# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/301 "2009-03-27T14:34:41Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Do you speak a foreign language fluently? Nope. I can read French well enough to get the gist of it, but forget speaking or being spoken to. Doing anything fun this weekend? ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/302 "2009-03-27T14:50:03Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Doing anything fun this weekend? Going to Firkin & Kegler for a friend’s birthday… it’s a combination bowling alley, restaurant, bar, nightclub, pool hall, arcade and some other stuff. I wish I’d thought of it first. Do you send thank you cards? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/303 "2009-03-27T16:00:15Z")
Yes, to everyone but immediate family on both sides. Do you still listen to vinyl? ---
**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 27, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/304 "2009-03-27T16:04:32Z")
No. Some cassettes still, but mostly CDs or my iPod. Re: thank-you notes… Q: Why don’t Southern belles like orgies? A: Too many thank-you notes. Do you like dirty jokes? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/305 "2009-03-27T17:52:34Z")
Like a white horse falling in the mud, kinda dirty?.. Do you give to charity? ---
**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 27, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/306 "2009-03-27T18:33:05Z")
Yes, maybe more than I should, given our budget. Do you own more than two umbrellas? ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/307 "2009-03-27T18:37:28Z")
No. Is Mount Rushmore worth going to repeatedly? ---
**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 27, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/308 "2009-03-27T18:53:31Z")
I haven’t been once and have no plans to go, so guess not. Would you like to live in your favorite vacation destination? ---
**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 27, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/309 "2009-03-27T20:09:42Z")
That would be the Outer Banks of N.C., and no. Have you built a snowman (or snowwoman) in the last five years? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/310 "2009-03-27T20:50:00Z")
No. Would you eat animal eyeballs for $1000? ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/311 "2009-03-27T21:05:52Z")
Only if my gay boyfriend was there to make me. Do you have a thousand dollars? ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/312 "2009-03-27T21:09:35Z")
double post ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/313 "2009-03-27T21:19:20Z")
Not on me, damn! Are you writing this from a laptop? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/314 "2009-03-27T21:59:30Z")
Nope – not only a desktop machine, but one with a big dinosaur of a monitor. Have you ever watched a full episode of _Oprah_? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/315 "2009-03-28T00:53:43Z")
God help me, yes. Have you ever had a panic attack? ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/316 "2009-03-28T01:13:38Z")
No. Have you ever regretted getting too drunk at an office Christmas party? ---
**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 28, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/317 "2009-03-28T02:21:47Z")
No. Have you ever had sex in an elevator? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/318 "2009-03-28T02:29:20Z")
Elevator no, airplane, yes. Have you ever started a big project only to realize that there’s no way you have the skills or knowledge to pull it off? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/319 "2009-03-28T03:02:42Z")
> [@erleichda](#): > > Only if my gay boyfriend was there to make me. > > Do you have a thousand dollars? Yes, but not for the likes of you, ya eyeball eater. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/320 "2009-03-28T04:17:22Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Elevator no, airplane, yes. > > Have you ever started a big project only to realize that there’s no way you have the skills or knowledge to pull it off? Yes. Have you ever been a victim of a crime? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=17)