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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
6972

For which of these lines can you recite at least 3/4 of the remainder of the poem from memory?

  • The road goes ever on and on
  • Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky
  • Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go
  • Farewell we call to hearth and hall
  • O! Wanderers in the shadowed land
  • Cold be hand and heart and bone
  • There is an inn, a merry old inn
  • All that is gold does not glitter
  • Gil-galad was an Elven-king
  • Troll sat alone on his seat of stone
  • A Elbereth Gilthoniel
  • Seek for the Sword that was broken
  • Ash nazg durbatulûk
  • The world was young, the mountains green
  • I recognize some of these lines but do not remember the remainder of any of the poems
  • I do not recognize any of these lines
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6973

Which is your preferred philosophy on life?

  • “I’d rather be slave to the worst master, than king of the dead.” - Achilles
  • Give me liberty or give me death.
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6974

You are sitting in the front passenger seat in a car and are chatting with the driver. Do you turn your head to look at the driver as you chat or look straight ahead?

  • Turn my head to look at the driver
  • Look straight ahead
  • A mixture of both
  • something else
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6975

How many of your biological grandparents are still alive?

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • I don’t know
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How many of your biological parents are still alive?

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • I don’t know
0 voters
6976

You’re glancing at a thread that holds interest for you and suddenly realize that even though you didn’t start it, you are in the top three posters by count. Your reaction is

  • The horror! Slow the heck down and let someone else get in a word!
  • Wow, this is really in my interest area, let’s keep going!
  • This never happens to me and I refuse to address the hypothetical
  • Other
  • Meh
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6977

Is there any particular role, job, or task that you believe you can act well enough to win an audition for that role in a movie in an open casting call - that is not a job or role you do in real life? (i.e., secretary, teacher, nurse, car mechanic, president, prison guard, air traffic controller, veterinarian etc.)

  • Yes
  • No
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6978

You get a phone call from a good friend. You answer the phone, but they don’t respond when you say “hello”, and all you hear is background conversation. You realize that you friend has butt-dialed (pocket dialed) you. What do you do?

  • Immediately hang up.
  • Listen for a few seconds to try to determine where your friend is, but hang up pretty quickly.
  • Listen for a while, the length depending on what you hear.
  • Listen until you get bored.
  • Listen for as long as the call remains active.
  • Something else.
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6979

Do you ever get tears of happiness?

  • Yes
  • No
  • something else
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6980

Which of the following would you choose to eat if someone held a gun to your head and made you pick one?

  • A whole can of dollar store brand SpaghettiOs
  • A slightly stale bag of grocery store brand pretzels
  • A large serving of grandma’s jello salad (with olives and chicken)
  • A can of warm flat Diet Coke
  • The Chinese takeout on the bottom shelf of fridge (age unknown)
  • Mr. 9 mm
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6981

Are you still changing your vote twice a week in the Is It Tuesday poll above?

  • Yes, twice a week
  • Yes, but maybe not twice EVERY week.
  • I used to but gave up a long time ago
  • I used to but gave up a while ago
  • I used to but gave up recently
  • I never did.
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6982

Soft serve ice cream. I’m buying*.

  • Chocolate
  • Vanilla
  • Swirl
  • None of the above
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*offer expires September 2, 2026

6983

Can you easily see the color (of the back) of your cell phone?

  • No, there’s a case on it
  • Yes, there’s a clear/see-thru case on it
  • Yes, I don’t use a phone case
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You’re buying a new phone, it comes in multiple color options. Would you spend even $1 more for your preferred color choice?

  • Yes
  • No
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Deviated September (Monthly Mini-Rants)
6984

You have a friend who is known for missing deadlines and being forgetful. She asks you when the deadline is to do an important task (file a form, open an account, sign a contract, etc.) The deadline is January 31. What do you do?

  • Tell her the deadline is January 31
  • Helpfully lie to her and say the deadline is January 30, so she has more of a buffer and margin for neglect or forgetfulness
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