This is the second in a three-part series. You may participate even if you did not participate in the first one. Please choose one item from each pair. You do not have to select from every pair. “Both” or “Neither” answers, or answers that are vague or conditional, will count as no selection.
You can make a choice for any reason. It doesn’t have to be meaningful to anyone else. In the first poll, someone chose Charlotte over Atlanta just because they liked the sound of the word better. And that’s fine.
So thanks for participating! And again, I invite you to explain your responses as much as you like.
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Canon in D or Minuet in G
Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking
1964 or 1968
Tokyo or Bejing
Cairo or Addis Ababa
Mensa or Masons
Standard time or daylight savings time
Pipes or cigars
Rum or Bourbon
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or **“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” ** (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or** win the lottery** obviously
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now. I’m young, and with the money we have saved we could retire right now and live on it for the next ten years.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven Stairway is the better song, but Free Bird has the better air guitar
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy Pratchett ruined Helen for me.
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking Black holes have no hair.
1964 or 1968 Better music
Tokyo or Bejing Chinese food is better, but China is an enemy.
Cairo or Addis Ababa Better ruins
**Mensa ** or Masons I qualify for both, but Masons have Shriners.
Standard time or daylight savings time Summertime…and the living is easy.
Pipes or cigars Cigars are sloppy.
Rum or Bourbon Bourbon is my booze of choice.
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast Selling out my Southern roots here.
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz GWtW is the most over-rated film in American history.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson) My country does best when it leaves me the hell alone.
Discover a new comet or win the lottery Unless you’re Halley, who remembers comet-finders?
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now Give me the $500K and I’ll turn it into $5M in 10 years.
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: **$500,000 now ** or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
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Pipes
Can’t say I’m crazy about pipes but cigar smoke makes me vomit,and I smoke cigarettes.
Bourbon
Yankee pot roast
Wizard of Oz
“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven–Free Bird (big surprise there, huh)
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy–Marilyn
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking–Big Al
1964 or 1968—'68
Tokyo or Bejing–don’t care
Cairo or Addis Ababa–don’t care
Mensa or Masons–don’t care
Standard time or daylight savings time–standard time
Pipes or cigars–pipes
Rum or Bourbon–Bourbon
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast–Yard bird 4 teh win.
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz–I do give a damn, and GwtW wins.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
TJ all the way.
Discover a new comet or win the lottery–win the lottery.
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.–cash now.
14.“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Standard time or daylight savings time **no opinion
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Pipes or cigars
Rum or Bourbon
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast Can’t pick just one!
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
They are both worthy sentiments… on balance, Kennedy.
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
Mensa or Masons - if only for the episode of the Bob Newhart Show where Emily got in and Bob didn’t.
Standard time or daylight savings time
Pipes or cigars - Sherlock Holmes
Rum or Bourbon - I don’t drink, so I don’t know, but since no one says yo ho ho and a bottle of burbon, I had to go with the rum.
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: **$500,000 now **or $5,000,000 ten years from now. - in 10 years I’ll be over 60.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or **“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” **(Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven: used to scare me when I was kid!
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking
1964 or 1968
Tokyo or Bejing
Cairo or Addis Ababa: I wanted to be an Egyptologist as a kid
Mensa or Masons
Standard time or daylight savings time
Pipes or cigars
Rum or Bourbon: Rum makes me sick
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast: Funny this is the same example I use to describe my SO. His parents are dyed in the wool MA folks who relocalted to SC, where hubby grew up. I describe him as a Yankee pot roast , rather than a fried chicken,southerner.
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)
Discover a new comet or win the lottery
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now.
Canon in D or Minuet in G: canons make things go boom
Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven: the latter a tad bit more “you know who”
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy: /homer/ Helen of Troy, mmmh
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking: just look at that hair!
1964 or 1968: /Cartman/ damn hippies!
6.** Tokyo** or Bejing: more gizmos
Cairo or Addis Ababa: pyramids man
Mensa or Masons: actually neither, but whats so mysterious about mensa?
Standard time or daylight savings time: nothing better than sleeping in
Pipes or cigars: you can’t roll a pipe between virgin thighs
Rum or Bourbon: but thats the pirate in me
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast: I have tried neither, but I imagine southern cuisine is more spiced
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz: follow the yellow brick road!
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson): and remember not to envy your neighbours donkey
Discover a new comet or win the lottery: and forever be rememberred in the stars
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now: I don’t have patience to wait 10 years
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy (Reality beats a myth.)
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking
1964 or 1968. (Too many assassinations in '68)
Tokyo or **Bejing
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Cairo or Addis Ababa
Mensa or Masons
Standard time or** daylight savings time
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**Pipes **or cigars
Rum or Bourbon
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast
Gone with the Wind or **Wizard of Oz
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“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or "No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him." (Jefferson) I disagree with both sentiments, as I expect something from my country, and I think laws should do more than that. I’m just choosing substance over style.
Discover a new comet or **win the lottery
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Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now
Canon in D or Minuet in G- Canon. I wouldn’t minuet if you paid me.
Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven- Stairway to Heaven. But only because it’'s better than one more song about how it’s so cool for a guy to fuck a girl and never see here again. That’s why she wanted the staircase, see was fed up.
Marilyn Monroe or Helen of Troy- Helen. Always seemed like something of a cypher but maybe she could introduce me to a few gods (much cooler that just getting to meet the Kennedys)
Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking - Einstein. Seems like he be fun at parties. Plus he lived down the street from me. And I hear he was a good dancer, soming I’m fairly sure you can’t say about Stephen.
1964 or 1968- 1968, the greatest year ever, the year of my birth. There will be parades on 2068.
Tokyo or Bejing- Bejing
Cairo or Addis Ababa- Cairo
Mensa or Masons- Mensa. Can be annoying but don’t to the best of my knowledge have secret handshakes.
Standard time or daylight savings time- Standard. I have all the damn daylight I need.
Pipes or cigars- Cigars I guess, as that’s what my SO smokes occasionly
Rum or Bourbon- Burbon. Rum and your at risk of a little umbrella.
Southern fried chicken or Yankee pot roast- At the moment I’ve been craving chicken.
Gone with the Wind or Wizard of Oz-This one I can’t say. To different in their own megamovie kind of way.
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson)- Jefferson. Kennedy makes a good point but it sounds to much like a sound bite.
Discover a new comet or win the lottery- Win the lottery.The universe, in all it’s majisty, will go on fine without me. My bill collectors will come and break my kneecaps.
Bonus question: $500,000 now or $5,000,000 ten years from now. - See above about kneecaps.
