# 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:** 67
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1324 "2019-10-03T07:11:13Z")
Short speech; I’m not afraid of public speaking, as long as it’s not completely impromptu. I enjoy writing reports, too, but I’m lazy. WYR be a prosecutor or a public defender? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1325 "2019-10-03T12:34:05Z")
Public defender. I’ve always identified with lost causes. WYR never have to do laundry again in your life (snap fingers and you now have cleanest clothes ever) or never having to cook (snap fingers - poof - most delicious food ever)? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1326 "2019-10-03T13:20:36Z")
Laundry. As I posted above I hate cleaning and laundry never ends. Cooking van be very creative. Live in a climate where it’s always warm but raining or one where it’s always too hot or too cold, but no rain or snow? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1327 "2019-10-03T13:45:07Z")
_I can’t stand the rain, 'gainst my window-oh_ I live in Chicago, where it’s always too hot or too cold, now if we could just lose the rain, I’d take that. WYR have indecision or memory loss? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1328 "2019-10-03T15:27:09Z")
Memory loss…no, indecision, no…I forget what was the question? WYR be sentenced to 20 years in a max security US prison, or 1 year in a Turkish prison? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1329 "2019-10-03T15:30:33Z")
I’ll take 20 in the good ol’ USA. If they put me in solitary I’ll catch up on my reading, at least. WYR spend a day, entering their world as if they were real, with the characters of \*Friends \*or _Seinfeld_? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1330 "2019-10-03T15:32:23Z")
One year. At my age 20 years is most of my remaining life. Would you rather spend a week in Cabo or a weekend in San Francisco? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1331 "2019-10-03T15:38:22Z")
_WYR spend a day, entering their world as if they were real, with the characters of Friends or Seinfeld?_ Friends. The Seinfeld characters are very very bad. WYR have it and not use it, or need it but not have it? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1332 "2019-10-03T15:43:27Z")
Always, always, always better to have it and not use it then need it and not have it. Need a fire truck and not have one or need an ambulance and not have one? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1333 "2019-10-03T19:27:18Z")
Need an ambulance and not have one. Hopefully there’s someone to drive me to the hospital. Unanswered question from earlier: _Would you rather spend a week in Cabo or a weekend in San Francisco?_ ---
**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:** [October 4, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1334 "2019-10-04T00:39:04Z")
Weekend in San Francisco. Not only for the climate (which is reason enough for me), but Cabo’s actually mighty dangerous these days, even for tourists. (ETA: Plus, Sammy Hagar. eeeshhh.) WYR be convicted of a murder you didn’t commit and exonerated after 2 years in (US) prison, or actually kill a family via vehicular manslaughter but be acquitted? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1335 "2019-10-08T15:08:09Z")
The first. I don’t wanna kill nobody nohow, regardless of the outcome of the trial. WYR have no pens or no pencils? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1336 "2019-10-08T23:51:47Z")
No pens. I can no longer do the NYT Sunday crosswords in ink, like I used to before I got old. WYR live by the ocean or in the mountains? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1337 "2019-10-09T01:24:22Z")
Ocean. Not too close, but within view. WYR feel like you have to go, but can’t, or have the feeling take you like a ninja and have to run for the bathroom? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1338 "2019-10-09T06:02:06Z")
Those are both horrible. At least the first one’s not apt to be messy. WYR be the oldest person at the party by 10 years or more, or the youngest person at the party by 10 years or more? (Your age being your current age; no magical turning-back-time.) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1339 "2019-10-09T14:25:13Z")
Rather be the younger. If I’m the oldest in any gathering I feel \*really \*old. WYR your beloved child date a much-tattooed biker or a street mime? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1340 "2019-10-12T19:19:08Z")
Speaking hypothetically, I’ll go with the much-tattooed biker. Sounds like a strong and capable woman. Plus, street mimes are a little creepy. WYR spend six months in an Antarctic research station or on the International Space Station? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1341 "2019-10-12T19:50:26Z")
Wow, I like both options. I think I’ll pick the space station, since it’s more unlike anything I could ever do. Would you rather own a powerboat or a sailboat? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1342 "2019-10-12T21:28:33Z")
Powerboat Slightly soured coffee creamer, or slightly stale cereal? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1343 "2019-10-12T21:42:41Z")
Stale cereal. WYR…babysit a human baby or a pitbull puppy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=68)