Republic, but there still are some very old members of the royal famiiy living here.
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Republic, but there still are some very old members of the royal famiiy living here.
salt food or sweets?
Sweets mostly.
Ice cream or yogurt ?
Ice cream
Sunday or Monday?
Are you kidding Danik?? Sunday, obviously! ahah
Cinema or theatre?
Today I prefer Monday.
Theatre, but it has to be good theatre.
Fruit or vegetables?
Fruit
Tap or bottled water ?
Bottled water it's safer, but tap water, in rural places, it's more pure.
La la Land or Manchester by the sea? (anticipating the Oscars night)
La La Land I suppose. I haven´t seen any Oscar candidate yet.
Guitar or flute?
Manchester by the sea is waaaaaaay better, Danik. Watch it, it will be worth it.
Guitar, definitely.
1980's movies or 2000's movies?
much more the 2000s. I have this notion that creative story telling has to an extent kept pace with technological advancements in cinema. there were some great movies in the 80s, but I think there are also great movies in the 2000s, and there are more of them, they are better looking, and more innovative.
your favorite actors as good guys or as bad guys?
I like good acting, so it is what they are best at.
White bread or black bread?
white bread...
sometimes whole wheat. I don't remember the last time I had black bread. I do like that dark bread that comes in a can my Mother used to get on holidays... warmed and served with real butter. Wonder if it's still available... yup: http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining...03-column.html
Pistachios or Pecans ?
I don't like none of them, but if i really had to choose i would go with pecan.
Watermelon or melon?
melon
pasta or rice
Pasta, definitely!
Jazz or Soul?
Jazz
Taylor: isn´t that black bread Punpernickel?
Sun or moon?
It's different. The sun give's you energy and the will to go outdoors and do something, but the moon it's calming. I probably go with sun, but i love the night as well.
Painting or sculpture?
im mostly naïve in both genres but im going to go with soul. a lot of jazz, like poetry, seems lost on me.
lendo when you say "melon"---I wonder if you mean honeydew? or cantaloupe? I love watermelon.
when playing chess, being left with rooks or knights?
oh man you guys are going to fast!
Lol. I am such a slow player!
I usually prefer paintings.
Warm drinks or cold drinks?
Watermelon or melon? Honey Dew !
pasta or rice pasta: Fettuccine Alfredo.
Jazz or Soul? Tough choice, tough choice... Soul by a ♬
Taylor: isn´t that black bread Punpernickel? I read that black bread is either dark pumpernickel or dark rye/Russian rye... perhaps others I'm not aware of.
Sun or moon? Ecclesiastically: Sun; Poetically: Moon
Painting or sculpture? Ah... I love bronze sculptures, but could never afford such. Paintings, to my mind, are more varied in expression and more ubiquitous. I'll go with sculptures if money was no object.
when playing chess, being left with rooks or knights? Depends on position; generally rooks.
Warm drinks or cold drinks? I drink mostly water, so, cold drinks.
OS: Windows, Linux, Apple, other ?
Windows. I'm too incompetent to use Linux.
Kim Newman or Brian Lumley?
tailor when I play chess on the computer (im at a very low level), I find the knights on the other side give me fits!
well silas, ive never read anything by either, but I see they have both won bram stoker awards, so that makes it even tougher. horror might be one of my least read genres. lets go with Lumley because he's older and supposedly has less time left for people to choose him!
the pleasure of a woodstove in the winter time, or floating in a pond in the summer?
I love woodstoves. We had one when we lived in one of the few Brazilian cities that are colder. And clean ponds are not available in My city, only swimming pools. So the stove.
A warming soup in winter or an ice cream on the beach in summer?
A warming soup in winter: Campbell's Cream of Chicken w/ 3-dashes of curry powder.
Avocado or Artichoke ?
Both!Love them!
Horses or sheep?
re: A & A... me too.
We have only one horse left, out of many at one time, on our property: Tara, a gray Arabian, popular to all who pass by, whom I deride as Tarantula, Tarantella, Tyrannosaurus, Ta Ra Ra Boom d' A, etc.. My wife also had a sheep named, predictably, Baa Baa many years ago... and so many other animal pets. Sheep are tick infested if one doesn't watch closely... I'll go with horses.
Dancer or wallflower ?
tailor, if you are a fan of horses, I heartily recommend a book I just finished, beautiful jim key: the lost history of the world's smartest horse. thoroughly enjoyable, very well put together and a delightful story.
if you like horse racing---a couple other ive read and enjoyed: this racing heart, and, three strides before the wire.
hmm...if its a square or contra dance, im on the floor. if its a sort of social dance (formal or informal) or ethnic dance, likely on the floor. if its sort of club atmosphere where the dancing is sort of willy nilly, wallflower.
sourballs or fruit flavored lifesavers or jawbreakers?
I don't like candy... but if i had to choose, i would go with sourballs.
Pizza or Hamburguer?
Definitely pizza!
Tailor, I was very amused at the stories about Tara and BahBah. I think it is more difficult to care for big animals than small ones.
Bounty, a special request- ask more international questions. Sometimes I don´t answer them because I don´t know what or who they are.
soft drinks or fruit juices?
Mostly fruit juices, unless the soft drink is root beer or sarsaparilla.
Algebra or geometry?
Geometry because of the forms.
History or Geography?
History. The first books (serious books, i mean) that i read when i was very young were History books (Portuguese and European History). An interest that led me to get interested in Politics and other themes.
Marlon Brando or Humphrey Bogart?
Marlon Brando
Elisabeth Taylor or Betty Davis?
Elizabeth Taylor.
Waffles or pancakes?
Pancakes.
Flowers or fruit?
Fruit. They are more useful in our day-by-day routine.
Rocky saga or The Exterminator saga?
Neither! I am not fan of those killing for revenge sagas.
19 C or 20C authors (poetry and/ or prose)?
I can't say. Some of my favourite authors are from those two periods, and i think that both centuries were extremly rich in good authors and works. From the 19th century there's Tolstoi, Eminescu, Eça de Queiroz, Dostoievski, Victor Hugo... the 20th century had Camus, Gorki, Mário Sá Carneiro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Bulgakov... it's impossible to choose.
Chico Buarque or Caetano Veloso? (this one is made for Danik ahah)
I love both. Chico also wrote some very interesting novels.
But I am a defender of general questions, Lendo. If one asks questions about one specific country or culture, be it US, Portugal, Brazil or whichever country, the players who are not intimate with that particular culture will not be able of answering the questions and than they lose interest in the game.
Taking long walks or going by car/bycicle/bus?