The Never Ending Toadfish Interview Cycle!

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1) Do you have allergies and to what extent?
Pollen and chemicals. The stuff the spray on cotton in September is particularly bad.
It's fairly minor now. Used to be worse. Just lots of sneezing and such.

2) Prose, epic or poetry? (and do you dabble in any of it yourself?)
Prose. I write a fair bit of it.

3) Do you prefer sung or instrumental music (or don't you like either)?
Depends. Classical, I like sung better, everything else, I like insturmental better.
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1. WalMart ot KMart?

2. WHat is your favorite sweet?

3. Is it still around?

[beagle]

1. WalMart ot KMart?

Neither. WalMart has an outpost here called Asda but I tend to use Tesco for geographical reasons (more out of town stores near me).  If I need more exotic food for something then Waitrose/Marks and Spencer.

2. WHat is your favorite sweet?

Jelly Babies. . Preferred confectionery of Time Lords everywhere.

3. Is it still around?

Yep.

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iPod or Clone?

Churchill or Gandhi?

NATO or UN?

[Swatopluk]

iPod or Clone?
none

Churchill or Gandhi?
Both, for bad cop good cop routines

NATO or UN?
Could NATO be employed as official UN enforcer?

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1) If there were gill transplants available, would you be interested (air breathing would be still possible)

2) Sahara or Gobi?

3) When and where were the best movies made (your taste, not some official list)?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1) If there were gill transplants available, would you be interested (air breathing would be still possible)
Of course!

2) Sahara or Gobi? Neither, thank you. Very boring. I like the Sonoran Desert much better.

3) When and where were the best movies made (your taste, not some official list)?
I like late eghties, early nineties the best. (The Crow, Muriel's Wedding, Boondock Saints, etc.) I haven't really watched much in the way of foriegn films, so I can't say anything about where.
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1. Favorite blog?

2. Do you read blogs regularly?

3. Ever dyed your hair some wacky color?

[Swatopluk]

1. Favorite blog?
One of those in #2, not sure which

2. Do you read blogs regularly?
Yes: Obsidian Wings, Greenwald, Orcinus, uggabugga, The Rude Pundit; Legal Fiction is now part og ObWi

3. Ever dyed your hair some wacky color?
No and don't intend to.

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1. Is the TV or Computer screen an adequate substitute for the "big screen"? If not, what about a beamer?

2. Do you get more information from radio or television*? (in both quantitative and qualitative sense)

3. Do you regularly use some visual aid (glasses, contact lenses etc.)?

*internet/newspapers/etc. explicitly not included

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

1. Is the TV or Computer screen an adequate substitute for the "big screen"? If not, what about a beamer?

Not really, though I think it won't be too long before a high-end TV and a computer with a large screen will be indistinguishable.

And I don't know what a "beamer" is.

2. Do you get more information from radio or television*? (in both quantitative and qualitative sense)
TV for both, I think.

I'm into documentary and news shows.  For me, radio tends to be music.  I will listen to talk radio once in a while, but most of it around here is just "phone in, give your opinion and hang up" format, so there usually isn't a lot of thoughtful discussion involved.

3. Do you regularly use some visual aid (glasses, contact lenses etc.)?
Yes.  I'm blind as a bat without them.  I have both, though I should get new lenses for my glasses.  The prescription's about a decade old.

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1. If someone offered you a TV show, would you take them up on it?  What would it be like (drama/comedy/news/talk/something else)?

2. Have you ever written a song or poem about a person you know/knew?

3. Aisle or window?  Why?

Bonus question: do you consider yourself "analog" or "digital"?

[Darlica]

1. If someone offered you a TV show, would you take them up on it?  What would it be like (drama/comedy/news/talk/something else)?
No, probably not, I'm camera shy. Radio talk show would be fun though.

2. Have you ever written a song or poem about a person you know/knew?
Yes, I wrote a poem about my SO.

3. Aisle or window?  Why?
Window. What's the fun if you don't get to look out?

Bonus question: do you consider yourself "analog" or "digital"?
Analog, very much so.

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1) Cameras: digital, Polaroid, slide film or paper copies from celluloid?

2) Red wine, white wine, beer or water?

3) Vacation time: lie at the beach, hiking in the mountains or explore a new city?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1) Cameras: digital, Polaroid, slide film or paper copies from celluloid?
Digital, I can take as many as I want without fear of running out of roll or the cost of processing. Currently I have a decent point-and-shoot but I am contemplating going D-SLR whenever I can spare ~$600.

2) Red wine, white wine, beer or water?
Red wine. Beaujolais, Pinot noire, Rioja, Tempranillo, a good Sirah/shiraz (I am partial to French ones), etc, etc. 

3) Vacation time: lie at the beach, hiking in the mountains or explore a new city?
Mountains. I grew up watching the mountains and now that I live close to the beach (in a place where the only hills are made of garbage) I really miss the times I went hiking.

1. 1 wheel, 2 wheels, 3 wheels, 4 wheels, 6 wheels, 18 wheels, caterpillars or no wheels at all?

2. Glider, plane, chopper, or zeppelin?

3. Palestrina, Vivaldi, Rossini or Respighi?

[goat starer]

1. 1 wheel, 2 wheels, 3 wheels, 4 wheels, 6 wheels, 18 wheels, caterpillars or no wheels at all?

4 legs good, All wheels bad

2. Glider, plane, chopper, or zeppelin?

chopper......



3. Palestrina, Vivaldi, Rossini or Respighi?

I dont eat pasta.

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1. coconut mushrooms or haribo sour mix?

2. heroes or lost?

3. do you wish you had a glass paperwight shaped like a tennis ball?

[Swatopluk]

And I don't know what a "beamer" is.

A video projector for use with computers. I didn't realize that this word is used in several languages in that meaning but not in English.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

And I don't know what a "beamer" is.

A video projector for use with computers. I didn't realize that this word is used in several languages in that meaning but not in English.

I knew the thing as a 'video beam' back home but in the States it is a projector. A 'beamer' is a BMW, go figure!

[Swatopluk]

And I don't know what a "beamer" is.

A video projector for use with computers. I didn't realize that this word is used in several languages in that meaning but not in English.

I knew the thing as a 'video beam' back home but in the States it is a projector. A 'beamer' is a BMW, go figure!

It leads the list of pseudo anglicisms in wikipedia.de

[beagle]

Unless you made your fortune in drugs dealing or bank robbery referring to your 7 series as a "beamer" in England is considered a bit déclassé. But the video projector meaning is non-existent to my (possibly out of date) knowledge.

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

1. coconut mushrooms or haribo sour mix?

Haribo Sour Mix... (never had coconut mushrooms)

2. heroes or lost?

I have not been watching any of those two... Seen a few minutes of Lost, but didn't get into it. I've been watching House MD, Weeds and Entourage lately, liking all of them very much.

3. do you wish you had a glass paperwight shaped like a tennis ball?

No, I'd prefer a tennis ball shaped like a glass papaerweight.

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1. Which animal would you like to get drunk with?

2. Sparkling wine - white, red or rose?

3. Are you a good dancer?

Bonus: Why don't people use the NET helpline around here?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1. Which animal would you like to get drunk with?
My cat

2. Sparkling wine - white, red or rose?
Non-alcholic white?

3. Are you a good dancer?
Ball room dancing, yes. Not freestyle though.

Bonus: Why don't people use the NET helpline around here?
Dunno.
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1. Ever wonder what drugs Rohal Dahl was on?

2. Do you use POP mailing systems?

3. Who was your favorite teacher growing up? Why?