Weekly Survey

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skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
15,683
92,168
USA
Do you have a Telephone/Address book? (An actual paper book.)
One from the phone company: yes, somewhere. A personal phone book: nope

Have you ever called 9-1-1?
No

Can you pick up things with your toes?
Yep. I can throw things, too :)

If you had to pick a new first name, what would it be?
I used to fantasize about that--hard growing up with a 'different' first name. I'm used to it now, though, so I'll stick.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
"No two children are born into the same family."
Absolutely. People and family structure are constantly in flux.

If you had your druthers, would you like to have been a twin?
When I was a kid, probably, especially if he/she shared my kind of weird.

What's your favorite joke?
Anything that involves watching someone fall down. I'm a TERRIBLE joke-teller, though.

Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with?
A good repairman

If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be?
I'm good where I am :)

When is the last time you stubbed your toe?
Can't remember. It's been awhile.
 

skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
15,683
92,168
USA
Done with revival yet? =D

Nope. Horrible mamadrama over this holiday and I've been flat out trying to get some resolution and too worried to settle down and read properly. Hopefully I'll be able to relax enough to get into it this next week--BH will be home and he's my protective bear when it comes to heading off my family (lol).
 

Riot87

Jamaica's Finest
Mar 7, 2014
2,377
13,990
36
United States
Do you have a Telephone/Address book? (An actual paper book.)
yes we get them in the mail even though we use cell phones

Have you ever called 9-1-1?
Yes when my husband was shot

Can you pick up things with your toes?
yea lol

If you had to pick a new first name, what would it be?
idk i like my name

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
"No two children are born into the same family."

i don't really know what it means lol


If you had your druthers, would you like to have been a twin?
sure


What's your favorite joke?
i don't know to many lol

Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with?
jet li


If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be?

16


When is the last time you stubbed your toe
its been a long time since that has happened to me.
 

Grandpa

Well-Known Member
Mar 2, 2014
9,724
53,642
Colorado
Okay, dumb seems to be the name of the game today-- grandpa, I don't get your joke. Can you or someone explain it to me?

The difference between a rooster and a lawyer: A rooster clucks defiance.

Therefore, if a rooster "clucks defiance," a lawyer "____ de clients."

:D

Don't feel bad. I had to explain it to a courthouse employee once. I felt bad, because the lawyers in the room were laughing.
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
53,634
236,697
The High Seas
The difference between a rooster and a lawyer: A rooster clucks defiance.

Therefore, if a rooster "clucks defiance," a lawyer "____ de clients."

:D

Don't feel bad. I had to explain it to a courthouse employee once. I felt bad, because the lawyers in the room were laughing.
:lol: I knew it had to be some kind of word play, but wasn't quick enough to get it.
 

Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
61,289
239,271
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The difference between a rooster and a lawyer: A rooster clucks defiance.

Therefore, if a rooster "clucks defiance," a lawyer "____ de clients."

:D

Don't feel bad. I had to explain it to a courthouse employee once. I felt bad, because the lawyers in the room were laughing.
:biggrin2:
 

HollyGolightly

Well-Known Member
Sep 6, 2013
9,660
74,320
54
Heart of the South
Okay, dumb seems to be the name of the game today-- grandpa, I don't get your joke. Can you or someone explain it to me?
Don't feel bad, I only got it because a Southern lawyer in a seersucker suit told that same joke - right after he explained to another person at the lunch table what exactly Bill Clinton admitted to doing with Monica - the person inquiring had that coming though. It was quite a moment. Elderly lawyers in seersucker suits and bowties can say whatever they want and totally get away with it. There's a restaurant downtown where you just sit at long tables with whoever happens to be sitting there too. Always interesting.
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
53,634
236,697
The High Seas
Don't feel bad, I only got it because a Southern lawyer in a seersucker suit told that same joke - right after he explained to another person at the lunch table what exactly Bill Clinton admitted to doing with Monica - the person inquiring had that coming though. It was quite a moment. Elderly lawyers in seersucker suits and bowties can say whatever they want and totally get away with it. There's a restaurant downtown where you just sit at long tables with whoever happens to be sitting there too. Always interesting.
Educational. I always learn new things and glad to be here to do so!
 

Lord Tyrion

Well-Known Member
Oct 24, 2013
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6,257
Do you have a Telephone/Address book? (An actual paper book.) No.

Have you ever called 9-1-1? Yes. I was walking out of a gym, and this guy wanted to stab someone in the gym. I got in my car and called 911.

Can you pick up things with your toes? Haven't really tried.

If you had to pick a new first name, what would it be? George.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "No two children are born into the same family." I don't really know what that means.

If you had your druthers, would you like to have been a twin? Yes. That would have been awesome!

What's your favorite joke? The jerk store called. They're running out of you!

Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with? Jesse Eisenberg.

If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be? 21. It's great being in your 20s.

When is the last time you stubbed your toe? Don't remember.
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
87,651
358,754
62
Cambridge, Ohio
It's right after the 10. Duh.
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..nuh-uh!!!....
 

do1you9love?

Happy to be here!
Feb 18, 2012
9,284
70,566
Virginia
Do you have a Telephone/Address book? (An actual paper book.) Yes, from the phone company.
Have you ever called 9-1-1? No, thank goodness!
Can you pick up things with your toes? Oh, most definitely. I am very talented with my toes.
If you had to pick a new first name, what would it be? Trixie.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
"No two children are born into the same family." I’m an only child.
If you had your druthers, would you like to have been a twin? Nope, I liked being an only child.
What's your favorite joke? I like blonde jokes and nun jokes. They are all bad.
Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with? No one would want to be stuck in an elevator with me. Not gonna be pretty.
If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be? 16 sounds good.
When is the last time you stubbed your toe? Oh geez. Almost every day. I’m a total klutz.
Cheers!
 

Grandpa

Well-Known Member
Mar 2, 2014
9,724
53,642
Colorado
I lied in another thread. I'm not signed off yet.

Sunday survey


Are you double-jointed anywhere, to any extent? If so, what?


Toilet paper - over or under?


What is your most dreaded consequence of getting older? (Yes, I'm projecting, fine.)


Have you excelled at any sport? If so, which one(s)?


Have you changed your mind on any foundational principal beliefs since you were a kid? If so, which one(s)? (Only if you're comfortable saying)


How do you dry your clothes?


Do you physically hurt from anything right now?


Have you ever been at risk of death, and if so, did it change you?


You have one book to suggest that I read. What is it?


And... in previous surveys, you've been asked about favorite SK stories and what character you identify with. But....
What is your favorite character, good or bad, in the SK books you've read? And why?


Next week's survey architect TBA.
 

blunthead

Well-Known Member
Aug 2, 2006
80,755
195,461
Atlanta GA
Are you double-jointed anywhere, to any extent? If so, what? No, all my joints are real typical.

Toilet paper - over or under? Over, of course. OMG, I can't believe you even asked me that.

What is your most dreaded consequence of getting older? (Yes, I'm projecting, fine.) Financial stress. (Then dying, which will require I learn how not to worry anymore.)

Have you excelled at any sport? If so, which one(s)? No. I was fair to not-bad at neighborhood softball and football, and could sink a basketball halfway decently (sucked at the rest of basketball; have never really understood it), but never played any sports more than that. (I seem to have a knack with firearms, too.)

Have you changed your mind on any foundational principal beliefs since you were a kid? If so, which one(s)? (Only if you're comfortable saying) Yes. For a long time I thought my dad was wrong about most everything (while deep down listening to him intently about everything, thank God). I've gradually changed my mind a little in certain political arenas (I now consider myself a classic European liberal [not that anyone can ever be simply anything]. Look it up). I went from being in favor of recreational marijuana legalization to opposing it to being in favor of it. And, I've decided I'm equally important as others; not better, nor lesser.

How do you dry your clothes? Dryer. Tim Allen diesel, of course.

Do you physically hurt from anything right now? Not as we speak, though I do have GERD, the symptoms of which include heartburn, and which are well-controlled via OTC medications. Occasionally, my lower back hurts because I'm so hideously out of shape. (I used to run distance!)

Have you ever been at risk of death, and if so, did it change you? Yes actually, I've been close to death several times; two episodes of attempted murder; three close calls - two involving being nearly crushed by semis, and one by nearly bleeding to death from a hemorrhaging spleen after being kicked out of a tree (not attempted murder, just an impatient childhood playmate). (I won't include the time I believed I had died. That's for another survey, I presume.) These experiences one at a time gradually softened my amazingly hard head, thinning the walls of my inhumanly thick skull enough that reason could get through, and I realized that someOne had been trying to get my attention. This led to further change.

You have one book to suggest that I read. What is it? The Bible. (You said one.)

And... in previous surveys, you've been asked about favorite SK stories and what character you identify with. But....
What is your favorite character, good or bad, in the SK books you've read? And why? I don't mind confessing that I've this minute discovered what's always been so perversely compelling about Collie Entragian (Desperation-wise) and Annie Wilkes to me: such characters' minds really are that of what lies beyond a thinner, that of Lovecraft's "shadow-haunted Outside". These characters are greater than terrifying. Their presence gives me a something-is-out-of-control sensation. My good guys list includes Edgar Freemantle (a construction worker from whom a famous artist emerges [sK's Dali references seem very personal to me), Stu Redman (your essential, self-sacrificing, enduring-to-the-end hero), Jake Chambers (a child who accepts the incredible challenges The Universe imposes on him), Jack Sawyer (another such child), and of course Roland Deschain (everybody's favorite ultimate anti-hero; the rarest literary thing available: a person at once more selfish and big-hearted than anyone anywhere).

NOTE: Oops, I apologize. Your question is
character, not characters. Damn.

Next week's survey architect TBA.
 
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