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04 January 2007

Desk Calendar 2007: Would You Rather... I found the 'Would you rather...' calendar for my work desk this year.→[More:] It's not the Zobmondo brand that our office enjoyed a few years ago, but it'll do. Here are the questions so far:

...have parmesean cheese dandriff *or* bubble wrap acne?
...die in an avalanche of croutons *or* drown in a giant bowl of New England clam chowder?
...fight Mike Tyson *or* talk like him?
...forcibly floss your teeth with barbed wire *or* bob for apples in a deep fryer?

There is a scary guy at the top of each page - he says you must choose! Also, why did you make that choice?

If this is something you bunnies like, I could share them once a week or every other day or something.

post by: youngergirl44 at: 12:17 | 25 comments

I think we've all agreed that regularly scheduled things belong on blogs, not Mecha. But once in a blue moon is fun!

And I'd rather have parmesan cheese dandruff, because then when I make popcorn, I can just shake my head over the bowl.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 January | 12:25

We used to play a version of this when I was in high school. We called it "who would you screw?"

posted by LunaticFringe 04 January | 12:25

Fun!

..have parmesean cheese dandriff *or* bubble wrap acne?

Dandruff - I would wear a lot of hats. I look good in hats.

...die in an avalanche of croutons *or* drown in a giant bowl of New England clam chowder?

Drown - it's faster. Plus I'm allergic to wheat. I wouldn't want to, you know...have an allergic reaction while dying, or anything ;P

...fight Mike Tyson *or* talk like him?

Fight him. No explanation needed. I would kick the living shit out of his dumb ass.

...forcibly floss your teeth with barbed wire *or* bob for apples in a deep fryer?

Flossing - the barbed wire would be too thick to fit between my teeth, so hopefully I wouldn't lose large chunks of my gums.

I love this! Do it once a week, or something. No one agreed that regularly scheduled things are bad - it's daily/somewhat daily linking to your own stuff that's bad. Shane's old children's book scans were/are welcome, as is Photo Friday, etc.

So, somewhat regular cool stuff...good. Linking to your own link thing repeatedly...bad!

So what did you choose?

posted by iconomy 04 January | 12:38

I'd totally rather fight Mike Tyson than talk like him. I'd go down the first time he hit me, and a big shiner and a mild concussion would be a small price to pay to avoid having a cartoon character's voice.

PS. This scenario does NOT involve chewing of ears.

posted by Specklet 04 January | 12:39

Specklet, we can attack him together. You can distract him with the glory that is your boobs while I kick him in the balls. He'll go down SO HARD.

posted by iconomy 04 January | 12:40

My answer to "who would you screw?" was always yes.

If this is something you bunnies like, I could share them once a week or every other day or something.
One question once a week would be fine for me.

My answers - Dandruff, drown, talk, floss.

posted by seanyboy 04 January | 12:40

I love this! Do it once a week, or something. No one agreed that regularly scheduled things are bad - it's daily/somewhat daily linking to your own stuff that's bad.

I really think it's a slippery slope. What if every poster on the site linked to the same thing every week? We'd be completely overrun.

To me, Mecha is for people hanging out having fun. Like the way you hang out with your friends. You call each other up every now and then, say, hey, let's do this that or the other. But if you said, OK, now we're going to do the same thing every week? That's not as much fun.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 January | 12:42

I like LunaticFringe's version of the game better.

posted by JanetLand 04 January | 12:43

"Would you rather" would be much more fun if you made up the questions yourself... Or is that what you're saying, but I didn't get it? (I can be slow.)

Anyway, I say(!) make up the questions yourself, and ask every now and then.

posted by taz 04 January | 12:49

dandriff - i like cheese better than bubble wrap
croutons - the idea of breathing clam chowder seems hard to me, it's thick
fight - i'm just like that
deep fryer - tearing my mouth out and metal on my teeth, no way!

iconomy: barbed wire wouldn't really fit between my teeth either, but it said forcibly so I assume there just has to be a way...

posted by youngergirl44 04 January | 12:50

I heard of LunaticFringe's game, though it was called "Who would you do?"

Oh, and I'd go with dandruff, croutons, fight and floss

posted by eekacat 04 January | 12:51

Ok - no worries about repeat posting. Let's not turn this thread into that kind of a discussion... I'm more interested in the fun of would you rather... I've been sending emails to people not in my office each morning. I could do that as an alternative to listing them all here. If you want, let me know - email's in the profile.

Lunchtime!!!

posted by youngergirl44 04 January | 12:53

...have parmesean cheese dandriff *or* bubble wrap acne?

acne. already had bad acne, and chicks did acne scars. not dandruff so much.

...die in an avalanche of croutons *or* drown in a giant bowl of New England clam chowder?

chowder. just because.

...fight Mike Tyson *or* talk like him?

talk like him. it'd be fun to say erudite shit in that voice.

...forcibly floss your teeth with barbed wire *or* bob for apples in a deep fryer?

apples. everything's good deep-fried.

posted by jonmc 04 January | 12:55

I like LunaticFringe's version of the game better.

...in the sheets!

posted by iconomy 04 January | 13:02

I can't decide if I like the 'who would you screw?' game better when you don't have to marry or kill anybody.

posted by box 04 January | 13:14

Exactly, box! I know a version of that game called Cliff, Sex, Marriage.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 January | 13:20

*sings happily*

Dandruff, croutons, fight and floss! Dandruff, croutons, fight and floss! Dandruff, croutons, fight and floss!

posted by Specklet 04 January | 13:28

Sounds like a song!

Dandruff, croutons, fight and floss, fight and floss!
Dandrugg, croutons, fight and floss, fight and floooooossss...
Barbed wire in my mouth always makes me cross
Dandruff, croutons, fight and floss, fiiiiight and flooooooooooooooooooooss!!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 January | 13:31

Would you rather run the gauntlet of the entire regiment thirty-six times, or receive twelve lead bullets at once in your brain?
/candidefilter

posted by black bile 04 January | 13:32

Would you rather have people want to marry you, or want to have sex with you?

And what are the chances that one punch from Mike would cause brain damage?

posted by box 04 January | 13:32

I'd totally screw bob for apples in the deep fryer for a bowl of Mike Tyson's dandruff chowder. Who wouldn't?

posted by danostuporstar 04 January | 13:34

This is weird - when I was at the urinal yesterday I was thinking of doing this exact thing (would you rather __ or __). I swear. So, of course, it's a good idea.

Nose to the grindstone or bite the bullet?

posted by Hellbient 04 January | 14:09

what what what what?

posted by Lipstick Thespian 04 January | 14:20

What what what what?

Dandrugg, croutons, flight and flooooooss!

posted by Specklet 04 January | 14:45

have parmesean cheese dandruff, because that would mean I had hair
die in an avalanche of croutons because I hate chowder
fight Mike Tyson because no amount of brain damage is worse than that voice
forcibly floss your teeth with barbed wire because, with your face burnt off you won't be able to eat anyway and teeth won't help.

posted by dg 04 January | 17:27

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