# Get to know each other... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 18, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836 "2009-03-18T02:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/201 "2009-03-24T17:07:17Z")
Nope. Have you ever run away from home as an adult? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/202 "2009-03-24T17:56:27Z")
Mildly tempted, but no. Do you have an older sibling? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/203 "2009-03-24T18:03:53Z")
No Ever been hang gliding? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/204 "2009-03-24T18:57:28Z")
Seen it many times, primarily on the Outer Banks, but never gone up. Have you been to the Outer Banks of North Carolina? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/205 "2009-03-24T19:03:57Z")
Nope – I’m strictly a Jersey shore gal. (Hear it’s real pretty down there, though.) Are your parents still alive? (or, if you’re only 20 or so, your grandparents?) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/206 "2009-03-24T19:11:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope – I’m strictly a Jersey shore gal. (Hear it’s real pretty down there, though.) > > Are your parents still alive? (or, if you’re only 20 or so, your grandparents?) Yes, both alive and very well. I run with my dad nearly every day, he’s in fantastic shape. Have you ever had major surgery? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/207 "2009-03-24T19:12:44Z")
No ☹ My dad died several years ago. My mother died at 80 years old one year ago this past St. Patty’s Day. Have you ever bought something from a store, knowing you were planning on returning after you used it? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/208 "2009-03-24T19:13:17Z")
I can’t answr yes or no because I have one alive and one dead (I suppose technically that’s a “no”). Could you live on half of what you make? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/209 "2009-03-24T19:14:26Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yes, both alive and very well. I run with my dad nearly every day, he’s in fantastic shape. > > Have you ever had major surgery? I’ll take this one. Yes, if major means I was knocked out. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/210 "2009-03-24T19:46:55Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Have you ever bought something from a store, knowing you were planning on returning after you used it? No, but my mother worked at a clothing store and can tell many tales of customers who tried to “rent” outfits that were returned torn and stained. Let’s try to clear up the simulpost backlog: [Quote=Kalhoun] Could you live on half of what you make? [/Quote] ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/211 "2009-03-24T19:50:15Z")
Could you live on half of what you make? Easily, but I wouldn’t like it. George W. Bush: great president, or the greatest president? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/212 "2009-03-24T19:53:25Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > George W. Bush: great president, or the greatest president? Okay, I’ll redo this one for folks not familiar with the Colbert Report. 🙂 Have you spent more than a month away from you country of origin? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/213 "2009-03-24T20:28:56Z")
Yes. Five months in Great Britain when I was in college. God, I loved it. Have you been to London? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/214 "2009-03-24T20:29:25Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Okay, I’ll redo this one for folks not familiar with the Colbert Report. 🙂 > > Have you spent more than a month away from you country of origin? I’ve spent more than half my life away from it. :eek: Do you use your powers for good, or awesome? (since we’re stealing quotes ;)) ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/215 "2009-03-25T02:07:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Do you use your powers for good, or awesome? (since we’re stealing quotes ;)) ``` I don't have any powers. ``` Tom Jones or George Jones? ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/216 "2009-03-25T02:19:29Z")
Uh, No. Have you ever walk in on your parents having sex? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/217 "2009-03-25T04:32:49Z")
No, but now and then I could tell by noises that _something_ nefarious was going on. Have you been to London? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/218 "2009-03-25T04:40:19Z")
No. Brussels is the closest I’ve ever gotten; the Netherlands, or maybe Bruges, for the wife. Have you ever locked yourself out of your living quarters, be it house, dorm room etc? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/219 "2009-03-25T08:03:32Z")
Yup - and fell asleep outside the door, while waiting for the gf to show up with a spare key (she was not amuzed). Are you monolingual? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/220 "2009-03-25T10:55:15Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Yup - and fell asleep outside the door, while waiting for the gf to show up with a spare key (she was not amuzed). > > Are you monolingual? Yup. Do you consider yourself a good freehand artist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=12)