Game: Ask the Person Below You

[Clopin]

Any forced happy ending. Eliza Dolittle ought to leave Henry Higgins like she does in Shaw's play, the Little Mermaid should dissolve into sea foam like she does in the Hans Christian Andersen story, etc. Does Quasimodo survive the Disney version of Hunchback? Whack him, too.

Who is the best minor Dickens character?

They're movies for kids! Yes, Quasimodo, Pheobus and Esmeralda all survive and Pheobus is recast as a great guy who wins Esmeralda's reluctant heart through his charm and friendliness (and looks obviously). It's honestly not the best Disney adaptation.

I don't give any kind of a crap about cars but give me the most hideous, ostentatious Lamborghini or whatever so I can impress really stupid girls into sleeping with me.

What is the worst show on TV which is also quite popular?

[Dark Muse]

Virtually any reality TV show

What would be your ideal type of lodging ( mansion, log cabin, house boat etc.)?

[Clopin]

If I'm self sufficient i'll take the pastoral idyll, on the ocean preferably.

Would you physically fight someone who was obnoxiously hitting on your significant other and being very rude to you?

[Pendragon]

In a heartbeat

Do you have grandchildren?

[Pompey Bum]

Miss Wade in Little Dorrit

Interesting character. The odd thing is that, if the book were written today, Miss Wade would likely be the heroine and Amy Dorrit the "self-torturer." Whether that's a good thing or not is another discussion.

They're movies for kids! Yes, Quasimodo, Pheobus and Esmeralda all survive and Pheobus is recast as a great guy who wins Esmeralda's reluctant heart through his charm and friendliness (and looks obviously). It's honestly not the best Disney adaptation.

And Quasi was their special ed buddy? Hee hee. I may have to break down and see that one.

No grandchildren, Pen.

Should Andrew Jackson's face on the 20 dollar bill be replaced with that of a woman (there is a current effort to that effect), if so, by whom, or if not a woman, by what man?

[Dark Muse]

I don't think it need be replaced by anyone. I think that would be a waste of expense. What does it really matter whose face is on the bill?


Same question

[Pompey Bum]

I couldn't agree more.

Should convicted felons be allowed to vote?

[Dark Muse]

That is a tough one I do have mixed feelings about it, but I think I lean more towrds no they shouldn't.

Do you think an immigrant who has legally become a U.S. citizen should be allowed to run for president?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, of course. Those who don't want a first generation immigrant to become president can vote for someone else.

Should free people have a right to die?

[Dark Muse]

If by that you mean should a person be able to take their own life or if they cannot do it themselves have another assist them than yes

A person should be able to do with their own life what they want, including end it.

Same question

[tonywalt]

I agree.

Has your favourite dish changed from when you were say 20?- and what is it?

[Pompey Bum]

Same answer, DM.

My favorite meal is a Chinese dumpling fest. At 20 I think it was beer (20 year olds could drink beer in those happy days).

Should education use more or less (or no) standardized testing?

[tonywalt]

hhm, without knowing the regional or national issue in which your question may be framed: yes, in some form or fashion. (I am a realist about issues such as this).

Do you gain news information from the internet more than television at this point? (And as the two blur together anyway)

[Pompey Bum]

I get almost all my real news from the Reuters website.

Should people from the United States call themselves something other than Americans, since there are so many other countries in North or South America?

[Clopin]

Nah, it's sort of like calling people specifically from England 'Brits', and I mean who really cares?

What's the last thing which made you laugh?