the greatest corruption scandal of its history. The state of Rio de Janeiro, where most of the games will take place, has declared financial failure at the beginning of the month, there isnīt even money to pay its civil servants and the retired people.
I wouldnīt advise anyone I knew to come to Brazil to watch the games!
Water sports or ball games?
yes the games in rio are already controversial and many people are critical of them.
in theory and in some practice, the awarding of the games to any particular city and the subsequent changes that happen to the place as the facilities are built, and the game occur, are beneficial to the host city in particular and to the world at large in general.
theres sometimes talk over the years of making 3-4 permanent sites for the games and to use them on a rotating basis. this offsets the tremendous cost of them as well as assures some sort of continual use of the facilities. many from prior games have fallen into disrepair and are not used.
I like both--either playing or watching im thinking the question's maybe too broad for me to narrow down to a definitive answer. id rather go canoeing, or white water rafting than say, play basketball. but id rather play kickball than swim laps or play water polo. synchronized swimming and diving is fun to watch, but I don't want to do them. leading a water exercise class or teaching kids to swim is fantastic, but then so is teaching tennis and I enjoy watching some of the grand slam events when they are on.
I think id go with slight edge to ball games though on this condition---thatd id have someone to do them with regularly and that they be something new to me---like cricket, or better yet, team handball.
somewhat vigilante/romantic stories like zorro and robin hood, or whodunits like Agatha Christie?
Rio de Janeiro was formerly a favourite destiny for international tourism, specially on Carnival. But what happens this time is that the whole state is severelly in debt to the union because of the general corruption. Anyway the games canīt be avoided any more, so letīs hope for the best.
I hope you have time to practise your favorite sports, bounty.
Robin Hood any time!
Romantic or realistic literature?
well I am going to make at least a minimal attempt here to rescue one of my favorite games from the abyss.
you might have to elaborate a bit on "romantic" danik, because im sure I don't want to equate it with romances.
meanwhile, I can at least say dickens, cooper and Stevenson are a few of my favorite old authors, and if what they write is "realistic literature", im going with that one!
the original x-men movies, or the x-men first class movies?
.....bad connection
I didnīt watch either. Usually the original version is the best
You did well to ask, bounty. I donīt think it is that easy to define and distinguish "romantic" and "realistic" literature. It depends on the literary tradition of a certain country which on its turn depends on this countries experience view of the world.
"Romantic" literature is more subjective, emphasising the feelings sometimes to the extreme and there often is room for the supernatural. I believe, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and even Jane Eyre are considered romantic novels plus all the novels by Walter Scott, while the novels by Anne Brontë are considered realistic. In US I think Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the great romantic references.
Realistic literature relies more on objective observation and accuracy of details. Its intention is to depict life "as it is" as closely as possible. But their are great diferences. For example, the French realism of Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert, ground on a very negative view of man and society. I remember being impressed by a detail when reading Father Goriot-the dying old man was so exploited by every one, that even the cat lapped the cream off his milk.
Dickens is considered a realist too, but it is quite a different kind of realism. Dickens believed in the possibility of changing persons and instituitions for the better. For me his stories are an interesting mixture of realistic depiction of environment and instituitions and fairy tale characters.
Here is a bit more about romanticism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
novels or short stories?
interesting you say "the originals are usually better" because in x-men, the "first class" movie are the back stories of the "originals"---they pre-date the originals in the story line, so in a peculiar sense, they can be considered the originals.
well that makes the choice tougher---im a big fan of Frankenstein, the three musketeers, the hunchback of notre dame and Dracula for instance.
how about one one day, and the other the next day!
ah, thankfully a no-brainer. novels over short stories, although short stories are indeed enjoyable. I read a bunch by hawthorne I liked last year. typically I don't read them though.
edgar rice burroughs' tarzan books or edgar rice burroughs' martian tales?
interesting you say "the originals are usually better" because in x-men, the "first class" movie are the back stories of the "originals"---they pre-date the originals in the story line, so in a peculiar sense, they can be considered the originals.
well that makes the choice tougher---im a big fan of Frankenstein, the three musketeers, the hunchback of notre dame and Dracula for instance. and your wiki page calls cooper a romanticist!
how about one one day, and the other the next day!
ah, thankfully a no-brainer. novels over short stories, although short stories are indeed enjoyable. I read a bunch by hawthorne I liked last year. typically I don't read them though.
edgar rice burroughs' tarzan books or edgar rice burroughs' martian tales?
With "originals" I mean the first movie(s) that were produced first. Iīm not thinking of the story line. If the first product is a success they tend to make sequels to the story and/or previous story but the quality may not be the same.
You neednīt make a choice at all. I didnīt want to complicate but it is always dangerous to encorage a favorite subject. ;)
Tarzan, to be sure! Never heard about the martian tales.
Garfield or Peanuts?
i love the first class movies, but my favorite of all the x-men movies, is x-men first class: days of future past.
the movie combines elements from both time periods in it.
john carter is the main character in the martian tales. a movie was made a few years ago, called "john carter," combining elements from more than one book. I liked it, but a lot of hardcore john carter fans were critical of it.
i might lean slightly towards the martian tales but maybe the next tarzan book i read will swing me back the other way.
peanuts for sure...though my favorite cartoon strips are bloom county, the far side, calvin & hobbes, dennis the menace and foxtrot.
books with page turning story lines or with exquisitely worded sentences?
books with page turning story lines... Big fan of Burroughs... movie John Carter welcomed/watched over & over because nothing else is out by Burroughs recently, the piker; sure it has its flaws, but that could be said of any lit>screen (think "Battlefield Earth" as an extreme). Calvin & Hobbs, Bloom County, BC, Wizard of Id, 9 Chickweed Lane (seriously), Zen Pencils, Dilbert, Foxtrot, Lio... http://www.gocomics.com/features
Older classic scifi movies (ex: "When Worlds Collide") or contemporary scifi movies ?
Older classic scifi movies
bagle or toast for breakfast?
toast and tea in the morning is one of the highlights of my day, but I love bagels too and if finances were different, might be eating them more often.
so tailor---you liked john carter? ive only watched it once but its a movie id watch over again. virrrrginia!
sci-fi wise, id go for the newer movies---I think the special effects from the late 70s onwards make the experience more enjoyable and the story telling seems more creative.
WWII history or mountain climbing stories?
WWII history... mountain climbing stories wear me out.
Rain or snow ?
rain in the spring or summer and snow in the fall and winter! hows that? laughs...
European WWII history or Pacific WWII history?
man the forum tricks me into double posting all the time!
... tough choice... I'll go with European history.
NFL or NBA ?
tough choice for me too. I just finished a book on bataan that I really enjoyed. im probably more acquainted with the European side, especially as I like survival literature and there seems to be more prison/concentration camp material from there.
heck, I probably haven't watched a full nba game in decades, and even then, I think it had been decades prior to that one. so nfl---but if I had to be watching sports on tv, there are plenty of others id rather be watching.
tom Clancy books or john grisham books?
Havenīt read any of them. I remember vaguely that The Firm was a bestseller and/or blockbuster in Brazil so I go fraudulentely with Grisham.
Maybe more ample questions would boost this thread.
Prose or poetry?
Prose. Most books i read and that i consider my favorites are prose style books.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Tolstoi or Dostoievski?
I usually prefer prose too.
I love both but I prefer Dostoievski.
Serious discussions or entertainment topics?
Both have their importance, but we learn more with serious discussions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Summer vacations or winter vacations?
ive spents tons of time either in college, or working at them, so "vacations" were both summer and winter.
did the florida spring break thing a couple of times during undergrad, so there is (was?) something appealing about escaping the cold and snow and enjoying the warmth and sunshine. on the whole though, especially as im not really involved in winter sports and the allure of sunshine destinations waned with age, id lean towards a summer vacation.
most poems are lost on me. I wonder if id take a bad book over good poetry? (if you go with either of the first two choices, who's your favorite(s)?)
marvel comic book superheroes of DC comic book superheroes or no superheroes at all?
I'm from Portugal, the best summer destiny in Europe so... summer vacations all the way!Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
Concerning superheroes: the best comic book i read when i was a teenager was a Sipderman book, so... i go with the Marvel comic books.
Martin Scorsese or Francis Ford Coppola?
Probably Scorsese - for his role in Shark Tale if nothing else!
Almond or coconut macaroons?
Almond macaroons
I prefer parodies of superheroes to the superheroes themselvelves
The Martin Scorcese of Taxi Driver and Hugo Cabret
And I prefer the summer vacations because they are longer.
Apples or pineapples?
mmm... pineapples fresh out of the can in natural juice.
cranberry drink or pomegranate drink ?