The Syndicate

Ton Hanks.

This is going to sound silly, but one of my favorite movies is the Coen Bros. remake of The Ladykillers. It got terrible reviews, and I didn't like it the first time I saw it in the theater.

But my oh my are there layers in that one. I've probably watched the movie over 20 times on DVD and still catch little bits of dialogue or scenery here or there that keeps the movie hilariously fresh.

"Many, many done tunkalow parzen, sheriff. MANY, MANY done tunkalow parzen."

"Many done what ma'am?"



But I like Tom Hanks overall more than Pacino anyway.

Have a plain home on the outside but eccentric on the inside, or eccentric on the outside and plain on the inside?

Summer. Mmm baseball.

Would you rather meet a living Raul Julia or Joaquin Phoenix?

Amenities. I don't work as hard as I do to pretend to be homeless.

Would you rather get pulled up on stage by Bruce Springsteen or Bruno Mars?

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 6:55 am One small local problem. When you add up all the little solves, over time it spreads and can have global impact.

It's mandatory yeet electronic devices day! Do you yeet your phone, or your TV?

Phone. I hate phones. Never thought I'd say that. "Want to see our menu? Scan this QR code!" "Want to buy concert tickets? Download this app!" How about just take my money and leave me the fuck alone?

And I don't even watch much TV.

Makes me so damn mad.

Have a large lawn full of sandspurs or no lawn at all?

Arms. As a piano player, that would help (although fingers extending would be even better).

Would you rather be able to solve one small, local problem a day or one massive global problem once in your lifetime?

You two had some excellent questions.

Time for me to get back into it.

As DANGEROUS as it sounds, teleport. Eight legs means more four times more soap, and in this economy?

Would you rather be the greatest stage magician known or be a REAL wizard who can never reveal your powers (which would cause you to lose them)?

Roxy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:17 am Mason? But literally I would have wound up a teacher or whore tbh

Weren't the latter also the former?

Roxy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:17 amWhen you are blue would you rather sit and watch TV or listen to music?

That depends. Watch TV if I have nothing else to do. Listen to music if I am occupied. A game of some kind with the family is usually the best thing to bring me out of a funk though.

Know 100% of supernatural existences but be unable to ever prove them...or one person of your choice believes everything you ever say without question?

Nostalgia, for sure.

Be a medieval mason or smith?

If I won that, I'd think I'd have the ability to do all of the that.

If only one though, I'd pay off any outstanding debts I have, including the mortgage. Boring, but I like my house.

Marvin Gaye or Aaron Neville?

Responsible. I am a very tame fellow.

You have a new mouse for your computer. It has cascading colored lights along the accent lines. Leave them on or turn them off?

Haven't been in ages, but I loved skiing and I prefer the brisk cold to the humid heat.

Taco Bell or Chick Fil-A?

I think unlimited respect is unlimited power, so the former, surely.

Day at the spa or day at the gym?

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:14 pm Date an ex. I'm terrified of different things.

After a break up, ok to see your ex socially, or never see that fucker again?

Always remain on good terms. Strange thing was breaking up with my teenage long distance girlfriend (of a few years) whom I only met once in my life, and she came to visit us not too long ago (her in-laws live in the same county we do). It was our second time meeting.

Visit Kyoto or Tokyo?

Simon? Accountant, no question.
Abigail? Tattoo artist, no question.
Ephraim? Accountant who includes a free tattoo for each tax return completed, no question.

Be a guest wrestler in a WWE match or play pinball blindfolded until you got 1,000,000 points?

Shopping alone for sure. Not that I have friends to shop with.

Be a world famous accountant or a hardly known tattoo artist?

Jeopardy.

As a kid I would have picked WoF (I got to see Sajak and White pass by and wave on a train when I was five, and I also used to go to bars where my dad played music and would entertain the ladies tending the bar and the customers with WoF puzzles while I drank my Shirley Temple).

In college I tried out for Jeopardy and did okay but didn't make the cut in the end.

Listen to electric piano or electric guitar?

Super Bowl. Although I hate crowds and traffic, I hate soccer more.

Would you rather discover an unheard work of Mussorgsky or an unseen work of Rembrandt?

Depends on the coffin. I could get a splinter.

Would you rather die doing something you love or something that would make you famous?

Home, easy.

No expensive tickets, no people making noises (or playing hide and seek- yes, that happened once), no expensive concessions, beer four feet away, I control the volume, going to the bathroom doesn't mean anybody misses anything, rewind if anybody does, no drive home.

That said, we used to have a $1 theater in town that showed movies a couple months after they'd been originally released, and we used to go quite often. $1 theater is now a $8.50 theater.

Would you rather go with great friends to a place you hate or go alone to somewhere you love?

G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:28 pm Mage, I guess. Sounds a little more interesting and far less formal.

Would you rather play mafia but never get to host it or host mafia but never get to play it?

The latter, easily.

Would you rather do what I'm about to do now or wait until Tuesday?

Luck is not quantified here and I don't even like the band Focus.

Give me the money and the Tiresias experience.

Would you rather be a mage or a cleric in real life?

BC/AD. The latter makes even less sense than the former.

Study Jesus or study dinosaurs?

I don't mind the trots. Vomiting is bad for the esophagus.

I once ate 40 prunes on a dare in college. I missed all my classes the next day.

Six string or twelve string?

leetic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:01 am Five singles makes it farther.

Watch all the Fast and Furious movies in one sitting or listen through every Nickelback album in one sitting?

I don't mind either, but I prefer music, since I can do other things, so Nickelback it is.

Be fluent in five languages or hold world records in five things?

Cracker Jacks.

Four strikeouts and a home run, or five singles?

Battle of the Somme.

Get caught getting extra special services at a massage parlor in Florida or get caught cheating college admissions procedures on behalf of your children?

North pole? I don't know why. I can see plenty of iceholes around here.

Orchestral Queen or Orchestral Pink Floyd?

Swimming pool.

Reverb or Delay?

Groceries.

Bite-sized pasta shapes or noodle pasta shapes?

Walk.

Similes or metaphors?

Shower.

Dust or mop?

indiglo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:38 pm Crème brûlée!!!



Remove wallpaper from a bathroom all evening or relax and sip some delicious chianti?

I going to have to go with the second option, Pat.

Record a double-double or hit a home run?

indiglo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:31 pm 3 choices?? Does that break the game??

I'll go Lake, since he was also a producer. I wish I had a producer. Mixing is one of my least favorite parts of creating music. It gets rather tedious at times.



Wine or beer?

You need a mixer?



I'm interested.

Stomach. I can deal with that with a slug of whiskey. Tooth aches, I've got nothing.

Emerson, Lake, or Palmer?

Two story is fine.

Earbuds or headphones?

Carpet.

Carpool with clowns or carpool with crooners?

I delight in a good walk.

Peter Frampton or Steve Howe?

Antarctica.

Participation trophies or no participation trophies?

Pasta.

Treadmill or bike?

Coffee.

Have blue hair or green hair?

Scales. I could be the Lizard Queen.



Pugsley or Wednesday?

Hendrix.

Rescue someone from drowning or from a burning building?

La guitarra.

Face off against Hulk Hogan or Macho Man Randy Savage for the belt?

The latter. I know which one I'm winning in court.

Prosecutor or Defense Attorney?

Donkey.

Alto or Soprano?

Considering some would paint me as one of those two things already, that's an easy choice...

Scared money don't make money.

Discover a new species or a cure for dandruff?

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:25 pm Holy shit solo jazz guitar from an old man in the courtyard of some old hotel sounds awesome! I loooove jazz.

Preferred mafia Cop strategy: check strong townie players or check actual mafia suspects?

I once met an old man in a courtyard of an old hotel playing old jazz.

I said then and there, "That's what I want to be."

I always check suspects. That way I can leave them alone if I am wrong.

Spend one more day with a lost loved one and lose a year of your own life or lose a day with a current loved one and get a year of life for yourself?

Alligator. Worst case scenario I jump on that son of a bitch's head like Mario and run off like Sonic.

Listen to solo jazz guitar from an old man in the courtyard of some old hotel or go to a rocking dance club?

Honey.

Enter a dogsled race or a NASCAR race?

Odd.

Odd people or even more mosquitoes than we had last year?