The Never Ending Toadfish Interview Cycle!

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

1. What do industrial cleaners and paint thinner make?

Chlorine gas?  (I actually did this once, when I accidentally-on-purpose mixed ammonia cleaner with bleach cleaner-- the resultant gas we nasty! I got out as soon as my eyes began to burn (hydrochloric acid is what you get when you dissolve chlorine gas in water).

2.Steven Lynch or Jim Gaffagan?

Neither. Never heard of either of'em.

3. Do you like the 5th Element?

Yes, especially the bit where Co. Vimes and his wife foil---oh, wait.  You said 5th element. I thought you'd said 5th Elephant!

Actually, I rather like that movie--one of my personal favorites.  I think it grows on you, after watching it the 5th or 10th time or so.  I have it on DVD, actually, one what I purchased new, and not used.


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1. How many monitors/screens does your PC have? 1? 2? 3?  If only 1, ever used one with multiple monitors?  (try it-- you'll never go back )

2. Stick-shift or automatic? Why?

3. Soft, cushy suspension, with soft, sink-to-the-plush carpet seats?

Or, stiff, corners-on-a-pin-point, nearly zero body-roll, with seats you could safely use as jack-stands?

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

1. How many monitors/screens does your PC have? 1? 2? 3?  If only 1, ever used one with multiple monitors?  (try it-- you'll never go back Roll Eyes )

I just have a laptop with one monitor. I had the opportunity to use two monitors, and once even three. I wish I could go back to that, but it was a one-time thing.

2. Stick-shift or automatic? Why?

No automatic for me. I consider it boring, I like to do something while driving.

3. Soft, cushy suspension, with soft, sink-to-the-plush carpet seats?

Or, stiff, corners-on-a-pin-point, nearly zero body-roll, with seats you could safely use as jack-stands?

Depends on the occasion. But I like comfy, but not too comfy, I don't want to fall asleep while driving.

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1. What is your favourite joke?

2. What is the internet for?

3. Are you sure?

(here's a hint for the second question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo)

[Swatopluk]

1. What is your favourite joke?
Sorry, it's the deadly one from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
2. What is the internet for?
prawn (I don't even have to check the link to know that it is that "The internet is for..." song
3. Are you sure?
No, but insured

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1. Wenn ist das Nunstück gitt und Slotermeyer?

2. Do you wish your virginity back (or lost in case it isn't yet)? 

3. prawn or krill?

[Sibling Chatty]

1. Wenn ist das Nunstück gitt und Slotermeyer?

I dunno...

2. Do you wish your virginity back (or lost in case it isn't yet)?  Oh, HELL, no...took long enough to get rid of it in the first place, and everything in the vicinity that it all "works" with got removed 12 years ago. I need that like a moose needs a hatrack.

3. prawn or krill?

langoustine



1) Name a fiction author you really just can't "get into".

2) Would you rather be a bird or a fish?

3) All expenses paid 3 week trip to any country you've never been to. Where are you going? Whatcha gonna do there?

[Swatopluk]

1) Name a fiction author you really just can't "get into".
Tim LaHaye maybe ? Or do you mean an author that is actually good but doesn't appeal to me? I know there are some but currently no name comes to mind.

2) Would you rather be a bird or a fish?
A flish!


3) All expenses paid 3 week trip to any country you've never been to. Where are you going? Whatcha gonna do there?
Japan would be nice. landscape, historical places....Maybe I could even get some of those movies on DVD that are prohibitively expensive in import while I am there.

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1. Dallas or The Denver Clan?
2. Would you like a Pangalactic Gurgleblaster?
3. What is the house you live in built out of (wood, stone, concrete etc.)?

[Griffin NoName]

1. Dallas or The Denver Clan?

Dallas. I still have "occasion" cards to send people with all the Dallas folk pictured doing stuff. Sad but true.

2. Would you like a Pangalactic Gurgleblaster?

As long as I could have one of those dinky cocktail umbrellas in it.

3. What is the house you live in built out of (wood, stone, concrete etc.)?

Concrete, metal and glass. The sign with the name is wooden.

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1. When did you first realise you weren't alone in the world and how?

2. If you could fly (self-propelled), how high would you go?

3. If you could have a coat made out of any material what would you go for and why?

[Sibling Chatty]

1. When did you first realise you weren't alone in the world and how?

When Dan agreed to move to Somerville.

2. If you could fly (self-propelled), how high would you go?

Not more than 8-10 feet. No farther than I can expect to fall without severe injury.

3. If you could have a coat made out of any material what would you go for and why?

Silk and cashmere...with a nice waterproof overlayer for when the dog is around. (I already have a wonderful black wool with grey Schnauzerfur mixed in where SOMEbody learned to pull my coat off the coatrack and sleep on it.)

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1) Do you fear death?
2) Why, or why not?
3) How does that impact the way you live?

[Swatopluk]

1) Do you fear death?
More dying than death itself actually (provided there is nor hereafter)

2) Why, or why not?
Wouldn't like agony (during dying and/or afterwards, should I have bet on the wrong religious horse )

3) How does that impact the way you live?
Haven't tried the off switch yet (can be tempting sometimes)

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1. Do you like morbid poetry?

2. Ever tried serious poetry yourself?

3. Is it embarrassing in hindsight
(in case the answer to 2. is "No", do you think it would be)?

[The Meromorph]

1. Do you like morbid poetry?

Not in the least bit. I've never read or heard any that impressed me even slightly. Most appears written by people who think that mindset is enough to make badly rhymed prose into poetry.

2. Ever tried serious poetry yourself?

It's an occasional pastime of mine. Actually that's a poor term for it, I write it because I have to write it, most of the times I write.

3. Is it embarrassing in hindsight
(in case the answer to 2. is "No", do you think it would be)?

No. But thank you for asking. 


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1. What do you think might cause you to enter politics?

2. Of all the pets you've known, 'who' was your favorite, and why?

3. How many times have you been in love? And how many times simultaneously 

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

1. What do you think might cause you to enter politics?

Nothing.

2. Of all the pets you've known, 'who' was your favorite, and why?

I can't answer that. Because I haven't had that many pets in my life, and I loved them all.

3. How many times have you been in love? And how many times simultaneously.

I fall in love three times every five to six minutes.

Now seriously, I can say I've been in love only once, it lasted for two years, but had to break up with her because of me going to Germany and her to Italy.

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1. Goat or cow milk?

2. Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers?

3. Have you ever been temperd to throw your cell phone out of the window?

[Bluenose]

1. Goat or cow milk?

Either is fine, as long as it has been made into cheese first.

2. Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers?

Neither, don't find them very funny.  Give me Monty Python every time.

3. Have you ever been temperd to throw your cell phone out of the window?

What?  Blasphemy!  I live by my cell phone.  How else would I ever remember everyone's phone numbers or their email addresses when I'm not in front of my PC?  I love my cell phone.  Its got MP3 (never use), Internet (never use), FM radio (never use), games (never use), a 2MB digital camera (OK, I use that a bit), video phone calls (never use) and it makes phone calls without being plugged into the wall!  The wonders of the all new electric talking-type wireless, it probably means the end of the horse-drawn Zeppelin, you know...

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1. Cheese-Shop, or the Parrot Sketch?

2. What is your favourite comedy movie/TV show?

3. Who is your favourite comedic author?

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

1. Cheese-Shop, or the Parrot Sketch?

'Norwegian Blue--beautiful plumage, isn't it squire?'  _{(although the cheese shop's wonderful list of world-cheeses IS quite fun. Not to mention John Cleese's portrayal of a pompous too-big-words ~ss is too funny... )}

2. What is your favourite comedy movie/TV show?

Depends on my mood--what day is it? <grin> Anything by MPFC, of course.  Like Robin Williams, especially when he's improv.  Also like "potty-humor" and Blazing Saddles is fun (Mel Brooks, for that matter is good). 

Leslie Neilson's stuff is fun, too. As I said, very mood-dependant.

3. Who is your favourite comedic author?

Either Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett, natch. <grin>

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1. Humanity's Ultimate Purpose is to Laugh. Agree? Disagree? Why (or why not or don't have an opinion either way, actually, and STOP bothering me with all these ENDLESS questions!!! )

2. Or, do you think these lyrics by Jewel capture Ultimate Purpose?

3. Or, what you really hate are those stupid, pretentious links people put into their posts, yes? 

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1. Humanity's Ultimate Purpose is to Laugh. Agree? Disagree? Why (or why not or don't have an opinion either way, actually, and STOP bothering me with all these ENDLESS questions!!! )
I believe like the existentialists that life has no purpose and that you are the one setting the purpose of your life. In my particular case laugh comes close, although I use it more to make life bearable.

2. Or, do you think these lyrics by Jewel capture Ultimate Purpose?
Nope (see above). My purpose in life is to finish in one piece.

3. Or, what you really hate are those stupid, pretentious links people put into their posts, yes?
Nah, the links themselves aren't pretentious, OTOH  the poster and/or the writer of the page to which it goes might be.

BTW, if humanity has a purpose, it would seem that is exterminate itself. 
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1. Saint Augustine truly saw the light and changed his  heart, or he just decided to get into politics?

2. Strawberry jelly, strawberry ice cream or just strawberries?

3. Odd meters (ie: a waltz) or even meters (ie: a typical march)?

[Swatopluk]

1. Saint Augustine truly saw the light and changed his  heart, or he just decided to get into politics?
Given how he treated his de facto wife after conversion, I consider him a true digestory exit. For me another proof that "finding religion" (even if genuine) doesn't change the basic character traits.

2. Strawberry jelly, strawberry ice cream or just strawberries?
No jelly, ice cream only after a foretaste, and where did you hide those strawberries? I neeeeeeeeeeeed them!

3. Odd meters (ie: a waltz) or even meters (ie: a typical march)?
Even or higher prime numbers (a Russian specialty: 11/4, 13/4, 17/4)

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1. Should mankind have stayed in the trees (provided they started there)?

2. If mankind simply disappeared to-morrow (but leaving its mess behind), would it be an improvement or a catastrophe?

3. If you like fish at all, do you perfer fresh water or salt water fish?

[Bluenose]

1. Should mankind have stayed in the trees (provided they started there)?

Well, there is a school of thought that the trees were a bad idea in the first place.  (with apologies to Douglas Adams)

2. If mankind simply disappeared to-morrow (but leaving its mess behind), would it be an improvement or a catastrophe?

Actually, the title of a book from many years ago by George R. Stewart, applies here - Earth Abides.  I think the idea of a catastrophe in this sense is a man made one.  Life would evolve and a new dynamic balance would be struck.  Certainly the world would not look much like it does today, but then it does no look  much like it did 10,000 years ago, or 100,000 or 1,000,000 for that matter.

3. If you like fish at all, do you perfer fresh water or salt water fish?

If you mean to eat, as a rule I prefer salt water fish, especially flathead, my absolute favourite.  Other salties I like include gummy shark, snapper, King George whiting and silver trevally.

OTOH, in the fresh Australian bass and golden perch are excellent eating as are a number of other Australian native fish species.  Trout are okay, although I think they are best smoked.  I would not give you 2^c for carp, they just take altogether too much preparation to make the edible IMHO.  tench, roach etc are best used as burley.



1. Have you ever caught and eaten a fish?

2. Did you enjoy the experience?  (If you haven't caught one, would you like to?)

3. What is it about catching fish do you like/dislike?