# 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:** 47
**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 24, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/921 "2009-05-24T03:05:31Z")
Well, it’s correctly called “pop,” of course. 😉 We didn’t have it much growing up, but now and then I still like to have a root beer float. Do you like those little root-beer-barrel hard candies? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/922 "2009-05-24T03:17:53Z")
Yup. Do you purchase more than 3 cologne/perfume bottles per 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:** [May 24, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/923 "2009-05-24T04:50:14Z")
Oh, hell no. I got a bottle of Ralph Lauren’s Chaps while I was in high school and probably still have it in a box somewhere. Has anyone ever commented favorably - or sexually - on your scent? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/924 "2009-05-24T14:33:39Z")
Ya, but it doesn’t happen often. Maybe a couple times a year if I’m lucky. Do you ever receive complements on your style? ---
**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 24, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/925 "2009-05-24T15:04:49Z")
Yes, from time to time. Have you ever given a compliment to the complement of a ship? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/926 "2009-05-24T15:58:52Z")
Only been on a ship (non-military) once. Don’t recall giving any compliments. Do you have 20/20 vision? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/927 "2009-05-24T18:08:43Z")
Mostly in hindsight. Have you had sexual thoughts about a member of the same sex? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/928 "2009-05-24T22:23:34Z")
Not really. I’ve thought of threesomes, but not one on one situations. Are you a night owl? ---
**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 25, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/929 "2009-05-25T00:22:36Z")
Yes. It’s the rare night that I’m in bed before 1am. Have you seen a pro baseball game yet this year? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/930 "2009-05-25T01:51:42Z")
No, not even on TV. I gave up on MLB in 1994, the strike year. My favorite uncle was a minor league baseball player and absolutely loved baseball. he died in Nov, 1994, the strike took his last World series away. Have you, or are you planning to go fishing in 2009? ---
**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 25, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/931 "2009-05-25T02:39:45Z")
Haven’t yet, and very unlikely to. Never been all that much into fishing. If I’m going to be near a lake, I’d rather be swimming, reading or building a sandcastle. Do you like building sandcastles? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/932 "2009-05-25T03:19:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Do you like building sandcastles? NO! I hate beaches, It wouldn’t bother me if I never saw the ocean again. I do like lakes, rivers etc. Have you ever been to a opera? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/933 "2009-05-25T07:42:31Z")
Yup. And I haven’t even fallen asleep except for that one time. I’ve come to like opera now. Ever driven a tractor? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/934 "2009-05-25T12:18:18Z")
First vehicle I drove. That is how I learned to drive. I’m actually kind of glad I did… If you can handle driving with a 48-foot trailer, you could handle anything. Probably explains why I’ve never once been in a wreck. I think it should be necessary all drivers learn how to drive with a trailer behind them first, rather than learning with a tiny little car (should that be the only thing they have). Oh, and my tractor driving was at age 16. Haven’t been on one since - haven’t had the chance. Ever ridden a bull? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/935 "2009-05-25T13:37:45Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Ever ridden a bull? No, although I feel bad answering this and thus depriving someone who _has_ a bull-riding story from relating said tale. Are you having a cookout/barbecue this Memorial Day? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/936 "2009-05-25T13:52:20Z")
Something along those lines… Not sure yet. Are you required to walk up any stairs to get to your house/apt? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/937 "2009-05-25T14:05:52Z")
My new place is on the 2nd floor and my previous was on the 3.d, so yes. Do you enjoy a cold one on the porch in the evening? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/938 "2009-05-25T14:17:04Z")
Gimme a Guinness and I’m good. Is your life a constant routine? ---
**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 25, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/939 "2009-05-25T14:57:05Z")
Sometimes it seems so, but you just have to find ways to do what’s necessary and still add a little spontaneity, I think. Will you be marching in a Memorial Day parade today (as I just did)? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/940 "2009-05-25T16:41:32Z")
I Google’d to see if there were any parades today but couldn’t find anything here in Honolulu. There will be a lantern floating ceremony with some music - probably be checking that out… Not sure if I asked this yet, but do you like spam? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=48)