I love candy corn and would happily grab a handful any time of year.
I thought I recognized the dead bee reference to To Have and Have Not. I saw that Bogie & Bacall movie for the first time just a few years ago, as it happens.
Although I’m a Christian, I chose Babies over Jesus and Guns. No more babies, no more humanity! We could certainly do with a lot fewer, or even no, guns in this world. And Jesus will do what Jesus does no matter I say in a Doper poll.
For the three things my body can keep enjoying, I picked sex (nothing else like it!), dairy (I’d hate to give up ice cream, cheese, milk and yogurt) and desserts (which, hell, includes lots of options, and I do have a sweet tooth). I assume none of those desserts could then be made with chocolate, though, which would suck. I’d also hate to give up meat, fruit, alcohol and coffee, but the poll said pick just three, so I did, gritting my teeth just a little.
I went with meat, vegetables and dairy. Because I love sex, but I eat more frequently that I make love.
And as pointed out upthread, a solid number of other options are ruled out by not having the above. I mean desserts in the US are made out of veggie derived sugar most of the time, and eggs, and butter… so you’ll be denied them for other reasons. And I am not giving up spices (most vegetable, some fruit). I could see trading dairy for fruit, it was a major toss-up for me, especially depending on how we’d be doing the definitions. I’d probably flip depending on the definition of chili peppers and tomatoes.
It says no ill effects from eating any amount of the three items – for instance, I presume you won’t clog up your arteries, or destroy your liver, or possibly even crash your car into what used to be your best friend.
It doesn’t say no ill effects from not eating essential nutrients because you picked items lacking in them. Was it supposed to mean that also? Because that’s not really the same thing.
I love soft drinks so I almost picked that. But my brain kept getting in the way and protesting it wasn’t as good as a vegetable FOR me, despite what the poll said. Sigh. I may go back and adjust my vote.
Truly. I don’t like bananas in the first place so you can imagine what my attitude towards fake banana is.
The Talk: Being a book worm I had already done my research when my father tried to give me it circa age twelve. He was so obviously uncomfortable I was – rare for me – polite and did not tell him to skip ahead. At least it was not like Bill Engvall’s claimed attempt went with his boy,
“I wound up taking notes.” (miming jotting down) “Uh, huh. Uh, huh. They’ll let you do that?”
I so seldom use cash anymore that I’m not even sure if the “take a penny/leave a penny” tray still a thing.
But back in the days of old, I was always happy to drop my Lincolns in. It was usually the cashier who would grab one or two if needed; I’m sure nobody ever liked dishing out 98 cents from the till.
On the yurt poll, my yes vote is tecnical as it involves a hexayurt rather than a traditional one. Fairly popular at Burning Man, they are made of 1-inch foil-faced insulation board and are also known as a you-too-can-blind-your-neighbors hut.
Confession: “Don’t Dream It’s Over” and “All Star” are the only two songs in the “Hey now” poll that I was actually familiar with. But I felt like the poll needed more than two options, so I Googled more songs with “hey now” in the lyrics. Judging by the results, it looks like all but one of you have about the same level of familiarity with them as me.
“You see, Vergon 6 was once filled with the super-dense substance known as Dark Matter, each pound of which weighs over 10,000 pounds.”
-Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth
We use this a lot in our household, whenever we have to pick up the (not so baby) baby… He’s 37 pounds, each pound of which weighs ten thousand pounds.
And I’d take babies over Jesus and guns, but that’s damning with faint praise. I truly deeply disliked having an infant and I’ve never been into other people’s babies either.
