Game: Ask the Person Below You

[Pompey Bum]

lemme just pass your question along to the next fellow..."Would you purchase a hand gun and teach yourself to shoot if you were convinced it was the only way to protect yourself and your family?"

Sure, if I thought that serious harm to me or my family was likely and that the cops were not taking the threat seriously or waiting to respond to actual violence. And if I lived in or near an area where the cops don't do business anymore; as, in recent years in parts I don't know if it is ongoing) in Oakland and Detroit. I wouldn't take relish in to doing it, but like North says, if it were the only option, I would.

Would you be less inclined to favor social programs if you made enough to be very heavily taxed for them? Alternately, would you favor a flat tax if you had children and a mortgage (which are major tax deductions)?

[Lykren]

I hope not and I don't think so.

Do you enjoy shopping for clothing, or accompanying someone shopping?

[Pompey Bum]

No, I hate it with all my heart and soul and mind and strength. I buy almost all my clothes from the LLBean catalogue, and I only do that when something I need wears out. I've considered writing an autobiography and calling it Bad Consumer.

Same question.

[Clopin]

Yes, I love it, though I buy most clothes online as well. Honestly I pretty much love buying anything, but clothes and books especially.

How important do you think a good sound system is to your enjoyment of music?

[North Star]

I rarely buy clothes, and when I do, I don't do it online, and it can be very nice indeed, unless you happen to be in a rush to find something.

How important do you think a good sound system is to your enjoyment of music?

Good is mandatory, but relative. I listen to music for hours daily on my computer, but the speakers didn't cost more than 25 € new, and I'm certainly happy with them. If the system doesn't sound good to you, though, you're probably not going to enjoy the music.

Who is your favourite contemporary novelist?

[Pompey Bum]

It's very important if you want to get the most from your music. But you can also get joy from a cheap system, so it really depends on what you're looking for.

Favorite contemporary novelist: it's a fairly pedestrian choice, but I really dig Donna Tartt. Not Proust, I know, but fun in a compulsive sort of way.

Have you ever considered joining a cult?

[Lykren]

No cults, and I like Anne Carson, though I've only read one novel by her and it was in verse.


Would you rather die of a heart attack from excessive consumption of cuteness, or a really fun drug?

[Pompey Bum]

If it can't be from a totally unexpected shotgun blast point blank to the back of the head, I would probably go for the heart attack. Drugs are bad, m'kay? Only I want to consume ice cream, not cuteness.

How would you choose to die?

[Clopin]

Painlessly in my sleep of course.

If you had to join a cult (and you had to be really serious about it) which major cult would you join (past, but recent cults are fair game)?

[Pompey Bum]

Coed naked Bible study.

Come on, fess up, how many seasons of South Park have you watched?

[Lykren]

Smothered in girl, if that would do the trick.

Shotgun blasts work too.

EDIT: no south park, but an episode or two with friends. Honest.

How do you feel about dancing?

[North Star]

E: Not a big fan of dancing, but I have nothing against it either.
None of South Park, not even a full episode.

Excessive consumption of cuteness?
Really fun drug? I didn't see this question before I posted in This or That.
Smothered in girl sounds good to me.

Haydn's String Quartets or Symphonies?

[Clopin]

Coed naked Bible study.

Come on, fess up, how many seasons of South Park have you watched?

Well quite a few, I used to watch it all the time when I was younger and I still think some of the stuff can be pretty funny though the latest episodes have been garbage. Probably like four or five complete seasons.

Is the Simpsons better than Seinfeld?

[Lykren]

E: Not a big fan of dancing, but I have nothing against it either.
None of South Park, not even a full episode.

Excessive consumption of cuteness?
Really fun drug? I didn't see this question before I posted in This or That.
Smothered in girl sounds good to me.

Haydn's String Quartets or Symphonies?

Symphonies; but I don't really know well enough to judge...

Simpsons or Seinfeld?

[Clopin]

And Lykren if you're going to answer something like "I don't like either" you can just leave.