# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/361 "2009-03-30T20:04:30Z")
No, not so far. Have you ever driven over 100 mph? ---
**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 30, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/362 "2009-03-30T20:06:12Z")
Dogs, cats, horses and pretty much everything else cute and fuzzy. Allergic to any foods? ETA: I’ll respond to Kalhoun instead… yes. Not recently, though. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/363 "2009-03-30T20:31:27Z")
Nope. Not allergic to any foods… Can you do 20 push ups without a break? ---
**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 30, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/364 "2009-03-30T20:34:09Z")
Not for 30 years, if that. Do you like seafood? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/365 "2009-03-30T20:50:33Z")
All I’ve eaten so far except Tuna… Do you have many freckles? ---
**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 31, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/366 "2009-03-31T05:17:07Z")
Yes, on my back and arms. My mom and one of my sisters have 'way more. If you were British, would you support and want to retain the monarchy? ---
**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 31, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/367 "2009-03-31T13:15:36Z")
I am British, and don’t much care. I would be in favor of ending the role of the monarchy in the Church of England (and, quite frankly, abolishing the state religion, ceremonial though it may be) but I quite like having a queen, and this one does a pretty good job. In any case, I’d definitely wait until after young Willie takes a bride. It will be the media event of the young century. If you are/were American, would you want to abolish the Electoral College? ---
**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 31, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/368 "2009-03-31T13:31:03Z")
I am American, and yes. It’s antiquated and antidemocratic, and we should change to a national popular vote. The only advantage I can see to having the Electoral College is that it essentially confines any presidential election dispute to a single state or two, rather than all fifty. But that’s not enough of an advantage to justify keeping it, IMHO. Do you have a favorite Elvis Presley song? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/369 "2009-03-31T15:00:07Z")
Not really. Hound Dog is pretty cool though. Are you in favour of a two party system? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/370 "2009-03-31T15:02:29Z")
I would prefer more than two viable parties. Would you be willing to fight for your right to 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 31, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/371 "2009-03-31T15:09:08Z")
No. There are other rights I value more. 😉 Did you watch MTV in the early Eighties? ---
**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 31, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/372 "2009-03-31T15:45:04Z")
I wasn’t alive for a chunk of the early eighties - born in '82- so, not so much. Did you wear denim jackets in the eighties? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/373 "2009-03-31T16:25:41Z")
Nope. I did, however, have a perm there for a couple of years – I believe I have since destroyed all photographic evidence of it. Would you be embarrassed to post your HS prom picture for all to see? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/374 "2009-03-31T17:40:47Z")
No, but I didn’t go to prom. If I can substitute my high school yearbook picture, still no. Did/do you enjoy spending time with your parents? ---
**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 31, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/375 "2009-03-31T17:42:28Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > No, but I didn’t go to prom. If I can substitute my high school yearbook picture, still no. > > Did/do you enjoy spending time with your parents? Yes and no. My father yes, my mother was an evil witch. Probably still is, assuming she’s still alive, which she very well could be somewhere. Do you like beer? ---
**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 31, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/376 "2009-03-31T17:45:33Z")
Yesyesyesyesyes. All kinds. Do you have a uniform for your job? ---
**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 31, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/377 "2009-03-31T17:49:46Z")
Hahahahahahaa! That’s a no. Do you like single-malt scotch? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/378 "2009-03-31T19:00:42Z")
Yup! Sure do! Do you follow the daily news? ---
**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 31, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/379 "2009-03-31T19:51:42Z")
Yes. I log onto [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) every morning at work to see in what interesting ways the world is spinning out of control. Do you subscribe to any newspaper’s dead-tree edition? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/380 "2009-03-31T21:02:36Z")
Nope. Which, considering that I blame my prolonged period of unemployment on the movement away from paper-based media, seems a trifle… well, I know what “ironic” means, so I won’t say that. Do you ever lose track of the question that someone just asked you in the process of answering it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=20)