In the morning thread, valued commenter Alison Rose provided a link to a Colbert show clip featuring Michelle Obama taking the Colbert Questionert challenge. As Colbert describes it, the questions are “scientifically engineered” to “penetrate the soul of someone, to reveal them for who they are.”
Ms. Obama was up to the challenge. So am I. Are you? The questions are below.
Leave your answers in comments if you want to. Or talk about anything, except maybe the House leadership fail parade since there are/will be threads dedicated to that purpose — it’s up to you.
- What is the best sandwich?
- What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out?
- What is the scariest animal?
- Apples or oranges?
- Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
- What do you think happens when we die?
- Favorite action movie?
- Window or aisle?
- Favorite smell?
- Least favorite smell?
- Most used app on your phone?
- Cats or dogs?
- You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it?
- What number am I thinking of?
- Describe the rest of your life in five words?
No Surprise Here
RaflW
The best sandwich is a toasted peanut butter and iceberg lettuce sandwich.
I shall not endeavor to answer the other 14 to avoid controversy.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Aisle, oranges, dogs. I get tripped up over any question of “favorites” or “pick one”, whether it’s music, movies, books or food.
Old School
I don’t believe anyone have ever gotten the “what number am I thinking of?” question correct.
FastEdD
There was only one person I ever asked for an autograph. Leo Fender. I admired him so much-tinkerer, inventor, but strangely not a musician. I’ve met lots of interesting people but he was the most interestingist.
Alison Rose
I actually did this with a friend not long ago, LOL.
While I agree with Michelle that a grilled cheese is terrific, I gotta go full 8-year-old comfort food and say PB&J
The cat bed my cat refuses to use
LAMPREY. Look, there’s a reason God put those things underwater. He created it and then went “FUCKING YIKES” and yeeted it into the ocean
Apples. Oranges are way too much work. “I’m so glad I spent an hour so I could eat that glass of orange juice”
The entire 1989 Oakland A’s baseball team. My mom was flying to New York to visit family, and my Dad and brothers and I were waiting around to watch the plane take off. (Back in olden times when you could go to the gate.) The A’s were leaving on a road trip and were a couple gates down, and my brother Jamie and I went around and got almost all of their autographs (Rickey Henderson refused to sign, boo). Mark McGwire, Dave Stewart, Dennis Eckersley, Walt Weiss, Jose fucking Canseco, LOL. It was cool.
I’m Jewish. Our entire philosophy is basically, “Oy, fuck if we know.”
Uhhhh…does The Matrix count? I don’t like action movies. If 90% of the trailer is people fighting, things blowing up, and car crashes, I’m bored.
I haven’t been on a plane in nearly 14 years and never will be again, but back in the day, window seat because I would dope myself up so I could conk out for the whole thing, and it’s easier when you can slump against the wall
Jasmine, honeysuckle, and plywood. Like in Home Depot or something when you walk past a stack of freshly sawn plywood. Mmmmm.
An open dumpster on a hot day.
Probably either FB or Spotify
CATS. I love dogs too. But CATS.
It would have to be some piece of classical music or something, otherwise you’re gonna hate the shit out of it pretty quickly. I’ll be basic and say Pachelbel’s Canon in D
218 :P
Less embarrassing than Kevin McCarthy’
ETA I don’t know why FYWP keeps removing my numbered list!!!
Zzyzx
I can definitely say oranges, no idea what happens when I die, window, Twitter, and cats.
Betty Cracker
Princess Leia
1. Pastrami and swiss with lots of mustard
2. A 1990’s era PBX system
3. Snakes. All of them.
4. Oranges
5. Never
6. Eternal Bliss away from the GOP
7. Hunt for Red October
8. Window
9. Morning Coffee
10. Rotting anything
11. SCRIBD
12. DO NOT MAKE ME CHOOSE
13. The Lark Ascending, Vaughn Williams
14. 3.14…
15. She let it all go
HumboldtBlue
Italian hoagie, oranges, Bourne trilogy, never done the autograph thing, window
Zzyzx
One song for the rest of my life would be something like the 12/29/94 David Bowie, the 10/28/16 Golden Age (both Phish) or The Dripping Tap by King Gizzard, something long with multiple sections.
oldster
@Betty Cracker:
Betty, why am I not surprised that your mother came up with the phrase “knocked a buzzard off a shit wagon”? That’s pure genius, and you clearly learned from a master.
Michelle and Steven — I love them both. And saying that her favorite smell is her husband? I cooed, too, just like the audience.
Meanwhile Melania says, “dollar beels, fresh from printer press,” for her favorite smell, and “my hahsbahn” for least favorite.
Betty Cracker
@Alison Rose: I do like the aroma of lumberyards! Another odd thing I like the smell of: gasoline mixed with marine oil for outboard motors. My dad had a dive shop and marina, and when I was a kid, it was my job to fill the gas tanks. I don’t know why, but I love that smell.
Llelldorin
Highway Rob
Limiting it to ones that are fun & don’t require a long story.
Alison Rose
@Betty Cracker: When I was a kid, I liked the smell of gasoline too. Also potting soil. Which I guess doesn’t really have a strong scent, but if you put your face right into the opening of a giant bag of it, you can get it.
Anonymous At Work
@Old School: With Colbert, I’d guess 9 for the Fellowship and Nazgul. And then shame him for thinking of a different number.
Bupalos
You people who think a snake is somehow scarier than a shark are whack.
And apples are absolutely essential and have so much more variation. That’s like taking ABBA over Mozart.
TooManyJens
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Sometimes I feel like a weirdo for not being able to answer things like “What’s your favorite book?” I don’t know! Nice to hear other people are the same way.
Martin
Princess
oldster
@Alison Rose:
re: liking the smell of gasoline.
Any of you olds remember the smell of fresh mimeo solvent?
Snorting those fresh sheets probably dissolved a lot of brain cells, but it was curiously attractive.
2liberal
What is the best sandwich? – steak and cheese on toasted wheat torpedo roll
What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out? whatever carb loaded food is in the kitchen
What is the scariest animal? bear
Apples or oranges? apples
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? no
What do you think happens when we die? its the end of all things for us personally
Favorite action movie? Ghost in the shell (scarlett edition)
Window or aisle? Window
Favorite smell? cinnamon/apple herbal tea
Least favorite smell? realizing my bathroom needs more attention
Most used app on your phone? amazon music
Cats or dogs? Dogs x1000
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it? pass
What number am I thinking of? 11
Describe the rest of your life in five words? time to relax and take it easy
Ken
I was doing so well until question 15. Can anyone think of a single word meaning “an eternal reign of darkness and misery where the human scum will beg me for the sweet release of death”?
Which reminds me, are we getting a fresh thread for election number 5?
geg6
FridayNext
Point of clarification. When answering the “one and only song” does that mean one song as recorded once by one artist? Or can you listen to different versions of the same song? So if you pick Peter Gabriel’s Shock the Monkey, or you restricted to just the original studio version, or can you work in some live renditions? How about covers like Don Ho or Gazzara?
If all you are restricted to is one song, but any version, go with an early blues or blue grass song that’s been covered across genre’s for variety.
Princess Leia
@oldster: OOH I inhaled a lot of that helping my teacher mom get prep for her 4th grade class!! I still love the smell.
Old School
oldster
@Bupalos:
I agree about apples over oranges. It’s not that I don’t love a good orange. But if you can only have one, then the orange is more like a frivolous novelty, where the apple is more like a basic foodstuff.
It’s like: you have to choose one and only one drink to drink for the rest of your life. Milk is perfect in some circumstances, too much in others. Champagne is delicious, but you’d get tired of it. Whereas, water is always good. Water will see you through life. It may not be flashy, but if you can only have one, it’s the one. That’s how apples are in my mind.
p.a.
1. Pastrami Reuben
2. Beat-up, sewn-up hooded windbreaker
3. Scariest: crocks. Creepiest: spiders
4. Apples
5. No. Chickened out from asking Joe Pepitone
6. Lights out
7. Guardians of the Galaxy 1
8. Window
9. Roasting red peppers
10. Vomit
11. Chrome
12. Coinflip
13. Linus and Lucy
14. Eleventeen
15. Never really been a planner
Ken
@FridayNext: Good point. I went with “Carol of the Bells” because we just had Christmas, so I’m stuck with that earworm for another three months or so anyway. But it certainly has a lot of covers….
JoyceH
I suspect that ‘aisle’ has become the preference of the last few decades. Remember that there was once a time when a person sitting in the window seat could get out if the other people between them and the aisle just slanted their legs over to the side and they could scootch past them. These day, the only way to get out is to make everybody get out of their seats and stand in the aisle, and then do it again when they come back. Which makes a trip to the bathroom a severe inconvenience.
Ken
I can’t speak for others, but I’m including “likelihood of encounter” in that. Otherwise I’d give the award to sand-flies, because of leishmaniasis.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
@FastEdD: I asked Jim Henson for his autograph in our church basement when I was ~12 and he was a very young man doing kids’ birthday parties. His mom worked at my dad’s office, and she got him a gig through my dad, doing a show for the kids at our church. I don’t remember all the puppets he had in his show, but I do remember the Kermit frog puppet (I think Kermit was his mom’s boss’s name). As I remember, his setting was very basic – I think it was a piece of painted plywood with a square hole cut into it – but the show he put on was magical, even to an incipient cynical teen. I was not surprised when he “made it big.”
Amir Khalid
Chicken shawarma wrap. The scariest animal is the chupacabra. Oranges, for sure. Once: some trendy “futurist” bullshit slinger back in the 1990s. When we die, our consciousness is extinguished. After that, who knows? All action movies are about the same, except the newer ones are getting painfully loud. Window. The smell of a fresh cheeseburger. The smell of a week-old cheeseburger. BBC News. Cats. Scully’s Theme from The X-Files. 14,348,907. Gee, do I have to?
geg6
@Bupalos:
I have encountered both in the wild. Give me a shark any time.
Ivan X
Ok, I’m game. I’m sure I will regret this.
oldster
@JoyceH:
Yeah, I think “aisle” has become the preference in *my* last few decades. When I was in my forties, I did not need access to the bathroom with the same frequency, and I was not worried about deep vein thrombosis. Nowadays, a plane flight means getting up and down on the hour, or more often.
The whole old-man bladder thing is one of the indignities of aging, but I try to be grateful that I’m still alive.
Msb
1. Tuna salad (tuna, chopped cucumber and pickles, cilantro stuck together with Mayo) on toasted wheat, with a thick slice of juicy tomato
4. apples, particularly the Ingrid Marie
6. Home
12. cats (duh!)
13. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (Ralph Vaughn Williams – h/t Princess Leia)
14. I want to keep learning.
Martin
Trump
UncleEbeneezer
oldster
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)):
Very cool story. Henson was a great man.
C Stars
@Bupalos: Last night one of my kids told me that cows kill more people than snakes annually. So maybe we should be scared of cows.
Martin
@Ken: Oh, that is a good point. I could choose ‘Creep’ and get 10,000 covers.
Mr. Bemused Senior
42. It was a tough problem.
I’m surprised I’m first with this answer.
Ryan
Free sammich is the best sammich.
Betty Cracker
@C Stars: I summon the same stat for people who freak out about all the alligators around here. The cows, I tell them. Watch out for the damn cows!
JCJ
UncleEbeneezer
@geg6: As someone with both Yinzer roots (Dad’s side of family) but who also lived in Philly, you made the right choice. A good cheese-steak is pretty much the perfect sandwich.
Maody
leftover turkey, mayo, lots of lettuce, black pepper on sourdough, anything under size 14, those big freakin hornets, apples (and oranges), autographs are weird – no, we could become fabulous compost!, Raiders of the Lost Ark, window, that smell after it rains in the summer – petrichor, vomit, Merlin, cats (and dogs), The Rite of Spring, 218, hopefully carefree work in gardenlandistan.
sheila in nc
Oranges because you can use the peel to garnish an Old Fashioned
UncleEbeneezer
@Zzyzx: If I were to choose a Phish tune it would probably be the Boogie On Reggae Woman from Chula Vista. I was there and it was actually the first time I ever heard the song. Vocals aside (obviously) I actually prefer it to the Stevie Wonder version.
MisterDancer
Baud
I feel like I’m in a bad job interview.
CaseyL
C Stars
Ken
@Baud: XKCD has a bunch. I think this one is my favorite.
C Stars
@Betty Cracker: Maybe it’s because you expect snakes or gators or sharks to kill you, and walk the opposite direction. Cows, on the other hand, seem peaceful most of the time, but they’re huge and can be temperamental.
Brachiator
Highway Rob
Coming from someone who’s run for president multiple times, that’s really saying something.
C Stars
@CaseyL:
Oh, this is actually the correct answer.
Omnes Omnibus
Anyway
@Martin:
Radiohead or STP?
Ruckus
@FastEdD:
I have never asked anyone for an autograph.
I think it is because I worked in professional sports, as a hobby for 20 yrs and then full time for 11yrs, so I knew a lot of the participants. I once was talking, or rather listening to one of the professional participants who it turned out as I was listening is a complete and utter asshole. A spectator walked up and talked to him and he switched to nicest guy in the world and the moment the spectator was out of hearing range he instantly turned back into utter asshole. He didn’t actually want anything but to be an utter asshole. Always nice to see someone succeed at a task they work so hard at. He made it look effortless.
UncleEbeneezer
eclare
One song for the rest of my life: Lovely Day by Bill Withers. It always puts a smile on my face.
CaseyL
It’s so much fun reading peoples’ responses!
Central Planning
West of the Rockies
Who is this blonde woman blathering lies?
Ruckus
@Alison Rose:
I liked flying. Right up until the time I had to fly 8-9 months of the year. Window seat was my choice but of course I didn’t always get to make the choice. I don’t hate the flying. I do rather dislike airlines. Especially the ones that exist to fly you for the least amount of money – that they can squeeze out of you for lousy service.
BTW it appears that we – the riff raff, are not allowed to have numbered lists. IOW I’ve had the same issue.
Brachiator
Have not asked people for autographs. But the two people I most enjoyed meeting were probably Rosa Parks and film director Billy Wider.
Wait. I did have writer Ishmael Reed and Stephen Jay Gould autograph copies of their books.
Tony Jay
Ruckus
@Zzyzx:
They bury you, burn you or cut you up for medical training/experiments.
FridayNext
What is the best sandwich? Grilled Cheese
What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out? My first kindle
What is the scariest animal? Man
Apples or oranges? Apple
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? Yes, but exclusively on copies of books they wrote.
What do you think happens when we die? No idea
Favorite action movie? Buckeroo Bonzai
Window or aisle? 10 years ago this would have been window. The aging of my prostate has moved me to the aisle
Favorite smell? Baking cookies
Least favorite smell? Death
Most used app on your phone? Audible
Cats or dogs? Dog
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it? Man of Constant Sorrow, all possible versions
What number am I thinking of? Pi
Describe the rest of your life in five words? Books, wife, kittens, cookies, cake
Ruckus
@Highway Rob:
Somewhere along the way, a few years ago, I lost my sense of smell. Have no idea where, no one seems to have any idea where to find it or even look for it. So for me anything that doesn’t want to kill me is fine.
Martin
@Anyway: Radiohead.
NoraLenderbee
zeecube
David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch
@Brachiator:
How did you get to meet Stephen Jay Gould?
Dangerman
What is the best sandwich?
Tommy’s Burger, side of Chili Fries. Please don’t tell my Cardiologist.
What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out?
I keep old boots for when I go mudding. Haven’t been mudding in years.
What is the scariest animal?
Humans. OK, I like being in the Ocean, so sharks.
Apples or oranges?
Oranges. Satsumas, right off the tree. Unbelievably good. Second place, meyers lemons, which are partially mandarin, so partial credit.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
No.
ETA: Shit. I have ONE autograph. Coach Wooden.
What do you think happens when we die?
I’ve seen Miracles. No, not the 69 Mets or landing on the Hudson miracles, but Miracles. Always when I am alone. I think that would be an interesting post topic someday actually, see if others might want to share (I would, but not today). So, something happens when we pass. What happens is well beyond me.
Favorite action movie?
Is The Martian an Action Movie? If not, The Fugitive.
Window or aisle?
6′ 7″. Aisle.
Favorite smell?
Lavender. Sleep!
Least favorite smell?
Well, those Tommy Burgers with Chili Fries have a natural end result, um, so to speak.
Most used app on your phone?
I love Amazon.
Cats or dogs?
Chocolate Labradors. Chocolate anything is good, actually.
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it?
Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding. Is that two?
What number am I thinking of?
218
Describe the rest of your life in five words?
Live long and winding roads.
Ruckus
@2liberal:
I’ve never been that close to a bear but my scariest animal was a full grown male elk that walked up behind me in the hosing area of the Grand Canyon. Kids were playing outside and they all got real quiet and slowly walked away. At first I thought they were walking away from me but then as a slowly turned my head, a very few feet behind me was this most beautiful animal, whose shoulders were about a foot taller than me and whose antlers were about 4-5 feet higher than that. I’d say he weighed around 1500 lbs. I moved slowly away. Beautiful but scary as can be.
AM in NC
@Highway Rob: Yes, a 10-napkin roast beef po-boy cannot be beat!
lowtechcyclist
What is the best sandwich?
a nice M.L.T., a mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich. Where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe.(Just had to sneak that in there.) PB&J, with the PB being all natural, just peanuts and salt, the B having some flavor and substance to it (Arnold OatNut is my choice these days), and the J being Aunt Pat’s homemade guava jam.What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out? The hell if I know, one thing I’m looking forward to doing after I retire is going through all the stuff that’s piled up in the basement, and probably chucking a metric ton of it.
What is the scariest animal? A man open carrying an AR-15 or similar weapon of mass slaughter.
Apples or oranges? Apples. Fuji’s my favorite variety these days.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? Yes, a few times, but in retrospect it seems kinda silly.
What do you think happens when we die? We shall be changed, I’m sure of that. If this is ‘through a glass darkly’ and the Lord’s love is this mindboggling here…well, I’ve had one transformative religious experience in this life, and I expect I’d need at least the equivalent of another to be able to absorb the love of God when it’s face to face. More than that, I have no idea.
Favorite action movie? I don’t watch many action movies. I don’t know if Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is considered an action movie by contemporary standards, but I’ll go with that.
Window or aisle? Depends on what side of the plane I’m on. Left side: window. Right side: aisle.
Favorite smell? Bacon being cooked.
Least favorite smell? Dead skunk in the middle of the road…
Most used app on your phone? Texting. I’m a pretty boring phone user.
Cats or dogs? Cats. Nothing against dogs, it’s just the way it’s worked out.
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it? That’s a toughie. It would have to be a song that wears well, because I don’t want to have to ration my listening. So it would not necessarily be a song I or others would consider one of the best songs of all time: as much as I love those songs, there are still only so many times I could listen to “Satisfaction” or “Born to Run” in the space of a week. A song like Houndmouth’s “Sedona” or Camila Cabello’s “Havana” would be more in line with what I’d choose. I don’t think either one is in the hundred best songs of all time, but they’d be more comfortable for listening to with great frequency over the long haul.
What number am I thinking of? Forty-two.
Describe the rest of your life in five words? Christ is with me always.
narya
Ruckus
@Ken:
For some reason your comment was pied and I have no idea why.
Juju
1.Turkey with bacon and avocado on French bread.
2. Old worn out Big Dogs with Big Dog rules.
3. Brown Recluse spider.
4. Orange
5. John Belushi, yes, I still have it.
6. I hope I get to see love ones and dogs. If not that, not much.
7. Raiders of the Lost Arc.
8. Window.
9. Magnolia and honeysuckle season in the southeastern US, or lilacs season in northern US.
10. Dog barf.
11. Zen Tile.
12. Dogs, cats achoo.
13. Just Like Heaven.
14. 99.
15. Family, friends, visiting Europe together.
Juju
@Ruckus: is pie your favorite smell?
Hoppie
billcinsd
lowtechcyclist
@FridayNext:
An important clarification! Reminds me of the occasional thread I used to see elsewhere where the question was “if you can only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?” And people were answering “pizza” which may be one word, but it encompasses a ton of different food options.
So it’s a good question. If a song has a thousand covers, do you have to pick one, or do you get to listen to them all?
Gravenstone
@Betty Cracker: I quite liked the smell of leaded gasoline. Unleaded just reeks of sulfur to me. I’m weird in liking very dilute diesel exhaust too.
Ridnik Chrome
You guys aren’t fooling me with these password-stealing scams.
Also, that thing about listening to only one song for the rest of your life, that assumes that you’re gonna die in like ten minutes, right? Because that’s the only way I’d agree to something like that.
Ken
@Ruckus: My #23 originally had a reply to Bupalos, which I moved to #32. Are either or both of those pied?
SpaceUnit
I rarely have a favorite anything. I think it’s odd to make one’s way through this world arranging every category of thing into some sort of hierarchy.
And while I don’t have a favorite song there’s a couple of songs that everybody seems to love that I absolutely hate. Stairway to Heaven is one. Bohemian Rhapsody is another. Christ I hate those songs. And it doesn’t help that they’re both about eighteen minutes long.
Hoodie
FridayNext
@billcinsd:
I think this was a George Carlin bit.
R-Jud
Brachiator
@David ⛄ 🎅The Establishment🎄 🦌 🕎 Koch:
He was giving a talk for the Skeptics Society at Occidental College. Got a chance to speak with him with a small group afterwards.
He was very gracious.
citizen dave
It’s funny how these bits get re-purposed over the years. Someone may have mentioned this, but the Colbert Questionnaire is very similar to the Inside the Actors Studio bit at the end–James Lipton–anyone remember the hilarious Will Ferrell impression?, which itself was based on a French guy’s list, to wit:
These 10 questions originally came from a French series, “Bouillon de Culture” hosted by Bernard Pivot.
They’re better known as the questions that James Lipton asks every guest at the end of “Inside the Actor’s Studio” show.
Answers them for yourself, and have fun with your friends. You’ll be amazed at how much they reveal about a person’s thoughts, feelings and beliefs.
Anyway, I’ll only give one answer for 1 song to listen to. It would have to be the Flaming Lips 24 hour song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVVNfliHEoU
Old Man Shadow
Ceci n est pas mon nym
I’ve seen a bunch of these on Colbert but never thought about doing it myself. I would just think, “glad I’m not on the spot trying to think up answers”. But OK, in the interest of science, let’s do this…
With these kinds of things I’ll always think of answers later that I like better. But that’s my rapid response.
trollhattan
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Stairway to Heaven was a very popular slow dance back in the day. Possibly not for its musical merits.
SpaceUnit
@Ceci n est pas mon nym:
I couldn’t dance to that song but I could possibly stab somebody.
arrieve
I tried but I can’t resist.
What is the best sandwich? Croque Madame
What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out? Most of it.
What is the scariest animal? Crocodiles. Seeing them in the wild made my blood run cold. They’re like sentient rocks with way too many teeth.
Apples or oranges? I eat a lot more oranges, but a Granny Smith apple with peanut butter is perfection.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? Never have, never would.
What do you think happens when we die? I find it very comforting that all of the atoms in our bodies were created by the stars, many of them only when those stars died. We really are part of the universe. And eventually we die and give everything back. I’d like to think there’s some kind of consciousness afterwards but I don’t believe it.
Favorite action movie? Probably the first Terminator, but I think it’s probably more of a noir than an action movie.
Window or aisle? Aisle. I like to look out the window, but not having to ask permission to pee trumps everything.
Favorite smell? Fresh cut grass on a summer day.
Least favorite smell? Old urine.
Most used app on your phone? Weather, and the Calm app that gives me soothing sounds to fall asleep to.
Cats or dogs? Both, but when I can I’m going to get a dog first.
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it? Nope, not doing that.
What number am I thinking of? Number 9
Describe the rest of your life in five words? Gratitude, appreciation and chocolate.
mr perfect
Corned beef on rye
My Ted Nugent record collection from the ’70s
Other than man, crocodiles
Apples
Yes, Shannon Briggs outside MSG
Life is over
Max Max The Road Warrior
Aisle, I have long arms and legs
Coffee
Geraniums
If texting isn’t an app, then the weather app
Cats
Jumping Jack Flash. Don’t ask me to choose between the Stones or Johny Winters’ scorching version
Lucky seven
Three quarters full
Mel
1. Favorite sandwich- Skyline cheese coney with onions, no mustard – as long as I don’t stop to think about the hot dog contents!!
2. Should throw out- old mp3 / dvd player that lurks in my junk drawer.
3. Scariest animal- Do arachnids count? if so, TICK!!
4. Apple (Cortland or Honeycrisp, specifically)
5. Lynn Anderson (I was five years old, and I liked her purple cowboy boots.)
6. . Hopefully, something that lets us look out for our loved ones from a distance in some way.
7. None. Not really my thing.
8. Window
9. Rosemary and Lemon Bread baking
10. Skunk spray on Labrador Retriever
11. Library app or Safari
12. Cat
13. acoustic version of The Beatles’ “Something”, by Laura Pergolizzi (“LP”). Recorded in a stairwell, and utterly beautiful.
14. ?
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@citizen dave: Wasn’t there a bit where James Lipton interviews himself and gives himself the questionnaire? I can’t remember if it was Lipton guest-starring on SNL and doing it with Ferrell, or if it was Ferrell with himself, or Lipton with himself on the actual Actor’s Studio.
I used to love watching those interviews. Weird things stuck with me, like the fact that the first thing Christopher Walken does with a script is remove all the punctuation.
Carlo Graziani
Ruckus
@Ken:
Yes. I suspected as much but without someone in your no mas yo es pied I don’t think it should
pluky
@Princess Leia: #13 — we have a winner!
Cheryl from Maryland
The best sandwich is roast beef with cheese and horseradish cream on a French baguette as purveyed from the Cheese Shop in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. It sustained me in my college years at William and Mary, and it sustains me today as the shop is still in business.
OzarkHillbilly
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
What is the best sandwich? Cubano
What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out? A jacket 3 sizes too small.
What is the scariest animal? Man.
Apples or oranges? Oranges.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? No.
What do you think happens when we die? Everything goes dark.
Favorite action movie? The Avengers (MCU).
Window or Aisle? Window.
Favorite smell? Baby after a lavender bath.
Least favorite smell? Turkey buzzard innards after a week in the camera bay of a wrecked RF-4C inside a locked hangar in summertime Texas. Don’t ask.
Most used app on your phone? Brave browser.
Cats or dogs? Dogs, but I’m allergic.
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it? “Mister Magic” – Grover Washington Jr.
What number am I thinking of? 42.
Describe the rest of your life in five words? Keep trying to be better.
Craig
@Betty Cracker: “That smell, you know, that gasoline smell… Smelled like… Victory”
I like that two stroke mixture smell as well, from dirt bikes when I was a kid.
emrys
Best sandwich: Lassie’s Revenge. One knockwurst , provolone cheese, bacon, fried onions and baked beans on a Kaiser roll. Very fond memories of Roy’s Place in Gaithersburg MD
NotMax
What is the best sandwich? The next one; you have to ask?
What’s the one thing you own that you should really throw out? Old and wobbly colander.
What is the scariest animal? Tasmanian devil Except they’re extinct, so wolverine.
Apples or oranges? Oranges.
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? Only in school yearbooks.
What do you think happens when we die? Nada, we’re dead.
Favorite action movie? The Stunt Man.
Window or aisle? Window.
Favorite smell? Frying onions.
Least favorite smell? Shrimp left for week in a trash can in the sun at the height of summer.
Most used app on your phone? Music player.
Cats or dogs? Dogs, of course.
You only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it? It’s a Musical.
What number am I thinking of? 99.
Describe the rest of your life in five words? A remarkable work in progress.
NotMax
@NotMax
Thinking some more on it, The Stunt Man probably only qualifies as an action movie tangentially, so strike that and insert Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
kalakal
kalakal
@NotMax: Hate to scare you but Tasmanian Devils aren’t extinct.
NotMax
@kalakal
Heh. Who knew? (Obviously you did.)
They’re like the anti-quokka.
:)
Nancy
Allman Brothers: Dreams–no one else’s version.
I’m late but clearly I need to tell you this. In NYS our bodies can now be composted after death. I’ll be garden soil.
Paul in KY
@FridayNext: I think it is just one rendition of one song by one artist.