# \[GAME\] Answer to Ask **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 24, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793 "2013-03-24T03:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/221 "2013-04-30T16:37:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Answer: I have many, but if I had to choose just one, I’d go with Italian. Hard to go wrong with spaghetti, pizza, veal parmagiana, fettucine, calzones, etc. Runners-up: Mexican, Southern BBQ, Thai, Middle Eastern. > > Ask: What’s the most exotic or unusual thing you’ve ever eaten? I’ve had goat’s brains. They were not bad…until I learned what I was eating. Blech. What is your favorite non-sexual part of the body? I mean, no genitalia or secondary sex characteristics. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/222 "2013-04-30T16:44:37Z")
Answer: my own body? my hands. Madame Pepperwinkle’s? Her eyes (which in her case do classify as a secondary sex characteristic.) Ask: If you were a type of bird what type would you be? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/223 "2013-04-30T16:47:36Z")
Answer: A bald eagle. A majestic, keen-eyed bird, and a symbol of America: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w0gj\_h0snxQ/UC0qM3OiRpI/AAAAAAAADsc/xr-qMD0KCvU/s1600/ESA\_Bald\_Eagle\_Portrait.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w0gj_h0snxQ/UC0qM3OiRpI/AAAAAAAADsc/xr-qMD0KCvU/s1600/ESA_Bald_Eagle_Portrait.jpg) Ask: If you could be any kind of sea critter, what would you be? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/224 "2013-05-01T12:01:12Z")
Answer: Any type? Godzilla. But two hours after eating Tokyo, I’d be hungry again. Ask: Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/225 "2013-05-01T20:03:32Z")
Answer: Yes, there’s a guy in my building who sorta kinda looks like me. We’ve discussed it, and _we_ agree that we don’t look all that much alike. Ask: What famous person have you met? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/226 "2013-05-02T18:34:54Z")
Answer: Robert Kennedy, Elton John, Vincent Price, Roddy McDowall, Walter Koenig, and I’ve met and impersonated Dr. Demento Ask: What’s your favorite flower? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/227 "2013-05-02T20:22:53Z")
Answer: Roses, although tulips and violets are nice, too. Ask: Will you see the new _Star Trek Into Darkness_ within the first week of release? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/228 "2013-05-02T20:25:45Z")
Answer: With Madame Pepperwinkle still recovering from surgery, no. I’ll see it on cable or when it comes to DVD. Ask: How many great loves have you had in your lifetime? ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/229 "2013-05-13T13:43:12Z")
Answer: none; I am still young. 😉 Ask: what’s the worst thing you have done as a result of extreme anger? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/230 "2013-05-13T14:09:16Z")
Answer: Swore at a good friend. Ask: Are you listening to the radio right now? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/231 "2013-05-13T14:12:10Z")
Answer: Nope, I can’t get good reception at work. I’ve got an MP3 player. Ask: Do you plan to see, or have you seen Iron Man 3 yet? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/232 "2013-05-16T16:38:28Z")
Answer: Yes, I saw it last Saturday. I liked it a lot, but suspect my 9 year old son would be bored with much of it. Question: What “album” have you owned in the most different formats (vinyl, 8-track, cassette, CD, mp3)? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/233 "2013-05-16T17:23:01Z")
Answer: The Electric Light Orchestra’s _A New World Record_, which I owned as a vinyl record, a cassette, a CD and now have on my iPod. Ask: Do you dust as often as you think you ought to? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/234 "2013-05-16T17:34:24Z")
Answer: I dust as often as Madame Pepperwinkle thinks I ought to, which, actually isn’t so much. Being disabled, she has health aides and housekeepers come in, and they dust. Ask: What’s your favorite candy bar? ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/235 "2013-06-03T13:45:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Answer: I dust as often as Madame Pepperwinkle thinks I ought to, which, actually isn’t so much. Being disabled, she has health aides and housekeepers come in, and they dust. > > Ask: What’s your favorite candy bar? Answer: [http://www.vitacost.com/Images/Products/1000/Larabar/Larabar-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Dough-021908453392.jpg](http://www.vitacost.com/Images/Products/1000/Larabar/Larabar-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Dough-021908453392.jpg) Ask: Why do you hate, “Real men do…” type statements? (I admit, I am guilty for making such statements excessively). ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/236 "2013-06-08T04:23:10Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Answer: [http://www.vitacost.com/Images/Products/1000/Larabar/Larabar-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Dough-021908453392.jpg](http://www.vitacost.com/Images/Products/1000/Larabar/Larabar-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Dough-021908453392.jpg) > > Ask: Why do you hate, “Real men do…” type statements? > > (I admit, I am guilty for making such statements excessively). Because they all come from a position of vainglorious machismo rather than from a position of genuine dignity and personal fortitude. Ask: How are your bowel movements these days? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/237 "2013-06-08T18:17:05Z")
Answer: Not too bad. I ate too much popcorn last night but so far, so good. Ask: Have you heard a dog bark in the past two hours? ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/238 "2013-06-10T03:48:51Z")
Answer: No, the pooch has been quiet tonight. Ask: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/239 "2013-06-10T04:09:33Z")
> [@snowmaster](#): > > Ask: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? For a hamburger today I will gladly love you long time [next Tuesday.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Wellington_Wimpy) Ask: Have you ever cosplayed? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793/240 "2013-06-10T05:34:20Z")
Answer: No, unless wearing a costume on Halloween counts. Ask: What was your coolest Halloween costume? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-answer-to-ask/653793.md?page=13)