48 Really Dumb Questions

These are my answers (from about a month ago) to a really dumb chain e-mail which I got from a really close friend. I’m posting this here just for fun but please, if you get the e-mail, don’t propagate it. Invent something better. These questions are really dumb even for a goofy “getting to know you” meme. I mean, who really cares about the color of the shirt I’m wearing? For the record, even though I answered this thing, I did not forward it on to anyone.

> 1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

Bart Starr the Green Bay quarterback in the first Superbowl (which is when I was born more or less)

> 2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

I get a little misty-eyed most every day, just reading a sad story in the paper, hearing a song, looking at my daughter….

> 3. Do you like your handwriting?

I actually don’t write cursive — strictly block lettering, ALL CAPS. It looks OK.

> 4 . WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?

Rouse’s Cajun turkey

> 5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

One ancient Greek goddess…

> 6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

Lovers, probably.

> 7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?

Used to, like 20-25 years ago. These days I try to avoid it.

> 8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS ?

Yes.

> 9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?

Not unless you paid me and it would have to be a bundle.

> 10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?

All-Bran

> 11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?

No.

> 12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?

Only when I haven’t bathed recently.

> 13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?

Anything from Brocato’s

> 14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

I rate everyone on a scale of 1-10 based purely on physical appearance, and never give them a second chance. (Kidding!)

> 15. Favorite Color?

Gray.

> 16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?

Nosehair.

> 17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?

Lucy.

> 18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?

I ain’t playin’ it forward, so no.

> 19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?

Brown, gray.

> 20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?

An apple. Royal Gala if you must know.

> 21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?

The quiet hum of the AC.

> 22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?

Silver.

> 23. FAVORITE SMELLS?

Sage. Rosemary. Basil. And other herbs.

> 24.. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?

Old college friend Amanda who was visiting from Memphis.

> 25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS?

Passionately.

> 26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

Does porn count?

> 27. HAIR COLOR ?

It was blond but I guess it’s more brown these days.

> 28. EYE COLOR?

Blue.

> 29. Do you wear contacts?

Not often.

> 30. Favorite cuisine?

Creole.

> 31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

Happy movies with scary endings.

> 32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?

The original stage version of Sweeney Todd (not the remake with Johnny Depp!)

> 33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?

It’s plaid with orange and blue and white.

> 34. Do you like SUMMER OR WINTER?

Summer, but the longer I live in the subtropics the more I like winter.

> 35. HUGS OR KISSES?

Depends on the body part.

> 36. FAVORITE DESSERT?

Chocolate anything.

> 37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?

n/a

> 38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?

n/a

> 39. What book are you reading now?

From Hell. It’s a graphic novel the library just acquired.

> 40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?

Mouse pad?

> 41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T. V. LAST NIGHT?

n/a… actually Xy was watching CSI so I was subjected to some of that while she gave me a pedicure.

> 42. FAVORITE SOUND?

The quiet hum of the AC.

> 43. ROLLING STONES, BEATLES, OR JON BON JOVI?

Yeah, Beatles.

> 44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?

Moscow or Honolulu.

> 45. Any new news in your life?

Our administrative assistant is back at her desk today after being out for a month for surgery.

> 46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

Tulsa, OK.

> 47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?

n/a

> 48. WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?

1:08:31 PM