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Eaichu250
5th August 2003, 12:55 AM
I found this on Azure Heights, a forum that I visit regularly. These are an assorted group of interesting questions that, if you have plenty of time to waste, you can have some enjoyment answering. I found this to be a rather neat idea, and it gives people an idea of your aspect on things.

It's quite simple, you reply to all of these questions with your own answers. You don't have to answer all of them, though, if you'd rather not. Some of these can be very brain-busting, heh.

Note: Last few questions are followed up in reply. It seems that this forum can't support more a large amount of characters.

1.) Would you rather date a woman/man whom you were immensely attracted to but could never have any physical contact with other than holding hands, hugging or date a girl/boy of slightly less than average attractiveness to you who instigates orgies and threesomes for the two of you? What if former was really cool and fun to hang out with? What if the latter was instead?

2.) Would you rather move to the most northern part of Alaska in a town of 5,000 people for two years and get paid $100,000 for it afterwards or move to Nogales, Mexico for one year and $10,000? In both cases you would not be allowed to return to the continental US (or Hawaii or Alaska or any of the colonies) during the allotted time.

3.) Would you rather own the patent to a process for cold fusion without having discovered the process yourself or be credited with its discovery but receive no money *from anybody* (not even book deals, exposes, interviews, awards, etc.) as reward other than historical commemoration?

4.) One night you and your nerdy buddy Dr. Nedward (of the same sex as you) are exiting from a bar via the alley space aliens descend and invite you (not Nedward) to their utopian binary star system 2 parsecs away on the condition that you can never return to Earth. You eagerly accept. But the aliens say that you *must* choose a companion. Your scientist friend Nedward would be able to document your journies with this new alien race and transmit his annals of your amazing diplomacy and discoveries back to earth immortalizing you forever. Suddenly a *gorgeous* member of the opposite sex stumbles through the bar door into the alley alongside you. Do you choose Nedward or the hottie? Their acceptance is of no concern to the aliens who can overpower any resistance either may offer. The space ship leaves in 30 seconds.

5.) Would you rather lie to your spouse by convincing them that you have been having an affair (when you actually have not) possibly resulting in divorce or lose at everthing (monoply, gambling, bets, sports games, video games etc. This also affects other non-game-related things, like the chance to get laid off if the company is "downsizing", who gets drafted first, who gets robbed, stuff like that) for seven years? Your spouse would be in a state of such sadness and anger that an explaination on your part of "just kidding" would *never* be believed. From henceforth things would have to be dealt with under the understanding that you had cheated on her.

6.) Would you rather let 5 of your co-workers take pictures of you mother having sex with two strangers or take the pictures yourself? The pictures would have to be framed well and in focus while shooting.

7.) Would you rather be released 100 meters away from two 12 foot Great white sharks in the ocean with a knife and ten gallons of human blood spilled all around you and the beach shore ten feet *beyond* the sharks or have both of your left pinky toe surgically removed? There is no current and the sea is calm.

8.) Would you rather be Indiana Jones' teaching assistant at Barnett College or James Bond's driver to and from the airport? Doctor Jones is seldom on campus and Mr. Bond is not one for idle chit chat with men of lesser standing to and from his SR-71.

9.) Would you rather be marooned on an abandoned Russian naval base on a desert island (100 square miles) some where in the South Pacific with plenty of canned food, water and supplies to survive in solitude for 5 years or have drastic, permanent full body plastic surgery altering your appearance and making you unrecognizeable to even your closest friends-- however not by definition an improvement .

10.)Your name is Damien Twilight. You are an eccentric Scientist. You are altering your genes to give you praeternatural animalistic abilites. You can only splice your DNA with three other organisms without killing yourself. These following organisms available to you each have benefits and weaknesses, none affect your appearance unless specifically stated.
Bat -- Echolocation, enhances hearing 10,000% (or drastically, whichever works for you), intelligence +10%, -- eyesight reduced 10%, physical stature/physical strength diminshed 15%. Nocturnal by nature.
Pit Viper -- Ability to secrete fatal dosages of venom through teeth, can "see"/sense heat changes, sense of hearing, taste, touch, smell increased 50% -- lowers metabolism and blood temperature 50%, eyesight lowered 30%.
Hummingbird -- Metabolism, energy level, reaction speed, movement speed x5 -- must eat 1/10 body weight in food per day, lifespan reduced 15%.
Gecko -- ability to stick to all surfaces including glass using microscopic hairs on hands and feet, eyesight x2, hearing +50% -- metabolism and energy level partially regulated by temperature (+30% to -50%).
Eagle -- vision enhanced x 10, gain wings, tail, and ability to fly -- bones are hollowed, weight and size decreased to compensate for the ability to fly.
Horse -- physical endurance x 4, movement speed increased x2, physical strength +20%, male genital size very much enlarged -- harbor at least one major mental illness.
Cockroach -- *extreme* resistance to temperature, radiation, toxins, disease and harsh environs, smell increased 50%, lifespan +5% -- hearing, taste, and vision decreased 20%.
Vine -- 60% of energy comes from photosynthesis, +20% lifespan -- energy level directly proportionate to amount of sunshine exposed to.
Shark -- Immunity to cancer, AIDS and all other human diseases, smell +50%, physical strength +20% -- always extremely hungry and restless.
Tortoise -- lifespan x 1.7 -- speed of movement, reaction speed, metabolism rate decreased 50%.
Chili pepper -- "hot blood" makes you loathesome to all biting insects (ticks, mosquitoes, flies), increased oxygen carrying hemoglobin means your body has more oxygen utilization i.e. you're more physically fit -- unable to receive blood from any donors.
Octopus -- intelligence x 2, ability to change skin color/patterns instantly to match desired surroundings, regeneration of limbs-- lifespan decreased 50%.
Bearing in mind their respective advantages and disadvantages, which organisms would you choose? Some Combinations appear disadvantageous.

11.) You are Zachary Banestorm, the pilot for the first human manned space expedition to Mars. As your two astronaut team members Silvia and Barry are exploring the planet you stay at the ship to get things ready for take off. Suddenly 200 meters away Silvia appears hurrying quickly towards the ship waving her arms frantically. Behind a crested Boulder 30 feet beyond her and twenty feet above, the maw of a giant spider emerges. Silvia is hurrying towards the ship and staying in front of the pursuing spider which is dragging what looks to be the body of Barry in a webbed sack beneath it's thorax. You estimate that Silvia will reach the ship no more than 10 seconds before the spider does. But Silvia is 150 meters away from the ship. With launch sequence already prepared would you rather escape Mars and leave Silvia to fend for herself, failing the mission or stay and try to save both of you? That Web that the spider has Barry wrapped up in looks pretty serious. That spider must be 20 feet tall.

12.) Would you rather be tied to a post in an obscure back alley some where in New York City with $10,000 of your own money/family's money in $100 bills visually strapped to your clothed body and your hands and legs cuffed and your eyes blind folded for 24 hours, or be forced to lose a total of $20,000 at a Casino in Vegas (this means that it is possible to WIN as much as you are able but you have to keep gambling *until* a total of 20,000 of your own money has been lost via gambling)?

13.) If you or your wife gave birth to a severly disabled child with three arms, one and a half heads, and one leg, but otherwise perfectly healthy would you keep it and love it, give it up for adoption or let the hospital handle it and never look at it again?

14.) You are Captain Amazing -- the world's most loved super hero. Your true identity is hidden by a glittering turquoise mask which is universally recognized and honored as the iconic representation of truth and justice. After 20 years saving the world your powers have diminished forcing you to retire. Your true identity is Clarence Goolé, a middle class simpleton who picks oranges in Florida. At the President's farewell assembly honoring you in your retirement you are asked if you would like to make a speech in recognition of the people's appreciation of you. The crowd of 400,000 people are chanting for you to take off your mask and show them who Captain amazing is. This could make Clarence Goolé very rich and famous, or it could mar the reputation of Captain amazing by making him seem nothing more than a has-been fruit picker. Do you take off your mask and live comfortably off of the funds donated to you by the people you saved, or fly away into the sunset one last time forever keeping Captain amazing an immortalized mystery in the hearts of people everywhere (and living off of your fruit picking salary)?


NOTE: Last few questions are in the reply.

Eaichu250
5th August 2003, 12:56 AM
NOTE: Continued from earlier post.

15.) God gives you the opportunity to eliminate three things from the world. Scientific laws, planetary objects, people, places, countries. things are all game. What would you excise?

16.) Would you rather have a magical tattoo of an animal or object of your choosing anywhere on your body that came to life// became usuable (after it grew to an enlarged size) or the ability to remember everything you've ever read or heard?

17.) If you had access to a hydrogen bomb beneath an immense prison city populated by only rapists, murderers, felons, villains, terrorists and evil doers in a country far away from you would you detonate it? There is no way that the bomb would ever be traced to you.

18.) Someone rushes past you and out of their pocket falls a $50 bill. By the time you realize what has happened they are 30 feet beyond you. You could probably catch up to them. What do you do?

19.) You are hired by a woman to help her pack up things before she and her family moves to a new house. She sets you up on the top floor of her house all by yourself with a radio, bottle of water and ten standard cardboard boxes filled to the brim with Playboy magazines dating back to before they started putting dates on them all the way up until 1988. She then tells you to repack all of them into new boxes and label them accordingly, and to come down stairs when you are done. What's your strategy for handeling this job?

20.) Would you rather have a very addictive personality (addicted to the pleasure of scratching an itch, sex, masturbation, tastes of certain foods etc.) and greatly enhanced plasure from such things, or *very* bad studdering (can't understand what you are saying) but an amazing talent for playing the guitar?

21.) Your friend Tiffany asks you to bring your camera to the the Pajama Party thrown by a local club. You give Tiffany your small Elph camera to keep in her purse while you are at the bar since your PJs do not have pockets. At the end of the night when they cab is dropping you off in front of your apartment and you ask Tiffany for your camera back, she says she doesn't have it and must have left it back at the club. The camera is never seen or heard of again and it had your graduation pictures on it, and your present from your father for graduation two weeks before had been to spend $100 to have it repaired. What do you do?


I apologize if splitting this post counts as spamming. As said before, I couldn't fit it all in one. Thank you for putting up with me! I hope some of you find this to be rather interesting.

Grey Jinjo
5th August 2003, 03:20 AM
...I can't believe I'm actually going to answer these all but...I'm actually going to answer these all.

1a) The one I'm immensly attracted to. Heck, technically, I've already faced this option and have made this decision.
1b) Same answer
1c) Same answer

2) Alaska for 100,000. I can't STAND hot places, and I rather enjoy the cold.

3) The first. Then I can use that seemingly endless pit of money to spend on researching tools to discover other things, because from what I hear working for the government isn't so great and funding can be evil.

4) Dr. Nedward. Whats to say this girl wouldn't completely hate you and never talk to you or even get close to you up there anyway?

5) Loss at everything. Because I could always still say I tried, and hey, its only for 7 years =P. Plus I could always just explain the curse and prove it thoroughly, so people would understand my losing.

6) The 5 co-workers. Hell shes already having sex with 2 strangers...

7) Depends on when the last time the sharks ate was. If I wasn't told, perhaps the pinky toe. Its the most worthless toe anyway.

8) Being that I don't follow or completely finish watching either of these movies, I have no idea.

9) I'd want full plastic surgery sketches and details. I'd go from there.

10) Er, Cockroach, Horse, and GEcko? O_o

11) I'd probably take off. Not because I want too, but because its a monumental flaw. I'm not good under pressure if I don't particulary care for the other person. Now if it was E.. er... someone I actually cared about I may have come to my senses and saved them too.

12) Las Vegas, because theres a chance of getting it back, and Card Counters hardly lose. They get thrown out, but hardly lose...And either way, the New York scheme is asking for death.

13) I'd let whoever I got pregnant decide, SHE had the baby....

14) I'd tell him. If anything just because it would be a monumental shock. I mean, if Batman was real we would be content knowing he wasn't some loser (Well he wasn't bad example, but anyway) we would all still be somewhat upset that we didn't know who he was.

15) Violence, the ability to have more than 2 kids, and the pulltents in water.

16) Remember anything I ever read or heard. Now THAT would be awesome.

17) Er, if I wouldn't blow up with it, yeah. Why WOULDN'T you? Freaking GTA: VC Lovers :P.

18) It depends. If I have time, and it would not be an inconvenience to catch up, I would go catch up. If I would be late and get fire, or I was heading to the emergy room to see someone or something, er, No, sorry =/.

19) :: open to center :: :: throw in box :: :: open to center :: :: throw in box :: :p

20) Er probably the personallity. I couldn't stand studdering...

21) Nothing really. Explain to my dad the situation, he probably won't be upset knowing him. Besides I never was one for pictures. I could honestly never have a photograph again and I would be fine with it. I live off memories in my mind, not memories down on photos.

Gold Jinjo
5th August 2003, 04:24 AM
My entire life thus far has been full of spare time. It's a wonder I got through high school without doing any homework...

Anyway...

1. I'd rather date someone I'm attracted to than someone I'm not. In the end, the latter option wouldn't make anyone happy... obviously.

2. Mexico. MEXICO! I absolutely hate being cold. I find it's much more comfortable to be dying of heat stroke than freezing.

3. I'd rather be credited and receive no money. I like credit better, see ;)

4. I'd choose to take Nedward along given that we're friends. Who knows... the hottie could be a serial killer.

5. I'd rather lose everything than confess to things I've never done.

6. The 5 co-workers. It would be considered masochism if I took the pictures myself...

7. Oooh... tough. I'd probably chance the swim to shore because I wouldn't be able to bear having anything surgically removed. Though, if you think about it, either way, something could be removed... whether it's surgically or not.

8. James Bond's chauffeur, definitely. Who cares if I get to talk to him... it's freaking James Bond!

9. I'd probably take being stranded over mutilating my appearance.

10. I'd choose the Gecko... then I could hang on walls in public places and spectate ominously :)

11. I'd make my best attempt to save her. I wouldn't want to have it on my conscience, wondering "Would I have been able to save her?" throughout my life, haunting me.

12. Losing it gambling, for sure. The first option would have been easily avoidable, and it would have been my own fault for letting myself get into such a bizzare scenario.

13. Given that the child is healthy, I'd definitly keep it.

14. To hell with my identity... I'd fly off, forever immortalizing my mystery.

15. Hatred, stupid people and the ability to contradict ;)

16. I'd like the ability to remember everything I've ever read or heard... simply because it's happened all too often where we'd read a book in class, and when we had to do questions about what we read... I'd have forgotten completely--even if it was only 2 minutes afterwards. I have a really bad memory.

17. Nah... I have much better things to do ;)

18. Well if I could catch up to them, I might as well give it back.

19. "What's my strategy"? Cripes... it's not like I'm battling the models in the magazine, I'd just be looking at them before packing them up ;)

20. I'd rather have an addictive personalitly. I hate guitar.

21. I'd rather bltch about it to her than actually going to find it, as I like complaining more ;) "What's the point of borrowing my camera only to lose it, you stupid brainless git"

Gaming Master2k
5th August 2003, 07:44 AM
1) The woman that I can't touch except for holding hands. we'd all just be happier, I think.

2) I'd rather move to Alaska and have the $100,000

3) I'd rather have discovered it. Because It would be so cool to say that i've done it.

4) Dr. Nedward cause if he's my friend then he'll want this just as bad as I do

5) Loose at everything for seven years. What's seven years really?

6) 5 of my co-workers. It would really stuff me up having 5 co workers do it but i'd have to commit suicide if I did it...seriously

7) Released close to the sharks. It is a well known fact that to survive a shark attack punch it on the nose. Seriously if you do that they will swim away. They may come back but you can keep doing that and i'll guarentee (sp?!) that you will survive (If it's done).

8) Bond's driver. Since i haven't seen any Indiana Jones or Bond movies I'd just have to say being a driver of a person would be best for me.

9) The Island one. I love being by myself anyway and that would be heaven (except no RWP)

10) Pit Viper, Shark, Chili Pepper

11) I would wait for her as long as possible but I would leave her as fast as I could if it means I survive. No matter what...why do you think I'm in Slytherin? I look after myself.

12) The Las Vegas one because it'd probably be safer then being exposed like that in NY.

13) Keep it, no matter what it's my child. If my wife wouldn't keep it, I'd leave her and raise the child myself.

14) Fly off into the sunset. I think it would be a good anf fitting ending to the life of a Super Hero.

15) I'd get rid of Terrorists, Polititions (sp?!) and Evil looking porcalin dolls (those things freak me out BAD.

16) The Abillity to remembre everything i've read. That would make me a LOT smarter than I am now. It'd be awsome.

17) Yes I would detonate it without a second thought. I think that would probably be pretty good knowing i got rid of all those Bad guys.

18) Probably call, If they don't know i'm calling them I'd take it and walk off rather quickly before he realises what has happened.

19) Put them in the order she wants will i take a look at them. What else am i sposed to fo? :D

20) I'd rather be really good at the guitar. I don't often talk to people so it wouldn't worry me if I couldn't.

21) I'd explain what happened. My dad can't stay mad at me forever can he?

Thanks for that Eaichu that was pretty good :D

Grey Jinjo
5th August 2003, 12:35 PM
You know whats even more mind racking than answering these 21 questions? Reading the 21 answers and trying to remember the questions :p.

Originally posted by Gold Jinjo


1. I'd rather date someone I'm attracted to than someone I'm not. In the end, the latter option wouldn't make anyone happy... obviously.


Ok, I picked the attracted one much the same as anyone, but whats this "it wouldn't make anyone happy". Yes it would, heck, think about what the other option entitles! You can't say no one would be happy in that scenerio, or it wouldn't happen anyway =P. You might not be as emotionally happy. I would be like buying a new car happyness vs finding a new wife happyness. Either way, I don't think that scenerio offers much to be "unhappy" about.

Eaichu250
5th August 2003, 07:11 PM
It's a 50/50 scenario for the first question. Depending on your tastes, this question'll appeal different to other kinds of people. It may not make one certain person happy with how it sounds, but to other people, it may just be the opposite case.