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Question/answer 2k13

The Second Spitter Dec 31 2012 11:21 AM

(The thread that went missing for all of 2012 is baaack! By popular demand!) When American kids play baseball on the street, who calls strikes?

Benjamin Grimm Dec 31 2012 12:02 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

We always played by number of swings, not called balls and strikes. A swing and miss on your third swing, and you're out. On the fourth swing, a foul ball would also be an out. Are you going out tonight, or staying in?

TransMonk Dec 31 2012 12:08 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Going out...but planning to be home by 10:30 or so. Are you making a resolution for the new year?

sharpie Dec 31 2012 12:08 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No hard and fast resolutions, no. Be a better person. I'm going out for pizza. What topping(s) do you want?

Swan Swan H Dec 31 2012 12:42 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I've lately become partial to fresh mozzarella and fresh basil. Thanks for asking. I'm getting coffee. How do you take yours?

Ceetar Dec 31 2012 01:25 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Swan Swan H wrote: I've lately become partial to fresh mozzarella and fresh basil. Thanks for asking. I'm getting coffee. How do you take yours? black and dark. Hawaiian if possible. (we missed this all of 2012? i thought I remembered it..) Regardless of in or out tonight, what are you drinking besides champagne, if anything?

The Second Spitter Jan 01 2013 12:37 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The finest vintage of Coca Cola..........and as per picture. I got stung by a bluebottle (across the face!), does anybody have any good home remedies, since all the chemists are shut?

Fman99 Jan 01 2013 05:47 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Second Spitter wrote: The finest vintage of Coca Cola..........and as per picture. I got stung by a bluebottle (across the face!), does anybody have any good home remedies, since all the chemists are shut? I had to look that up, I thought perhaps this was a metaphor for being hit with an empty blue glass beer bottle. But no, this is another name for a Portugese Man-o-War, which I have heard of. And I'd suggest, as if you didn't know, that you find a pretty girl to suck the poison out. In lieu of that, a warm salt water compress is said to help. What I want to know is, what was the nicest Mets-themed gift you received this past holiday season?

Mets – Willets Point Jan 01 2013 09:27 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Fman99 wrote: What I want to know is, what was the nicest Mets-themed gift you received this past holiday season? My son painted picture frames with his school photo for all his grown-ups and he did mine in blue and orange because "those are the Mets colors." Coincidentally, my father-in-law, a Florida alum, also got a blue & orange frame. What are you looking forward to most in 2013?

Ceetar Jan 01 2013 12:10 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Fman99 wrote: What I want to know is, what was the nicest Mets-themed gift you received this past holiday season? My son painted picture frames with his school photo for all his grown-ups and he did mine in blue and orange because "those are the Mets colors." Coincidentally, my father-in-law, a Florida alum, also got a blue & orange frame. What are you looking forward to most in 2013? Buying a house. What are you most going to miss about 2012?

Mets – Willets Point Jan 01 2013 02:05 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ceetar wrote: What are you most going to miss about 2012? R.A. Dickey as a Met. Give me one reason to look forward to the 2013 Mets' season?

d'Kong76 Jan 01 2013 03:26 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A: 'cause we've got ourselves a ball club, The Mets of New York town! Q: What's the first stupid thing you might do this year?

cooby Jan 02 2013 01:54 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Put pepper on my popcorn. What is your favorite lounging around the house outfit?

Vic Sage Jan 02 2013 01:56 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

my birthday suit, baby! should i stay or should i go?

Swan Swan H Jan 02 2013 02:01 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

If you're still in your birthday suit, stay. What don't you use any longer now that you have your cell phone with you at all times?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 02 2013 02:14 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Paper maps was the first thing that came to mind. What's the best Billy Joel album? Why?

seawolf17 Jan 02 2013 02:21 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

"Turnstiles." Includes his two best songs, "Summer Highland Falls" and "Angry Young Man." What grocery store do you use most? Why?

Edgy MD Jan 02 2013 02:24 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I use Safeway because folks get a union wage they can live on. Top five cartoon ducks?

Vic Sage Jan 02 2013 03:07 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

1- Howard the duck 2- Daffy Duck 3- Eric Duckman 4- Scrooge McDuck 5- Donald Duck My god, how did i get here?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 02 2013 04:10 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Road to Nowhere. Next thing on your life's Must-Do list to do?

The Second Spitter Jan 02 2013 05:37 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Become a citizen of the United States of America, hit above the Mendoza Line of cricket, or bench press 120kg, whichever comes first. Did Richard Marx kill Mary?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 07 2013 01:23 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Probably. Who wants to go to Fire Lake?

Swan Swan H Feb 07 2013 01:41 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Not me, if I have to listen to Bob Seger once I get there. If you could go back to age 10 and diligently start lessons for anything, what would it be?

seawolf17 Feb 07 2013 01:46 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

My gut response is "guitar" so I can be better and more disciplined, but actually "Chinese." Wish I had the time to really dig in and learn the language. High-speed car chases on TV -- awesome or stupid?

Vic Sage Feb 07 2013 01:55 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A: They are usually a little bit (or a lot) of both. Q: They shoot horses, don't they?

sharpie Feb 07 2013 02:01 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Yes. In general, what time is bedtime?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 07 2013 02:03 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

10:30 p.m. What's the best vintage silent movie* you've ever seen? *2011's The Artist doesn't count!

MFS62 Feb 07 2013 02:53 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 08 2013 07:32 AM

10:30 p.m. What's the best vintage silent movie* you've ever seen? *2011's The Artist doesn't count! Abel Gance's Napoleon. 7 1/2 hours, with its own orchestral score that was played live in the theaters. (I didn't see it in a theater, it was in a films class, so I didn't hear the score.) The film included a 45 minute scene of a snowball fight (when Napoleon was a youngster) that showed he had military leadership as a child. What was the movie that you wanted to walk out of earlier than any other, but had to stay there because of your companions (date, spouse or friends)? Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 07 2013 08:24 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Transformers. (Also, I HATE walking out of something I've paid to see, so... cheapness also kept me in my seat.) What's the worst new song you've heard on the radio this month?

Swan Swan H Feb 08 2013 08:05 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

"Into the Wild" by LP. It may be better known as the 'somebody left the gate open' song in the Citi commercial, but it's recently been getting played on WFUV and 3 1/2 minutes of it is twenty-one times worse than the ten second clip in the ad. You can have any car you want. What is it?

Vic Sage Feb 08 2013 08:13 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'm not looking for anything rare or absurd, just the upcoming 2014 corvette stingray. As it is, i'll have to wait 10 years to buy a used one i can afford. What's you favorite CARS song and why?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 08 2013 08:16 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Bye Bye Love. I think it's so illustrious, I call it intense. Bruce Springsteen in an interview today said he had read some baseball books recently but didn't say which. What's your best guess as to the baseball book the boss read? Why?

TheOldMole Feb 08 2013 10:25 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Bang the Drum Slowly. The Boss is kind of an archivist with a sense of the tragic. How much snow do you have?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 08 2013 10:55 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

5.5 inches as of midnight. What are the best and worst "usual" donuts?

Vic Sage Feb 09 2013 08:02 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

best = krispy kreme, when the red light is on (warm out of the oven) worst = dunkin donuts, just pure lard. best donuts i've ever had are at Ove's, a place on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. I rented a house right near it, just so it'd be easy to pick them for breakfast every morning. I think their secret ingredient is fairy dust. I'm supposed to drive from Westchester to New Brunswick at around noon today. Will i make it?

MFS62 Feb 09 2013 10:32 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Vic Sage wrote: I'm supposed to drive from Westchester to New Brunswick at around noon today. Will i make it? According to our Governor in Connecticut, unless you will be driving a snow removal or emergency vehicle, you could get a ticket. The roads, even the major ones, are still tricky in spots because of the blowing snow. One of my daughters lives less than one mile from I-95 in Milford. She got about 36 inches of snow. Oops, question: What was the scariest thing that ever happened when you were driving your car? Later

TheOldMole Feb 10 2013 01:02 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Lived in the Santa Cruz mountains on a steep hill. Backed out of my driveway and the brakes failed completely. I knew there was a second driveway just below mine, but there was a steep dropoff on the downhill side of it. My car was a big stepvan, a converted bread truck. I had to guess where the driveway was, turn so that I backed into it, throw the van into a forward gear and turn off the engine. Somehow I managed it. What's the record that changed your mind about music?

Vic Sage Feb 12 2013 01:35 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN -- when i was a kid, i was like most kids and only liked the bubblegum on top40 AM radio. Then my brother made me sit down and listen to this album, and i knew there was more to music than what i'd been listening to. name your top 3 favorite Cat Stevens songs.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2013 02:03 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Where do the children play Father & Son On the Road to Find Out These 3 might all be from that album. Juice: Orange, pineapple, grapefruit, tomato, other?

RealityChuck Feb 12 2013 03:56 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Orange. Name a band you hated at first, but eventually became a fan.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2013 04:10 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

After having them stuck in my head as emblematic of the shitty, studio-smooth side of '70s rock, I have totally-- TOTALLY-- come full circle on Fleetwood Mac. (Especially "Tusk.") Name a band you loved at first (and NOT just for one song), but eventually came around to hate.

Swan Swan H Feb 12 2013 04:16 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

[youtube:2po7ug7n]gN3KLL64mkI[/youtube:2po7ug7n] You can have one person come and sing one song for your next milestone birthday. Who and what?

Ceetar Feb 13 2013 07:08 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Swan Swan H wrote: You can have one person come and sing one song for your next milestone birthday. Who and what? Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend >:) [youtube]zebJzF-oW34[/youtube] You and 5 friends get a month long 'break' from life. Just the 6 of you, with a per diem that covers normal stuff (no yatchs/etc) to spend in one city. (Not New York) Which city?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 13 2013 07:22 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Paris. Tell me why that's not the best choice.

metirish Feb 13 2013 07:26 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Paris. Tell me why that's not the best choice. Obviously because it's full of French people......I wanted to answer this question and was going to pick Paris...... What does ‘The American Dream’ mean to you?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 13 2013 07:49 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

This. Also, people on a boat, watching the Statue of Liberty. And a burger. A big-ass, meat-sweaty, fuck-you burger. An all-powerful stranger comes to you, and gives you the opportunity to un-invent one item from the last few centuries (with all subsequent inventions stemming from this device/conception AND human history changing accordingly). What item do you choose, if any?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 13 2013 08:07 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The handgun's only made for killing. It ain't good for nothin' else. A new law has been passed that reduces the number of brands of breakfast cereal to just 2: One "good-for-you" and one sugar-packed, free-prize-inside. What are your two and why?

metirish Feb 13 2013 08:27 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The handgun's only made for killing. It ain't good for nothin' else. A new law has been passed that reduces the number of brands of breakfast cereal to just 2: One "good-for-you" and one sugar-packed, free-prize-inside. What are your two and why? Good - Wheetabix - bad - Kellog's Smorz What’s the one thing you’d like others to remember about you at the end of your life?

metsmarathon Feb 13 2013 08:31 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

because it's healthy and good for you and packed with cinnamonny goodness. and because it's lucky charms. OE: crap! i've been beaten to the answer! metirish wrote: What’s the one thing you’d like others to remember about you at the end of your life? to check for a pulse wrestling is getting body-slammed right out of the olympics, at least for now. it might come back, or it might not. there are a lot of people who think the wrong sport got the axe. which one sport should be removed from the games of the summer olympiad, never ever to return?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 13 2013 09:02 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Modern pentathlon is the obvious answer-- five outdated events that don't even reflect the modern-warrior aesthetic as was originally intended. (Also, it's not even a fucking PENTAthlon anymore.) Honestly, I'm a lot more steamed about wrestling going than I ever would have thought I'd be-- it's almost as essential an Olympic contest as a footrace. What not-generally-accepted item of clothing (other gender OR yours) that you don't currently regularly wear WOULD you wear, if all social stigma were removed?

cooby Feb 13 2013 09:41 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Sweatpants to church. What is your spouse's hobby?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 13 2013 09:45 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'll say "gardening." Do you know of any hobbies that any of your grandparents had?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 13 2013 02:51 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Grandpa liked gardening, raised a whole lot of green beans and and okra and peppers in our Jersey backyard, and couldn't quite get pumpkins and gourds consistently. Grandma came around to gardening, too, somewhat belatedly choosing to "mess around" with orchids; she ended up creating a new breed, and making a $50K-a-year post-retirement business out of breeding. (Let's just say Grandpa "outkicked his coverage.") Old friend from out of town drops in suddenly, and you decide to go out. Where near you are you taking him/her for dinner, and why?

TheOldMole Feb 13 2013 03:08 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

For an old friend, I don't have to be pretentious. Just good food at a reasonable price. So we'll go to Chipotle -- not the chain, but a steak house of the same name in Saugerties. Terrific steaks, nice homey atmosphere in a building that used to be a Piza Hut. And if he/she shows up on a Wednesday, they have $5 taco night. Suppose it's an old girl friend who dumped you in high schoo/college, and her husband? Where do you go now?

RealityChuck Feb 13 2013 07:26 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'd probably take them to Ala Shanghai, my new favorite Chinese place around here. Traditional Chinese food, not Chinese-American. What happened in High School was so long ago it wouldn't matter, and in our school, everyone knew each other for years before HS. Who was the person you should have kissed but didn't?

Edgy MD Feb 13 2013 08:32 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

This probably came up before. Janine Rutledge. Girl takes her sister to see me in a play. Waits until after I'm changed into my civvies to say hi and introduce me. I don't pick up that there's an opening? What the hell was wrong with me? Biggest gambling haul?

TheOldMole Feb 14 2013 02:50 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Saratoga. Went with Pat, and met up with my daughter Wendy, then a senior at Union. She went off with her friends and I didn't see her for most of the day. Ninth race, I hit the triple, about $800. I'm there in line to cash my winning ticket and in the next line over is Wendy. She hit the same triple. What's the most astounding coincidence you were ever a part of?

Swan Swan H Feb 14 2013 03:13 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Small in global scale, but pretty amazing. Before she went back to full-time office work my wife used to decorate and sell cakes. A cousin asked for a chocolate cake with peanut butter filling, and my wife told her that she had no recipe for peanut butter filling but she would look for one, and they settled on a plan b. We looked everywhere she could, but no luck. On the day she was making the cake she went out to buy the supplies, and while she was out the mail came. There was a promotional piece from the Food Network, and in it was a recipe from Mrs. Fields for peanut butter frosting. My wife made it, and had made it dozens of times since. A friend of mine just ordered a pair of Totes boots. I thought they went the way of the 8-track tape and typewriter ribbon. Do you still wear them?

RealityChuck Feb 15 2013 01:15 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No, but I do have a Totes umbrella. What book (not a school assignment) did you dislike reading the most?

Mets – Willets Point Feb 15 2013 01:28 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Kind of a tossup between The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Krauss, Portnoy’s Complaint by Phillip Roth, and Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. What book were you assigned to read or otherwise read (initially) against your will that you ended up liking quite a bit?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 15 2013 03:35 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Great Expectations, Bleak House, and virtually all of the Dickens canon. Get better with every read. Who's your all-time guilty-pleasure celebrity crush object? Your current one?

Swan Swan H Feb 15 2013 05:33 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I saw Olivia Newton-John on The Midnight Special when I was 14, and I was mega-smitten. Now, I'm too old for celebrity crushes Scarlett Johansson What common task do you do way better than the average person?

HahnSolo Feb 20 2013 08:56 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

For an Irish guy with a Latina wife, I make a pretty mean spaghetti sauce (is that common enough?). The one who got away...why'd you let he/she go?

cooby Feb 21 2013 08:13 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Because he was a lying jerk who spread false rumors about me. Have you seen a robin yet?

Mets – Willets Point Feb 21 2013 08:30 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I saw one in the snow last week. I don't think he bothered to migrate. What's a good way to boost your energy and alertness when you're feeling tired and run down during the day?

cooby Feb 21 2013 08:31 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Just as an aside, I just read that you are to have the snowiest February on record in Boston...he should have flown south :) Beautiful picture!

metsmarathon Feb 21 2013 08:32 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

i go for a run. when was the last time you wore shoes with a velcro closure?

MFS62 Feb 21 2013 08:34 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

metsmarathon wrote: when was the last time you wore shoes with a velcro closure? Shoes, never. Boots, a while (years) ago. Do you do your own taxes? Later

RealityChuck Feb 21 2013 09:05 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Yes. With TaxAct. What did you want to be when you grew up? How close did you come to it?

Ceetar Feb 21 2013 09:37 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

RealityChuck wrote: What did you want to be when you grew up? How close did you come to it? Trick question, I'll never grow up and it's never too late to dream and become something else. I'd say right now my 'dream job' is probably game design/programming. I'd say I'm about as close as those people that move to LA to become actors/actresses. What's your go-to drink for places that only have the basic crappy beer and simple open bar like a wedding? (For me, usually Tom Collins)

Benjamin Grimm Feb 21 2013 09:43 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ceetar wrote: I'll never grow up I used to think the same thing, but then I became a father. Back to Ceetar's question: What's your go-to drink for places that only have the basic crappy beer and simple open bar like a wedding? (For me, usually Tom Collins)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 21 2013 09:48 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Scotch-and-soda. Sippable, but also nurse-able. Also, it's unlikely that random, table-hopping kids will go for it when/if I'm dancing, given the smell. What cultural personality that everyone seems to love don't you "get" at all? What is it that bugs you about the guy/gal?

Mets – Willets Point Feb 21 2013 09:51 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

John Stewart & Stephen Colbert. Funny in small doses, but I really don't see the appeal of the same act night after night. And it scares me that there are many people who consider them a legitimate news source. What fictional character would you like to invite to dinner if that person really existed?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 21 2013 10:06 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Homer Simpson. Name a Rod Stewart song you love

Edgy MD Feb 21 2013 10:09 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Easy. "Every Picture Tells a Story." That woman who sings at the end? I want to invite her to dinner. I sincerely thought I was so complete until I heard her sing. Who saved your life and how?

TheOldMole Feb 22 2013 02:50 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Pat. When we met I was floundering. For one thing. I was driving with a suspended license because I had all these tickets I hadn't answered lover about eight years. They were mostly inconsequential stuff like expired inspection sticker, but they were all over little towns in Mew York state and we had to track them all down and pay $25, $50, maybe $100 here and there and there. Finally we got them all taken care of except the big one -- driving without insurance, mandatory $6000 fine. But we had to do it, so we took a deep breath and contacted the court in whatever little town it was. Turned out I had gotten that ticket the week before the law went into effect, and it was only a fifty dollar fine. What British Invasion group that's been pretty much forgotten did you really like?

cooby Feb 22 2013 06:01 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'd say Peter and Gordon. My sister says when I was a little girl I had a big crush on the one with glasses. She's probably right; I have always liked guys with glasses. When is the last time you ate from a food truck?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 22 2013 06:20 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Garlic shrimp from a food truck on the north shore of Oahu, 2008. What movie have you seen more than any other?

RealityChuck Feb 22 2013 11:24 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ghost Chasers with the Bowery Boys. WPIX showed it every Saturday afternoon for years, it seemed. What is the first movie you remember going to?

Edgy MD Feb 22 2013 11:31 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Might have been Willy Wonka, but I think it was Day of the Dolphin. At any rate, it was the first movie they took me too that I didn't leave crying. Willy Wonka --- what were they thinking?! Willy Wonka --- what were they thinking?!

Mets – Willets Point Feb 22 2013 12:33 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

It's a great movie for kids, because kids actually love to be terrified. Seriously. What was the scariest movie you saw before the age of 10 that still haunts you to this day?

batmagadanleadoff Feb 22 2013 12:43 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Horror Hotel. Upon viewing this flick as a adult, I realized that it was a Salem witch themed Psycho remake. What's the last book you re-read?

Swan Swan H Feb 22 2013 12:51 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Summer Game by Roger Angell, sort of. I just finished listening to the audiobook a few days ago, having read and/or listened to it at least four or five times previously. If you could go to any awards ceremony, which would it be?

SteveJRogers Feb 23 2013 06:13 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Swan Swan H wrote: The Summer Game by Roger Angell, sort of. I just finished listening to the audiobook a few days ago, having read and/or listened to it at least four or five times previously. If you could go to any awards ceremony, which would it be? The New York chapter of the BBWAA awards/B.A.T. awards. Is there a more crazier argument against the Oscars than the lack of top grossing (and therefore most well known) films being listed in the Best Picture category?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 23 2013 07:07 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

SteveJRogers wrote: Is there a more crazier argument against the Oscars than the lack of top grossing (and therefore most well known) films being listed in the Best Picture category? That no ostrich has ever-- EVER-- been nominated for Best Supporting Actress, much less won. #noostrichnopeace If you could force any two people to fight to the... well, to the point of humiliation, at least, who would they be?

Ceetar Feb 23 2013 07:23 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Is there a more crazier argument against the Oscars than the lack of top grossing (and therefore most well known) films being listed in the Best Picture category? That no ostrich has ever-- EVER-- been nominated for Best Supporting Actress, much less won. #noostrichnopeace If you could force any two people to fight to the... well, to the point of humiliation, at least, who would they be? Derek Jeter and a Boston Red Sox ballboy obviously. You're magically allowed to have any view out the back of your home (any direction), besides the inside of Citi Field, what would you choose to look at every day? beach? mountains?

Edgy MD Feb 23 2013 07:43 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

View of Iona Abbey would sher be nice. You have been given an awesome amount of money, but you have to invest in starting a new American pro-sports circuit. It's yours to burn, but you probably want to make something that will catch on, as you get to keep the profits. Seriously. What sport do you go with?

TheOldMole Feb 23 2013 05:03 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Curling. It's hypnotic. In the last Winter Olympics, everyone I know was following the curling. If you could crossbreed two AKC dog breeds and create a new one, what would it be?

Ceetar Feb 23 2013 09:34 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

TheOldMole wrote: Curling. It's hypnotic. In the last Winter Olympics, everyone I know was following the curling. If you could crossbreed two AKC dog breeds and create a new one, what would it be? just fyi, today was curling is cool day.

RealityChuck Feb 25 2013 11:20 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A Schnauzer and a poodle to get a schnoodle. Who's your favorite old-time blues musician?

sharpie Feb 25 2013 11:56 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'll go Howlin' Wolf but there's nothing wrong with Robert Johnson, Elmore James or John Lee Hooker. What have you been offered tickets to that you turned down but later regretted?

seawolf17 Feb 25 2013 12:01 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Back in my radio days, we had a leftover pair of giveaway tickets to see John Denver at the Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center one August evening. I asked my girlfriend (now wife) if she wanted to go; figured it'd be kind of a fun show, one where you know a lot more songs than you'd think. We decided to do something else instead, figuring we'd see him some other time. He crashed his plane and died two months later. What's the most you've ever paid for tickets to an event/concert/game?

Edgy MD Feb 25 2013 12:05 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ugh, on that John Denver thing. I simlarly missed out on seeing Roy Orbison for free because of massive and unstoppable teenage makeout session.

Chad Ochoseis Feb 25 2013 12:13 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

$150 each for two ninth row seats to see Aretha Franklin at the Community Theater in Morristown in 2008. That was the third date with the person I've been with ever since, so it turned out to be a pretty good investment. Who were you named after, if anyone?

batmagadanleadoff Feb 25 2013 12:22 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

This guy. Did you ever exhibit such bad behavior after receiving a gift that you caused a terrible fight? Tell us about it. What was the gift? Who was the gift-giver?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 01 2013 12:20 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

batmagadanleadoff wrote: This guy. Did you ever exhibit such bad behavior after receiving a gift that you caused a terrible fight? Tell us about it. What was the gift? Who was the gift-giver? Was it the question? Let's try this again. I don't wanna be no thread-killer. You find an interesting looking lamp which you rub, and out oozes a real bona-fide genie, smoke and all. The genie grants you one wish. One. If you ask for multiple wishes, or anything else calculated to circumvent the one-wish rule, you forfeit your one wish. What do you wish for?

TheOldMole Mar 02 2013 05:21 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

i know this probably sounds sappy, but it's the first thing that popped into my head. For all of my grandchildren to have happy marriages. If you could have written one Bob Dylan song, which one would it be?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 02 2013 05:30 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Only a Pawn in their Game. first one to jump to mind and it always destroys me. If Bruce Springsteen dropped by to ask you what your biggest problem was with his art, what would you tell him?

Edgy MD Mar 02 2013 06:38 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Excessive histrionia. Hard to appreciate where a climax might fall when the exclamation points are everywher. Best track of 1996?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 02 2013 07:15 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 02 2013 07:42 PM

TIE: DJ Shadow, "Midnight In A Perfect World"/Quad City DJs, "C'mon Ride The Train" (As someone who went to college and walked by many, many open dorm windows playing Alanis or awful techno... it was kind of a rough time for music.) What food do you love that makes you feel terrible-- physically or otherwise?

MFS62 Mar 02 2013 07:27 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: What food do you love that makes you feel terrible-- physically or otherwise? An everything bagel with lox, onion and cream cheese. Breakfast at 9:00, heartburn by 10:30. (but what a way to go) What movie reminds you of at least a part of your life? Later

RealityChuck Mar 02 2013 09:02 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Way We Were, but only because I was watching them shoot it. If the Mets stopped existing, what baseball team would you root for instead?

TheOldMole Mar 03 2013 12:01 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Right now the Blue Jays. What sport other than baseball do you most wish you excelled in?

Mets – Willets Point Mar 03 2013 06:47 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Luge, because that would be freakin' awesome. What well-known person do people claim you resemble?

RealityChuck Mar 03 2013 07:10 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

At various times, Jerry Garcia, Santa Claus, and fucking Kenny Rogers. What's your favorite supermarket?

Frayed Knot Mar 03 2013 07:50 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

RealityChuck wrote: ... and fucking Kenny Rogers. Pre surgery or post? I saw a film clip of Rogers recently and wouldn't have recognized him without a caption.

TheOldMole Mar 03 2013 08:04 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Price Chopper. They're in my home town, and they have really good baked goods. Who's your favorite person named Smith?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 04 2013 11:19 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Richard Smith, the legendary bull rider who gave my home town of Smithtown, N.Y. its name. Who is your favorite Jones?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 04 2013 11:33 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Richard Smith, the legendary bull rider who gave my home town of Smithtown, N.Y. its name. Who is your favorite Jones? Jughead Jones is cool. But he's scarless, unlike Cleon. Is there a dish or meal that, with a high degree of confidence, you could prepare, believing that it would please most people? What's that dish/meal?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2013 04:50 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Oh, there's a few. I'll go with a nice puttanesca, though, for ease. What's the worst facial hair decision you've ever made? Did it come back to bite you?

Edgy MD Mar 05 2013 09:43 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Had some long-assed hair in my collegiate days. I briefly put the front half in two braids which I tucked behind my ears. I think that should count. It was over the summer so few saw me apart from the crew of the parks department truck I was on. Braiding became a big pain the butt, and I was bad at it, so I cut it all off so I could re-establish speaking terms with my father. I went back to school for my senior year and got more attention from women than I ever got with The Great Mane. This may not have been new attention but rather old attention I was just noticing because I didn't have a curtain in front of my face. Even when I was winning, I was a looza. Top-ten Bowie traxx? (Please note the version, if possible. "Under Pressure" is eligible, I think, as Bowie is listed as co-writer and it appeared on Best of Bowie.)

seawolf17 Mar 05 2013 09:57 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Edgy MD wrote: Had some long-assed hair in my collegiate days. I briefly put the front half in two braids which I tucked behind my ears. I think that should count. It was over the summer so few saw me apart from the crew of the parks department truck I was on. Braiding became a big pain the butt, and I was bad at it, so I cut it all off so I could re-establish speaking terms with my father. I went back to school for my senior year and got more attention from women than I ever got with The Great Mane. This may not have been new attention but rather old attention I was just noticing because I didn't have a curtain in front of my face. Even when I was winning, I was a looza. Top-ten Bowie traxx? (Please note the version, if possible. "Under Pressure" is eligible, I think, as Bowie is listed as co-writer and it appeared on Best of Bowie.) PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. Ziggy Stardust Under Pressure Heroes Starman Space Oddity Changes The Man Who Sold The World All The Young Dudes (despite it being murdered by too many covers) Suffragette City (despite it being murdered by too many covers) I'm Afraid of Americans What's the oddest food that's a regular part of your diet?

metirish Mar 05 2013 10:00 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

10) Heroes 9) China Girl 8) Under Pressure 7) The Man Who Sold the World 6) Rebel Rebel 5) Young Americans 4) Changes 3) Modern Love' 2 ) Space Oddity and my absolute fave Bowie track is 1) [youtube:1hqp4q3l]6IJsAuUgSgc[/youtube:1hqp4q3l] I just love the changes in this song....perfect Top five Van Morrison covers?

metirish Mar 05 2013 10:01 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

What's the oddest food that's a regular part of your diet? rashers not odd to me of course Top five Van Morrison covers?

sharpie Mar 05 2013 10:42 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Songs covered by Van Morrison? Songs of Van Morrison covered by others? Album covers of Van Morrison? Or just best songs by Van Morrison?

metirish Mar 05 2013 10:45 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

sharpie wrote: son? Songs of Van Morrison covered by others? this apologies....

sharpie Mar 05 2013 12:00 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Jeff Buckley: The Way Young Lovers Do Joe Cocker: Into the Mystic The Doors: Gloria Marianne Faithful: Madame George Tom Jones: Sometimes We Cry (with Van) Five best cover versions of Rolling Stones songs?

Edgy MD Mar 05 2013 12:05 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ah shit, you beat me. I was up to... 3. Cassandra Wilson: "Tupelo Honey" [youtube:1c00i353]Py0LYQEAs4k[/youtube:1c00i353] 2. Elvis Costello: "Wild Night" [youtube:1c00i353]ges69GRMKrA[/youtube:1c00i353] 1. The Waterboys : "Sweet Thing" [youtube:1c00i353]Be3OkvBZaIY[/youtube:1c00i353]

metirish Mar 05 2013 12:07 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Great choices, thankfully no Rod Stewart

sharpie Mar 05 2013 12:13 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'd considered Elvis and the Waterboys. didn't know the cassandra wilson.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 05 2013 12:17 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 05 2013 12:28 PM

sharpie wrote: Five best cover versions of Rolling Stones songs? Let's Spend the Night Together, Muddy Waters, Electric Mud -- psychedelic fuzz wah wah experimental blues from the Cadet Concept branch of Chess Records. [youtube]N7JJg46e_pE[/youtube] Sympathy for the Devil, JJ Vianello & Mecco & the Soul Bullets, Love Rains on Me, Would you like some salsa with your stones? Sympathy for the Devil, Francesco Garolfi, 1968 Odisses nel Rock, Acoustic blues strumming from Italy. Very continental. As Tears Go By, Orville Johnson, Freehand, beautiful laptop slide guitar Gimme Shelter, Carla Whitney, funked up Stones Honorable mention Ruby Tuesday, Melanie [youtube]8agH2gJqimU[/youtube] Jumping Jack Flash, Aretha Franklin [youtube]9yJ-IC--7wY[/youtube]

sharpie Mar 05 2013 12:27 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Nice choices. Your question, please.

seawolf17 Mar 05 2013 12:31 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

WRONG. [youtube:3w0otuy2]W7muCRio2nQ[/youtube:3w0otuy2]

batmagadanleadoff Mar 05 2013 12:34 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

sharpie wrote: Nice choices. Your question, please. Ah yes. For one day, you get to be any character from a movie or television show. It could be a regular, a semi-regular recurring character, or even a one-shot one-episode character. Who do you choose?

RealityChuck Mar 05 2013 02:16 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Doctor, of course (and if you mention the Star Trek: Voyager one, you'll get a sonic screwdriver shoved in a very uncomfortable location ;) ) Name a long running but obscure TV show you liked to watch.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 05 2013 04:36 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Five best cover versions of Rolling Stones songs? Let's Spend the Night Together, Muddy Waters, Electric Mud -- psychedelic fuzz wah wah experimental blues from the Cadet Concept branch of Chess Records. [youtube]N7JJg46e_pE[/youtube] Sympathy for the Devil, JJ Vianello & Mecco & the Soul Bullets, Love Rains on Me, Would you like some salsa with your stones? Sympathy for the Devil, Francesco Garolfi, 1968 Odisses nel Rock, Acoustic blues strumming from Italy. Very continental. As Tears Go By, Orville Johnson, Freehand, beautiful laptop slide guitar Gimme Shelter, Carla Whitney, funked up Stones Honorable mention Ruby Tuesday, Melanie [youtube]8agH2gJqimU[/youtube] Jumping Jack Flash, Aretha Franklin [youtube]9yJ-IC--7wY[/youtube] Gah! With so many great Stones covers to choose from. I left out my most favorite. From the department of the Weird and the Wonderful: [youtube]jadvt7CbH1o[/youtube]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 05 2013 06:35 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Doctor, of course (and if you mention the Star Trek: Voyager one, you'll get a sonic screwdriver shoved in a very uncomfortable location ;) ) Name a long running but obscure TV show you liked to watch. 'King of the Hill' was funnier, and overall better done, than a ton of more popular, less funny, worse executed shows. You need a new pair of blue jeans. Where? How much?

The Second Spitter Mar 06 2013 09:41 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

http://www.allamericanclothing.com/ for bang for buck. And if the blue sky mining company won't come to my rescue If the sugar refining company won't save me Who's gonna save me? Who's gonna save me? Who's gonna save me?

Edgy MD Mar 09 2013 09:41 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The right to organize, a healthy dose of Catholic Social Teaching principles in your society, and a Springsteenian inextinguishable fire of hope in your belly. ____________________________ You're the booking agent who lined up Bon Fucking Jovi to play the Super Bowl. You already hate yourself for it, but it's the best compromise between viability and your conscience you could manage. The night before, the entire band and crew goes out to the same seafood restaurant and comes down with a vicious case of food poisoning. YOU HAVE TO BOOK A NEW ACT ON 12 HOURS NOTICE! You initially stay calm. You're in New York. But you call the reps of the usual roster of New York legends --- Springsteen, Joel, --- and the first two are out of town. Simon's a dick and won't go on solo without time to prepare a production. Rev. Run won't associate himself with football which he says is destroying our culture. LL Cool J is impossible to find. You check with every agent you know, and these are the highest profile acts currently on tour and within a few hours drive of the stadium: [list][*]Loggins and Messina[/*:m] [*]Whitesnake[/*:m] [*]Ton Loc[/*:m] [*]Los Lobos[/*:m] [*]Icehouse ("Icehouse"?! you cry.)[/*:m] [*]Tears for Fears (without Roland)[/*:m] [*]Reba McIntyre[/*:m] [*]Lisa Loeb and at Least Four or Five of Her Nine Stories[/*:m] [*]Ricky Skaggs[/*:m] [*]Bell Biv Devoe[/*:m] [*]Sammy Hagar solo[/*:m] [*]Frank Sinatra, Jr.[/*:m] [*]The Surviving Members of TLC[/*:m] [*]Three Doors Down[/*:m] [*]Indigo Girls[/*:m] [*]The Marshall Tucker Band[/*:m] [*]A-ha[/*:m] [*]The Brian Setzer Orchestra[/*:m] [*]Carol King, Carly Simon, and Melissa Manchester (touring together in the "Tapestry of Voices" tour --- you can also take one or two of this set)[/*:m][/list:u] In despair, you log onto the Crane Pool and beg for help. Despite it being late at night during the offseason, several posters are online and offer help. Duan checks his rolodex and offers you [list][*]The New Radicals[/*:m] [*]Chumbawamba[/*:m][/list:u] Vic Sage works his theatrical connections and offers truncated versons of [list][*]The Lord of the Dance[/*:m] [*]My Fair Lady (Featuring Michael Damien as Professor Higgins and Anna Chlumsky as Eliza)[/*:m] [*]The Original Disco Divas (featuring Gloria Gaynor, Vicki Sue Robinson, and Thelma Houston)[/*:m] [*]Muppets on Ice[/*:m][/list:u] The clock is ticking, Tico Torres is puking in your trash basket, and you've got to make a decision. What do you do?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2013 12:28 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Sammy Hagar with the Muppets on Ice. Hagar is an old pro at filling in semi competantly, shares an audience with JBJ, and he knows the one and only way to rock. Muppets will provide visual distraction from the 69-year-old Sammy's red leather trousers. How long until this thread dies?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 09 2013 03:41 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Mar 10 2013 07:55 AM

Like true love, rock and roll, and Vigoda, this will NEVER die. Time and experience have shown me that most people who make a point of telling you how good their sense of humor is are really telling you something quite different. What personality-related assertion-- "I'm a people person," e.g.-- from someone you're just meeting/getting to know makes you most dubious as whether the guy/gal possesses the quality he/she is asserting he/ she has?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2013 05:22 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Edgy MD wrote: You're the booking agent [for] the Super Bowl.... The clock is ticking, Tico Torres is puking in your trash basket, and you've got to make a decision. What do you do? Where's the Up With People choice?

TheOldMole Mar 10 2013 05:29 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

"I do too much." Which Rat Packer would you want to be? (And I would have gone for the disco divas.)

sharpie Mar 15 2013 02:38 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Peter Lawford because he didn't work very hard and got to sleep with Marilyn Monroe. What's the scariest encounter you've ever had with an animal?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 15 2013 03:24 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

One summer when I was 5 or 6, I was wandering with my similarly-aged cousin in high grass near my aunt's Pocono house-- in a development, but one adjacent to untamed woodland-- when we saw a huge, mossy-looking rock on the bright, bright horizon, some 20 feet away or so. One of us got the bright idea to chuck stones at the rock, to see if we could make the moss kick up off the rock. Our first few shots missed (mine pretty badly) so we crept a few feet closer, toward the setting sun. My cousin let fly, and hit the rock directly in the side. No moss. But the rock snorted, and reared up, and revealed itself as a brown bear, apparently just having woken up and a little disoriented (thanks be). We screamed, flew back to the house, about 40-50 feet away, locked the door, and didn't say peep to my cousins for about a half-hour. -------------------------------- You've got seconds to live, and the opportunity to leave a brief message for your child/children/unborn child. What is it?

Gwreck Mar 15 2013 04:41 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Don't ever - under any circumstances - become a Yankees fan. --- Why aren't more crimes comitted with motor vehicles serious felonies? How hard could it be to get the laws changed: first DUI - felony. Leaving the scene of ANY accident - felony. Who would oppose this?

Vic Sage Mar 19 2013 09:49 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A: That legendary jazz pianist -- Felonius Drunk. Q: Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody see what I see?

Mets – Willets Point Mar 19 2013 10:22 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Sit down, John! What are you looking forward to doing most once it is finally spring?

metirish Mar 19 2013 10:24 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Mets – Willets Point wrote: What are you looking forward to doing most once it is finally spring? Being downstairs with my son and working the grill.(when it gets warmer) First impressions of Pope Francis?

SteveJRogers Mar 19 2013 11:52 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

metirish wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: What are you looking forward to doing most once it is finally spring? Being downstairs with my son and working the grill.(when it gets warmer) First impressions of Pope Francis? Seems different enough from the papal choices of late, but certain people do have the "meet the new Pope, same as the old Pope..." vibe considering his usual Catholic dogmatic views on abortion and gay marriage. Wonder what the next big thing in virtual communities would be?

metirish Mar 19 2013 12:19 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

SteveJRogers wrote: metirish wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: What are you looking forward to doing most once it is finally spring? Being downstairs with my son and working the grill.(when it gets warmer) First impressions of Pope Francis? Seems different enough from the papal choices of late, but certain people do have the "meet the new Pope, same as the old Pope..." vibe considering his usual Catholic dogmatic views on abortion and gay marriage. Wonder what the next big thing in virtual communities would be? Planet Rogers? ten years on, did you think the Iraq war wold still be going on?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 19 2013 12:23 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No. I thought it would be a Desert Storm kinda thing at first but realized pretty quickly it was way bigger and stupider than that. Tell us about that shirt your wearing today.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 19 2013 12:32 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

LETS GO! RAN-GERS! (Clap, clap, clapclapclap) What's that asshole on your block-- YOU know the one I mean-- up to NOW?

Edgy MD Mar 19 2013 12:45 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Taking down his St. Patrick's Day decorations, preparing his Easter decorations, and conferring with subtle racist undertones with his less subtly intolerant conspiratorial buddy about what they're going to do if the trashy people move back on the block. Probably trashing a few of the rest of us too. Somebody wants to give you money to start a new motor company. What's your angle?

RealityChuck Mar 19 2013 09:17 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Hire women to design and market cars that other women would want to buy. (I just saw a Slate article pointing out that cars are designed for men, or, if designed for women, they stress things that women don't really care about because women aren't involved in the design or marketing process). Who's your favorite classical composer?

MFS62 Mar 19 2013 09:52 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

RealityChuck wrote: Who's your favorite classical composer? Tchaikovsky. How old were you when you first got interested in baseball? Later

TheOldMole Mar 20 2013 03:59 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Nine. Living in Rome. I'd been overseas for several years. I started following, not even the box scores, but the standings in the Rome Daily American and decided I liked baseball and was a Brooklyn Dodger fan. Ten, I'm back in the States, it's 1950, and I really start following, rooting for the Dodgers, seeing an occasional game on TV, listening to Red Barber on the radio, buying baseball cards and Street and Smith publications. Who is the most beautiful movie star in black and white?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2013 06:56 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ingrid Bergman. Who's the most beautiful movie star today?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 20 2013 04:22 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Movie star? Portman, or Theron. Actress? Olivia Wilde. What food that you haven't had do you most want to try? Why haven't you had it yet?

The Second Spitter Mar 29 2013 02:57 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: What food that you haven't had do you most want to try? Why haven't you had it yet? Witchetty grubs. Cowardice. Where's Bucket these days......gaol?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2013 04:33 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Second Spitter wrote: Witchetty grubs. Cowardice. Where's Bucket these days......gaol? Wow... I don't understand the answer, or the question that follows it!

sharpie Mar 29 2013 07:31 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'll hazard that his reference is to JC Lunchbucket who I think is on a trip to North Carolina. One hopes not a North Carolinian gaol. What vacation that you've taken do you remember least fondly?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 29 2013 08:18 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Teen vacation with cousins and aunts to Orlando (3 of the 7 kids wanted New Orleans, which was similarly priced). Hotel mislaid our reservation; we ended up staying in a dumpy, borderline-fetid motel (with two police visits during the week); two younger cousins developed inner-ear infections after getting soaked on the Universal Jaws ride; adolescent female cousins shoplifted from gift shops all week, and one younger cousin got pinched by park security after unsubtly aping his elders and walking out with a Scooby-Doo keychain. Ever been arrested (or-- otherwise-- seen a companion get arrested)? Do tell.

Vic Sage Mar 29 2013 08:34 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The time i participated in a sit-in in college, and campus security dragged us out, putting us in a holding cell for a while, then sent us home. which i guess doesn't count. But then there was that time when i shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. Got stuck in Folsom prison for quite a while. Your favorite line from a Johnny Cash song?

Mets – Willets Point Mar 29 2013 09:10 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The entirety of "Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart" From the back door of your life, you swept me out dear In the bread line of your dreams, I lost my place At the table of your love, I got the brush off At the Indianapolis of your heart, I lost the race I’ve been washed down the sink of your conscience In the theater of your love, I lost my part And now you say, "You’ve got me out of your conscience" I’ve been flushed from the bathroom of your heart In the garbage disposal of you dreams, I’ve been ground up dear On the river of your plans, I’m up the creek Up the elevator of your future, I’ve been shafted On the calendar of your events, I’m last week I’ve been washed down the sink of your conscience In the theater of your love, I lost my part And now you say, "You’ve got me out of your conscience" I’ve been flushed from the bathroom of your heart Do you know any good, raunchy limericks?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 29 2013 11:16 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

There's a few. The one that comes most readily to mind: In the dark, the girl's innocent chum Misdirected his dick up her bum. Being told gently so, The lad piped, "Penis? No! This is how I've stopped sucking my thumb!" You've got to punch one children's-television character in the face, with no consequences to follow. Who is it and why?

Vic Sage Mar 29 2013 12:13 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Dora the explorer. just because. You have to BE one children's tv character. who do you choose?

metsmarathon Mar 29 2013 12:28 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

ferb fletcher. he and his step brother built a skyscraper to the moon. to the fucking moon. also, he has a pet platypus and that one pharmacists's daughter totally has her eye on him. plus, minimal dialogue, but with a slight british accent. children's televeision is your oyster. who are you shucking? you know what i mean.

Swan Swan H Mar 29 2013 02:55 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'm dating myself here, but Judy Graubart from "The Electric Company." They're remaking "To Kill a Mockingbird." Who plays Atticus? Who besides Daniel Day-Lewis, I mean.

Edgy MD Mar 29 2013 04:08 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Viggo. He'd pour himself into a role of "I'm a man of peace... because I'm so fantastically capable of destruction." He'd miss a lot of the deeper nuance but... he's a Met fan. Is that The Who or the Elton John Band backing Elton on "Pinball Wizard"? What's the giveaway?

Gwreck Mar 29 2013 09:33 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

It's Elton's band. I knew this regardless, but the giveaway is the drums, as nobody sounds like Keith Moon. Is Florida Gulf Coast going to win tonight?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 29 2013 11:48 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Nobody won tonight (least of all anyone who watched). When's the last time you were called on your use of foul language?

Swan Swan H Mar 30 2013 08:39 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Last summer we had a big family get-together and I lost it while arguing with my cousin's asshole tea party husband. He said that if Obama was re-elected he would move to Texas. I told him I'd pack his fucking bags and buy his fucking plane ticket. My 83 year-old mother, who I was standing behind as I made this proclamation, was not thrilled. She did not disagree with the sentiment, just the language. What was your favorite activity in gym class?

Edgy MD Mar 30 2013 10:15 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I could scamper up a rope like nobody's business. What's going to be the bottom line when we finally enact immigration reform.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 30 2013 11:06 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The illegal immigration problem exists only because big corporations and agribusiness desire cheap, disposable labor to maximize their profits. Undocumented workers work for pennies on the dollar, can be let go instantly when no longer needed (or are injured on the job), and won't even think of organizing with the constant threat of INS. So we need to start cracking down on corporations who break the law. Once you see CEOs lead away in orange jumpsuits, I guarantee you the immigration problem will evaporate. What's your favorite Easter candy and why?

TheOldMole Mar 30 2013 06:07 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I like chocolate Easter bunnies because they're chocolate, and they look like bunnies. If you could decommission one holiday, and replace it with a new one, which would you get rid of and which would you promote?

The Second Spitter Apr 15 2013 05:22 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A loaded question which I'll answer from a US perspective (as I'm sure no-one is interested in a diatribe on Australian public holidays). Columbus Day is the obvious candidate because it falls so close to Labour Day and because it is not openly embraced by all Americans. The obvious replacement would be May Day because it is seeped in tradition and was de-emphasised in the US for mostly Cold War reasons. It's also serves a function when Easter/Hanukkah falls earlier in the year. If you misrepresented your age to your significant other by, say 10 years, and she uncovered this inadvertently by chance, would she still be your significant other now?

Frayed Knot Apr 15 2013 07:07 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Columbus Day is the obvious candidate because it falls so close to Labour Day and because it is not openly embraced by all Americans. I tend to agree with you but try getting this one past the Italian-American lobby without cries that you're engaging in ethnic hatred. Particularly here in the north-east, Columbus Day tends to get viewed as an ethnic pride holiday. We now return you to your regularly scheduled question already in progress: If you misrepresented your age to your significant other by, say 10 years, and she uncovered this inadvertently by chance, would she still be your significant other now?

TheOldMole Apr 17 2013 01:54 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Yeah, that wouldn't have made a difference, but we're very close to the same age, and we met when we were both 40+ (well, I was, she was just 40), so there wouldn't have been any reason to lie about age. What's the worst part about spring?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 17 2013 09:32 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Pollen, rain, and taxes. Most underrated actor/actress, in your esrtimation?

The Second Spitter Apr 17 2013 11:52 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Didier Drogba. (serious answer: Miranda Richardson. Also Michael Parks, Anthony Zerb and Josh Brolin). I found two grey hairs on my head. Should I pluck them?

sharpie Apr 18 2013 07:05 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No. That will hurt and they are inevitable. Make peace with them. You've been invited to dinner. Someone asks if you have any dietary requirements. How do you answer?

metirish Apr 18 2013 07:09 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

sharpie wrote: No. That will hurt and they are inevitable. Make peace with them. You've been invited to dinner. Someone asks if you have any dietary requirements. How do you answer? I have none, thank you(then whispers to wife,that's a first).................I feel like that was a trick question Sharpie? what is your favorite breakfast to eat?( fry up, bacon,egg,cheese sambo etc)

RealityChuck Apr 18 2013 08:17 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

French-style omelette with emmenthaler cheese and mushrooms, and a touch of hot sauce. What food you to love that no one else you know even likes?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 18 2013 09:42 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Liverwurst. Preferably with terrible, terrible processed American cheese that I don't like with anything else. What's your guilty pleasure of the moment?

Swan Swan H Apr 18 2013 12:20 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Nashville. It's Knots Landing with steel geetars, but the music is pretty good and, well, Connie Britton. It's lunchtime, and you feel like a burger. Where do you go?

soupcan Apr 18 2013 12:27 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Depends really, but if we're talking fast food then its Wendy's Double Big Classic with cheese, hold the ketchup, hold the mayo. Could someone please explain to me in easy to understand terms, what a pressure cooker does to make a bomb 'better'?

RealityChuck Apr 18 2013 12:29 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

It doesn't particularly. It's basically a pipe bomb, but since it's a very big pipe, you can put in more explosives and material for shrapnel. What is the one decision in your life you wish you could have over?

Edgy MD Apr 18 2013 12:36 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No, there's a reason. Pressure build up in a sealed cooker amplifies the explosion. But I got no answer to the subsequent question.

themetfairy Apr 18 2013 02:05 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'd have skipped the law degree and gone to library school straight out of college. What athletic pursuit is a reach for you, but something you feel you could accomplish with proper preparation?

metsmarathon Apr 18 2013 06:21 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

i like to think that i can still make a run at qualifying for boston, though the longer i battle my current string of injuries, the smaller that window becomes. it would take a hell of a lot of effort, willpower, and determination, but i think it's in there. i think right now, it may be more likely than dunking a basketball. though if i were to bq, i'd probably also have to lose a bit of weight, which should have some positive effects on my leaping ability (other than all the slow twitch muscle fiber i'd be encouraging). in another thread regarding the fertilizer explosion in texas, edgy suggested that we're all probably too close to something. what are you too close to? oh, the pressure cookers provide confinement. confinement slows the reduction of pressure at the reaction front, effectively increasing it's speed. faster reaction front, bigger shock. hence amplification. confinement can turn a less-powerful explosive into a much more deadly weapon. a pressure cooker isn't really great for making a bomb out of, but it is cheap and readily available and provides teh much-needed confinement, as compared to a thicker-walled container that would provide much more meaningful confinement and fragmentation. a pipe bomb scaled up to the size of a pressure cooker would be far far more devastating. but it would aslo be a lot heavier because there would be a lot more metal. and it would be harder to get that metal and then harder to have it look innocuous. (i know enough to ruin most action movies without the help of the mythbusters) we now return you to your not-learning-about-explosives day.

soupcan Apr 18 2013 07:26 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I appreciate the explanations, thanks.

TheOldMole Apr 20 2013 06:25 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Indian Point. If you could replace the lead in any movie from the Sixties, who and what movie?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 20 2013 09:37 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No singing? Cartoony accent? Apart from the "presence" and doe eyes, Natalie Wood really had no reason to be in West Side Story, did she? What's the oddest folk remedy you've ever tried?

Edgy MD Apr 20 2013 11:33 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Butter on a burn isn't odd in the where'd-that-come-from? sense, but it was sure stupid, scientifically. What's the first thing I should do when I get to Montevideo? Why?

MFS62 Apr 21 2013 12:24 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Edgy MD wrote: What's the first thing I should do when I get to Montevideo? Why? Flush a toilet and watch the water eddy in the opposite direction than what you're used to seeing. If a vampire's injuries are supposed to heal immediately, then why, in the movie Underground series, are Celine's lips always chapped? Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 21 2013 02:50 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Because chapped lips are a condition, not an injury. (See also: eternal elbow ashiness; undead body odor.) When was the last time someone else's rude behavior left you feeling viscerally embarrassed?

Mets – Willets Point Apr 23 2013 09:30 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Maybe it was when I was at a Bruins game and the fans around me were cheering an opposing team's player injured and laying motionless on the ice. You are able to create a new supergroup with up to five living rock musicians. No more than 2 members can have previously been in the same band. What is your lineup? What is the band's name? And what's the name of their first album which is sure to go platinum?

batmagadanleadoff Apr 23 2013 11:14 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Aretha Franklin - Lead Vocals Leslie West - Lead Guitar David Crosby - Acoustic and Rhythm Guitar Nathan Watts - Bass Woody Allen - Drums and Clarinet Heavyosity. Achieving Heavyosity Tell me about a lie you told, as an adult, that you were ashamed of telling.

Frayed Knot Apr 23 2013 11:28 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Mets – Willets Point wrote: You are able to create a new supergroup with up to five living rock musicians. No more than 2 members can have previously been in the same band. What is your lineup? What is the band's name? And what's the name of their first album which is sure to go platinum? This reminds me of an old SNL joke from their 'Weekend Update' segment. Jane Curtain announced that opera singer Beverly Sills was joining forces with country singer Johnny Cash, comedian Bill Cosby, and newswoman Connie Chung to form a new super group. They were, however, stuck for a name and so suggestions should be sent to PO Box ___ care of Cosby, Sills, Cash & Chung And the best part about the whole joke was that Curtain, unlike Chevy Chase before her or virtually every SNL "anchor" since, dead-panned the delivery as if it were actual news story rather than telegraphing the fact that it was a joke all along by grinning through the whole thing then giving the camera a, 'hey, ain't I funny' smirk after the punch-line. OK, back to the Q&A

batmagadanleadoff Apr 25 2013 08:13 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Aretha Franklin - Lead Vocals Leslie West - Lead Guitar David Crosby - Acoustic and Rhythm Guitar Nathan Watts - Bass Woody Allen - Drums and Clarinet Heavyosity. Achieving Heavyosity Tell me about a lie you told, as an adult, that you were ashamed of telling. This is now the second time I've stalled this thread. Whatever. New question. Multiple choice: What's your favorite color?/What's your sign?

The Second Spitter Apr 25 2013 09:07 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Aretha Franklin - Lead Vocals Leslie West - Lead Guitar David Crosby - Acoustic and Rhythm Guitar Nathan Watts - Bass Woody Allen - Drums and Clarinet Heavyosity. Achieving Heavyosity Tell me about a lie you told, as an adult, that you were ashamed of telling. If you really need this questioned answered, I can recommend you a CPFer you can PM it too for a slice of pie.

Swan Swan H Apr 25 2013 09:56 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I once knew a guy was getting fired. I probably shouldn't have known but I did, definitively. Nothing he did wrong, just a numbers game. If I just had to keep the secret it would have been one thing, but he felt it coming and came right out and asked me. I couldn't say yes, mostly because of what could have happened if he knew and still had access to stuff he had access to, but I felt terrible just the same. The house is on fire and you are home alone. You have your wallet and cell phone on you, and you know you can grab one more thing. What is it?

batmagadanleadoff Apr 25 2013 10:05 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Swan Swan H wrote: I once knew a guy was getting fired. I probably shouldn't have known but I did, definitively. Nothing he did wrong, just a numbers game. If I just had to keep the secret it would have been one thing, but he felt it coming and came right out and asked me. I couldn't say yes, mostly because of what could have happened if he knew and still had access to stuff he had access to, but I felt terrible just the same. The house is on fire and you are home alone. You have your wallet and cell phone on you, and you know you can grab one more thing. What is it? That one's not so bad. It's in white lie territory. Unless, perhaps, he absolutely knew you knew. Now if you'd told him that he was in line for a promotion and a raise, that'd be another story. Good follow-up question. I'll let someone else answer.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 25 2013 11:09 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I've got two kids. I'm not grabbing just one of them.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 25 2013 11:11 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Mets – Willets Point wrote: I've got two kids. I'm not grabbing just one of them. The question specifies that you're home alone.

Swan Swan H Apr 25 2013 11:18 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: I've got two kids. I'm not grabbing just one of them. The question specifies that you're home alone. Right. No Sophie's Choice required.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 25 2013 11:30 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Swan Swan H wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: I've got two kids. I'm not grabbing just one of them. The question specifies that you're home alone. Right. No Sophie's Choice required. Oh, missed that part. Sorry, house fires are one of my biggest fears.

Vic Sage Apr 25 2013 02:49 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

my binder of 25 key silver and bronze-age marvels: FF 44-46, #48-50, DD 1, SS 1, X-Men 94, GS X-men 1, Avengers 4, Strange Tales 115, #135, Iron Man 1, Dr. Strange 169, Tales of Suspense 63, Captain America 100, submariner 1, Conan 1, Spider-Man 33, Marvel super-heroes 12, Nick Fury 1, Tales to Astonish 60,70, Thor 126 what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

sharpie Apr 25 2013 02:54 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour. Excluding family members, who have you known the longest that you are still in active touch with (no Christmas card or Facebook-only relationships)?

MFS62 Apr 25 2013 04:42 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

sharpie wrote: 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour. Excluding family members, who have you known the longest that you are still in active touch with (no Christmas card or Facebook-only relationships)? Friends for over 40 years. The wives got friendly when they used to walk their baby carriages together. And when I met the hubby, I found out he rooted for the Mets. So the friendship was born. We meet them for dinner a few times a year. What book did you start, didn't like, but finished anyway and confirmed you didn't like it? Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 25 2013 05:51 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The Gone-Away World. Great reviews but I yawned all the way through. Name one thing you'd really like to buy but just can't justify the cost for.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 25 2013 06:49 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A smart phone. I'm okay with the purchase price, but the monthly fee is far more than it would be worth, at least to me. So I'll stick with my dumb phone. Name something that you think just about everyone else has done, but you haven't.

TheOldMole Apr 28 2013 05:35 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Roller coaster. What name do you see all the time, but you're not quite sure who he/she is?

Mets – Willets Point Apr 28 2013 06:24 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Perez Hilton. Not even sure if it's a man or a woman. You have a time machine that can take you to any 5 baseball games in history (tickets, period clothing, and money included). Which games do you chose to attend and why?

Ceetar Apr 28 2013 11:19 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Perez Hilton. Not even sure if it's a man or a woman. You have a time machine that can take you to any 5 baseball games in history (tickets, period clothing, and money included). Which games do you chose to attend and why? Don't know if i could pick 5 with any real conviction over others, but here's 5 that would be a lot of fun. Game 6 of '86 World Series for obvious reasons. (Although I'd be a little afraid of choosing to observe a 'too good to be true' event like I'd jinx it..) 6/1/2012. Wish I was there. Gotta see Ruth. So many to pick from though. Did he ever homer against Walter Johnson in a game he was pitching? That'd be something. Or the 'called shot' game. Maybe run on the field for the '69 World Series clincher. First Mets game at the Polo Grounds. Same question. too good to monopolize it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 28 2013 08:25 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Game 6, WS. Game 6, LCS. '69 clincher. Merkle's Boner. Flip a coin: Addie Joss/Ed Walsh perfect game-versus-no-hitter during '08, or Game 6, '75 WS. What sporting championship/crowning event for a sport/other thing (pop music or royalty, e.g.) you generally DISlike would you most like to attend?

SteveJRogers Apr 28 2013 08:30 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Perez Hilton. Not even sure if it's a man or a woman. When Michael Jackson died, I was in a Skype Chat group and someone asked if everyone had seen the quote from Perez Hilton. My response was "why did someone ask for her opinion, or restated her opinion?" Not realizing that I conflated Perez with Paris Hilton...

cooby Apr 30 2013 11:37 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

What sporting championship/crowning event for a sport/other thing (pop music or royalty, e.g.) you generally DISlike would you most like to attend? I guess I would have to say Wrestlemania, because though I no longer watch much Wrestling, my husband still kinda enjoys it. Without Stephanie though, it's pretty blah. Today, since it's dreary and even my cat Bennie isn't begging to go outside, I am inside cleaning out my bedroom closet. What a mess. I have a bag of stuff to give away that I can't get into, all pretty nice stuff, Woolrich, Old Navy, Macy's, etc. Q: When you give stuff to charity, do you get a receipt for taxes? I never have bothered and wonder if other people do. How do you know what to value it at? Two questions, sorry.

RealityChuck Apr 30 2013 11:41 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I've done it a few times, though I haven't been able to itemize for years. Usually, for non-monetary gifts, the charity won't give you an estimate, but they will sign a list of items to prove you donated. Once you have the list, you can give it a value. I used the price that the charity sold them for (e.g., if the Salvation Army sold shirts for $5, then I take $5 for the value of each of the shirts). As long as the number is reasonable and you can justify it, the IRS won't care. What obscure movie do you love to watch.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 30 2013 11:55 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

There's a few. It used to be on more often, but still... when it's on, I can't turn off So I Married An Axe Murderer. It's wildly uneven-- in tone, in quality, in terms of plot contortions-- but when it's good, it's good AND weird. What's your worst haircut ever? Why'd you get it? What made you change it?

themetfairy Apr 30 2013 02:50 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

During the blizzard of '96, after being snowed in for three days, I cut my own bangs. It was horrible. Which is the answer to the latter part of the question. What is the worst article of clothing that you've ever worn in pubic?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 30 2013 02:59 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I'm coaching my daughter's softball team, and part of the uniform includes me wearing... a Phillies cap! My daughter wanted me to refuse to wear it, but that, to me, gives too much credence to the idea of a special Mets-Phillies rivalry. So I wear the cap. (If it was a Yankees cap I would certainly have refused. I'm pretty sure that if I put a Yankees cap on my head it would burn my scalp.) Describe your ideal ice cream cone. What flavor ice cream? Scoop or custard? What kind of cone? With sprinkles or without?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 26 2013 12:43 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I can't believe I killed this thread with a question about ice cream cones!

Vic Sage Sep 26 2013 01:34 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I don't like hard ice cream on a cone, because it just sits there on top, and if you don't accidentally knock it off its perch (which happened to me more than once as a kid, scarring me for life), you eat it and end up with a dry empty cone in your hand. So i'll take vanilla softserve (or vanilla-chocolate swirl) in a sugar cone (wafer cones get too soggy). That way, it melts down into the cone and you can continue to eat the ice cream as you're eating the cone. My favorite technique with a soft-serve cone is to bite off the bottom tip and suck the ice cream down into the cone as i go. Then, i'm eating it from the top and bottom, and its a race to see if i can finish it before it dribbles down my leg. Nothing like a little tension to make ice cream yummier. If I'm going hard style, I'll take a cold stone combo in a waffle cone. A waffle cone can hold it all in; hell, you can eat a sundae in a waffle cone. As to flavor, anything buttery and vanilla-ish with caramel stuff (syrup, crunchies, candy, dulce de leche ice cream, etc). Q: What vinyl record do you still have from your youth? Do you ever play it?

MFS62 Sep 26 2013 06:52 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. One side: American in Paris Other side: Rhapsody in Blue They are both so good, I can't call one Side A and the other Side B. Haven't played them in years. Do you have any 8-tracks you liked, but never replaced with newer media? Later

cooby Sep 27 2013 05:03 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Well I don't have them anymore. But "Golden Biscuits" by Three Dog Night was a great favorite. Hard to find now. Look out the window. What do you see?

d'Kong76 Sep 27 2013 07:30 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I can't believe I killed this thread with a question about ice cream cones! I just read some of this thread, came to this and made me laugh.

d'Kong76 Sep 27 2013 07:36 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

cooby wrote: Look out the window. What do you see? A big red maple that needs some pole-saw attention. What is the first fun thing you'd do if you went to Amsterdam?

Edgy MD Sep 27 2013 09:52 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Dutch masters. I don't know painting or pretend to appreciate it more than I do, but I get Vermeer. Who is the highest profile historical figure you're embarrassed to say you made it well into adulthood before you found out about their existence or role in history? (You mean to tell me this Isaac Newton guy is a scientist and not a science fiction writer? You don't say? MOST influential scientist ever? Well, I'll be!) Circumstances?

Edgy MD Dec 08 2013 05:16 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Historically great figure you knew nothing of.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 08 2013 09:21 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I don't know about great, but if we're talking impact, I had no idea who or what a Sam Walton was, or that Wal-Mart was that big a deal, until at least age 23 or 24. Growing up in Caldor/KMart territory, and doing precious little interstate driving outside of the region, probably had a lot to do with that. (Not to mention paying very little attention to marketing/American business.) Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Mead, and Margaret Sanger, too... I tend to conflate my suffragettes/women-in-science-fields pioneers. Taught history by way too many dudes, I reckon. When in your life should you REALLY have stepped up and said something when someone made a mistake, but didn't?

Mets Guy in Michigan Dec 09 2013 08:19 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Once I was in line at the grocery store behind a neighbor. She realized that she didn't bring enough cash and had to put something back -- and I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't say, "Let me cover that for you." I've done that for complete strangers. I have no idea why I totally zoned out on that. A family member -- who lives in a different state -- has for some reason started ignoring the rest of us. No cards on birthdays, no email -- nothing. She's always been a little odd, but none of us have any idea what sparked this. What do we do?

SteveJRogers Dec 09 2013 12:51 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Have one of your kid's generation do a reconnaissance mission (email, phone, social media) to gain her trust and find out what the hell is going on. Beyond that, do the same with an unrelated friend who is in same area or sonething. What has been your most out of the blue request to connect on social media?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 09 2013 01:50 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

All the unsigned bands in England want to follow me on the Twitter. On facebook some guys I know irl but aren't on fb themselves have their wives following me. What are you going to do with your old CDs?

RealityChuck Dec 09 2013 01:57 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Keep them, just like I did with all my old LPs. Now that they've done a live version of The Sound of Music on TV, what musical should be next (something that hasn't been made into a movie)?

themetfairy Dec 09 2013 02:01 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Wicked. Everyone knows The Wizard of Oz, but Wicked turns that narrative on its head, with some incredible music. What's the greatest Christmas/Chanukah gift that you ever received?

RealityChuck Dec 09 2013 02:20 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

On the first Christmas after we married, my wife completed my collection of Swamp Thing and Howard the Duck, so I have the entire first runs of both. Who's your favorite "cup of coffee" baseball player?

seawolf17 Dec 09 2013 02:43 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

P.J. Forbes. PJ was a star for the Red Wings when we were living in Rochester; won a league championship, was a huge fan favorite. Went on to manage in the Phillies system for a while. Honorable mention to former Red Wings Francisco Matos, who hit the first foul ball I ever caught, and Kenny Greer, who caught the only "first pitch" I've ever thrown. Where was the best holiday light display you ever saw in person?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 09 2013 04:53 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Bensonhurst or GTFO. Have you and your partner ever seriously considered adopting a child? If you have, and didn't end up adopting, why didn't you?

Edgy MD Dec 09 2013 05:26 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Someone else may pull the trigger, but that one's too personal for me to answer.

themetfairy Dec 09 2013 05:34 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

We never got to that point. We got pregnant on our first try. What is your greatest athletic achievement?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 09 2013 05:36 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A little too personal for everyone, I think. Sorry. We'll stay in a similar vein, but make it a little less intense. If you could time-travel back to meet your parents just before they had you, and give them a bit of friendly-anonymous-stranger advice about parenting, what would that advice be?

RealityChuck Dec 10 2013 01:47 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

themetfairy wrote: We never got to that point. We got pregnant on our first try. What is your greatest athletic achievement? Since this wasn't answered, it was when I was part of the top gym squad in the school in my Freshman year of HS. I was the worst athlete on the squad (though I was an adequate soccer goalie) and was the last one chosen*. The top squads in the school competed in a volleyball tournament, which we won. *Which was typical. By the time I was a senior, I became the fifth-to-last one chosen.

HahnSolo Dec 12 2013 11:36 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: A little too personal for everyone, I think. Sorry. We'll stay in a similar vein, but make it a little less intense. If you could time-travel back to meet your parents just before they had you, and give them a bit of friendly-anonymous-stranger advice about parenting, what would that advice be? Try not to dress your future son like his dear-old-dad. And when he tells you about the awesome girl from 4 stations up the 6-train line, don't give him money for tokens. What was your favorite year? (we're looking for a specific calendar year)

Benjamin Grimm Dec 12 2013 01:37 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

2000 was a really good year for me. Moved into a new house. Got a $10,000 raise. Took two great vacations (and one pretty good one). Conceived my second child. The Mets went to the World Series. What calendar year was a bad one?

sharpie Dec 12 2013 02:00 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

2000. My son got very sick, my father died, the Mets lost the World Series, the whole Bush v. Gore thing happened. What was the worst New Year's Eve you've ever had?

Fman99 Dec 12 2013 07:09 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

sharpie wrote: 2000. My son got very sick, my father died, the Mets lost the World Series, the whole Bush v. Gore thing happened. What was the worst New Year's Eve you've ever had? Ugh. Had to drive to Buffalo to end a relationship with a girl who was bat shit crazy. Left her at her folks' house in hysterics. Drove from Watertown to Buffalo to deliver the news and then hightailed it out of there. Toxic. What was the best Xmas or Hannukah gift you ever received?

Ceetar Dec 13 2013 07:45 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Fman99 wrote: sharpie wrote: 2000. My son got very sick, my father died, the Mets lost the World Series, the whole Bush v. Gore thing happened. What was the worst New Year's Eve you've ever had? Ugh. Had to drive to Buffalo to end a relationship with a girl who was bat shit crazy. Left her at her folks' house in hysterics. Drove from Watertown to Buffalo to deliver the news and then hightailed it out of there. Toxic. What was the best Xmas or Hannukah gift you ever received? I'd have to go with the homebrew kit my parents gave me almost 10 years ago now. Gotten so much use out of it and created a hobby. 35 bottles of MADhouse Coco-Nutz in the basement right now! What was the most interesting holiday present you've received, but never gotten around to actually opening and using?

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 04:00 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Instructional module to flying a remote control plane. I flew that plane and crashed the hell out of it. I was like the anti-Chesley Sullenberger. So, considering the idea that I liked flying a remote-control plane, and I was a danger to man and beast when I did it, one would figure that I would appreciate the training module, but I still haven't broken it out. Is the cover to the Pogues' Peace and Love done with an artistically manipulated photo, or is it really a photo somebody found of a boxer with six fingers on one hand? How do you know?

cooby Apr 08 2014 12:32 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I know they are real, because that guy in the picture is my plumber and I saw his tattoos when he was working on my furnace one day and I counted his fingers. He is a male model too. And a boxer. 1) Just what the heck does "Pay it forward" mean? 2) Who the heck coined that stupid phrase? 3) Can we all please stop using it? 4) Did I overlook a A/A 2014 thread?

themetfairy Apr 08 2014 12:41 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

cooby wrote: I know they are real, because that guy in the picture is my plumber and I saw his tattoos when he was working on my furnace one day and I counted his fingers. He is a male model too. And a boxer. 1) Just what the heck does "Pay it forward" mean? 2) Who the heck coined that stupid phrase? 3) Can we all please stop using it? 4) Did I overlook a A/A 2014 thread? Pay it Forward means that if someone has done something nice for you, instead of reciprocating (i.e., paying it back) you do something nice for someone else. I think that this movie is the source of the phrase. I only use it sparingly; I won't stop, but I don't think that you'll notice it coming from me a lot. And as far as I know there's no 2014 thread. What's your favorite pop culture term that originated in a movie?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 08 2014 12:42 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I like the concept of "pay it forward." It means you do something for someone even though you don't expect anything in return. The other person, however, will do something for someone else when the opportunity arises. And no, there's no Answer/Ask 2014 thread. I'm tempted to kill this one by asking about ice cream, but I won't. Instead I'll ask, "How many cats is too many?"

Ceetar Apr 08 2014 12:45 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Bah, I was too slow. But I had a different definition of pay it forward. cooby wrote: 1) Just what the heck does "Pay it forward" mean? 2) Who the heck coined that stupid phrase? 3) Can we all please stop using it? 4) Did I overlook a A/A 2014 thread? 1. It's generally used to mean putting in time/effort/money now that'll pay off later. 2. no idea. 3. It's a fairly useful phrase, though it's viciously overused these days. 4. no. Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm tempted to kill this one by asking about ice cream, but I won't. Instead I'll ask, "How many cats is too many?" It is national free cone day at Ben and Jerry's...but okay. I say 3. 2 are friendly and keep each other company, but three's a crowd and you can usually get away with cleaning the litter box every other day with 2 if it's big enough, but 3 is pushing it. Why are there no Elves or Ents in typical forest animal nursery themes?

A Boy Named Seo Apr 08 2014 02:20 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

RE: Pay-it-forward... Long story, but it's pretty cool. I was just in London and spent my last day there trying to get a ticket to watch Arsenal at home against Swansea City. Buying tickets for Premier League games is nothing like buying tickets for any American sports game. Members of the club's official supporters group get first shot at tickets (wasn't a member, but I am now) and if there's any left, non-members get a crack. But this match was sold out and I was trying to get tickets last minute from people on Twitter (what could go wrong there!) who had to bail, or hand someone in their party bail. A lot of people would only sell to members so I was getting nowhere. The touts (scalpers) were charging 3 or 4x face, so I went back to trying to score online and was using a pub across from the stadium (and their free wifi) as my home base. (BTW - this pub shut down to the general public hours before the match. They hung signs that said "LOCAL FANS ONLY", they put 2 security guards at the door, and you had to show a ticket stub or membership card to get in. I had neither, but I was there earlier in the day and they remembered the "American bloke" trying to get a ticket... sweet). The place filled up shoulder-to-shoulder with red scarf-wearing Arsenal fans. I started chatting to a guy who was waiting for his brother and their friends. He was a season ticket holder, hell of a nice guy, and intrigued by a soccer fan from California wasting his last day in London parked for hours in a pub trying to get a ticket for a Tuesday night match against Swansea. The heart wants what the heart wants, I guess. So one of the guys in their party cancels last minute and my new friend politicks for me to get the ticket, and tells his friends when they arrive that I'm an alright dude, and so yeah, they say the ticket's mine. I ask the guy I just met how much he wants for it, and another guy I just met - brother of the dude I originally was chatting with - says I'm their guest and they'll cover my cost. He said I have to 'pay it back', though - buy somebody coffee in the morning or something like that - but I'm shitty and I haven't done it. YET. But these guys were genuinely classy dudes. I bought the next round of drinks, but they wouldn't even let me keep doing that. I was their guest. When I got home I emailed Mark, the main dude, and thanked him again and asked him for his address to send him a thank you (some nice American whiskey or something). He refused and said it was their pleasure, and I could make it up if they ever make it out to California. Incredible shit, I still get blown away by their generosity. So I have to go do something nice for someone NOW!!!! before karma takes a dump all over me.

Edgy MD Apr 08 2014 02:28 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Well, I could use really use some help with yard work.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 08 2014 03:43 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I don't think you can ask. That's against the rules.

Edgy MD Apr 08 2014 04:13 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I wouldn't dream of asking. Just... laying that out there.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 08 2014 05:09 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Great story.

Ceetar Apr 08 2014 07:44 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Similarly one of my friends keeps saying I should invite him over to help with house chores so that he can ask me to come over when he gets a house.

metirish Apr 08 2014 07:47 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I was following along with Jake as this was going on, great story , but then you are good dude, easy to see why they would treat you that way.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 09 2014 09:08 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Ah, thanks, brudda. I was wondering if I would've done the same - offer my tix gratis to some rando I just met - and I guess I would, too. If he was cool & I didn't mind sitting next to him. I'd let him buy me some beers, though. Original Q: Why are there no Elves or Ents in typical forest animal nursery themes? No elves? There's gotta be. I'm no expert on the forest animal nursery genre, but I'd bet a silver dollar that elves and one or two talking trees could be found. But if not, maybe various authors didn't want to get their arses sued by the Tolkein estate for talking tree plagiarism. Question - how much of this 'paying it forward' happens only at Starbucks? 87.9% Higher?? Is buying coffee for the stranger behind you soul-cleansing or something?

themetfairy Apr 09 2014 09:39 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

I think it's because you're standing around for a long time, your wallet is out, and the opportunity to do something nice for someone just presents itself easily in that setting. Question - Whom do you want to be like when you grow up (if you ever grow up)?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 09 2014 09:51 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Bugs Bunny! He's able to talk his way out of any situation, and whenever he needs a prop or a change of clothing, it's always immediately available just offscreen. I'll repeat the question, only now specifying that the answer has to be a non-fictional human being: Whom do you want to be like when you grow up (if you ever grow up)?

cooby Apr 09 2014 10:13 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

A secretary on TV (Lucy or Diana or soneone). Which is a large part of the reason I am not employed. Tomorrow is supposed to be 70*. Are you playing hooky?

sharpie Apr 09 2014 03:34 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

No. Working. I leave for Paris this Sunday for 12 days so it would be a bit much for me to take off tomorrow. Already I have to call in for a meeting. Someone you need to impress is coming over for dinner. What are you making?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 09 2014 09:16 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Cold weather? Probably a smoooooove veloute-y soup, a nice braised chicken thing (white-wine-and-mustard-and-shallots, prolly), and some kind of root vegetable treatment onna side. Or p'raps a nice puttanesca. Hot? Tomato salad (either with mint, or caprese if I've got good mozz/basil), and mirin-and-lime poached white fish with wild rice/julienned-mango-slaw, or-- alternatively-- linguini-and-clams, if I've got good clams. What smell/taste do most people consider noxious... only you just can't get enough of it?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 09 2014 09:30 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

my own bed-farts? Uh, I mean, a newsstand (tobacco, newsprint). Love that smell. Have you ever been to a high school reunion? Pointers?

dgwphotography Apr 10 2014 07:27 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Have you ever been to a high school reunion? Pointers? Went to the Mrs' *gulp* 30th last year - Just be yourself, don't put on any airs, and have fun. If you could be anyone on any sitcom in history, who, and why?

Edgy MD Apr 10 2014 07:47 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Professor Hinkle has a pretty good deal on Gilligan's Island. A polymath and a polyglot, which is cool, you also have all the romantic opportunities Gilligan has without the downside of being an abusive captain's workhorse and convenient scapegoat. Plus, your big brain is the key to getting everybody off the island, and if you do, Thurston Howell will be forever in your debt. What's that move you have --- in tennis, basketball, soccer, air hockey, or whatever? What's that polished bit of skill crossed with artifice that allows you to beat otherwise better players, at least sometimes?

Frayed Knot Apr 10 2014 08:47 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

What's that move you have --- in tennis, basketball, soccer, air hockey, or whatever? What's that polished bit of skill crossed with artifice that allows you to beat otherwise better players, at least sometimes? I was a REALLY lousy basketball player as a kid/teen: never liked the sport much so I rarely played and therefore never got good; had the slow-but-steady growth rate so was relatively short during the 'growth spurt years'; was very skinny/not strong, etc. But they'd open the HS gym during the summer a couple nights a week for pickup games so it was somewhat of a social activity for my group (a place to meet and kill time before going out back and breaking out the six-packs) so I'd find myself in choose-up games on a regular basis. I wasn't always picked last in these but purdy darn close and so naturally the similarly chosen schmuck on the other side got to guard me and vice-versa. But I had this dorky hook shot that was effective beyond any logical explanation and, often anyway, towards the end of the game one of the better guys on the other side was forced to say; "Here, let me guard Bill for a while" because it was absolutely driving him crazy. Guilty pleasure movie? One that you've watched repeatedly but don't like to admit.

themetfairy Apr 10 2014 09:09 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Blades of Glory. It's admittedly stupid. But I have a Stockholm Syndrome type attachment to it - when we flew to Switzerland in 2007 it was the only available film on the entertainment system that I could tolerate watching, so I watched it a few times in a row. I think of the film fondly because it got me through that flight. What is the number one item on your Bucket List?

Ceetar Apr 10 2014 09:14 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

themetfairy wrote: What is the number one item on your Bucket List? Write a book. I've got an idea and even notes..just never seem to find the focus and priority to actually put in the work. What's for lunch?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 10 2014 10:05 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

That's a good question. I am home today with a pukey, fever-y kid and the possibilities are high. Probably leftover pot-pie. Who has more HRs at the end of the year: Granderson or Beltran? Gardner or Lagares?

sharpie Apr 10 2014 03:36 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Granderson and Lagares. What do you expect me to say? Favorite cocktail?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 10 2014 05:50 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

You really can't go wrong with the first one-- gimme an old-fashioned, with rye. (Failing that, if it's hot, scotch-and-soda. Cold? Rusty Nail. Nothing cuts liquor like liquor.) What's the best mail you've gotten in recent memory?

TheOldMole Apr 11 2014 07:15 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Since my whole life right now seems to revolve around this fund raising for the Opus 40 Restoration Project, the best mail has been checks sent as donations to that. Name a 20th Century poet you've read and enjoyed.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 11 2014 09:03 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Langston Hughes. Name a 19th century poet you've read and enjoyed.

Edgy MD Apr 11 2014 09:23 AM Re: Question/answer 2k13

John Greenleaf Whitter. 18th Century?

RealityChuck Apr 11 2014 12:07 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

If I had world enough or time My answer would be more sublime I would sit down and think which way To choose and pass a long pool's day But at my back I always hear Krane's winged chariot hurrying near. Thus Andrew Marvell is the one Who gives to me a chance for fun. What was your most valuable high school course?

Edgy MD Apr 11 2014 12:26 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

18TH CENTURY!!

Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2014 12:36 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

The teacher I had for 18th Century in high school was pretty hot.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 11 2014 06:57 PM Re: Question/answer 2k13

Lo! to the vault Of hallowed thought, With sorrow roiled My mind is fraught. I bend the ear of night, Weep to fill the deepest lake; Then it rushes on me like roaring wind, It's fuggin' William Blake. What's something about which you're proud that-- in all likelihood-- wouldn't make most people proud?