# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/101 "2009-03-20T13:00:11Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Yes. > > Have you ever ridden a horse? Ya, quite a few times. Use to take care of some of them when I was living on a ranch. Do you like pumkin pie? ---
**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 20, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/102 "2009-03-20T13:00:45Z")
Yes, love it. Have you read any big Russian novels (_War and Peace, Crime and Punishment_, etc.) all the way through? ---
**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 20, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/103 "2009-03-20T13:22:17Z")
Only Dostoyevsky, and none of his books were very big. Do you watch (any) cartoons? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/104 "2009-03-20T13:48:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Do you watch (any) cartoons? Yes, _King of the Hill_ and _The Simpsons_. Have you eaten fast food in the last 24 hours? ---
**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 20, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/105 "2009-03-20T13:53:04Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Yes, _King of the Hill_ and _The Simpsons_. > > Have you eaten fast food in the last 24 hours? Yes, Panda Express. Could you flip the switch on the electric chair if necessary? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/106 "2009-03-20T14:02:06Z")
“Necessary” to whom? No, I’m adamantly anti-death penalty. Do you wear any jewelry on a regular basis? ---
**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 20, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/107 "2009-03-20T14:04:25Z")
If you were a prison guard or somesuch and the regular guy was out sick and everyone else refused. “Necessary” in the sense that there’s nobody else to do it, not in the “this guy needs a-killin’” sense. > [@twickster](#): > > Do you wear any jewelry on a regular basis? An extremely tarnished silver chain around my neck. Have you ever changed your username? ---
**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 20, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/108 "2009-03-20T16:20:15Z")
Yes. I used to be **William V.** , before I realized what a stupefyingly boring username that was. Did you watch the President on _The Tonight Show_ last night? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/109 "2009-03-20T18:35:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you watch the President on _The Tonight Show_ last night? No, didn’t even know he was on until today. Are you afraid of flying? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/110 "2009-03-20T19:25:52Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Are you afraid of flying? No. I’m aware of the risks, but have never been apprehensive about getting on a plane. Do you remember watching Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon? ---
**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 20, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/111 "2009-03-20T19:26:10Z")
Not even slightly. Do you like _foie gras_? ---
**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 20, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/112 "2009-03-20T19:29:30Z")
Yes, in moderation. This might interest you: [http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1237019475105000.xml&coll=2](http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1237019475105000.xml&coll=2) Have you ever been bitten by a dog? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/113 "2009-03-20T21:49:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Have you ever been bitten by a dog? Nope, not a serious bite – I assume puppy nips don’t count? Are you going to have a veggie garden this year? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/114 "2009-03-20T23:03:03Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Are you going to have a veggie garden this year? Never have before, probably won’t this year either. Sounds nice though. Can you bench press your own body weight or more? ---
**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 21, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/115 "2009-03-21T02:40:05Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Never have before, probably won’t this year either. Sounds nice though. > > Can you bench press your own body weight or more? When I weighed 122 pounds (12th grade), easily. Now… not so much. ---
**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 21, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/116 "2009-03-21T03:48:30Z")
Pssst… ask another yes/no question! ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/117 "2009-03-21T04:01:58Z")
I’ll fill in for RNATB… Ever been in the ocean? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/118 "2009-03-21T11:48:56Z")
Yes. It freaked me out. Do you play board games or cards regularly? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/119 "2009-03-21T12:02:22Z")
Scrabble, online – does that count? Do you ever have fresh flowers in the house for no particular reason? (Buy a grocery store bouquet, pick some from the garden) ---
**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 21, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/120 "2009-03-21T16:08:51Z")
No. Only for a particular reason- ie., the wifey is angry. Do you use the predictive text feature when sending a text message? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836.md?page=7)