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Will the Washington Redskins nee team name be alliterative?

Sure, why not. Washington Watermelons, Washington Walnuts, Washington Wile E. Coyotes, all perfectly good names for them.

Will football still be fun to watch without any fans in the stand?

No, unless you watch with the sound off, it'll be too eerie to enjoy.

Will the Edmonton Eskimos new team name be alliterative?

Nah. The E sounds are a little tricky. They should stick with something inherently Canadian though.

Will Lebron wake up for Game 2?

Only if he sets his alarm clock.

Who will win next month's election?

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:36 pm Only if he sets his alarm clock.

Who will win next month's election?

Well, with this new covid news it is hard to say what effect that will have on the election so I'm reserving my prediction until we know more.

Are you a mask wearer or a mask shunner?

juliets wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:51 amWell, with this new covid news it is hard to say what effect that will have on the election so I'm reserving my prediction until we know more.

Are you a mask wearer or a mask shunner?

I wear a mask if I have to take the bus or go through a very crowded place. My bf made it and it has hearts on it. I'm gay.

What is the newest thing you learned?

What the next chord is.

How do you sleep at night?

I am a side sleeper. Sometimes I curl up a little, but I’ve been developing a little restless leg syndrome, so I try to start the night as straight as possible.

Do you prefer french toast or pancakes?

Pancakes.

Which NFL team scores the most points this Sunday?

The Green Bay Packers

Will the Miami Heat get swept by the Lakers?

G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:50 pm The Green Bay Packers

Hope so. Heavily invested there.

G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:50 pm Will the Miami Heat get swept by the Lakers?

Probably, as long as Glass (Davis) stays healthy.

Are you drinking yet?

Not drinking this week. My wife has a cold (the coughing up mucus kind, not the Rona), so our Friday festive beverage pattern has come to a halt. Even then, we only ever have one drink. I am a lightweight.

Have you ever been to a sprint car race?

No, racing does not interest me much.

What's your best Halloween costume ever?

The last year my parents let me Trick-or-Treat, I went as a rodeo clown. No store-bought costume items; just some raggedy old clothes, handkerchiefs, and face paint.

What’s the lamest thing (candy or otherwise) that you were given by someone while Trick-or-Treating?

I've never gone trick-or-treating. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Besides playing mafia, what are your hobbies?

Art, woodworking, comic books

What's the most money you have spent at one time?

Personally, probably $22,000 when I paid for a car straight-up with a check.

Professionally, I have cut a construction check to a company for over $2 million.


Which season (winter, spring, summer, fall) is your favorite?

Autumn.

What is your favorite U2 song?

“Where the Streets Have No Name”


What is your favorite Beatles song?

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

What's your favorite electric guitar (whether if you play or just going by aesthetics)?

From a truly visual standpoint, the five-head guitar used by the guitarist from Cheap Trick.

Why do so many music nerds hate The Eagles?

G-Man wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:40 pm From a truly visual standpoint, the five-head guitar used by the guitarist from Cheap Trick.

Why do so many music nerds hate The Eagles?

I don't know too many who hate The Eagles. I know the scene from the movie, and I've known a few people who simply don't like them.

If you hate The Eagles, it's probably because of one of these three reasons:

1) You don't like country rock.
2) You wanted to see more of Linda Rondstadt.
3) You have to work for Don Henley.

Personally, I like The Eagles.

What's your favorite song by The Eagles?

Until I just looked up their singles, “Hotel California” was the only tune I knew to be an Eagles song. Having looked up their singles, though, it turns out I know three Eagles songs. I’ll say “Life in the Fast Lane.”


What’s your favorite Weird Al Yankovic song?

Another One Rides the Bus. It came out when I was riding a bus to work every day, and I totally related to it. "OH NO, he's gonna sit by YOU!", this was my day every day at the time.

So, does no one play thread games when I am not here?

Nope, that's why you should be here more.

Any chance you'll play a Mafia game sometime soon?

Me? Not in the immediate future. I’m about to host a Racket game.

What’s your favorite kind of shrimp?

I love popcorn shrimp, shrimp rings, breaded shrimp, shrimp in like a pasta or something, so many choices! Either a breaded shrimp like from a fish and chip place, or a crunchier breaded shrimp like maybe panko dusted.

Why do we have to experience our lives in linear time?

I think that that is the only way we can understand it and make sense of it. It's not so much that time is linear, I think, as that we are.

What's the strangest thing in your refrigerator?

Microwaveable bacon.


What’s the craziest thing you’ve done this month?

I decided to not take my Christmas tree down. I kept saying, yeah, gotta take that down. But I actively decided to keep it up for a while longer. It's cheerful, what can I say?

What's something most people like that you can't stand?

Butter. It is so vile.

Are there any popular conspiracy theories that tempt or compel you?

Life was simpler when vaccines were not broadly questioned. Now there's so much out there, even medical professionals, saying there's more risk than we thought. Other professionals say it's very safe. So now I'm "vaccine-hesitant" because I just don't fuckin know. I also could see it being a big disinformation campaign by countries that want to weaken us.

Is there any UFO sighting that is extraterrestrial?

The more I learn about the vastness of space, the more I doubt that UFOs are extraterrestrial in nature. Interstellar travel requires far too much energy and resource consumption to be feasible. Barring any advanced technology or physics beyond our wildest imaginations, I doubt we'll ever meet aliens. Heck, the first radio signal intentionally aimed at a specific target in space was broadcast in 1974. Radio waves move at the speed of light. The target was 25,000 lightyears away, so that primitive message has only travelled 0.188% of the way to its target. Who knows what Earth, let alone our own species, will look like when the message arrives.

If you could move to another continent, which one would you select for your new home?

Europe. I already speak Europese.

You get to prevent a musical death from 2020. Which death do you prevent?

Little Richard


You get to prevent one film industry celeb other than Betty White from dying in 2021. Who do you choose to make it to 2022?

Pacino. I <3 Al Pacino.

What's your favorite old time movie, like from before the 70's?

I don't like any old movies, never have. Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, Citizen Kane... bore me to death. I'll have to go with The Sting or Freaks.

What's the closest you have been to dying?

My wife and I caught a virus once where we were throwing up every 90 minutes. It didn’t take long for us to be sapped of all energy. We were all but crawling to get to the toilet to throw up again, even if it was only saliva and bile. This stopped after about 12 hours, but we had to ease ourselves back into eating or drink too much or we would throw up again. That’s as close as I’ve felt to dying.

Literally though, I came pretty close to breaking my neck on a trampoline once. I landed wrong and my momentum resulted in me flipping backwards off the trampoline. I landed equally on my upper back, shoulder, and head. Just a little differently and it could have been lights out for me.


What is your earliest childhood memory?

I was in a baby car seat and my mom ran out of gas while going through an intersection on the way to my dad's softball game. She had to get out and some dude/dudes helped her push it out of the road. My memory is to see her get out and walk out of my sightline, and I thought she was going forever, I just remember the feeling and a false recollected visual of her walking off down the road. When I bring it up she says "I was JUST behind the car for a minute!!"

What's the most fun activity you have tried?

Sex


What's the least fun activity you have tried?

Golf

What's the best type of pretzel?

Auntie Anne's cinnamon sugar soft pretzel with glaze dip


What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Pistachio. Red Bean runner up.

It's karaoke night. What do you pick?

Jailhouse Rock


Win, Lose, or Draw or Charades?

Charades for sure!

Who is the greatest swordsman in all of fiction?

Long Con wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:11 pm Charades for sure!

Who is the greatest swordsman in all of fiction?

Madmartigan. He said so himself!

Who is the greatest swordsman in real life?

Ron Jeremy. It’s all about control.


If you could eliminate one of the six primary or secondary colors, which one would you banish?

orange or violet. hmm, i like orange sunsets more. violet can go. i'm not much for pinks and purples. i love my blues and greens!

what is the biggest age gap you would date?

I used to say two years in either direction, but I could see three years older or younger as acceptable now.


Would you rather survive an avalanche or a forest fire?