# 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:** 7
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/121 "2009-03-21T19:09:17Z")
Yes, but I far prefer emailing. Have you ever had a kid explain something about computers to you? ---
**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 22, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/122 "2009-03-22T03:53:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, but I far prefer emailing. > > Have you ever had a kid explain something about computers to you? Yes, but it was my brother, and I was 7 and he was 17. Ever cheated on an SO? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/123 "2009-03-22T04:11:58Z")
No, but I’ve been the other man before. Do you or have you ever dabbled with drugs? ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/124 "2009-03-22T07:02:04Z")
No. Have you ever wallpapered a room? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/125 "2009-03-22T07:31:44Z")
Nope. Parlez-vous francais? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/126 "2009-03-22T07:38:53Z")
No, despite being able to answer the question at all. Have you ever licked maple syrup off of your lover’s stomach? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/127 "2009-03-22T14:27:59Z")
No. But I’ll consider it for next time. Ever read an entire dictionary (like a book)? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/128 "2009-03-22T14:31:22Z")
No. Ever invest in a major item only to hate it’s fucking guts and want it to go down in flames? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/129 "2009-03-22T15:01:29Z")
Ok, not ‘major’ per say, but the iPhone. Ever have a threesome (or better)? ---
**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 22, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/130 "2009-03-22T15:48:01Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Ever have a threesome (or better)? Yes. Too much work, wouldn’t do it again. Can you change a tire? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/131 "2009-03-22T16:53:22Z")
Theoretically, but I’ve never done it. Have you ever gone (downhill) skiing? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/132 "2009-03-22T16:57:16Z")
Yes! I love it. Do you know how to give CPR? ---
**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 22, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/133 "2009-03-22T16:58:58Z")
Yes. Got trained when I was a Scout camp counselor. I understand the training has changed a lot since then. Ever in Boy or Girl Scouts? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/134 "2009-03-22T18:34:16Z")
No. Do you like beets? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/135 "2009-03-22T19:05:41Z")
Yes Have you ever done a parachute drop? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/136 "2009-03-22T19:32:09Z")
Nope – and have no intention of ever doing so, knock on wood. Do you knock on wood when you say something that might be construed as tempting fate? ---
**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 22, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/137 "2009-03-22T19:49:39Z")
Yes, sometimes. Have you ever been to Tokyo? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/138 "2009-03-22T22:02:42Z")
No. Would you take a “favorite band” back-stage pass over a destination vacation? ---
**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 22, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/139 "2009-03-22T22:16:20Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > No. > > Would you take a “favorite band” back-stage pass over a destination vacation? Yes! Got any kids? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-to-know-each-other/489836/140 "2009-03-22T22:18:27Z")
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