# Would you rather? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 23, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444 "2016-05-23T07:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/601 "2016-12-31T20:00:02Z")
I’ll try surfing. I won’t be any good at it, but hey, ocean. It’s New Years Eve. Will you be curling up with the loved one of your choice, snuggled up at home, or out partying with your friends, ringing in each New Year across the time zones? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/602 "2016-12-31T21:50:43Z")
At home with my sweetie, just the way I like it. Dumb and rich or smart and poor for 2017? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/603 "2017-01-03T15:36:42Z")
Option A sounds like a recipe for bliss. Be constantly followed around by an annoying little guy who always says “Yeah” and repeats the last thing you say for the rest of your life or have to dress in a clown costume (sans makeup) the rest of your life? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/604 "2017-01-04T03:58:13Z")
Option A this time, too. I don’t like clowns much at all. Go to the circus or go to a stock-car race? ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/605 "2017-01-04T07:12:02Z")
stock car race Oral Surgeon ~~~or~~~~ Periodontist? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/606 "2017-01-04T14:06:44Z")
Do you mean being one, or going to one? Hmm. In either case, I’ll say… periodontist. Utah or Nevada? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/607 "2017-01-04T14:08:00Z")
I’d rather have religious nuts than gambling addicts. Be a Mormon or a Jehovah’s Witness? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/608 "2017-01-05T13:37:12Z")
Most Mormons I’ve encountered have at least a little bit of a sense of humor about their religion. Not so JW’s. Live in an old lighthouse near a village by the sea or a big ass house (think of South Fork on Dallas) many miles from civilization? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/609 "2017-01-05T15:41:11Z")
The lighthouse sounds nice. I love being by the ocean. Holmes or Watson? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/610 "2017-01-05T17:26:46Z")
Watson. Holmes is a little too eccentric for my tastes. Exercise before or after work? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/611 "2017-01-06T01:30:28Z")
Always before. Then you only need to take one shower per day (California drought…) and earlier is better for getting a good night’s rest. Boeuf Bourguignon or Chicken Tikka Masala? ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/612 "2017-01-06T01:50:04Z")
Boeuf Bourguignon Would you rather go for a walk or a drive? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/613 "2017-01-06T02:33:00Z")
> [@Brooky](#): > > Boeuf Bourguignon > Would you rather go for a walk or a drive? Drive. Would you rather be sucked dry by Kate Beckinsale & spend the rest of eternity with her as a Vampire exploring the UK at Night? Or be bitten by werewolf Julie Delpy and spending the rest of eternity meeting Interesting Parisians all day and then eating them all night (but with a nice sauce)? ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/614 "2017-01-06T04:02:39Z")
I choose to be a blood drinker over being a people eater You can either spend a month with the Monks in Tibet or a month in Europe working undercover with the Secret Service ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/615 "2017-01-06T14:15:18Z")
Undercover sounds more interesting. You’d learn enough secrets to blackmail people for the rest of your life. Be a surrogate mother for a standard gay male couple or a really fundamentalist whack job Christian straight married couple. ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/616 "2017-01-09T16:19:45Z")
surrogate mother would you rather be on Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/617 "2017-01-09T17:16:17Z")
_Jeopardy!_ I auditioned and qualified back in the Nineties but was never called to appear on the show. Crosswords or Sudoku? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/618 "2017-01-09T19:26:55Z")
Crossword the wet look or the dry look? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/619 "2017-01-09T23:35:16Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Crossword > > the wet look or the dry look? The dry look, although my hair flies all over the place in wind. Would you rather be Hated by people you really once Admired or Admired by people you really once Hated? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/620 "2017-01-10T04:55:25Z")
That’s a tough one. Both have their downsides, but… it’s better to be admired. Hang out with the King Arthur of _Camelot_ or _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=32)