Blind. I have terrible vision anyway, but keen hearing. And I love music.
Would you rather be poor with a reliable car, or be a billionaire forced to walk everywhere?
Oh man, talk about Sophie’s Choice! I’ve been poor and I HATED it. A billionaire could have stuff delivered, but I couldn’t even take public transportation? I have to walk literally EVERYWHERE? Even to Canada? Even to Switzerland?
Ugh, I’ll be poor with a reliable car. BUT I WON’T LIKE IT.
Who would you rather kiss on the lips: Donald Trump or Hilary Clinton?
Hillary Clinton. I’d kill myself before having anything to do with Trump.
Would you rather have the first openly gay US President be a man or a woman?
Don’t care. If he or she is smart, capable, well-balanced and supports policies with which I agree, I’d be fine with either. If I absolutely had to choose… uh, OK, a lesbian, but only because all of the other Presidents up to now have been dudes.
Rather have the first Asian-American or Latino President?
Same as above: don’t care which as long is the person is smart, capable, efficient, and matches my own ideology.
But choosing… I think a Latino president (or Latina) might be able to repair/improve our relations with our neighbors and hemisphere-mates.
Oops, now I have to think up another one. Hmmmm…
If you had to relive your life, would you prefer to choose the starting point (e.g., 5th grade) where your life restarts, and not have any memory of your “first” life, or would you like to retain your memory of your “first” life, and be restarted at your birth.
I’d rather retain my memory of my first life; otherwise, it would be just like this life.
Would you rather be blind in one eye or deaf in one ear?
Deaf in one ear.
Would you rather have
A) Trump victory in 2016, but guaranteed Democratic victory in 2020 and 2024, or
B) Trump defeat in 2016, but guaranteed Republican victory in 2020 and 2024?
Ooo, that’s a toughie. I guess Option A. I’d take one loss - especially since I suspect a President Trump will be able to actually do very little, given implacable Democratic (and some Republican) opposition on Capitol Hill - to ensure two wins.
Rather drive through heavy snow or heavy rain?
Heavy Rain, more familiar. we get very little snow in North La.
Would you rather be the world’s best athlete in the sport of your choice for 1 season, or a average skilled pro for 5 seasons?
I always want to be the best.
Would you rather be the best classical musician or an average rock star?
Best classical musician. I, too, would love to be the best, and I prefer the genre.
Weather aside, hot chocolate or iced tea?
Hot chocolate, but iced tea would be good too.
Would you rather be the last man on earth, or die along with everyone else?
Depends – do any women survive, too? Assumng “man” means “person”, I’ll go down with the ship.
300-page novel, or 300 page collection of short stories by the same author?
Either one will do me. 300 page isn’t long for a novel. If I must choose, I’ll take the short stories, but I’m happy either way.
Would you rather cut off your finger, or send your most hated enemy on a cruise around the world?
Cruise for enemy. I need all my fingers for piano.
Now…
A) Score 40 touchdowns in an NFL season, or
B) 80 home runs in an MLB season, or
C) 500 three-pointers in an NBA season, or
D) 8 goals in a single World Cup?
I choose D) 8 goals in the World Cup because I do not want to play a WHOLE SEASON of sports of any kind. Couple hours of World Cup and I’d be done! (I’m like this about exercise, at the end I always think “Thank god I don’t have to do THAT again for 23.5 hours”)
Chili’s or Applebees? (Hmm, must be lunchtime…)
For clarification, I mean a World Cup *tournament *of 3-7 games, not just 1 game. So you’d be playing for anywhere between 4 to 13 hours.
Anyway, Applebee’s.
$10,000 in cash, or a $20,000 shopper spending account at any (one and one only) store/business of your choice?
Cash is king, baby. Always cash.
Would you rather be happy but have to live as a hermit or unhappy and live in a big city?
I’ll pretty much take happy over unhappy every time.
Would you rather never experience frustration or never experience sadness?
Never experience frustration. Sadness I can deal with; frustration totally sets me off.
Would you rather be happy but 200 pounds overweight, or miserable but thin?