The Never Ending Toadfish Interview Cycle!

[anthrobabe]

1. Most money you have lost in a stupid fashion.

Buying groceries from the types of stores that give one 'green stamps' (sometimes yellow or pink) that you paste into little books and then redeem for stuff (usually low quality crapola)-- this ended years ago when I realized that I was simply paying out the kazoo for groceries to get the little stamps then I went discount store shopping (but not wal mart-just bigger chains). Over the years-- oh I hate to think of it added up.

At once? hmmmmm maybe the $20 I put in a slot machine once in Reno.

2. Most time you have lost making (or developing) something.

I took many hours over a week to paint/decorate quite a few flower pots to sell at a local flea market. I dropped the box and smashed most of them.

3. Most time/money lost repairing something.

Ha-Ha  so you know about the '57 Chevy in my fathers garage that I've been having restored for 25 years now. His runs- mine does not.

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1. If you could go back and whisper one thing in Albert Einsteins ear-just one phrase- what would it be?

2. What really happens to Dandelion fluff when you make a wish and blow on them? (not the adult scientific it makes more version)

3. Where was your first kiss? Dance, doorstep, party, car-etc. Juicy details if you wish.

[Griffin NoName]

[3] Where was your first kiss? Dance, doorstep, party, car-etc. Juicy details if you wish.

In a bedroom at the house of parents of my friends.

The parents (mine and the girl who's birthday party it was, did I say I was <14 maybe 12 maybe 13?) were downstairs drinking while a crowd of the girl's friends were all upstairs in her bedroom. I'd never been to a party like it before (actually I never went to one like it again). We were all sat around on bed floor chairs. I was on the bed trapped with a boy I did not like the look of right next to me. I knew no one. It was horrid. Very horrid. Suddenly the lights went out (did someone switch them off?). Next thing I knew I had a wet slobbery tongue all over my face and then stuffed into my mouth from the direction of the boy of whom I had not liked the look..... Push, shove, nothing deterred this tongue (at least I guess it was a tongue). It slathered around and was just plain disgusting.

Were you expecting some rose-coloured nostalgia here??   If so sorry. Life sucks (sic) !!!!


Eh? What?  I've got to answer the other two questions ?

Oh, OK, then.

[1]If you could go back and whisper one thing in Albert Einsteins ear-just one phrase- what would it be?


Hey Dearie, love the Frock. Where did you get it?  By the way, does you theory include relatives of werewolves?

[2]What really happens to Dandelion fluff when you make a wish and blow on them? (not the adult scientific it makes more version)


They waft away and continue wafting until they land up in Tinkerbell's back room where Peter Pan is hiding from Captain Hook in the fluff which needs constant freshening up with new supplies.

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[1] What you would you like to see as the next new Olympic "sport" ?

[2] If you had to be a rare breed animal, (beware your karma, you have no idea what it might effect), which would you like it be and why, or if it does not yet exist, describe.

[3] Ideally, how many toes would you like to have and why?

[Bluenose]

Ha!  Griffin left out her question, so that means I can choose which ones I want to answer, so I choose Beagle's ones:

1 Most elegant aircraft?

Hawker Sea Fury



2 Most elegant car?

Jaguar D-type



3 Most elegant boat?

(I assume boat includes ship)

The Cutty Sark





Favourite arcade game

Favourite ice cream flavour

Sci Fi or Fantasy?

[Griffin NoName]

No I didn't. Bluenose is ruled Out of Order !

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[1] What you would you like to see as the next new Olympic "sport" ?

[2] If you had to be a rare breed animal, (beware your karma, you have no idea what it might effect), which would you like it be and why, or if it does not yet exist, describe.

[3] Ideally, how many toes would you like to have and why?

... and they were damn interesting questions too:


[1] What you would you like to see as the next new Olympic "sport" ?

[2] If you had to be a rare breed animal, (beware your karma, you have no idea what it might effect), which would you like it be and why, or if it does not yet exist, describe.

[3] Ideally, how many toes would you like to have and why?

[Sibling Chatty]

[1] What you would you like to see as the next new Olympic "sport" ?

Freestyle sleeping (a duration event). I wis Gold!!

[2] If you had to be a rare breed animal, (beware your karma, you have no idea what it might effect), which would you like it be and why, or if it does not yet exist, describe.

Something in the Quagga family. I've got some of the wardrobe already.

[3] Ideally, how many toes would you like to have and why?

The ones I have are sufficient, I just want more room for them in shoes. (I have duck feet.)

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Reiterating Blue's questions for continuity's sake...

Favourite arcade game

Favourite ice cream flavour

Sci Fi or Fantasy?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Favourite arcade game

Deus Ex (okay, it's a PC game, but it's the one I've replayed the most often)

Favourite ice cream flavour

Fresh peach
fresh strawberry
genuine walnut-vanilla
butter pecan, with real pecans and real dairy butter

Hmmmm.  I'm having a difficult time selecting.   I better go with:

Ice Cream flavor. 

Sci Fi or Fantasy?

Yes.

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1) Passive Resistance or Active Defense.   Or some synthesis of either/neither or perhaps E.T?

2) Genius is supposed to be 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.  Agree?  Disagree?  Rum Cake?

3) According to Robert Heinliein's Stranger in a Strange Land, monkeys (including we) laugh at themselves, because they must.  For the most part, life is miserable, painful, lonely and unpleasant.  But if we can laugh at ourselves, it's not only bearable, it's actually meaningful and enjoyable.  Now the question:  Green eyes, Blue eyes, Hazel or Brown?  Or some other color...what's your favorite in a Significant Other?

Bonus:  ignore 1, 2 and 3, and discuss the non-question part contained in 3. 

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1) Passive Resistance or Active Defense.   Or some synthesis of either/neither or perhaps E.T?
Depends, passive resistance appeals to the humanity of the aggressor, IOW it shames it by making abundantly clear who the evil party is. When the aggressor loses its humanity and/or considers the victim 'non human' then passive resistance actually helps the aggressor, in which case Active Defense becomes an alternative, but that in itself is only viable if there is a realistic possibility to mount such defense successfully. The missing option is to flee which IMO is as valid as the other two.

2) Genius is supposed to be 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.  Agree?  Disagree?  Rum Cake?
Rum cake! 
Genius involves luck too which could easily be more than 50% in certain cases.

3) According to Robert Heinliein's Stranger in a Strange Land, monkeys (including we) laugh at themselves, because they must.  For the most part, life is miserable, painful, lonely and unpleasant.  But if we can laugh at ourselves, it's not only bearable, it's actually meaningful and enjoyable.  Now the question:  Green eyes, Blue eyes, Hazel or Brown?  Or some other color...what's your favorite in a Significant Other?
Honey.

Bonus:  ignore 1, 2 and 3, and discuss the non-question part contained in 3.
Back in my school days we used to say that if you don't laugh at life, life laughs at you and that is quite cruel. 
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1. Do you believe that hurricane/tornado proof houses should be mandatory in risky areas?

2. Should insurance companies charge accordingly if not?

3. Is it possible to write laws that punish the kind of behavior bankers were engaged in to cause the current crisis? Will anyone dare propose such laws?

Bonus: is the Chinese model of punishment for corruption (death penalty) a valid alternative? What other options should be considered? Explain your answer.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1. Do you believe that hurricane/tornado proof houses should be mandatory in risky areas?
If you have children under the legal age for emancipation (16 in California, dunno what it is in other places)

2. Should insurance companies charge accordingly if not?
Yup!
3. Is it possible to write laws that punish the kind of behavior bankers were engaged in to cause the current crisis? Will anyone dare propose such laws?
Possible? Yes. And someone will dare to propose them. But no one will dare to pass them.
Bonus: is the Chinese model of punishment for corruption (death penalty) a valid alternative? What other options should be considered? Explain your answer.
I propose the national government uses/buys a big plot of Nevada to create a Battle Royale-style death match, lasting for three days. The winner (assuming there is one) will then face a The Lady, or the Tiger? style judgment; they either end up with a million dollars and a new car (the lady) or a future where they work for charities and charities alone (the tiger--for them).
The public may place bets on all proceedings.
I don't think anyone would survive. If one did, s/he would be so destroyed, they'd be humiliated and traumatized. The million dollars and a car would give whoever the winner was a foothold in life to try to set up their lives, and the charities would be death by inches or, if they still have a soul, a step towards paying back the rest of humanity.
All profits from this venture would go to paying back those harmed by banker actions (or, if this is a governmental problem, goes to paying off the national debt).
And hey, it's Nevada--gambling's legal.
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1. Favorite genre of book?
2. Do you consider the James Bond and Sherlock Homes novels not by Ian Flemings or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be fanfiction?
3. Are there any redeeming features to fanfiction?

[Opsa]

1. Favorite genre of book?

Gardening

2. Do you consider the James Bond and Sherlock Homes novels not by Ian Flemings or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be fanfiction?

Yes!

3. Are there any redeeming features to fanfiction?

Eh, yes. I think fanfiction is a good creative excercise for amateurs.

                     

1) Favorite salad green

2) Favorite kind of roofing material

3) At what point would you consider not forgiving a spouse/ significant other?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

1) Favorite salad green

Fresh baby spinach leaves.   With a bit'o purple (red) onion.  Add some pitted, black olives, chopped or sliced.   Over the top with vinegar and oil, or some nice Italian style dressing.  Or, maybe some Bleu Cheese dressing, depending on me mood.... 

2) Favorite kind of roofing material

Standing-seam copper, tin or baked-enameled steel.  I likes the sound of rain drumming on a metal roof....and they last (if you don't let'em rust) forever...

3) At what point would you consider not forgiving a spouse/ significant other?

Lying.  I can (and have) taken infidelity.  But lying?  Continuous, pathological lying?  No, canna' take that, 'e can't.   I canna' take even a bit'o lying, actually.... rather have the truth.  Even if it hurts, it's real.

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Part the First:  Portable hand tools:  manual, battery or electric-mains (corded).  Defend your preference, hopefully with amusing personal anecdotes not involving detached body parts....

Part the Second:   *You* and you alone are In Charge for 72 hours.  Your word is literal Law of the Land.   What will you do with those 72 hours?   The only limitations are the usual laws of physics and other mundane matters....

Part the Forth*:   Someday, humans invent a genuine personality-copying process that actually works (aka the film The Sixth Day).  It works out to a sort of ersatz immortality.  Would you avail yourself of this?  Why or why not?

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_{* Part the Third is on vacation, in the Bahamas, and won't be back until Friday.  Or mayhap Tuesday, if the weather's fine.} 

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Part the First:  Portable hand tools:  manual, battery or electric-mains (corded).  Defend your preference, hopefully with amusing personal anecdotes not involving detached body parts....
Manual--Hammers and stubborn tin.
Part the Second:   *You* and you alone are In Charge for 72 hours.  Your word is literal Law of the Land.   What will you do with those 72 hours?   The only limitations are the usual laws of physics and other mundane matters....
Let's assume that the things I say when In Charge stick after those 72 hours, or I might start with the maiming.

The Glass-Steagall Act goes back into effect.
All those responsible for the current crisis pay through the nose.
Starbucks removes my district manager and manager _{[they won't matter much longer--a new job is looming on the horizon, thank god, but there will still be people at my store that I like]}. Also, unions are formed for partners to keep Howie and his minions in check.
What's sensible reigns, instead of what's profitable.
Hammity and co. shut the hell up.
Rush Limbaugh ends up in an English peat bog ("And the people rejoiced...")
Turkey admits to the Armenian genocide.
The middle east gets some frickin' sense (changing the way rape is dealt with, etc.) and programs are set up and run by outside entities to foster women's literacy.
Pakistan helps out in the search for Jafar* on pain of all aid being permanently shut off.
Nukes (ALL of them) are promptly handed over to Switzerland and Pope Palpatine's personal Swiss guard is set on watch
Countries accused of human rights violations are forbidden from being involved with the UN's human rights council.
--which is given some teeth
The US quits interfering in other countries like we did in Panama in the 80s and the Monroe doctrine is finally (finally) abandoned.
OPEC is forbidden to run as a political cartel
The Dome of the Rock and surrounding inter-religious holy sites are annexed by the UN
The Oslo Peace Accords are updated and passed.
Israel withdraws from the various places they aren't supposed to be.
Political entities the fund and foster terrorism are dismantled

I can keep going, but I think that's enough.

Part the Forth*:   Someday, humans invent a genuine personality-copying process that actually works (aka the film The Sixth Day).  It works out to a sort of ersatz immortality.  Would you avail yourself of this?  Why or why not?
No. I don't think people can really remain human (in the best sense of the word) if there's not a limited amount of time to do so (I sort of agree with Alan Moore that our perception of time effects _{("The writer believed that a character living in a quantum universe would not perceive time with a linear perspective, which would influence the character's perception of human affairs. Moore also wanted to avoid creating an emotionless character like Spock from Star Trek, so he sought for Dr. Manhattan to retain "human habits" and to grow away from them and humanity in general.")}

*Bin Laden has always reminded me of Jafar from Aladin.
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1. Which of the issues in the second question I answered do you think is the most important?

2. What would the effects be on the world if they were carried through?

3. Favorite film?

[Swatopluk]

1. Which of the issues in the second question I answered do you think is the most important?
What's sensible reigns, instead of what's profitable.

2. What would the effects be on the world if they were carried through?
Sanity...for a few days until all returns to "normal"

3. Favorite film?
That's a difficult one. Very likely something British.
Possible candidates: Lawrence of Arabia, The Way to the Stars, Henry V (Olivier version)

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1. Should people like Glenn Beck be treated like the Bush regime treated* its "enemies" (for "transgressions" far minor than pulling a Herny II**)

2. What is your favorite invertebrate?

3. Are there any invertebrates you like to eat (and I don't mean de-boned steak  )?


*or claimed that the treatment should be
**Beck e.g. notoriuosly explains domestic terrorism as a natural reaction to liberals and currently more or less openly advocates 'armed resistance' against the Obama administration

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1. Should people like Glenn Beck be treated like the Bush regime treated its "enemies"?
You mean locking them up indefinitely with no recourse? Yup, that sounds right for him, and Limbaugh, and Hannity, and most of the FOX editorial board and...

2. What is your favorite invertebrate?
Isn't it obvious? The octopus! 

3. Are there any invertebrates you like to eat?
I'm not too keen of seafood in general (I like sushi from time to time) and I consider eating cephalopods to be morally wrong so not really. I'm curious about grasshoppers but I wouldn't be surprised if those taste close to their crustacean relatives.
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I couldn't pass this one up:
*You* and you alone are In Charge for 72 hours.  Your word is literal Law of the Land.   What will you do with those 72 hours?   The only limitations are the usual laws of physics and other mundane matters....
I would try to screen as many politicians, corporate heads and boards, and union leaders for signs of psychopathy/lack of empathy, remove them from office, ban them from high positions for life, send them to an island in the Pacific and make sure they'll never leave. That should take care of most of the problems.
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1. Remember that kid/girl you liked in school but never dared to? Would you like to go back in time and talk to him/her?

2. How would you feel about riding an ultralight plane?

3. If you had the opportunity to go to a kibbutz like community where money isn't important and everyone takes care of one another, would you? What would be necessary for you to go?

Bonus: icecream or cake?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1. Remember that kid/girl you liked in school but never dared to? Would you like to go back in time and talk to him/her?
No, probably not. I tended to be attracted to arrogant assholes in high school (IE, they were intelligent, knew it, and liked to rub it in people's faces). There's one that liked me, however, and I wish I had done more than look confused.

2. How would you feel about riding an ultralight plane?
Oooh, sounds like fun!

3. If you had the opportunity to go to a kibbutz like community where money isn't important and everyone takes care of one another, would you? What would be necessary for you to go?
Yup! Wifi, electricity, my laptop, and some of my books. I'm a simple person.

Bonus: icecream or cake? Ice cream cake.
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1. Favorite leisure activity?
2. Are you a cat or a dog person?
3. What's the best aquarium you've ever been to?

[Darlica]

1. Favorite leisure activity?
To be frank -sleeping, but reading and sex is also very nice.

2. Are you a cat or a dog person?
Dog person, I don't have anything against cats they can actually be quite charming but I don't understand then or trust then the way I understand or trust dogs.

3. What's the best aquarium you've ever been to?
Universeeum in Göteborg (Gothenburg). A seven stores building with tanks three stores high with both domestic fishes and more exotic ones and a whole open area where you walk among the frogs and insects and such. Not for the skirmish.  
A close friend of mine used to work as a guide there and gave me a private tour.
http://www.universeum.se/index.php?lang=en if you ever visit the Swedish west coast you should spend a day here.

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1) Are Zoo's some thing good or something evil?

2) Have you ever had a close encounter with the local wildlife? If so what happened?

3) Favourite dessert?