Would You??

If they were a banker I would recommend they invest in a yacht.

You've won a lottery and are given the choice of yacht or a mountain cabin. Which would you choose?

I just got done reading fatal storm: the inside story of the tragic Sydney-Hobart race. it was pretty harrowing but even if I had not read it, id say mountain cabin for sure.

would run into the ocean to save someone if you could not swim?

No, no reason for both of us to drown.


Would you go on a juice fast?

yes, I love juice...although I think I would miss peanut butter toast too much...so maybe not...hmmm

would you ever pretend you were someone who was being waited for at the airport, by someone who is carrying a sign trying to get your attention because he doesn't know you, and get yourself a free limo ride into town?

No. It's more fun to travel for real than to ride in a limo.

Would you advise someone you didn't really care for against an investment you were pretty sure was disastrous? This is in an unofficial capacity. You're not the person's broker. And the person is not an enemy. You've just never really hit it off.

No. You can never be certain about investments, if you advised the person not to invest, and the investment went well, then you would have an enemy.

You are a professor of romanticism, in competition for staff and resources with a professor of modernism. Your research assistant is very popular in the department - the secretaries love him, the students think he's a darling, even some of the modernists like him! A new lectureship comes up and you know that a modernist is bound to get it, given that your hated rival has an iron grip on the appointments committee. Do you encourage your research assistant to apply? You know he will be devastated if he does not get the post, but also know that the professor of modernism will look really bad for rejecting someone so popular.

im a little fuzzy---I would only get the ra to apply if he genuinely wanted the position, but not at all in attempt to shame the modernist professor.

if you were a baseball pitcher, would you purposely bean someone?

I've no idea what "bean someone" means. Does this translate as: "If you were a cricket bowler, would you adopt bodyline tactics?"

so far as I understand bodyline tactics, yes. it means to purposely hit someone with the ball.

No, I wouldn't bean a batter or even brush him back, although if I were a pitcher, the batter, catcher, and ump would do well to lie flat on the ground just the same.

Would you take a year-old magazine from a doctor's office home with you if it had an article you were interested in (but which you didn't have a chance to finish)?

oh absolutely...but id maybe ask too, and then promise to bring it back....

if you cheated on a play/broke a rule (in any sport) and the umpire/official/referee missed it and asked you if you did or not, would you tell him? (assume the call goes against you and your team if you tell him the truth)

It's an interesting question. My first thought was, yes, of course I would because it's just a game and not worth lying about. But if it doesn't really matter, then is it worth letting the team down just for my own sanctimonious conscience? Wouldn't that be a selfish thing to do, and even if it weren't, would I lose my friends over it? My personal policy when I have this kind of dilemma is to fall back on the simple truth and let the chips fall where they may. So yes, I would tell the ump the truth. If there were a more important consequence, though, if it were a matter of covering up for a friend who might get fired if I told the truth, I would most probably lie. I'm no saint, but I try to do the right thing.

Do you know the rules to curling?

i think mostly yes---ive watched enough on tv and even went once to a bonspiel. ive never gotten to play but I think id like to...

would you pick up a hitchhiker?

No. I picked up one with a pistol more than 30 years ago. Never again.

Would you tell the police if you learned that an old friend was dealing heroin to teenagers?

you don't see many hitchhikers around anymore...

i think I first would tell the old friend that if he didn't stop dealing heroin, I would tell the police, and then if he didn't stop, I would indeed tell them yes.

the new season of survivor starts on tv tonight. lying is an acceptable and understood, though often painful part of the game. if you were on the show, would you ever lie to advance your cause, or would you always play it straight?