Meme: American chit-chat topics
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1. What is your middle name?
אשר. Rough English equivalent = "Arthur".
2. Favorite Color?
The concept of "favourite colour" is ridiculous, although I am sometimes pleased by the effects produced by certain combinations of photon frequencies upon the levels of neurotransmitters in my visual system.
3. What is your quest?
To solve the Halting Problem!
4. What is the capital of Abyssinia?
11 metres per second. Oh, sorry—I thought you wanted the average air speed of an unladen European barn swallow.
5. If you had to be stuck in one city for thirty days in June, which city would you pick?
Iqaluit. It's above zero all month. Actually July is even a bit better.
6. How has the climate crisis affected your life?
I moved several degrees lattitude further North. I'm hoping that the planet will soon warm up a bit more. Five months of winter is just too long for my taste.
7. Which candidate do you support?
Now that Obama is settling into his role as "presumptive next president of the USA", I'm starting to like him better. Acting presidential suits him quite well. For Canada, anyone to the left of Harper would be nice, and that's just about all of them.
8. What is your favorite sexual position?
Woof!
9. How many fingers am I holding up?
You are a disembodied voice who is not holding up anything that could reasonably be connected with any of the meanings of the word 'finger'.
10. Do you have a religious affiliation? What is it?
*Munches on matzoh* I don't attend any church. *Mumbles some Hebrew while drinking wine during a Seder*
11. What did you have for lunch today?
Not yet.
12. Dinner?
Too early.
13. Midnight Snack?
Breadsticks.
14. Breakfast is for losers. Discuss.
I don't usually roll out of bed until after the socially-acceptable time for breakfast has passed.
15. Does my icon turn you on?
You are a sequence of English words represented as a string of ASCII bytes, without any visual accompaniment. (Or maybe you're a "speck of undigested mustard"?) Also, it does not suit my purposes to admit to having such simplistic tastes that a mere 100×100 bitmap (so small that US courts have ruled that it is "trivial" and thus undeserving of copyright protection) could possibly turn me on.
16. Have you ever been sailing? How did it go?
Nope, motorboats only for me. And kayaks.
17. Tell me about the worst vacation you ever took.
It was so bad, I try not to think about it.
18. What is the weather like today?
Sunny and 26°C. Trees still bare. When will spring start?
19. Discuss your vision of a zombie apocalypse.
Gog and Magog.
20. Favorite comic book?
Scrooge McDuck.
21. Are you a dog or cat person?
Yes.
22. Do non-traditional pets (mice, snakes, fluffy bunnies, etc) scare the bejeezus out of you?
No. Pet jaguars, maybe.
23. How do you feel about getting paid to do someone else's work?
I don't like it so much when another claims my work as his own, even though I got paid to do it for him.
24. What was your score on the SAT/ACT/GRE/LSAT?
SAT: Enough to exempt me from all required "rhetoric" classes at UMass.
ACT: UMass gave me credit for a year of college Russian study.
GRE: Got me into grad school.
LSAT: Didn't try it.
25. What is your highest level of education?
I have a "Doctor of Arabic Morphology", but the diploma was written in pencil on a piece of scrap paper, by a doctorate-holding linguist who actually thought highly of my work in Arabic morphology, so it is valid in a way. Highest degree from an accredited institution is my Master's in Computer Science.
26. Have you ever done illegal drugs? Which ones?
Yes. It is not safe for me to discuss such matters, since I still hold US citizenship and that country has apparently discarded legal niceties like "statutes of limitations".
27. Take me on a date. Where will we go? What will we do? Will you put out?
First, you need to get a signed authorization form from my wife. And she doesn't hand those out often.
28. Who is your favorite artist? (If you say Monet, I'll judge you.)
Okay, I'll say it: "Monet". What is the judgment? But I'd prefer to be judged for my extensive collection of Billy Joel recordings.
29. Favorite subject in school?
Computers! Well, duh.
30. Favorite obscure television program?
Dr. Who. But it's not so obscure nowadays so I don't watch it anymore.
31. 42. Discuss.
What do you get when you multiply six by eight? What do you get when you fall in love? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble. That's what you get for all your trouble.
32. I'm hungry. Do you know how to cook?
No. Do you need some coins for a vending machine?
33. Last book you read? How was it?
Plesk 8.3 Unix Administrator's Guide. Annoyingly commercial (spends way too much time talking about other SWsoft products I could buy). Poorly organized. Deliberately cryptic: seems to think that it is doling out arcane lore that would be dangerous in the hands of hoi polloi and maybe I the reader am not truly worthy to receive it.
34. Last movie you saw? Were you bored out of your skin?
I don't remember, so I guess so.
35. Keanu Reeves cannot act. Discuss.
George Bush personally approved the use of specific torture techniques on persons kidnapped for this purpose by paid tribesmen, so Reeves is the better man.
36. What song is stuck in your head right now?
"Untitled", by A Simple Plan. The official music video is horrible!
37. What was your favorite cartoon as a child?
Bugs Bunny.
38. As an adult?
xkcd.
39. Do you secretly watch porn on YouTube?
No. The web has many better offerings than secret porn on YouTube.
40. Wasn't this meme thrilling? I knew it would be.
I refuse to answer this question until after you stop beating your wife.
loganberrybunny)1. What is your middle name?
אשר. Rough English equivalent = "Arthur".
2. Favorite Color?
The concept of "favourite colour" is ridiculous, although I am sometimes pleased by the effects produced by certain combinations of photon frequencies upon the levels of neurotransmitters in my visual system.
3. What is your quest?
To solve the Halting Problem!
4. What is the capital of Abyssinia?
11 metres per second. Oh, sorry—I thought you wanted the average air speed of an unladen European barn swallow.
5. If you had to be stuck in one city for thirty days in June, which city would you pick?
Iqaluit. It's above zero all month. Actually July is even a bit better.
6. How has the climate crisis affected your life?
I moved several degrees lattitude further North. I'm hoping that the planet will soon warm up a bit more. Five months of winter is just too long for my taste.
7. Which candidate do you support?
Now that Obama is settling into his role as "presumptive next president of the USA", I'm starting to like him better. Acting presidential suits him quite well. For Canada, anyone to the left of Harper would be nice, and that's just about all of them.
8. What is your favorite sexual position?
Woof!
9. How many fingers am I holding up?
You are a disembodied voice who is not holding up anything that could reasonably be connected with any of the meanings of the word 'finger'.
10. Do you have a religious affiliation? What is it?
*Munches on matzoh* I don't attend any church. *Mumbles some Hebrew while drinking wine during a Seder*
11. What did you have for lunch today?
Not yet.
12. Dinner?
Too early.
13. Midnight Snack?
Breadsticks.
14. Breakfast is for losers. Discuss.
I don't usually roll out of bed until after the socially-acceptable time for breakfast has passed.
15. Does my icon turn you on?
You are a sequence of English words represented as a string of ASCII bytes, without any visual accompaniment. (Or maybe you're a "speck of undigested mustard"?) Also, it does not suit my purposes to admit to having such simplistic tastes that a mere 100×100 bitmap (so small that US courts have ruled that it is "trivial" and thus undeserving of copyright protection) could possibly turn me on.
16. Have you ever been sailing? How did it go?
Nope, motorboats only for me. And kayaks.
17. Tell me about the worst vacation you ever took.
It was so bad, I try not to think about it.
18. What is the weather like today?
Sunny and 26°C. Trees still bare. When will spring start?
19. Discuss your vision of a zombie apocalypse.
Gog and Magog.
20. Favorite comic book?
Scrooge McDuck.
21. Are you a dog or cat person?
Yes.
22. Do non-traditional pets (mice, snakes, fluffy bunnies, etc) scare the bejeezus out of you?
No. Pet jaguars, maybe.
23. How do you feel about getting paid to do someone else's work?
I don't like it so much when another claims my work as his own, even though I got paid to do it for him.
24. What was your score on the SAT/ACT/GRE/LSAT?
SAT: Enough to exempt me from all required "rhetoric" classes at UMass.
ACT: UMass gave me credit for a year of college Russian study.
GRE: Got me into grad school.
LSAT: Didn't try it.
25. What is your highest level of education?
I have a "Doctor of Arabic Morphology", but the diploma was written in pencil on a piece of scrap paper, by a doctorate-holding linguist who actually thought highly of my work in Arabic morphology, so it is valid in a way. Highest degree from an accredited institution is my Master's in Computer Science.
26. Have you ever done illegal drugs? Which ones?
Yes. It is not safe for me to discuss such matters, since I still hold US citizenship and that country has apparently discarded legal niceties like "statutes of limitations".
27. Take me on a date. Where will we go? What will we do? Will you put out?
First, you need to get a signed authorization form from my wife. And she doesn't hand those out often.
28. Who is your favorite artist? (If you say Monet, I'll judge you.)
Okay, I'll say it: "Monet". What is the judgment? But I'd prefer to be judged for my extensive collection of Billy Joel recordings.
29. Favorite subject in school?
Computers! Well, duh.
30. Favorite obscure television program?
Dr. Who. But it's not so obscure nowadays so I don't watch it anymore.
31. 42. Discuss.
What do you get when you multiply six by eight? What do you get when you fall in love? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble. That's what you get for all your trouble.
32. I'm hungry. Do you know how to cook?
No. Do you need some coins for a vending machine?
33. Last book you read? How was it?
Plesk 8.3 Unix Administrator's Guide. Annoyingly commercial (spends way too much time talking about other SWsoft products I could buy). Poorly organized. Deliberately cryptic: seems to think that it is doling out arcane lore that would be dangerous in the hands of hoi polloi and maybe I the reader am not truly worthy to receive it.
34. Last movie you saw? Were you bored out of your skin?
I don't remember, so I guess so.
35. Keanu Reeves cannot act. Discuss.
George Bush personally approved the use of specific torture techniques on persons kidnapped for this purpose by paid tribesmen, so Reeves is the better man.
36. What song is stuck in your head right now?
"Untitled", by A Simple Plan. The official music video is horrible!
37. What was your favorite cartoon as a child?
Bugs Bunny.
38. As an adult?
xkcd.
39. Do you secretly watch porn on YouTube?
No. The web has many better offerings than secret porn on YouTube.
40. Wasn't this meme thrilling? I knew it would be.
I refuse to answer this question until after you stop beating your wife.
