Questions #251 Travel

Where have you never gone that you would like to go to?

Question #250 Clean Words

A while ago I wanted to know the filthiest expression but now I would like to know the absolute most wholesome, least offensive word that can be spoken aloud, aside from A, An and The.

What is the least dirty word in the English language?

Question #249 Doctor

Are you honest with your doctor? Do you tell them how much you drink? How much unprotected sex you have? The drugs you take? Cigs you smoke? ETC...

Question #248 One Entertainment

Suppose you had to chose one of the following and everything else on the list would disappear from your life forever.

1. Books
2. Comic Books
3. Music
4. TV/Movies

Which would you chose?

Bonus: What factors did you weigh to make your decision?

Question #247 Jake

Jake is in Jamaica all week and that's why he didn't put up a question. What do you think he is doing there?

Question #246 Your Genius

What's been your best (or only) idea for a book or a movie?

Question #245: Whats HOT in Spring/Summer 08

Inspired by every single stupid magazine that has come across my desk this week:
What are your "Top Ten Hot Picks" for spring/summer 2008?

Book:
Song:
Movie:
Activity:
Color:
Toy/Gadget:
Destination:
Drink:
Accessory:
Other:

#244 Job

What do you think of your job? Like it? Hate it? Love it?

Question #243 M. A. R. S.

How do you feel about spending resources on a manned trip to Mars?

Bonus: Was your opinion affected by Bush's support of the plan?

Question #242 Cuss Words (Just Let 'em Flow)

Today's question was recommended by Phil via the Very Serious Message Board:

What's the dirtiest word in the English language?

Literal translations (i.e., having to do with dirt, grime, etc) are discouraged.

Question #241 Your Forte

What do you do best?

Question # 240 eVote

How do you feel about electronic voting?

Question #239 Snack

What is the best snack?

Question #238 City Folk

I recently visited Vancouver which was pretty rad. This brings me to my question:

What is the most recent city where you were pleasantly surprised by how awesome it was?

Bonus points for the more exposition you can give.

Question #237 A Magical Kingdom

What's the best animated Disney movie?

BONUS: What's the best live-action one (and does it top your answer to the above question)?

Question #236 Humble Pie

What is your most recent humbling experience?

*Bear in mind the difference between "humbling" and flat-out embarrassing.

Question # 235 I Love You

How many people have told you that they love you?

Question #234 Give yourself a hand

What do you do to reward yourself when you do something well?

Bonus: What do you do for others?

Question #233 Rich Kid Syndrome

If you had Bill Gates-type money what steps would you take in order to keep your kids from growing up as total snots? Or would you let them do whatever they wanted because they are your precious angels?

Question #232 Riverboat

Inspiration for this question comes from today's Very Serious Picture entry (pic.veryserious.org), posted by Phil.

Have you ever been on a riverboat? If so, when and where? If not, what are you going to do to rectify the problem?

Question #231 Your Day Here

If you could set a date that would be a holiday in your honor, what date would you choose?

*Bonus: How would people celebrate your day? Would there be any traditional activities?

Question #230 Valentines

In collaboration with Dave...

What are you doing for Valentines Day this year (today)?

Bonus: How do you feel about Valentines Day in general?

Question #229 Potatoery!

Everybody knows that potatoes are delicious . What is your favorite potato preparation?

Question #228 Wallet-sizery

What size wallet should a man carry?*

BONUS: What should (or should not) go in it?

*exact dimensions OR relative terms

Question #227 Your Own Filth

This was suggested by work buddy Matt.

What's the longest you've gone without bathing and why?

Question #226 Get Lucky

In honor of yesterday's lunar new year:

Do have any object or symbol you consider lucky? (lucky number, date, color, pennies, animal, etc.)

And do you actually believe it brings you good luck, or is it just habit/comfort?

Question #225 Burger

What is the best hamburger out there? Please describe in detail and link if possible.

If you don't eat meat feel free to dish on veggie/vegan burgers.

BONUS: What is the best cut of french fry?

Question #224 US Presidents

Today's question is:

Who was/is the best US president and why?

Teddy R. doesn't count for the same reason that watching TV on DVD doesn't count. Please pick someone else.

[Edit: I added '/is' to the question in order to account for the soulless hordes. No offense intended if you are one of them. Sike.]

Question #223 Good

To carry the theme:

Who's your favorite heroic figure, fictional or otherwise?*

*Simply being the protagonist of a story doesn't cut it. I only want to hear about the heroic ones.

Question #222 Evil

In your opinion, who is the best/scariest villain of all time? Fictional or otherwise.

Question #221 Tombstone

As death seems to be the hot topic this week:

What do you want your tombstone to say?

Question #220 New Music

What new music have you been into?

Whether it is a new release or just new to you, please share.

Question #219 Deathery

Today's question comes from Fil:

How do you want to die?

Bonus Question:

If you were to commit suicide how would you do it?

Question #218 Chocolate

Which do you prefer: milk chocolate or dark chocolate?*


*If you want to answer with "I don't like chocolate at all" or some other piece of fiction, just choose one of the above options using your own terms.

Question #217 Entertainment!

You are in charge of producing the Super Bowl halftime show. You have full creative control, an unlimited budget, and you can even break the rules of space and time by bringing performers back from the dead.

What sort of entertainment will you put together for the Super Bowl Halftime Show?

*Your only parameter is the standard 20 minute halftime show format.

Question #216 Complements

What is the best complement you have ever received?

(*Bonus: Worst insult?)

Question #215 Savings

Do you save money? How much in general? How do you do it?

Sorry for three questions in one day but this is something I really want (need) to get input on.

Question #214 Layoffism

Recent current events have me reminiscing on "great" employer moves of times past.

My question: What is the lamest firing or layoff you have witnessed? If you haven't experienced any first-hand you can share one you have heard of.

Question #213 Heavenly Bodies

What's your take on astrology as a real way of determining such things as a person's character or what the future holds?

BONUS: What Zodiacal sign are you, and what does that say about you?

Oops

Apologies to anyone at work today who has been waiting for a question. I shut my brain off for the holiday, but you can take this opportunity to visit the message board and talk about whatever you want.

Question #212 Scrabble

What is the best word you have been able to use in the board-game Scrabble? How many points was it worth?

Question #211 Book Report

What was the last good book that you read? Tell us about it and spread the word.

If you haven't read a good book recently feel free to report on an old favorite.

Question #210 Animalia

Are you a dog-person, a cat-person, or an enslaving-wild-animals-for-our-own-feelings-
of-companionship-is-immoral-person?

Question #209 Viewing Habits

How much TV do you watch every week, and how do you feel about your viewing habits?*

BONUS: What are you watching when you watch it?

*Watching shows after-the-fact on DVD doesn't count. I'm talking about actual broadcast/cable feed.

Question #208 Clothes

What's the worst thing you ever wore?

Questions #207 Epoch

If you could live in any century or time period, when would you live? (past, present, or future)

*Bonus: What would be your occupation?

Question #206 Sando

What is your favorite kind of sandwich? Be as graphic as you can please.

Bonus if you link to a photo.

Question #205 Sexo-racism

My question:

In a world where, in the primaries for the defacto "good" party, it comes down to a woman, a black, and a fucking white, why is it that, increasingly, the FW seems like the only reasonable choice? Racism? Sexism? Robotism? What?

Question #204 Showering

How much time do you usually spend in the shower every day?

BONUS: What goes on in there, anyway?

Question #203 Television

Do you watch this T.V. show, "The Wire?"

I've never seen an episode and now everyone's non-stop gushing about it. If you watch it: What's it about and what do you like about it?


Non-viewers can answer with another TV show they ritually watch every week.

Question # 202: First Book

What is the first book you can remember reading?

Question #201 Daily hits

Name three websites that you visit everyday without fail...

(no need to flatter us by saying 'veryserious'.)

Question #200 Life's Worth

Good job on 200 rad questions and 200 x ?? rad answers everyone!

My question for today is: What is your life worth?*



*[Edit]: What I meant was "what, if traded for your life right now, would be a worthwhile trade" but I realize now too late that it could totally be read as "how much stuff do you own?"

Please see the discussion here: http://board.veryserious.org/topic.php?id=50&page&replies=2

Question #199 Happy New Year

What were the first words to come out of your mouth this morning?

Question #198 Reflection

A co-worker told me about his friend who thinks of each passing year as a "Question Year" or an "Answer Year." I think the example was one year she wondered if she was gay, and the next year she realized, "Yeah, I'm totally gay." And moved from New York to Montana to wear flannel or something.

While I don't expect any of us to divulge any heavy personal revelations, perhaps you can still tell us:

For you, was 2007 a Question Year, or an Answer Year?

*As always, bonus points for elaborating.

**The questions you've been answering on this site over the past year don't count.

Question #197 Marching Band

If you and your friends and family started a marching band, what instrument would you play?

Question #196 Cheese

What is your favorite kind of cheese?

Question #195 2008

What is going to happen to you and yours in 2008?

Question #194 Ketchup

I read a statistic this week that said the average America consumes five bottles of ketchup (average size) a year. Usually, when I read American consumer statistics like this I think to myself: "NO WAY!"; but this seems pretty reasonable if not on the low side for the average American. So my question is:

How many bottles of ketchup do you think you eat in a year?

*If you are not American: what kind of condiments do you consume regularly?

Question #193 Going Home

As the holiday's draw near many people are returning to the towns that they grew up in.

What is it like to go home for you?

Question #192 What You Are

In this world with its varied peoples and cultures it may be surprising to learn the following fact: Everyone falls into, at his or her core being, one of two categories.

Today's question: Are you hip-hop or are you R&B*?

*Today's question inspired by an interviewer of Bill Bellamy who asked him this question hella years ago. His answer was along the lines of "I'll admit that I am an R&B brother but I dare you to find anyone on TV who is more hip-hop than me." Clearly this wasn't during the era of the Meth and Redman sitcom.

Question #191 Your Other Half

Lauren requested a question about conjoined (aka "siamese") twins, so...

Imagine God comes down from outer space and says that you have to become a conjoined twin-- sharing a single body with another person's head (& brain)-- but that you can choose who the other person will be.

Who would you choose as your conjoined twin, and why?

Question #190 Your Vice

A vice can be anything from an relatively harmless "bad habit" (like fingernail biting or drinking too much coffee), to a "an evil, degrading, moral practice" (like picking on cripples or snorting coke off a newborn baby's bottom).

What's your worst/favorite vice? What harm is it causing you, if any?

*Bonus: Have you successfully kicked any bad habits?

Question #189 Animal Parts

If you could have one animal feature, what would it be? i.e. wings, gills, 4 legs, etc.

Question #188 Advice

Who do you go to when you need real moral advice?

Question #187 Inspiration For Attractivity

From the first time I ever watched Caddyshack I was positive that Chevy Chase's character "Ty" had the right idea of how to interact with girls. Ty, combined with Bill Murray's character in Stripes, is still who I aspire to be like as much as possible in all of my dealings with the opposite sex.*

My question is: What fictional character(s) best-define your ideal on how to make other people attracted to you?

* Bonus: Is there a way to say "opposite sex" that is inclusive of gayness? I thought of "the sex" but I'm not sure this really works.

Question #186 Christmas Song

What's your favorite Christmas* song?

BONUS: Which is your least favorite?

*And/or Hanukka/Kwanzaa/winter solstice/other traditions that I'm not culturally-sensitive enough to recall.

Question #185 Cliches

Do you ever have conversations with people where you get lazy, and just respond with some old, standby phrase to make it sound like you were actually listening, or care, like, "Well, it takes all kinds..."?

My question is, what are your favorite cliches?

Question #184 At The Party

Ariel can't post a question from her Blackberry and asked me to post this on her behalf:

Every party has a regular cast of characters; the guy who takes his shirt off, the girl who ends up crying, the wallflower, the girl who is always cleaning even though she is not actually hosting, the guy who hits on every girl, the silent judge in the corner, etc.

Who are you at the party?

Question #183 Gift

What do you want for Christmas?

Question # 182 Your Legacy

From the time I was young my dad hammered two points home; two points that, even if I should forget everything else he taught me, I was to always remember. These two points were: "Procrastination is the thief of time" and "Womens is bitches".

My friend growing up's dad taught him the mantra "The war never ends."*

My question is: What words of advice will you leave to your children to better help guide them in their life decisions?


*My friend's dad was in Vietnam natch'**

**follow up question: where should you put the "'" character when saying "natch"? at the beginning or at the end or not at all?

Question #181 Your Walls

During the early years of your "adulthood" (around 18 to 22 years of age), what pictures/posters/tapestries could be found on your bedroom/dorm-room walls?*

*If you're 22 or younger, what's currently on them?

Question #180 Book Words

I'm actually a huge fan of them.

What is your favorite book word? If you don't care for book words, which one annoys you the most?

If you have no idea what I am talking about, you can read more about book words here.

Question #179 Sherlock

There is a big blockbuster Sherlock Holmes action movie in pre production right now; who do you think should be cast as Sherlock?

(Keep in mind he is awesome: a chemist, champion boxer, dashing, brave, and a bloody good detective. Though, he is also arrogant, a drug addict, completely asexual, and kind of bitchy.)

Question #178 Penny Pinching

What are some of the more creative ways that you have attempted to save money?

Bonus: What are some non-typical ways that you have earned money?

The more embarrassing the better.

Question #177 American Culture

What aspect of current American cultural direction gives you the most hope for our future?
No fair to say "no aspect".

Bonus: Do we have a chance or should we all move to Canada?

Question #176 Happiness

Today's question was suggested by Luke G.:

Does happiness come from within?

Question #175 Morgan Freeman

How great is Morgan Freeman?

Seriously.

Question #174 Price/Urine ratio

Two close friends of mine are often arguing about housing and homeless.

One friend, lets call him "Ryan", is often complaining that the plants all along his street are used for toilets by SF's transient population.

My other friend, we'll call him "Phil", is oft-heard dismissing these complaints with the claim that the only reason "Ryan" lives where he lives is because the rent is low and the only reason the rent is low is because of the "golden glow" on all plants/buildings/parked cars in the area.

This brings us to today's question:

What is the appropriate ratio of public toiletry to lowered housing costs?

Question #173 Other Selves

In A Very Serious Conversation 21.1 Phil, Hadas & I touched briefly on the subject of World of Warcraft.

Are you currently-- or have you ever been-- involved in this or any other massively-multiplayer online video game or community (or do you know anyone who is/has), and what are your thoughts on such things?

BONUS: If so, tell us about your avatar(s).

Question #172 Hate

I am in a foul mood (just for today), so I am breaking my usual positive slant and inviting every Very Serious Answer-Person to my vent sesh, k?

Who do you find the most deplorable human on the planet? If you'd like to keep things vague, then tell me what trait you most deplore in others? (This is totally lifted from the Proust Questionnaire, yes.)

If this is all too intense, then just tell me your biggest pet peeves.

Thanks and have a good holiday!

Question #171 Reality

If TV executive gave you a bunch of money to produce a reality TV show, what kind of show would you make? (What is the premise? Who would star in it? Etc.)

Question #170 Music Videos

What are your favorite music videos? Least favorite?

Please try to comment and even post a link to youtube or something.

Question # 169 Air Travel

I found out yesterday that I must travel to Germany so my question is a selfish one:

What are your strategies for surviving long flights?

Bonus: What kind of drugs do you take?

Question #168 Identity

Who are you?

Answer in a sentence of 10 or fewer words.

BONUS: When you're done, go to the introductions thread on the Very Serious Message Board to answer more completely.

Question #167 Lying to Kids

When my friend Steve was little, his mom got annoyed by his begging for chocolate, and she told him he was allergic. He avoided birthday cupcakes and ice cream for years before he found out he actually wasn't.

When my mom was in a rush to leave a video store once, she told me the Paddington Bear VHS I was eyeing was actually a horror movie that would give me nightmares.

So, what's the biggest/funniest/weirdest lie someone told you when you were a kid? When and how did you find out the truth?

*Santa Claus stories are prohibited, we covered that already.

Question #166 Storybooks

Which of your favorite children's storybooks would you most like to see made into a live action film?


(*Bonus: Who should star in the film?)

Question #165 Movies

What was your favorite movie as a kid? Why?

Question #164 National Anthem

I think our national anthem has to change. It's boring, hard to sing, doesn't convey any information about us, is too warlike, etc. We've got to change it immediately.

What should be our new national anthem?

Question #163 The Internet

How internet-y are you?

Talk about the role that online social networks, blogs, wikipedia, podcasts, email, instant message, etc. play in your life, and how you feel about that.

Question #162 Your Daily Grind

What is your favorite moment, hour or portion of your average, ho-hum day?

Question #161 Bravery

Do you consider yourself to be brave?

*Bonus: give us an example of your bravery or cowardice!
(Though paradoxically, admitting cowardice is sort of brave, no?)

Question #160 Pleasure

What is your pleasure?

Question #159 Your Dirty Mind

How dirty is your mind?

Question #158 Overpayment

Who, in your opinion, gets paid more than they deserve?

Question #157 Russia

Why do we need Russia to be our friend/ally? Meaning, what can Russia possibly do for us? i.e., What is Russia good for, anyway?

*Bonus: Just who does Russia think it is?

Question # 156 Halloween Costume

What are you going to dress up as for Halloween?

Question #155 Hardcore

Who is/was your favorite hardcore band? Reasons why?

Question #154 Animals

When was the last time you were attacked by an animal?

Question #153 Science Fiction

Here's a question-- inspired by Devin-- that Phil & I discussed in the soon-to-be-released A Very Serious Conversation #19:

What science fiction movie has the most accurate vision of the future (examples: Robocop, The Terminator, Blade Runner, Road Warrior)?

BONUS: Which vision of the future are you most looking forward to?

Question #152 Solar System

What's your favorite planet and why?

Question #151 Sound

What is your favorite sound?

Question #150 Pain

What is worse pain? Emotional or physical pain?

Feel free to discuss a painful experience that you have had either way.

Question #149 Ideal Clothing

What do you wish you were wearing right now?

Question #148 Transcendence

Jake is in Mexico with limited access to the world wide webs so he asked me to post this question on his behalf:


Have you ever tried meditation?

If so, what was it like? If not, what do you do to relax?

Question #147 Family Traditions

What's your favorite thing to do with your parents (or other close relatives) when you visit them?

Question #146 Crush

What is the most inappropriate crush you've ever had? (teacher, friend's boyfriend/girlfriend, employer/employee, etc.)

*best not to name names.

Question #145 Love Lyrics

What are your favorite song lyrics about love?

Question #144 Best City

What's your favorite city?

BONUS: What's your favorite travel/vacation spot (if different from above)?

[thanks to NateG for question suggestion]

Question #143 Santa Claus

When did you first learn that jolly old Saint Nick doesn't exist?

Question #142 Ghosts

As a rational, educated and otherwise levelheaded adult, do you believe in ghosts?

*Bonus: What about psychics?

Questions #141 Flavor

What is your favorite flavor?

Question #140 Taqueria

What do you get from the Taqueria?

Question #139 Old Photos

What was the most regrettable photograph ever taken of you? What made it so bad? Feel free to post the picture if you have it.

Question #138 First Kiss

When did you have your first "French" kiss, where did it happen and who was on the other end?

Question #137 Tobey Maguire

On New Year's Eve 2003, my friend Zach wrote a brilliant song called, "If I were Tobey Maguire for a Day," in which he contemplated the places he would go, the women he would woo, the food he would eat, and the overall wonderful day he would have. But in the end, he just decided to "fuck a horse."

What would you do if you were Tobey Maguire for a day?

*If you're unsure, you should review Tobey's Wikipedia page, and note that Mr. Maguire earned $17 Million in 2004 for Spiderman 2 alone.

Question #136 Statue

If someone made a large statue of you, where would you want it to be placed?

*Bonus: what would you be doing in the statue?

Question #135 Birthday Gifts

It celebration of Phil’s birthday and my birthday (today)…

What is the best gift you have ever received for your birthday? The best gift you have given to some one on their birthday?

Questions #134 Fear

What are you afraid of?

Question #133 Birthplace

Where were you born, and what were your parents' circumstances at the time?

Question #132 Homes and houses

This is a question about your dream home. What's it like and what's your favorite room there?

*Super bonus plus: What city/country/region is it in?

Question #131 Anticipation

What are you looking forward to right now?

Question #130 Coffee

Tell me about the best coffee.

Focus on the best one cup of coffee that you have ever had? If you can remember it.

Question #129 Your Nickname

Everyone knows that you can't give yourself a nickname. But let's suppose that this rule was revoked and you were able to name yourself. How would you introduce yourself?

Question #128 Relative Worth

Who are you better than?

Question #127 Monday Question

What'd you do this weekend? *Bonus: How was it?

Questions #126 Extinction

If you were forced to choose an animal for extinction, which one would it be?



*Bonus: which one would you bring back from extinction?

Question #125 Dining

Where do you like to go out to eat and what do you like to order?

Question #124 Possessions

What is your favorite thing you own?

Question #123 - Documentaries

What's the last feature-length documentary you watched in the theater? What did you think of it?

Question #122 Jobs

My friend Susanna asks this one a lot:

What is the worst job you've ever had?

Question #121 Three cheers to you!

Tomorrow, The City You Live In is having a grand ticker-tape parade in your honor; what did you do to deserve the parade?

Question #120 Seasons...

What season do you look forward to the most durring the year? Why?

Question #119 Meal

What meal best represents your character?

This question was suggested by Lauren (fruit snacks, a cheese sandwich and fruit punch).

Question #118 - High School Movie

What's the best high school movie?

Question #117 Doing Time

Since I am laboring this Labor Day, I will post my Monday Question as well. This one was suggested by my friend Lydia:

If you had to go to prison for a year, what crime would it be for? (Let's say it's a mid-level security state prison, if that influences your answer at all.)

Happy Labor Day and God Bless our GDP.

Questions #116: Childish Fears

What lived in your closet or under your bed when you were young? (i.e. boogie men, generic monsters, robbers, evil clowns...)

*Bonus: What did you do to protect yourself?

Question #115 Signature

What does your E-mail signature look like? What do you think it says about you? Feel free to give examples of others' signatures and comment on them as well.

Question #114 Great Invention

What is the greatest invention in history? Why?

Question #113 Themes

Do you think there are any recurring themes distinctive to your life? What are they?

Question #112 Breakfast

What is your favorite morning cereal, and why?

*Bonus: Do you always eat breakfast every morning?

Question #111 Certainty

What was the last thing you changed your mind about?

Question #110 Evolution

When was the last time you spoke with someone on the subject of evolution who holds different beliefs than your own on the matter, and who was that person?*

*Not their actual name, of course.

Question #109 Superstitions

What, if any, superstitions do you believe in? Why?

Question #108 Your Country & State

Speaking of duty, do you think you owe anything to your country and/or state?

Bonus: Between country and state, to which are you most bound?

Question #107 Duty

It's Phoebe (nee La Vitellona) from the super-long-winded Conversation Seven and the second part of seven. Phil asked me to take over Monday's question, so here goes:

Older people say younger people lack all sense of duty, so I'd like to know what do you feel most dutiful about?

Bonus: Which duties do you find the most unpleasant to perform and which do you enjoy? This could be anything, from doing dishes to casual spooning.

Question #106 Numbers

What number is the best number and why?

Question #105 Your Theme Park

If you could create your own theme park, what would the theme be?

Question #104 Crying

What was the last movie that made you cry?

Question #103 G.I. Joe

Choose one G.I. Joe character. What current celebrity would be best to play that character in a live-action movie?

Question #102 Double booking

What, if any, are the circumstances that justify double-booking (making two separate sets of plans with different people for the same span of time)?

Question #101 It's a Wonderful Life

If you had never been born, What would be different than it is now?

Question #100 Fantasy Mount Rushmore

Say you got to re-make Mount Rushmore; whose face(s) would you put there?

Question #99 Inventions

What needs to be invented?

Question #98 Least-Favorite Movie

Phil wants to know my five least-favorite movies. I want to know your single least-favorite movie. What's the movie, and what about it makes it so least?

Question #97 Regrets

If you could change something you did in the past 12 months, what would it be?

*special note* Jake will be asking the questions from time to time from now on. We want to integrate the daily questions with the podcast more, and that seems like the best way to do it.

Question #96 Animals

Would you rather live in a house with mice or with pigeons? The mice would act like mice, hiding out, scurrying around. The pigeons would act like pigeons, pecking at things, pacing back and forth.

Question #95 Killing

Under what circumstances is it morally acceptable to kill someone?

Question #94 Cake

What sort of cake do you prefer for your birthday?

Question #93 Optimism

What makes you feel optimistic about the human race in general?

Question #92 Things

If you ran things in this country, what would be the first thing you would change?

Question #91 Pornography

What was the first pornography you ever had any contact with?

Question #90 R-Rated

What was the first R-Rated movie you ever saw?

Question #89 Experience

What was the greatest experience of your life?

Question #88 Your Great-Grandparents

Where did your Great-Grandparents live and what did they do?

Question #87 Humanity's Obligations

Does the human race have any special responsibilities that other species don't? Why or why not?

Question #86 Musical Instruments

What is the funniest musical instrument?

Question #85 Beautiful

Who is the most beautiful person in the world?

Question #84 Smoking

How do you get a friend to quit smoking?

Question #83 Museums

Should all art museums be demolished and their contents destroyed, to allow a fresh cultural start for us?

Question #82 Race

How preoccupied with race are you? I don't mean Nascar.

Question #81 Love

Could you fall in love with someone of the same sex?

for gay people, the questions is:

Could you fall in love with someone of the opposite sex?

By the way, I think it would be funny if the question for gay people had been:
Why is almond butter not as popular as peanut butter, is it just because of the price?

Question #80 Creeps

Should creeps get arrested for child pornography if the pornography they have is CGI pictures of imaginary underage kids? That is, there are no humans being exploited to make the pornography.

Question #79 Art

I am thinking about paying an ebay comission artist money to draw a logo for this website. I want the logo to be an alligator with a bonnet and a baby bottle. What would you pay someone to draw a picture of?

Question #78 Phil Collins

Suppose Rod Stewart and Phil Collins were to into a fistfight with one another. Who will be the winner?

Question #77 Your Mirror

What do you say to yourself in the mirror in the morning?

Question #76 The Rock

In what sort of movies should Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appear?

Question #75 Death

What happens to you when you die?

Question #74 Birds

Many people don't like birds. I think they are alright, they're just trying to do their own thing, represent their culture etc. What are your favorite and least favorite birds?

Question #73 Unethical Businesses

What is the most unethical industry in the US?

Question #72 Branches

Here in the US we have three branches of government that are meant to balance each other out: the legislative, executive and judicial. If there were to be a fourth branch, what should it be?

Question #71 Sardines

What do you think about sardines?

Question #70 Before you die

What do you want to do before you die?

Question #69 Candidates

Which 2008 Presidential candidates could you beat in a fight?

Question #68 Dogs and Pigs

Devin, in Karlsuhe Germany, would like to know:

How closely related are dogs and pigs?

It's too bad I don't answer these, cause I know the answer to this. I read The Variety of Life by Colin Tudge. It's a taxonomy of all life on earth, but it's not as borng as it sounds, although the chapters about fungi work as sleep aids.

Question #67 Voodoo

DV would like to know:

How similar are acupuncture and voodoo?

Question #66 Mimes

Devin, writing from Germany, would like to know:

How closely related is mime to ballet?

Question #65 Medicine

Does acupuncture work?

Question #64 Months

What is up with all the men in NYC wearing V-neck shirts? Is that the thing this summer?

Question #63 Eyes

What color are your eyes?

Question #62 Impress

What do you tell people when you want to impress them?

Question #61 President

Who would you like to see elected president next year?

Question #60 You

What's the most important thing people need to know abut you?

Question #59 Underwear

if it is really hot and you are wearing jeans and riding a bike, is it appropriate to take them off and ride in your underwear?

Question #58 Acting

A major hollywood motion picture will be madeabout you. What actor will play you? Who will play your parents in the scenes of your childhood?

You can't choose Chris Tucker, cause I picked him already.

Question #57 Fingers

You are convicted of a crime and the judge says you have to have your finger cut off, but doesn't specify which one, so you get to choose. Which one do you choose?

Question #56 Cable

Why should I get cable?

Question #55 songs

This question was suggested by Peter:

Every summer, one spectacularly popular pop song defeats all others and becomes everybody's favorite. What song will do that this summer? "Buy U a Drank" by T-pain doesn't count because it came out in February.

Questions #54 Sand

What would it take to get you to eat sand?

Question #53 Ethnicity

If you had to change you ethnicity or race, what would you change it to?

NOTE: you would not be adopted, unless you already are. The ethnicity or race of all your family would change.

Question #52 Height

Would you rather be a foot taller than you are now, or a foot shorter?

Question #51 prize

I am going to give a prize of some kind to whoever has the best answer to the most questions after question #100. What sort of prize should be given out by me?

Question #50 Addiction

If you had to pick up a new drug addiction of some kind, what would it be?

Question #49 Visitors

Some friends of mine will be visiting me in NYC from California next week. What should I show them? Where should I take them? I figure I will take them to Coney Island during the week when it's not so crowded and maybe to amateur night at the World Famous Apollo Theatre Where Stars Are Born And Legends Are Made.

Memorial Day

It's memorial day so there is no question today. Enjoy the weekend. I'm going to the Czech beer garden, assuming it isn't too crowded.

Question #48 Too Much

How much is too much?

BONUS QUESTION: How much is enough?

Question #47 Learning

What have you learned in the past year?

Question #46 Your Birthday

What do you want me to get you for your birthday?

Question #45 Darfur

How bad do you feel about the situation in Darfur?

Question #44 voting

Do you think it's right that convicted felons can no longer vote?

Question #43 Pigeons

Why don't people eat pigeons? In my neighborhood, the Egyptian restaurants sometimes serve it. If you say that they are dirty then you've obviously never spent any time around chickens.

Question #42 Wild Animals

Which, if any, wild animals could you defeat in a fight? You would be unarmed except for crude stone tools.

Question #41 Insomnia

I often find I can't sleep. This has been a problem for years. What steps can one take to ensure a good night's sleep?

Question #40 Cars

I think the ugliest car ever created is the PT Cruiser. I know it's an easy target so maybe I am wrong. That's why I am asking you: What is the ugliest car ever made?

Question #39 Your nine year-old son

In central park yesterday a guy who was with his son claimed he would kill me and kick my ass, who was probably nine years old. I told him he shouldn't set a bad example for his kid, which made him even angrier.

What are some other things, besides threatening strangers, that you shouldn't do in front of your nine year old son?

Question #38 Punching

When was the last time you punched someone?

Question #37 Tandem Bikes

Why aren't tandem bicycles more popular?

Question #36 Tombs

This question comes from Phoebe (la Vitonella) who asks:

They just found King Herod's tomb. If you had a tomb, what materials would it be made out of, what would it be decorated with, and what would you like buried along with your mummified body?

Question #35 Pie - drink bonus

If you were going to throw a pie in someone's face, what kind of pie would you use?

Bonus question:

If you were going to throw a drink in someone's face, what drink would you throw?

Question #34 Sports

Fifty years ago the most popular spectator sports in America were horse racing, baseball and boxing. How would boxing or horse racing have to change to regain their popularity?

Question #33 That Car

Man that car don't come out until next year, where in the fuuuck did you get it?

Question #32 Interests

What your interests are?

Question #31 Goals

Do you have any goals? If so, what are they?

Question #30 Fairly Rated

What are some things that are neither overrated nor underrated? That is, what are some things that are generally given the amount of public acclaim or scorn they deserve?

Question #29 Metric

Are you for a switch to the metric system or against it? Why?

Question #28 "I Still Got It!"

I was brushing my teeth a couple days ago and I wiped the fog off my mirror and looked at my face and said "I don't got it"

Later, I was walking down the street and a girl on 11th street said "hey cutie!" and I looked to my left and then to my right and then pointed at myself and said "me?" and she said "yeah, you!" and then I smiled and I thought to myself "I still got it!"

It was pretty clear that my self image was external and etc. What makes you think "I still got it!" or "I don't got it"?

Question #27 Shoelessness

How long could you go without wearing shoes, realistically?

Question #26 Theme Music

Once I was driving with my dad and with Stefan somewhere in Queens, I forget where, it's not really relevant anyways. I asked my dad if he had ever wanted to have a theme song that would play at all times whenever he showed up somewhere. He said "How would that work exactly, I would walk in and then over a PA would come 'Smooth Operator'" He sang it! I was real impressed that my dad only wanted to know how the theme music would be implemented, the song choice was. for him, the easiest thing in the world.

I just got back from a NY Mets game and noticed that all the players have entrance themes. Since this is the 2007 Mets it's mostly reggaeton but it made me wonder what theme music would be appropriate to play as soon as one makes an entrance.

What song would you play as theme music for yourself? (and you can't pick "Enter Sandman" or "Smooth operator" cause those are taken. For that matter so is "Apache" cause that's mine)

Question #25 Movie

I would like to watch a movie in a movie theater but I am not convinced that any of the movies that are out now will be any good. Which one should I see?

Question #24 Corn

I think we decided already that corn was the best vegetable. Today's follow-up question is this: What is the best way to eat corn?

Question #23 Moving

If you had to leave town immediately and permanently, where would you move to?

Question #22 Pets

I always say I want to have a dog but I think it's an act of cruelty to have a dog in NYC. Cats make my eyes itch. So, since whatever pet I would have is purely theoretical anyways, I may as well let my mind roam when it comes to animals I could live with. Today's question is, should I adopt Charmander, a fictional cartoon lizard or Knut, the baby polar bear who lives in the Berlin Zoo?


















Charmander













Knut

Question #21 Questions

What sort of questions should I ask here? Easy? Hard? multiple choice? philosophical?

Question #20 Nightmares

What was the last nightmare you had?

Question #19 Vegetables

What is the best all-around vegetable?

Question #18 The Universe

What is the eventual fate of the universe? Will its mass eventually pull it back in on in itself in a fiery collision, or will it expand forever until everything is cold and distant?

Question #17 Basketball

Who will win the NBA championship this year?

Question #16 Beverages

You can only drink one beverage for the rest of your life, not counting natural water. What beverage do you choose?

Question #15 Time Machine

While you are taking a shortcut home across the street from a hardware store you find an abandoned time machine. The owners must have left it and decided to stay in our current era permanently. It looks like an old refrigerator, the kind that kids are supposed to not play hide and seek in. It has really simple controls, just like in the movies. Just a few dials for year and month and location and then a big red button marked "go".

What time period do you go to? What do you bring?

Question #14 Dogs

Do you remember how Snoop Doggy Dogg, in his music video, turned into a doberman pincher and his friend Nate Dogg turned into a bulldog? If you were, by magical means, tuned into a god, what sort of dog would it be and what sort of life as a dog would you live?

Question #13 Villains

Of all people in history, who is most like a horror movie villain? Who is most like an action movie villain?

Question #12 People (posted early cause I'm leaving for SF tomorrow)

What are some things that people don't care about that they don't already care about?

Question #11 advice

What's the worst advice you ever got from someone?

Question #10 You

What's holding you back from doing what you want?

Question #9 sleep

How many hours a night to you sleep, in general?

Question #8 Fingers

How much money would it take to get you to have one of your fingers amputated, and which finger would you choose? Those of you with less than ten fingers please answer this question: how many consecutive hours could you go without sleeping?

Question #7 God

Does God Exist? I don't mean necessarily Zeus or a biblical God, I mean like a greater intelligence in the universe.

Question #6 Day of the Year

What is your favorite day of the year?

Question #5 The Ground

Under what circumstances can food be eaten off the ground?

Question #4 Contempt

Who is the most contemptible person in America? BONUS QUESTION: Who is the most admirable person in America?

Question #3 Nickels

You are kidnapped by extremely evil people. They sit you in front of a giant bag of nickels. These are modern-day plated nickels, not the old solid ones. They have a man in the other room who will eat nickels. They say that if you can eat more nickels than him, they'll let you go free. If he eats more than you, you'll be killed in a horrible, painful way. These are not nice people! Your life depends on you eating as many nickels as possible in the span of an hour.

How many nickels can you eat, then, now that your life depends on it?

Question #2 Snowman/Scarecrow

At your regular checkup, your doctor tells you that you have two weeks to live. On the way home from the office, you meet a powerful magician who says he can cure you but the process involves turning you magically for the next 2 years into either a scarecrow or a snowman (or, of course, snowwoman).

As a scarecrow you would be a mannequin filled with straw and you would have to wear baggy clothes and a straw hat. Your face would be crude stitchwork. You would be able to walk around, read, etc. If you were injured, you would be able to stuff yourself with more straw.

scarecrow information

As a snowman you would be made out of three large snowballs. You would not lose mass from melting, although when it was warm out you would leave water behind you. You could have either a button or a carrot for a nose. You would be able to smoke a corncob pop with no health concerns. Your eyes would be made from coal and you could have either sticks for hands or big snow arms. Even though you had no legs you would be able to move around, go up and down stairs, drive a car, etc.

snowman information

After the two years you will be totally cured. Which would you opt to be turned into? Why? How would you spend your time?

Question #1 N.W.A./Geto Boys

You find yourself in a situation where you must push one of two buttons:

The first button will erase from history the Geto Boys (Bushwick Bill, Mr. Scarface, Willie D). They will never have existed. You will lose all memory of their existence. It will be as if none of them were ever born.

The second button will do the same to the members of N.W.A (Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Yella, Eazy-E). They will never have existed. You will lose all memory of their existence. It will be as if none of them ever existed.

Which button do you press, and why? Is this murder or not?