Pharyngula linked to Bobbie Jean Pentecost's snarky "50 Reasons Why I Reject Evolution". Her previous post was "100 Things You Probably Didn't Want to Know", reproduced here with answers replaced:
- How old will you be in five years? I will be eligible for membership in AARP (which, despite its name, also accepts Canadians and Mexicans).
- Who did you spend at least two hours with today? Does sleepy-time with Wifey count?
- How tall are you? Yes.
- What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? My next paycheque can't get here soon enough. Also: Passover!
- What's the last movie you saw? Don't remember. Possibly some "Chanukkah Family Video Night" thingy.
- Who was the last person you called? Using a telephone? My dentist. Owwwie!
- Who was the last person to call you? Wifey asked me to come to the kitchen to help her find a jar-opener.
- What was the last text message you received? Some spammy ad years ago, back when I had a cellphone that could receive such things.
- Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? Dentist.
- Do you prefer to call or text? I like email. It just sits there until I feel like dealing with it (if ever).
- What were you doing at 12am last night? Working.
- Are your parents married/divorced? My mother is a widow.
- When did you last see your mom? Several years ago, a few days before she boarded the plane for Israel to live with my sister.
- What color are your eyes? Brown.
- What time did you wake up today? Sort of earlyish for me. It was 10:45 AM, which immediately became 11:45 AM after I adjusted my watch for daylight wasting time.
- What are you wearing right now? Just clothing. I have not annointed myself with any intestinal secretions from male cervines.
- Do you like Christmas songs? Not especially.
- Where is your favorite place to be? At the keyboard.
- Where is your least favorite place to be? Falling out of a spaceship, accompanied by a bowl of petunias that says "Oh no, not again!"
- Where would you go if you could go anywhere? The future.
- Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? The maximum likelihood estimator seems to be that I will continue to be living on the Earth at that time.
- Do you tan or burn? I do not process animal hides as a hobby.
- What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Neurotransmitter secretions from the amygdala axis. The horror!
- What was the last thing that really made you laugh? What does "really" mean? If it wasn't memorable enough for me to immediately put my paw on it, then it wasn't "really" funny, right? So if I have to go searching for it on the web, then it's the wrong answer, right? Well, there's this bit of silliness…
- Make up your own question. Is abortion a heinous crime or an inalienable right? Neither; this is like asking whether photons are "really" particles or "really" waves. They are both and neither; the question is undecidable as long as you insist on choosing between two wrong answers. ( yes, there really are 100 of these )