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Answer And Ye Shall Ask -- 2008 edition

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 13 2008 09:30 AM

Rules: 1) Answer the last question 2) Ask a new question Q: You've been magically returned to youth AND given a free scholarship to any college of your choice, including the one you selected the first time around. Do you stay with the same school or choose a new one? Which one? Why?

soupcan Feb 13 2008 10:33 AM

A. Wow. Excellent question. Tough to answer knowing how the past 20 some-odd years have turned out but if I was 18 again and informed that I had been accepted to the college of my choice (Williams), I would definitely have gone there. Why? I think both the education and my focus would have been much better in that type of academic environment. The friends I made at Syracuse and the experiences I had and as a result of going there are invaluable to me and I cherish them but at the same time I think I would have similar experiences had I gone elsewhere. Q. Your company/employer has given you an option. Stay with them on the track that you are on and get a nice raise or take a year of severance pay. You can pull up stakes and move your family and find a new job if you want. Would you move and start over and if so where would you go and what would you do?

A Boy Named Seo Feb 13 2008 11:05 AM

I've been working 3 days a week for the last 3+ years, so I'd never give that up. Ever. Never. At the job before, if they gave offered me the year of severance, I would've taken it and traveled. Surf trips to Costa Rica, Hawaii, and maybe some others, I'd go see Europe, and I'd follow the Mets like the Grateful Dead. I guess I'd start looking for a new job six-to-eight months in to my unemployment or when I ran out of money, whichever came first. If you could follow one band to every stop on a 30-date American tour, who would you choose and why?

metirish Feb 13 2008 11:33 AM

A Boy Named Seo wrote: If you could follow one band to every stop on a 30-date American tour, who would you choose and why? U2 The Joshua Tree tour 1987, great set list and I remember at the time thinking how cool it would be to be out there touring like that, plus even though I liked U2 at the time this album blew the lid of for me. ]04/02/1987 Arizona State University Activity Center - Tempe, Arizona, USA Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Exodus (snippet) / Three Little Birds (snippet), Gloria, I Will Follow, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Exit, In God's Country, A Sort Of Homecoming, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / School's Out (snippet) / Cold Turkey (snippet), Bad / Oh Holy Day (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet), October, New Year's Day, Pride (In The Name Of Love) encores: People Get Ready, 40 Question... You've been exiled form America, choose a country to live in but it can't be Canada or a country you have visted or lived in before.....where do you choose and why, which city?

AG/DC Feb 13 2008 11:58 AM

Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. Favorite painter? Why?

metirish Feb 13 2008 12:03 PM

AG/DC wrote: Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. Favorite painter? Why? Your taking the piss, you've been to Ireland.... Kevin Painter - darts player.

Willets Point Feb 13 2008 12:48 PM

metirish wrote: Question... You've been exiled form America, choose a country to live in but it can't be Canada or a country you have visted or lived in before.....where do you choose and why, which city? I'd move to New Zealand. I've always wanted to go there, it's distant and exotic, but I wouldn't have to learn a new language. I'm an urban elitist so I'd settle in the largest city, Auckland. When you take the piss, where do you take it to?

soupcan Feb 13 2008 12:53 PM

A. Neighbor's illegal ice skating rink. Q. I used to think Clemens was lying but now that the Republicans have showed me that McNamee is just an evil, drug dealing liar and Roger is all wrapped up in the American flag, I just don't know. Who's telling the truth?

AG/DC Feb 13 2008 01:11 PM

A: MacNamee. Q: Who is the most under-appreciated soul singer?

Willets Point Feb 13 2008 03:05 PM

Mookie Wilson. What is the best charity-fund raiser song of the 1980's? Defend you position.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 13 2008 03:09 PM

"We're sending our love down the well." Krusty's solo performance above the chorus was unforgettable, plus the kid was a hero for falling into a well. Q: What was the last creepy thing you googled?

AG/DC Feb 13 2008 08:27 PM

While googling names to get pictures for the baby name thread, I stumbled upon a baby who had a giant tumor growing out of her cheek, about the mass she was, which was the remains of an undeveloped parasitic conjoined twin, but was essentially just a bag of organs living off the otherwise formed baby.. Disquieting. Favorite painter? Why?

DocTee Feb 13 2008 08:39 PM

Georgia O'Keefe. Anybody who could paint the same thing in so many different ways is amazing. Preferred pet: dog or cat? And why?

Willets Point Feb 13 2008 09:11 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: "We're sending our love down the well." Krusty's solo performance above the chorus was unforgettable, plus the kid was a hero for falling into a well. Technically that's from 1992, not the 1980's.

seawolf17 Feb 14 2008 07:40 AM

Then I'll steal the question and say "Do They Know It's Christmas," solely for Bono. Close second to "Hands Across America," which just makes me laugh. And dog, because cats suck. ----------------- What musical artist that you used to like have you completely sworn off? Why?

AG/DC Feb 14 2008 07:46 AM

REM, because ugh. Can you clarify my feelings for me? How would you do so?

metsguyinmichigan Feb 14 2008 08:09 AM

AG/DC wrote: REM, because ugh. Can you clarify my feelings for me? How would you do so? A) Because you know that they used to rock, then got into all those mid-tempo, layered keyboarding songs that were boring with none of the energy that the band used to have. Q) If you could go back and undo one transaction in Mets history, which one would it be? And remember that you'd be undoing the train of events that followed (Eg.: No Kazmir trade means Jim Duquette is still your GM)

AG/DC Feb 14 2008 08:15 AM

Nah, I liked them mid-tempo. Just 1984 mid-tempo. Onward.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 14 2008 08:18 AM

Ryan for Fregosi. Undoing that trade might have given the Mets a World Championship in 1973. And maybe in 1972. Which pet would you prefer? A goat or a pig?

Rockin' Doc Feb 14 2008 08:30 AM

I don't think either is high on my list of prospective pets, but if I have to choose I'll take the pig. Goat stew is okay, but I really prefer pork. Assuming purchase price is not a factor, what would be your dream car to own as your everyday vehicle?

Willets Point Feb 14 2008 11:31 AM

Screw cars, if money is no object I'm getting a jet. What are your thoughts on people who read over shoulders on public transportation? Do you do it yourself?

Gwreck Feb 14 2008 12:02 PM

All depends on the circumstance. If it's a crowded subway car and some idiot insists on pulling out his newspaper, sure, go for it. Otherwise, no. Personally, I don't do it. If you go go back in time to one Mets game -- that was NOT in the years '69, '73, '86, '88, '99, '00 or '06 which would it be, and why?

Rockin' Doc Feb 14 2008 10:41 PM

April 17, 1964 for the opening of Shea Stadium. What is your favorite sport and team outside of baseball and the Mets?

SteveJRogers Feb 17 2008 07:30 AM

Football, Giants since 1985. What was the most famous non-Met baseball game you've been to?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2008 08:00 AM

Seaver's 300th win at Yankee Stadium. Do you like pina coladas?

MFS62 Feb 17 2008 08:28 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Do you like pina coladas? No, too sweet. And I don't like getting caught in the rain, either. What was your personal scariest moment? Later

Rockin' Doc Feb 17 2008 10:41 AM

The last time I can recall being truly afraid was a few years ago while on a business trip alone. I became hopelessly lost in a bad section of Philadelphia with darkness rapidly approaching and my gas tank nearly empty and no gas station in sight. I must say that I was truly fearful of running out of gas and being stranded after dark in that section of town. What city, that you have never visited, would you most like to visit for a week?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2008 01:37 PM

Barcelona. What city that you HAVE been to would you most like to return to?

cooby Feb 17 2008 05:18 PM

Eliminating the obvious (NYC, Philly, Pittsburgh, Poconos, which are all pretty do-able) I would have to say Charleston, SC, which I visited with my parents for an afternoon in 1975. I thought we were just going for a ride (from Myrtle Beach) so imagine my surprise when we pulled into a driveway and they got out of the car. I had a cousin there I didn't know about. Anyway since then I have discovered it to be a pretty haunted place so I'd like to check that out. What is the very first record or tape that you ever bought for yourself? And the year if you can pinpoint it.

seawolf17 Feb 17 2008 05:48 PM

Record or tape, I don't remember. CD, I definitely remember. My dad got a CD player in 1990, and we went to Smithhaven Mall, to whatever the big record store there was at the time, and I got this: It was the only CD I owned for a while, so my friends and I played it on repeat over and over and over and over while playing Super Mario 3 on the Nintendo. I still associate that game with these songs. Ah, the good old days. ---------------------- To follow up on BG's question... do you like getting caught in the rain?

themetfairy Feb 17 2008 06:08 PM

cooby wrote: Eliminating the obvious (NYC, Philly, Pittsburgh, Poconos, which are all pretty do-able) I would have to say Charleston, SC, which I visited with my parents for an afternoon in 1975. I thought we were just going for a ride (from Myrtle Beach) so imagine my surprise when we pulled into a driveway and they got out of the car. I had a cousin there I didn't know about. Anyway since then I have discovered it to be a pretty haunted place so I'd like to check that out. What is the very first record or tape that you ever bought for yourself? And the year if you can pinpoint it. Cooby - Savannah, Georgia is more fun to visit if you enjoy haunted tours. They have them in Charleston, but they really live them in Savannah. Seawolf - I don't like being caught in the rain. If you could re-write one show's series ender, which show would it be and how would you write it?

AG/DC Feb 18 2008 09:13 AM

I did much better in Charleston.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 18 2008 11:26 AM

cooby wrote: What is the very first record or tape that you ever bought for yourself? And the year if you can pinpoint it. That would be "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille. Actually, my Dad actually bought me the Spanish version, "Por Amor Viverarmos" at Sam Goody, because they used to have those shelves for 45s and you had to check to see if the 45 you wanted was the one below or above the label. So it was a while before I could bike down to the Sunrise Mall and buy it myself. On the bright side, I knew some Spanish: "Yo soy! Yo soy!" Question: Who was the first Met you ever met in person, and what were the circumstances?

AG/DC Feb 20 2008 02:24 PM

The first Met I met was Ray Sadecki when I fell for Suzy like an egg from a tall chicken. Do you thinik "Two of Us" would have been better with this more upbeat arrangement? (A cleaner less goofy version, of course.)

AG/DC Mar 03 2008 07:24 AM

Bump.

RealityChuck Mar 03 2008 08:14 AM

AG/DC wrote: Do you thinik "Two of Us" would have been better with this more upbeat arrangement? (A cleaner less goofy version, of course.) Yes. What great rock group is unjustly forgotten?

Willets Point Mar 06 2008 02:25 PM

Living Colour. Tevye's daughters and the Bennet sisters meet for a five-on-five All-Literary Characters Basketball match. Who will win? Why? Who will be top scorer?

sharpie Mar 06 2008 02:36 PM

Tevye's daughters win because they are hungrier. Elizabeth Bennett is the high scorer but Tzeitel is player of the game. Name something (movie, piece of music, book) that you used to think was good but on further reflection think is terrible (no picking something that you liked as a child).

Benjamin Grimm Mar 06 2008 03:06 PM

Survivor When was the last time you bought a new mattress?

themetfairy Mar 06 2008 03:12 PM

Back in September. The previous one was something like 16 years old, so we really needed it. If you could bring back one musical act from the past to see in concert, whom would you choose?

Willets Point Mar 06 2008 03:22 PM

The Beatles in the Cavern Club or Hamburg. What mediocre rock group is unjustly remembered?

Mendoza Line Mar 06 2008 03:40 PM

The Police. A movie is being made about your life. Which well known actor/actress gets to play you?

HahnSolo Mar 07 2008 07:25 AM

Charlie Sheen. Your host puts a plate of hot dogs out. What do you go for...mustard or ketchup?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 07 2008 07:32 AM

Yuck! Neither! Get me some sauerkraut! Same question, but for hamburgers...

themetfairy Mar 07 2008 07:34 AM

Ketchup - no question! If you could re-write one show's series ender, which show would it be and how would you write it?

DocTee Mar 07 2008 08:01 AM

Cheers-- Cliff goes postal in the bar. Which current star of stage and screen should be tapped to host a 7'0s style TV variety show?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 14 2008 12:51 PM

How about Jessica Simpson? Not good enough to be a "serious" actor or singer but cute & stuff. Do you put stuff in your hair? Like, goop other than shampoo? What?

AG/DC Mar 14 2008 01:06 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 14 2008 01:20 PM

Shampoo, conditioner, and, of course, Got 2B Magnetik. I ran out. She got me more. Correct answer to above: Wayne Brady Most lost you've ever been? How'd you get out of it, Magellan?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 14 2008 01:19 PM

Driving in Italy. We were trying to find out hotel, just outside of Naples, but kept getting further and further afield. One highway led to another and after a while we had no idea where we were. The solution: Stop looking for the hotel, and start looking for Naples. (It seemed like a bigger target.) Once there, we'd start looking for our highway, and then our exit, and then our hotel. We had to stop a few times and ask people where we were. (Luckily I can speak a little Italian.) It was pretty stressful, especially with two fussy hungry kids in the back seat. But we lived to tell the story. What's the best thing you ever accidentally discovered while lost?

TheOldMole Mar 15 2008 08:12 AM

My wife. If you was hit by a truck and you was lying out there in that gutter dying, and you had time to sing *one* song. Huh? One song that people would remember before you're dirt. One song that would let God know how you felt about your time here on Earth. One song that would sum you up. What song would you sing?

Willets Point Mar 15 2008 11:06 PM

"Try a Little Tenderness." One of the few songs I can remember all the lyrics to and more apropos than "Strangers in the Night." What's the big frickin' deal about SXSW?

sharpie Mar 16 2008 08:33 AM

Allegedly a lot of fun to go to if you're there. If you're not there, which most people aren't, it is important I guess for unsigned bands. The storm troopers are coming. Where will you hide?

RealityChuck Mar 16 2008 06:14 PM

Depends on whether they're Imperial storm troopers or Nazi storm troopers. If Imperial, in warp space. If Nazi, in Switzerland. You're trying to sleep in a hotel. There's a party in the room below you, blasting out music. What do you do?

TheOldMole Mar 17 2008 09:21 AM

Bore a hole in the floor, insert a tube, and pipe helium into the room. You still won't get any sleep, but at least it'll be funnier to listen to. You go to the pound. Which dog do you pick?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2008 09:35 AM

Female, mixed breed, estimated adult weight between 35 and 50 pounds, cute. (And that's exactly what I did do back in December, although it wasn't a pound, it was a rescue organization.) Would you rather visit the North Pole or the South Pole? Why?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 17 2008 09:37 AM

South. I think it's more hospitable. Plus, Penguins. Regular or peanut M&Ms? Explain.

sharpie Mar 17 2008 09:39 AM

Peanuts. They're a meal. All nuts shall be banned. Except one. Which one?

RealityChuck Mar 17 2008 09:43 AM

Tough choice, but I'll go with almonds. Peanuts and cashews would still be around, since they're not nuts. If the Mets didn't exist, what baseball team would you be rooting for?

Willets Point Mar 17 2008 05:47 PM

It's frightening to consider growing up in the NYC area with only the Yankees. So I'm going to pretend that the reason the Mets don't exist is because in this reality my favorite team the Brooklyn Dodgers never moved. If baseball didn't exist, what other activity would bring together all us CPF'ers in our alternate reality?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 17 2008 06:39 PM

Scrabble Yay or Nay: Banana Bread

RealityChuck Mar 17 2008 07:29 PM

Yay. Especially the way I make it (with fresh bananas, not brown ones). If you could pick one player to add to the Mets from any current major leaguer, who would it be?

Rockin' Doc Mar 17 2008 08:37 PM

So many players to choose from, but after some thought I decided that I would pick Chase Utley. The Mets have a need for a productive and reliable second baseman. Utley provides a good OBP and hits for average. He runs well and he has some pop. He would look great nestled in the two spot of the order between Reyes and Wright. Besides, his becoming a Met greatly weakens the Phillies lineup, which further helps the Mets. If you could pick any current major league pitcher to add to the Mets, who would you choose?

AG/DC Mar 18 2008 07:16 AM

Brandon Webb is almost two years younger than Roy Oswalt. Brandon, welcome to Shea. You've just bought the Little Falls Miners, the summer league team for college players, who play on the same field the Little Falls Mets once called home. Which crusty old Met who doesn't already have a clearly better baseball job do you hire to skipper these lads?

seawolf17 Mar 18 2008 07:17 AM

I hire Wally Backman. Sure, he had his problems, but he has managerial experience, and I like fire. And he's crusty. What former Met would you add to his staff as pitching coach?

AG/DC Mar 18 2008 07:22 AM

You think Wally would give up his job with the Northern League Joliet JackHammers to come back to Little Falls?

seawolf17 Mar 18 2008 07:34 AM

Didn't know he had gotten a job; good for Wally. I'll bring back Barry Lyons, then. Catchers make good managers, and it would allow him to raise money and awareness for Katrina victims.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 18 2008 07:53 AM

As for pitching coach, I'd go with Turk Wendell. He'd draw the fans, make some headlines and probably, teach them guys a mean slider and a good pickoff move. Q: Name a book you've read that you'd like to see made into a movie

AG/DC Mar 18 2008 08:06 AM

Favorite books are often stuff you want to see made into a movie, until you see them made into a movie, and then you realize how little respect the producers had for the movie in your head that the book triggered. I've pimped Handling Sin by Michael Malone in this space before. And it's certainly adaptable. So, provided I get to make the film, I'll call that. What year will we finally get back to the moon? When to Mars? Why?

sharpie Mar 18 2008 01:35 PM

If by we you mean the US, then the moon is never; if by we you mean anybody, then China goes in 2015 to show they can. Which starts a race for Mars which is reached in 2022. Who gets there? Stick around and find out. What book do you wish hadn't been made into a movie?

Fman99 Mar 18 2008 02:07 PM

sharpie wrote: If by we you mean the US, then the moon is never; if by we you mean anybody, then China goes in 2015 to show they can. Which starts a race for Mars which is reached in 2022. Who gets there? Stick around and find out. What book do you wish hadn't been made into a movie? That'd be Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers," bastardized and ruined into a 2-part TV movie. Completely changed the ending and everything. Which current Met do you think is most likely to suffer from constipation?

MFS62 Mar 19 2008 06:35 PM

Fman99 wrote: Which current Met do you think is most likely to suffer from constipation? A - With a pretty good WHIP, I'd think Pedro Feliciano doesn't give up very much. Q - What CD cover was much better than the music inside? Later

cooby Nov 18 2008 01:49 PM

somebody answer this terrific question

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 18 2008 01:53 PM

Q: Worst opening act you ever saw

Edgy DC Nov 18 2008 01:57 PM

Lithium, opening for Mazzy Star. Best picture of Michael Bolton on the web?

metirish Nov 18 2008 01:58 PM

Q: Worst opening act you ever saw 4 Non Blondes , Slane Castle 1993 Who will be the first black James Bond?

Willets Point Nov 18 2008 02:03 PM

="Edgy DC"]Best picture of Michael Bolton on the web? This question stills stands. ="metirish"] Who will be the first black James Bond?