# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/441 "2009-04-04T17:46:13Z")
No, but I do need one. Would you donate a kidney to a friend who needed one? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/442 "2009-04-04T17:48:59Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > No, but I do need one. > > Would you donate a kidney to a friend who needed one? Absolutely. I tried to donate some of my hair to my brother- he’s 36, and has been mostly bald since he was about 20- but it would have been too expensive. Have you ever had an operation? ---
**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 4, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/443 "2009-04-04T18:44:43Z")
Yes. Tonsils and wisdom teeth removed, a few years apart. Did you ever want to be an astronaut when you were a kid? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/444 "2009-04-04T18:47:26Z")
Nope, not really. Did you go to your senior prom? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/445 "2009-04-04T18:51:55Z")
Yes, but I had to leave after an hour because my date sprained her ankle swing dancing (with someone else). Were you a cool kid in high school? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/446 "2009-04-05T00:08:09Z")
I was very well-known, yet unknown. In other words; most people knew of me, but nothing about me. Cool?.. I dunno. That would depend on how you looked at it. I was no role model. Have you ever spent Christmas alone? (If you don’t celebrate Christmas, how about New Year’s Eve at the strike of midnight?) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/447 "2009-04-05T01:01:27Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > I was very well-known, yet unknown. In other words; most people knew of me, but nothing about me. Cool?.. I dunno. That would depend on how you looked at it. I was no role model. > > Have you ever spent Christmas alone? (If you don’t celebrate Christmas, how about New Year’s Eve at the strike of midnight?) Yup to both. I’m not much of a party person anymore. Do you play a musical instrument ? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/448 "2009-04-05T02:25:36Z")
No. I did learn to play the cornet in junior high school, but that was a long time ago, and I’ve not touched an instrument since age 13 or 14. So definitely a no these days. Do you try to go somewhere on holiday (vacation) regularly, at least once a year? ---
**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 5, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/449 "2009-04-05T02:49:15Z")
Yes. We go to see my in-laws in Vermont for the July 4th weekend, then to the Outer Banks for a week sometime in the late summer, and we alternate Thanksgiving and Christmas with my wife’s family and mine, when possible. Have you watched a movie in a theater in the past month? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/450 "2009-04-05T16:45:46Z")
Yes – went by myself to see a matinee of a documentary about the winner of the first season of _Project Runway_. Do you do any crafty type activities (knitting, model-making, etc.)? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/451 "2009-04-05T17:57:40Z")
I built my computer. I dunno if that counts. Also, I used to build radio controlled cars. Do you carry anything other than keys/wallet in your pockets? ---
**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 5, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/452 "2009-04-05T23:15:20Z")
Yes. Penknife, some Kleenex in a back pocket, and my perennial to-do list(s). Can you play a musical instrument? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/453 "2009-04-06T00:24:40Z")
Nope… Do you own any videogaming systems? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/454 "2009-04-06T02:06:40Z")
A PS2, and a PC. At various points I’ve had an NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64 and Playstation. Can you dance well? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/455 "2009-04-06T02:25:11Z")
I’m probably the best tap-dancer in this thread. Seriously. Do you believe me? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/456 "2009-04-06T02:28:56Z")
I want vids! 🙂 Do you like to dance in public? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/457 "2009-04-06T04:41:01Z")
No. Don’t like to dance at all, and doing so in public is mortifying. It’s especially annoying when villagers upcountry try to get me to dance the “ramwong,” a basic folk dance that can be done solo or in groups. Do you try to keep your currency denominations in descending order in your wallet? ---
**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 6, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/458 "2009-04-06T05:01:04Z")
No, ascending order. Ones in front, then fives, then tens, then twenties. Have you held a $100 bill in your hand in the last year? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/459 "2009-04-06T05:07:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, ascending order. Ones in front, then fives, then tens, then twenties. > > Have you held a $100 bill in your hand in the last year? Well, I guess I meant either one as opposed to just cramming them in any old way, which is the Thai method. No, I have not. I only buy dollars if I’m going abroad, and it’s been almost two years since I’ve left the kingdom. Did you lose your virginity as an adult? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/460 "2009-04-06T09:44:14Z")
I was in High School, so no. Been to any weddings in the last month? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=24)