# Dopers: Answer the James Lipton questionnaire! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098 "2004-07-27T14:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/41 "2004-07-28T16:49:54Z")
1. What is your favorite word? obviously 2. What is your least favorite word? finicky 3. What turns you on? intelligence, gentle stregth 4. What turns you off? indifference 5. What sound do you love? my children laughing 6. What sound do you hate? the alarm in the morning 7. What is your favorite curse word? fuckity fuck fuck 8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? event coordinator 9. What profession would you not like to participate in? Nursing 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? You can relax now. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/42 "2004-07-28T21:00:10Z")
1. What is your favorite word? girlfriend 2. What is your least favorite word? No. 3. What turns you on? Nerdiness 4. What turns you off? Percieved superiority 5. What sound do you love? kittens mewling 6. What sound do you hate? snoring 7. What is your favorite curse word? Motherfucker! 8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? Store Owner 9. What profession would you not like to participate in? law 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? 'Sup? ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/43 "2004-07-28T21:08:38Z")
1. What is your favorite word? fuck 2. What is your least favorite word? my name, as whined by so many of the people I interact with 3. What turns you on? sense of humor 4. What turns you off? excessive body hair 5. What sound do you love? wind through grasses (though people who know me would say the sound of my own voice) 6. What sound do you hate? humorless whining 7. What is your favorite curse word? fuck 8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? used book store owner 9. What profession would you not like to participate in? medical field 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Sorry to have woken you; go back to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/44 "2004-07-28T21:38:04Z")
Cool thread idea, although it doesn’t feel quite the same without Lipton’s unintelligible explanation of the questionnaire’s origin. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What is your favorite word? Wordsmithsmanship, because my girlfriend made it up. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What is your least favorite word? Lumpectomy. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What turns you on? Creativity. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What turns you off? People proselytizing. And answering the phone. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What sound do you love? Slide guitar. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What sound do you hate? Throat-clearing when it’s quiet. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What is your favorite curse word? FUCK! Saying “fuck” is fun, but when somebody really puts everything into the word, it’s so much better. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? Tennis player. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. What profession would you not like to participate in? Anything that has customers. > [@James Lipton](#): > > 1. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? “Uh… I’m as surprised as you are.” ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/45 "2004-07-28T23:22:46Z")
1. “Pull my finger”. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/46 "2004-07-29T03:39:44Z")
**1. What is your favorite word?** Hmm, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis comes to mind, but natürlich has been growing on me, in recent times… \*\*2. What is your least favorite word? \*\* Fuck, when over-used. Can’t stand people who use it as sentence-filler, but it is otherwise tolerable. \*\*3. What turns you on? \*\* Intelligence and slight physical insecurities… \*\*4. What turns you off? \*\* Arguing with someone as stubborn as I am \*\*5. What sound do you love? \*\* Most sounds coming out of a trombone will do, I suppose \*\*6. What sound do you hate? \*\* Crunching bone \*\*7. What is your favorite curse word? \*\* Damn \*\*8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? \*\* Air Force pilot…or Playboy photographer 😃 \*\*9. What profession would you not like to participate in? \*\* Coroner **10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?** “Ah, it’s you. Well, uh, here are the keys to the place and your assistant Bob will get you up to date on the day to day affairs. Other than that, I abdicate my position as lord and ruler of the universe and bow to your innate superiority…and here is your glass of Sprite.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/47 "2004-07-29T03:49:23Z")
\*\* What is your favorite word?\*\* Thank you. \*\*2. What is your least favorite word? \*\* Don’t know. \*\*3. What turns you on? \*\* A great sense of humor \*\*4. What turns you off? \*\* boorish behavior. \*\*5. What sound do you love? \*\* Rain \*\*6. What sound do you hate? \*\* Loud music \*\*7. What is your favorite curse word? \*\* F\*ck \*\*8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? \*\* Acting. \*\*9. What profession would you not like to participate in? \*\* Protologist. \*\*10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? \*\* You figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098/48 "2004-07-29T04:03:41Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What is your favorite word? “Alacrity.” > [@](#): > > 1. What is your least favorite word? “Utilized.” > [@](#): > > 1. What turns you on? Women in short dresses, classy but not slutty. Especially Mrs. RickJay. Mmmmm. > [@](#): > > 1. What turns you off? Skunk hair - you know, where the hair is blonde on top and dark underneath. > [@](#): > > 1. What sound do you love? The sound of kids playing. > [@](#): > > 1. What sound do you hate? People yelling at members of their family. > [@](#): > > 1. What is your favorite curse word? “Sonofabitch!” > [@](#): > > 1. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? Being the general manager of a major league baseball team. > [@](#): > > 1. What profession would you not like to participate in? Prison guard. > [@](#): > > If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? “Welcome aboard. Here’s your uniform and your glove. Get dressed, you’re playing first base. Your family and your pets have box seats.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-answer-the-james-lipton-questionnaire/257098.md?page=2)