# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1021 "2009-06-08T12:27:26Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Other than my own, no. > > Do you use an electric toothbrush? Yes, and I cannot brush properly/comfortable with a regular toothbrush anymore. Have you ever walked more than 10 miles (other than a planned hike)? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1022 "2009-06-08T13:37:10Z")
I used to walk 36 holes of golf in a day, which is somewhere around 12-14 miles, so yes as technically it was not a planned hike. Have you had your “15 minutes of fame”? ---
**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 8, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1023 "2009-06-08T16:48:24Z")
I don’t think so, unless having a nebula named after me on _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ will turn out to be the highlight of my life. Og, I hope not. Did you watch _Star Trek: The Next Generation_? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1024 "2009-06-08T17:07:55Z")
I have seen many episodes of the original Star Trek, plus most of the initial movies. I don’t think I have seen a full episode of TNG nor any of the non-Shatner movies. Do you have any guilty pleasures? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1025 "2009-06-08T17:13:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I have seen many episodes of the original Star Trek, plus most of the initial movies. I don’t think I have seen a full episode of TNG nor any of the non-Shatner movies. > > Do you have any guilty pleasures? Yes. None of you are old enough to know about them. Have you ever seen someone die violently? ---
**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 8, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1026 "2009-06-08T18:04:01Z")
No. While on a police ridealong I saw a shooting victim within a few minutes of death, though. Have you ever been on a police ridealong? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1027 "2009-06-09T08:51:04Z")
Nope, and I doubt it would be that interesting (read: cool). Not much happens here. Do you enjoy trainrides? ---
**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 9, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1028 "2009-06-09T10:51:27Z")
Very much. Do you enjoy long airplane flights? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1029 "2009-06-09T11:06:03Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > Very much. > > Do you enjoy long airplane flights? Only if heavily sedated. Do you dance? ---
**Author:** ![Arachne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Arachne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arachne)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1030 "2009-06-09T12:21:31Z")
Yes, ballroom - I’m in my university’s club, doin team in the fall. My faves are tango and swing, though I’m just learning Viennese waltz and like it quite a bit so far… (Also typical club-type bump&grind type dancing - I much prefer ballroom) Do you practice (or have practiced?) a western martial art? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1031 "2009-06-09T14:46:32Z")
I’ve practiced boxing for awhile. It’s great fun! Are you a generally nice guy/gal? ---
**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 9, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1032 "2009-06-09T16:43:29Z")
Everyone tells me so, but what do they know? Do you like riding in helicopters? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1033 "2009-06-09T19:25:11Z")
Have yet to ride in a helicopter, but I’m sure I’ll love it. Have you ever been on an aircraft carrier? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1034 "2009-06-09T19:37:24Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Have yet to ride in a helicopter, but I’m sure I’ll love it. > > Have you ever been on an aircraft carrier? Nope. Not allowed near federal nuclear devices. Court order. Something about my long and notorious history of villainy, murdering both Aquaman and Aqualad in cold blood, and a tendency to delusional thinking. It’s bullshit, but what’re you gonna do? Do you like detective novels? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1035 "2009-06-09T21:29:29Z")
Not most, but I love the Tony Hillerman ones a lot- oh and teh one with the Jewish cop married to an Orthodox woman ones. Can you whistle? ---
**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 9, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1036 "2009-06-09T22:46:52Z")
Yes, pretty well. I can even recognizably whistle “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” including the flute part. So there! Do you like march tunes? ---
**Author:** ![SamBass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@SamBass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamBass)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1037 "2009-06-09T23:03:56Z")
Surprisingly, yes, but only in context. I don’t enjoy them while we’re fishing or on a long road trip. Do you like summer better than winter? (This makes a lot more sense if you pretend it’s a response to Elendil’sHeir’s question ~ Do you like march tunes? First post, duh. I’ll work on it.) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1038 "2009-06-09T23:15:32Z")
> [@SamBass](#): > > Surprisingly, yes, but only in context. I don’t enjoy them while we’re fishing or on a long road trip. > > Do you like summer better than winter? > (This makes a lot more sense if you pretend it’s a response to Elendil’sHeir’s question ~ Do you like march tunes? First post, duh. I’ll work on it.) We don’t have winter here. We have a long, wet, miserable, snowless autumn that depresses people without killing them. As our summers regularly kill babies whose parents leave them in locked cars out of stupidity, I’ll say that i prefer summer. Do you want (more) kids? ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1039 "2009-06-09T23:19:51Z")
No. Don’t have any and am not planning to. Have you ever been to an Amsterdam Coffeeshop? ---
**Author:** ![SamBass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@SamBass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamBass)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/1040 "2009-06-09T23:30:52Z")
No. Dogs are easier and cheaper to raise. They don’t break your heart as often and mine are teaching me the difference between Post Reply and Quick Reply. I tried to tell them, different forums behave in different ways, but they just rolled their eyes. Do you believe in ghosts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=53)