# 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:** 64
**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:** [August 11, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1263 "2018-08-11T14:12:09Z")
Snowstorm. I prefer cold to hot weather, and I’d rather be by myself. Would you rather live in a society where your group was on top, or where everyone had a hand in running things? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1264 "2018-08-11T14:13:39Z")
I’ll go for the democracy. I know the people in my group too well. Wouldst Thou Rather read Beowulf or The Canterbury Tales? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1265 "2018-08-11T17:03:46Z")
If you’re talking about the original words I’ll take Chaucer because Middle English is fairly easy to understand. If a translation is allowed then Beowulf is more fun. Would you rather have an omelette or a frittata? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1266 "2018-08-12T05:37:09Z")
Frittatas are more fun to cook. Would you rather see a top-rate live theater production in a theater that is 85 degrees – no AC, or a mediocre production in a theater at your most comfortable temperature. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1267 "2018-08-12T16:04:22Z")
Give me the top-rate live theater, I can take a shower when I get home. WYR watch a psychological thriller or a romantic comedy? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1268 "2018-08-29T13:51:31Z")
Psychological thriller. I’ve never gotten into the romantic comedy genre. Have a cup of steaming hot liquid of choice when it’s 100 degrees out, or freezing cold liquid of choice when it’s 0 degrees out. (no alcohol, and temperatures are in Fahrenheit degrees) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1269 "2018-08-29T14:52:27Z")
I’ll take the hot liquid. I can, and do, drink coffee anytime anywhere. Plus if I’m ever in a place where it is zero degrees please send me home, 'cause I’m seriously lost. WYR have potato salad or coleslaw? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1270 "2018-08-29T19:47:09Z")
Oooh, interesting question. I would _rather_ have the potato salad but I am _going to_ have the coleslaw because it probably has fewer calories. Would you rather have barbecued ribs or barbecued chicken kabobs? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1271 "2019-09-23T17:14:15Z")
The chicken. WYR hear a horrible version of The National Anthem, or have to sing it? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1272 "2019-09-24T00:27:58Z")
Oh, sing it, definitely. Would you rather bingewatch old \*Bewitched _episodes or old_ I Dream of Jeannie \*ones? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1273 "2019-09-24T03:25:50Z")
I think I’m going with ‘Bewitched’, I like their house. WYR spend a day with Minnie Pearl or Lil’Jimmy Dickens? (In honor of the Ken Burns doc.) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1274 "2019-09-24T04:33:19Z")
Minnie seemed like a genuinely funny person. WYR travel back in time to see your favorite band in concert, or prevent a political assassination? ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1275 "2019-09-24T06:34:00Z")
I’d stop the JFK assassination. Be interesting to see what’s different when I got back. WYR … telepathically know what everyone you meet thinks of _you_, or what everyone you meet thinks of _themself_? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1277 "2019-09-24T10:17:39Z")
Reported ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1278 "2019-09-24T12:02:13Z")
Spam spam spam… SHUT UP! Bloody vikings. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1279 "2019-09-24T13:01:12Z")
Both could be advantageous, but I guess I’ll pick what they think of me. WYR be a philanthropist with no money or a humble egotist? ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1280 "2019-09-24T22:25:20Z")
Both are worthy aspirations, ISTM. Not all charitable acts require money, and since everyone is an egotist to some degree, humility is a necessary virtue. I’ve got plenty of experience with having no money, so I’ll try to work on being more humble. WYR be (actually _be_, in the fictional-world-made-real) Number Two in _The Prisoner_ or Number Two in the _Austin Powers_ films? ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1281 "2019-09-25T00:42:00Z")
> [@mjmlabs](#): > > WYR be (actually _be_, in the fictional-world-made-real) Number Two in _The Prisoner_ or Number Two in the _Austin Powers_ films? Clarification: not Number Six in _The Prisoner_, but Number Two. “Which Number Two?” Great question. Either a) you yourself, as “the new Number Two,” or b) the Number Two played by Leo McKern. But in Austin Powers, yes, you do look like Rob Lowe. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1282 "2019-09-25T22:26:38Z")
That was a clarification? ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1283 "2019-09-26T04:33:05Z")
Oh all right. Proffered alternate WYR, pick this one or that mess above: WYR … write or edit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=65)