# Would you rather... (straight guys, lesbians, and bisexuals only, please) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178 "2010-11-28T17:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/41 "2010-11-29T13:33:49Z")
I’ve never found Portman to be particularly attractive or interesting, so it’s dinner with the President. Hey, where did all these bees come from? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/42 "2010-11-29T13:40:11Z")
Dinner with Obama. Face it, unless Ms. Portman possesses unique talents in the bedroom, sex with her would be much like sex with anyone else. As for conversation, I could probably talk to Obama all night and not exhaust all the possibilities but wouldn’t find talking to an actress to nearly as interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/43 "2010-11-29T13:49:40Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > It boils down to dinner with a sitting US president, or sex with a really hot girl. I’ve had sex before, sometimes with pretty hot girls, and likely will again in the future. I’ve never had dinner with the president and probably never will. I’ll take dinner with the president. Exactly. I have no problems getting laid, but I’ve never had a chance to even meet a president, much less have dinner and conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/44 "2010-11-29T14:03:40Z")
I would have dinner with Ms. Portman. Because if she had dinner with my charming ass, I’d probably have sex with her anyway, plus free food. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/45 "2010-11-29T14:05:30Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Dinner with Obama. Face it, unless Ms. Portman possesses unique talents in the bedroom, sex with her would be much like sex with anyone else. As for conversation, I could probably talk to Obama all night and not exhaust all the possibilities but wouldn’t find talking to an actress to nearly as interesting. “Just an actress” sounds a bit dismissive. I admit that the big O probably has more to talk about in terms of experience in the world theater, but Portman went to Haahvahd too. I’m sure she could provide eloquent discourse on at least a topic or two. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/46 "2010-11-29T14:11:19Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > It boils down to dinner with a sitting US president, or sex with a really hot girl. I’ve had sex before, sometimes with pretty hot girls, and likely will again in the future. I’ve never had dinner with the president and probably never will. I’ll take dinner with the president. Yup. I don’t think there’s any famous person so hot I’d choose one-off sex with them over dinner with Obama. I’m assuming it’s dinner for the two of us, chatting for a couple of hours, not selecting from a buffet in the same room and never meeting. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/47 "2010-11-29T16:40:23Z")
> [@scifisam2009](#): > > Yup. I don’t think there’s any famous person so hot I’d choose one-off sex with them over dinner with Obama. > > I’m assuming it’s dinner for the two of us, chatting for a couple of hours, not selecting from a buffet in the same room and never meeting. Of course. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/48 "2010-11-29T17:52:15Z")
Dinner with the president would be exciting, but what would we talk about? I’ve always felt weird about the whole ‘meeting someone famous’ thing. It just feels really stalker-y, you know? I mean how would you feel about a total stranger talking about your latest childbirth with you, or what you wore to dinner one random night? Same with dinner with Natalie Portman. So that leaves my last option as reluctantly banging the shit out of Portman. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/49 "2010-11-29T18:14:59Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I think you’re misunderstanding the essential conflict. It’s about whether the respondent values a sexual encounter with a famously beautiful woman more than a rare encounter with a historic president. To open the poll up for gay men & straight women, the alternate to dinner with Obama would have to be something like sex with Brad Pitt or Taye Diggs, becuase, while Obama is nice enough to look at, he’s not outstandingly so, and he’s not famous for being handsome in the first place. He’s not? I thought everyone considered him a stone cold fox, myself included? Obviously the brains and powers of persuasion play into that, but all informal polls tell me he is definitely do-able, up there with a young Clinton (he or she) and a living JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/50 "2010-11-29T18:55:38Z")
Assuming my wife out of existence, I would _so_ do Portman. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/51 "2010-11-29T20:34:52Z")
I can’t think of much I’d talk to Obama about, maybe in March I could make fun of his bracket but besides that I don’t think a random dinner is going to affect policy and I really find politics boring after more then about half an hour. Now, Clinton or JFK, I’d have fun talking to them. While there are many actresses I’d rather bang then Miss Portman at least I’d still be having fun after a half hour. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/52 "2010-11-29T21:39:58Z")
Would the amount of time allotted for sex with Miss Portman be at least equal to the length of time needed for a leisurely dinner at a nice restaurant? I’d be bummed if she started in with the “Are you done yet” after the first 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/53 "2010-11-29T23:24:56Z")
A good conversation is better than casual sex. And Natalie Portman, while certainly comely, is in my estimation the less interesting conversation partner. I also don’t know her. It’d be super awkward. No, I’d pick dinner with Obama. Especially if he’s paying. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/54 "2010-11-29T23:26:50Z")
Who said I couldn’t have dinner served up on Natalie’s hot bod and then have her for dessert? Obama? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/55 "2010-11-29T23:35:36Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Would the amount of time allotted for sex with Miss Portman be at least equal to the length of time needed for a leisurely dinner at a nice restaurant? > > I’d be bummed if she started in with the “Are you done yet” after the first 30 seconds. I’d say 1.5 hours should be sufficient for either. > [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > A good conversation is better than casual sex. And Natalie Portman, while certainly comely, is in my estimation the less interesting conversation partner. I also don’t know her. It’d be super awkward. > > No, I’d pick dinner with Obama. Especially if he’s paying. The dinner would be free, as would the sex in the other option. > [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Who said I couldn’t have dinner served up on Natalie’s hot bod and then have her for dessert? Obama? If you pick dinner, it will be served on a plate, in a normal fashion. You may not, under any circumstances, have Mr. Obama for dessert. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/56 "2010-11-30T00:26:04Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > If you pick dinner, it will be served on a plate, in a normal fashion. You may not, under any circumstances, have Mr. Obama for dessert. Well, she is a hot dish. I’d smoke a cigar with Obama afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/57 "2010-11-30T03:01:44Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > I’d smoke a cigar with Obama afterwards. Maybe not with Clinton, though? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/58 "2010-11-30T03:19:59Z")
Especially with Clinton! I may be one of the very few, but I thought Monica was hawt! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/59 "2010-11-30T03:39:10Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Dinner with the president would be exciting, but what would we talk about? I’ve always felt weird about the whole ‘meeting someone famous’ thing. It just feels really stalker-y, you know? I mean how would you feel about a total stranger talking about your latest childbirth with you, or what you wore to dinner one random night? Same with dinner with Natalie Portman. So that leaves my last option as reluctantly banging the shit out of Portman. I find it amusing that you’re fantasizing about sex with a famous woman _because it feels less stalkerish_ than other options. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178/60 "2010-11-30T03:40:13Z")
Another vote for dinner with Obama. No arguing about politics, just civil dinner conversation. Maybe a picture to hang on the office wall. That would be cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178.md?page=4)