# 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:** 50
**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:** [June 3, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/981 "2009-06-03T04:30:53Z")
Not that I know of. Do you read every new column as it appears on the SD homepage? ---
**Author:** ![NRichards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@NRichards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NRichards)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/982 "2009-06-03T08:50:46Z")
not always. Have any pets? ---
**Author:** ![Arachne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Arachne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arachne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/983 "2009-06-03T12:26:43Z")
Yep, a yellow labrador retriever How many generations back can you trace your ancestry? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/984 "2009-06-03T13:36:55Z")
Seven with a considerable degree of accuracy; a bit sketchy earlier than that. Are you interested in genealogy? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/985 "2009-06-03T14:00:26Z")
Not really. But then mine is pretty basic to about a thousand years back (farmer, fisher, farmer, peon, farmer, fisher). Do you work on your tan? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/986 "2009-06-03T20:24:08Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Do you work on your tan? No, neither in the salon nor under old Sol himself. Have you ever seen a solar eclipse? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/987 "2009-06-03T21:56:20Z")
Yes, and several lunar ones, as well. Very cool. Have you ever sighed wistfully as you gazed at a full moon? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/988 "2009-06-04T01:59:05Z")
All the time. Just before turning into a Warewolf. In conversations, do you typically find yourself simply waiting for your turn to talk as opposed to actually listening? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/989 "2009-06-04T02:11:46Z")
Not typically, no, but it does happen from time to time (and some people, more often than not). Do you have a really annoying coworker? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/990 "2009-06-04T03:09:28Z")
Not really a coworker, per se… but we have a transcriptionist who works as an offsite independent contractor who can be relied on to have lightning strike her computer or have a death\* in the family at least once per week. \*Almost invariably somebody she’s already reported as dead. Do you make a lot of excuses? ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/991 "2009-06-04T03:17:05Z")
I sincerely try not to. Do you read other people’s answers in threads like these? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/992 "2009-06-04T04:47:53Z")
Always, if I’m posting, too. Do you like to write haiku? ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/993 "2009-06-04T05:29:14Z")
No. There aren’t enough words to really say anything with. Do you read poetry? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/994 "2009-06-04T13:16:12Z")
Once in awhile. Is it unseasonably cool where you live? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/995 "2009-06-04T13:25:13Z")
Actually, yes. It’s a muggy 78 degrees Fahrenheit, which is a good 10 degrees lower than normal for early June. Do you like hot weather? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/996 "2009-06-04T13:30:25Z")
No. Warm but not hot, with clear skies and no humidity, is my favorite weather. Those kinds of days are all too rare where I live, though. Are you a night owl? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/997 "2009-06-04T13:34:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No. Warm but not hot, with clear skies and no humidity, is my favorite weather. Those kinds of days are all too rare where I live, though. > > Are you a night owl? Sort of…I start work at 4:30 am, so while I am usually sawing a log at 9pm, I’m up at 3am. Are you a shoe freak? ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/998 "2009-06-04T14:44:39Z")
If you mean, like, sexually, ew no. If you mean do I enjoy shopping for and wearing new shoes, not really. However, it is certainly true that recently when I counted the number of pairs I own, I was surprised and bemused by how many of them there are (I think about twelve or fifteen). How many different religions are represented among your immediate family? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/999 "2009-06-04T16:17:17Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > If you mean, like, sexually, ew no. > > If you mean do I enjoy shopping for and wearing new shoes, not really. However, it is certainly true that recently when I counted the number of pairs I own, I was surprised and bemused by how many of them there are (I think about twelve or fifteen). > > How many different religions are represented among your immediate family? I guess 1.5; my mom is a Jehovah’s Witness, and I’m a Deist. My cats might be emissaries of Bastet, but I can’t be sure. Do you like your job? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1000 "2009-06-04T16:20:45Z")
Very much, despite occasionally annoying coworkers and bureaucratic BS. Have you ever devised a clever response to workplace bureaucratic BS? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=51)