The Syndicate

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:20 am**

Tonic.

Martini or Manhattan?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:28 am**

Manhattan

Manhattan or Chicago?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:27 pm**

Never been to either, but it seems Manhattan has much more to recommend itself.

Be an American Romanticist poet in 1832 or a Beat writer in 1951?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:28 pm**

Beat writer.

Would you rather listen to love songs or rap?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:53 pm**

Love songs.

Would you rather be able to silence or insanify someone for one day in real life?

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:14 pm**

Silence.

If you were able would you have a baby or be a baby?

Posted: **Mon May 06, 2013 10:48 am**

Have a baby.

For $10,000, would you rather play miniature golf against Phil Mickelson or play pool against Thorsten Hohmann?

Posted: **Thu May 16, 2013 3:21 pm**

Epignosis wrote:Have a baby.

For $10,000, would you rather play miniature golf against Phil Mickelson or play pool against Thorsten Hohmann?

Miniature golf.

Do you want to jump on the trampoline for an hour or play the maracas for an hour?

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2013 7:52 pm**

Trampolines. They are fun.

Would you rather meet Tears for Fears or The Doobie Brothers?

Posted: **Thu May 23, 2013 8:35 pm**

Tears for Fears

On a weeknight, watch TV to unwind, or read a book?

Posted: **Fri May 24, 2013 5:58 am**

I read throughout the day, so on a weeknight, I watch TV.

Would you rather be the Octomom or Bernie Madoff?

Posted: **Fri May 24, 2013 7:20 pm**

OMG, what a choice~ I would rather exploit strangers than my own kids, so Madoff, I guess.

Judge or be judged?

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2013 7:33 am**

Judge. I generally try to give the benefit of the doubt.

Slinky or Silly Putty?

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2013 1:38 pm**

Slinky!

Baseball or basketball?

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2013 2:20 pm**

Playing? Baseball. Watching? Basketball.

Would you rather be an Ashigaru in feudal Japan or a Spanish Inquisitor?

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2013 7:40 pm**

Ashigaru~ the Spanish Inquisition stands for everything I think is reprehensible. How anyone can think that hurting people in the name of God is an acceptable practice, I will never understand. Religious zealots scare the living daylights out of me.

Insist on what you believe to be right, or compromise for the common good?

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2013 10:12 pm**

S~V~S wrote:Ashigaru~ the Spanish Inquisition stands for everything I think is reprehensible. How anyone can think that hurting people in the name of God is an acceptable practice, I will never understand. Religious zealots scare the living daylights out of me.

Insist on what you believe to be right, or compromise for the common good?

But hurting people in the name of your daimyo is okay with you?

As to your question, the former. There is no such thing as a common good.

Would you rather be unable to express satisfaction or be unable to express dissatisfaction?

Posted: **Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:38 am**

Epignosis wrote:
S~V~S wrote:Ashigaru~ the Spanish Inquisition stands for everything I think is reprehensible. How anyone can think that hurting people in the name of God is an acceptable practice, I will never understand. Religious zealots scare the living daylights out of me.

Insist on what you believe to be right, or compromise for the common good?
But hurting people in the name of your daimyo is okay with you?

As to your question, the former. There is no such thing as a common good.

Would you rather be unable to express satisfaction or be unable to express dissatisfaction?

They're soldiers; like all soldiers, they are paid, in this case by the Daimyo. The Inquisitors did it because they liked it

And I disagree, there is a common good, IMO. The needs of the many and all that Spockian jive~

Unable to express satisfaction. Dissatisfaction is more nuanced.

Would you rather be an artist or a craftsman?

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:15 pm**

Artist. I understand it better.

Would you rather be in a band with Lindsay Buckingham or Steve Howe?

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:59 pm**

Steve Howe, although I would guess Lindsay is more "fun", somehow.

Would you rather see no other people (if you had no family or significant other) or have nothing to read for a year?

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:48 pm**

Nothing to read for a year. I got by okay my first two years of life illiterate.

Would you rather be a ghost in Pac-Man or a sentient concrete donkey?

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:01 pm**

Concrete means can't move, so the ghost.

When it comes to food, would you rather eat something you that don't like the taste, or something that you don't like the texture?

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:16 pm**

It all comes out about the same texture in the end. So I go for taste.

Would you rather bleed white or black?

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:29 pm**

Black, bleeding should look *srs bsns*

Do your own plumbing, or hire a plumber?

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:44 pm**

I do my own plumbing when it's something easy or easy-moderate. Anything above that I leave to the professionals. I wish I could do more though.

See a ghost at the end of your bed or see a great white during your scuba dive?

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:11 pm**

By far, see a ghost at the end of my bed!
NBA or NFL?

Posted: **Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:51 am**

Would have said neither, but last season I did something I swore I'd never do: Participate in Fantasy Football. I came in #2 in my league!

I drafted Drew Brees and Adrian Peterson from the beginning.

So NFL.

Would you rather have a guitar model or a cocktail named after you?

Posted: **Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:37 pm**

A Cocktail, its more fitting

Starch wise, would you rather Potatoes or Rice?

Posted: **Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:42 pm**

Potatoes for sure, they are probably my third favorite food.

Would you rather be in a righteous mob and get indicted or be persecuted by a righteous mob?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:55 am**

Mongoose wrote:Potatoes for sure, they are probably my third favorite food.

Would you rather be in a righteous mob and get indicted or be persecuted by a righteous mob?

Sadly, I would probably rather be persecuted because 1. I don't like getting in trouble and 2. I likely wouldn't find their persecution righteous.

Would you rather earn triple your pay today and work as usual or spend the day outside having a great time and earn your regular pay?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:00 am**

As a teacher with summers off, the first option, definitely. Even if I worked all year, I'd still take the money. We would be set.

Would you rather be a famous zither player or a famous shoemaker?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:46 am**

Zither player.

Would you rather eat a cupful of mud, or have both ears and both nostrils stuffed with sunflower seeds for 15 minutes?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:51 am**

I'll take the sunflower seeds please.

Would you rather have bright orange irises or white pupils?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:31 pm**

Epignosis wrote:
Would you rather have bright orange irises or white pupils?

I'll go with the bright orange irises.

Would you rather eat a wriggling larva or dead rat?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:35 pm**

Larva.

Would you rather work for a politician you do not agree with or be the girl that holds up the sign saying what round it is for a seedy boxing ring?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:22 pm**

the boxing ring girl, she's hot!

Would you rather be married to a politician you do not agree with or to a the girl who holds the sign for a seedy boxing ring?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:38 pm**

The politician, because I would and could undermine him at every step.

Would you rather live in a mansion (in the style of your choice) and use an outhouse or have a small bungalow with a garden tub, bowl sinks, and lots of closet space?

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:50 pm**

Mongoose wrote:The politician, because I would and could undermine him at every step.

"If you don't remove section A, paragraph 7 from that bill on the stimulus package mister, there won't be any stimulus for your package."

Mongoose wrote: Would you rather live in a mansion (in the style of your choice) and use an outhouse or have a small bungalow with a garden tub, bowl sinks, and lots of closet space?

Small house. I like small homes (and indoor plumbing). Plus, I don't care how nice your mansion is, people will stop being impressed the first time they have to head outside with the Sears & Roebuck catalog.

Would you rather be a hated reality TV show personality or the subject of a scathing Penn & Teller debunking?

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:42 pm**

Penn & Teller victim~ I won't take any shit from that bully or his sidekick (although he quite often is right, and always hilarious, he's still a bully). If i was a hated reality show person, i would no doubt deserve it. That would suck.

Would you rather be brilliant and perennially look foolish and never be taken seriously, or the opposite; be a fool that is lauded as a genius?

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:59 am**

S~V~S wrote:Penn & Teller victim~ I won't take any shit from that bully or his sidekick (although he quite often is right, and always hilarious, he's still a bully). If i was a hated reality show person, i would no doubt deserve it. That would suck.

Would you rather be brilliant and perennially look foolish and never be taken seriously, or the opposite; be a fool that is lauded as a genius?

A fool, ignorance is bliss in my experience.

Would you rather eat mouse droppings or Pamela Anderson's leftovers after she leaves her table (and yes, you have to use her fork).

Posted: **Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:57 am**

Pamela Anderson eats a very healthy vegan diet as I understand it, that would be better than mouse droppings from a nutrition standpoint.

Would you rather have to listen only to music you hate, or watch TV shows you hate, for the rest of your life? (You could watch TV you like if you chose the music, and vice versa)

Posted: **Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:21 pm**

Give me good music. I already only watch TV shows I hate.

Would you rather be in a film directed by Quentin Tarantino or Frank Darabont?

Posted: **Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:05 pm**

Shawshank is in my top ten, but Reservoir Dogs is in my top three, so Tarantino (much as I can live without Grindhouse/Death Proof).

Would you rather see something horrible or smell something horrible?

Posted: **Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:08 pm**

See, easy.

Would you rather have teeth that never decayed or skin that remained smooth?

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:53 pm**

Teeth, no question. I am cursed with bad teeth (Thanks Dad

) so I covet good teeth.

Would you rather live without a car or a refrigerator?

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:26 am**

Been without a car before, and I would walk up the street, buy my beer, and carry it back to my refrigerator.

Would you rather spend a year in solitary confinement or two years in the general population?

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:22 pm**

Two years with people.

Would you rather lose both hands or go blind?

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:07 pm**

Go blind. I can play music without my eyes- not without my hands.

Would you rather literally sit on a fence or literally be between a rock and a half place for an hour?

Posted: **Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:25 pm**

Rock and a hard place.

Would you rather listen to Fran Drescher's self-narrated autobiography in the car or Gilbert Gottfried's?

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:11 pm**

Mongoose wrote:Rock and a hard place.

Would you rather listen to Fran Drescher's self-narrated autobiography in the car or Gilbert Gottfried's?

Oh sweet Jesus. Fran I guess.

Would you rather lose a pinky finger or a big toe?

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