Interesting question. I guess I would prefer to do the interior decorating. I can live with any floor plan, as long as it isn't too crazy, but I like to have the things I enjoy around me.

Would you rather travel all around the world, spending a short time in each place

Or

Would you rather spend a long time in one place of your choice?

I would rather travel all around the world, spending a short time in each place- I'm really fond of travelling and seeing new places.

Would you rather...

1. Be murdered by someone you love

or

2. Be eaten alive by a lion

Holy Crud, thats a bad decision to have to make.

I would have to say "murdered by someone you love", because they could kill you in your sleep and you would never know who did it.. lol i don't know. And the thought of having my skulll crushed in the jaw of a Lion just doesnt sound too appealing



Ok heres my "would you rather"...


Be a 20 year old Iraqi citizen?

OR...

Be a 20 year old North Korean?

(As in RIGHT NOW)

I'd definitely pick Iraq. They at least have some kind of future. The only way North Koreans will have a free society is by first being destroyed like Iraq did.

Would you rather walk in on your kid, when the kid is in the early teens?


OR


Walk in on your parents when they are in their 70s-80s?

I would rather walk in on my kid. That type of
activity is expected from teenagers. But my parents,
in their 70's and 80's??? hmmmmm They should have
other things on their minds, like DEATH and stuff.



Would you rather:

Cheat on your spouse
(and have to live with the guilt)

or

Have your spouse cheat on you
(and have to live with the disappointment)

Ack, that's a hard one. I'd rather be cheated on, it's easier to forgive others than to forgive yourself.

Would you rather:

Travel back in time to meet your ancestors
(assume for the purposes of this question you will not be able to effect future events)
or

Travel forward in time to meet your descendants

I'd rather meet my descendants. Most of my anscestors (at least in the narrow, patrilineal sense) were Mennonites and before that, anabaptists in Switzerland (they came to the US in the late 1600s). I'm sure some of them were nice people, but... Mennonites (particularly in the past) are all about tradition and keeping things the same. I doubt they would have been much different than many Mennonites I know now.

Would you rather:

have to give 60% of all your money forever to charities,

or

never use your money for anyone but yourself forever (this includes gifts, inheritance, etc.)

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Would you rather:

have to give 60% of all your money forever to charities,

or

never use your money for anyone but yourself forever

I would [B]give 60% of my money to charities
(hopefully ones of my choice).....to live only for
myself would not be fun.




Would you rather:

Discover the cure for A.I.D.S.

OR

Discover the cure for Breast Cancer

I would rather go for the cure of AIDS. Breast cancer can be removed if diagnosed at an early stage and it does not spread to others. AIDS on the other hand kills the victim and can potentially create a generation of AIDs victims.

The doctors say that your wife would die with 2years( and it is for sure). In that time, she gets pregnant and you really want this baby. When its time for delivery after a year, you can either save your child or your wife. Would you rather

1. save your wife

or

2. save the child

I would save the child. My wife would die one year later, anyway.
The child would have a chance for a long life....



Would you rather:


Get arrested for drunk driving, and lose your license for a year.


-OR-


Get arrested for posession of narcotics and serve 3 days in jail.

Let me lose the license for a year. I have no desire at all to spend one second in jail, let alone three days. I can deal with not driving; I don't like to drive anyway. I think the memory of jail would haunt me forever.

Would you rather

Live under "house arrest" for a year, never allowed to leave your home

or

Be allowed to go anywhere you want, but not allowed to see any of your friends or family in person for a year?

Although I have some relatives that I wouldn't mind avoiding for
a year I'll have to choose the "house arrest" option.
It would be hard to be apart from my family for a whole year.
It would be tough to stay indoors for a whole year, though.


Would you rather:


Save a stranger's life, but lose your life doing so.

or


Have your mom save your life, but lose her life doing so.

Talk about a horrible choice.

I should be willing to give my own life. In reality, knowing myself for a coward, I think that I would choose to save myself.


Would you rather

Clean up after a children's birthday party

or

Wash an off-road vehicle that just drove through a swamp?

Easy! Wash an offroad vehicle!

If the SUV driver is adventurous enough to drive through a swamp, i doubt he cares how clean his car is. I'd do a 15 minute spray down of the car with a powerful house.. or better yet, go to the Chevron drive through car wash 4 or 5 times, they are always fun.

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Would you Rather:

In 1860 America, fight for the Confederate States of America or the Union Army?

(remember its 1860, you don't know whats going to happen)

I'd rather fight for the Union. It's a little hard to evaluate this question, because I don't really think the soldiers on either side knew what they were fighting for, but I'd rather be on the side of justice.

Would you rather:

be forbidden to read for the rest of your life

or

be forbidden to listen to music for the rest of your life?

Easy choice for me. Reading is pretty much my life -- I could live without the music if I had to.

Would you rather

watch Freddy Got Fingered

or

read American Psycho?

I would rather read a crummy book like American Psycho than watch anything starring the incredibly untalented Tom Green. Freddy Got Fingered might be tough to take but if i survived I Spit On Your Grave and Caligula I'm sure I could survive the experience.

Would you rather go to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow morning...

to find your race had changed (e.g. from white to black)

OR

your sexual orientation had changed (e.g. from straight to gay)?

I think I'd go with finding that my race had changed.
Maybe I'll end up a Chinese Concubine - that could be
exciting!!



Next:


Would you rather:


Have a one-on-one conversation with
George Bush, (where he is under the influence of truth serum)

or

Have a one-on-one conversation with Osama Bin Laden,
(where he is under the influence of truth serum)

Definately George Bush! For that matter, any U.S. president. It would be so interesting to have a view behind the scenes of the presidency. Ya sure i'd ask the tough questions about Iraq and stuff... but i doubt i would be that surprised. However, it would be Rad to hear about terrorist threats and operations that have been thwarted that the public never even knows about... Like clear and present danger, and hunt for red october!


Would you rather...

Be one of the George W. Bush Daughters in 2000..

Be Chelsea Clinton in 1992..

I guess I'd rather be one of George W. Bush's daughters.
They probably had more fun. Besides, it couldn't have been
too easily for Chelsea to deal with all the media attention
surrounding her dad's extra-marital activities.




Next: Would you rather:


Have a child who lives to be 18, but then is killed
as a soldier on active duty.


or


Have a child who outlives you, but he has extreme mental
disabilities to the point that he cannot function on his own
in society.

I'd have to pick the child that outlives me. Even if mentally injured, he could still be a strong individual, even if it meant he would have to live in an institution...but, a very hard choice.

Next: Would you rather...

Every man and woman over the age of 18 in/from your country to carry a weapon, mostly firearms..

or

No man or woman of any age in/from your country to carry a weapon (this means no military)

Yikes! I am extremely phobic about all forms of weaponry, particularly guns, so the first choice sounds like my personal nightmare. On the other hand, although it would be nice to be without a military, I can't realistically say that's possible without setting up the nation as a sitting duck for the Bad Guys. Gosh, what a dilemma. I have to take the first choice, but I would be very unhappy.

Would you rather

Change the world so it was the most healthful, peaceful, wealthy Utopia you can imagine, but make childbirth very rare, so the population would keep slowly sinking

or

Keep things as they are, with all the wars, disease, and poverty, but make every child born without any birth defects or diseases?

I would choose changing the world into the most healthful, peaceful
utopia. The population going down sounds good to me. We are
depleting the planet's resources at a very rapid pace. The fewer
people, the more conservation that can occur.



Next:

Would you rather:


Live your whole life in jail (with the typcial
day-to-day life of a prisoner)


or


live your whole life as a deaf and blind person

Another terrible choice. I think I would have to go with being blind and deaf, as horrible as that would be, rather than face the constant fear I would experience in a prison.

Would you rather

Discover an unknown play by Shakespeare

or

Discover an unknown symphony by Mozart?

As a keen amateur actor and director, I would rather find an unknown Shakespeare, as I would fancy myself (however mistakenly) as the man to put on the first production of it.

Here's one for meat-eaters only please. And as a hypothetical exercise, let's ignore any constitutional issues.

Would you rather:
be legally forced to slaughter your own meat i.e. you couldn't legally buy meat from anyone else, only live animals
or
be legally forced to become vegetarian?

Easy! I'd rather be forced to slaughter my own meat, as that is something that not only would I not have a problem with, but I'd actually sort of prefer it. Promotes independence.

Would you rather:

It be forced for everyone to learn the language of the country you inhabit, and be able to speak no other, or

It be forced that every human being converts to a completely new global language(it would not be everyone converting to english, it would be a brand new language)

I would choose the first option: everyone being forced
to learn the language of their respective countries.
Diversity is a good thing, and one global language sounds
rather boring to me.




Would you rather:

Play Russian roulette
(with a gun pointed at your head)

OR


Jump off of a 100 foot cliff into
50 feet of water.

I'd opt for the dive off the 100 foot cliff into the 50 feet of water. If I'm going to punch my own ticket I'd rather go out in a blaze of glory than with brain matter splattered all over the place.

The worst thing wouldn't be if you died from the fall or the gunshot. It would be worse if you survived as a mindless or crippled vegetable....EWWWWW....

So would you rather:

Be able to eat all the foods you like and as much you like without gaining weight or any other ill effects?

OR....

Have as much unprotected sex as you want with as many multiple partners as you desire?

This is the question that distinguishes men from women.

Most men would probably choose sex. Most women,
however, would rather have one really great guy, as opposed
to a bunch of one-night-stands.

So, as a woman, I'm choosing the first option: be able to eat
as much as I want and never gain a pound. Sign me up for that!!!



Would you rather:

Be Monica Lewinsky

or

Be Michael Jackson

Jackson definatley. He is rich and famed for. Plus i love his house.

Would you rather get

One million dollars (1,000,000)

or

A lifetime of snickers

What a tough decision.. I love candy! hmmmm
I guess I'll choose the million dollars.




Would you rather:


Be forced to watch 10 back-to-back episodes of Star Trek


or


Be physically tortured for one hour

I'd watch the Star Trek episodes. I can always tune them out mentally.

You have been found guilty of littering. As punishment, you have been sentenced to community service. Would you rather:

Pick up cigarette butts on a beach

or

Pick up doggie piles in a park of the same size?

Eww....I guess I'll take cigarette butts

Would you rather:

[A] be deaf

or

[B] be blind

I'll take blind for $100.

It would be hard never to see my children smile but it would be harder never to hear my children laugh.

Would you rather....

Be the only man on a planet populated entirely by lesbian women?

or...

Be the only woman on a planet populated entirely by gay men?

Hmm. Interesting question. I don't really see any difference between the two situations. Either way, no lover. Either way, I can still have friends. So I guess I'll be a woman on the gay male planet. (Hey, maybe I'll be worshipped as a goddess because of my unique status.)

Would you rather

Talk to the first sentient machine (e.g. HAL 9000)

or

Talk to the first alien visitor to Earth?

I would definitely prefer to speak with the first alien
visitor on Earth. I would have a long list of questions
to ask. (Besides, who wants a computer
that cries?)


Would you rather:


Be a baby born to a starving African tribe?


or


Be born to a crack addicted mother (in Detroit),
with brain damage?

Another horrible choice. I suppose I have to go with the starvation, since there is, at least, some small possibility of relief. I don't know of any way to reverse brain damage.

Would you rather

Find a species of animal unknown to biology

or

Find an asteroid unknown to astronomy?

I would prefer to find a species of animal unknown to biology, hoping, of course, that it wasn't something obnoxious enough to be fed to the contestants on Fear Factor. Ewww.... (I hate that show--previews are bad enough)
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Assuming that the two were mutually exclusive, would you rather:

Have unlimited knowledge
- or -
Unlimited power?

Unlimited Knowledge. With the unlimited knowledge, you can gain power because of your massive intelligence. With unlimited power, you would just have the power and not the intelligence. So, with the unlimited knowledge, you can have both


Would you rather:

Live in a Democratic, yet poor nation?

-or-

Live in a Communist, yet rich nation?

Another interesting question. By "Communist" let's assume you mean an authoritarian government, and by "Democratic" let's assume you mean a representative form of government (since this seems to be what most Americans mean by these words; as many have pointed out, we are really comparing an economic system with a political system here.) Given this proviso, I'll certainly choose to live in a poor nation with a representative form of government, in which I would at least have some hope, rather than in a wealthy nation with an authoritarian form of government.

Let me twist your question around a bit:

Would you rather

Live in a nation with a free market economic system and an authoritarian form of government

or

Live in a nation with a centrally controlled economic system and a representative form of government?

Hmmm...guess I'll go with the free market economic system and the authoritarian form of government. That way I can accumulate enough wealth and power to either buy access into a government which is probably inherently corrupt OR have the funds to create a revolutionary movement designed to overthrow the authoritarian government.

Taking the long view here...

Would you rather...

Eat foods that taste great, but are fattening...

OR

Eat foods that taste lousy, but are healthy.

I'd rather eat what tastes good - moderation is the key.




Would you rather:


Get stung by 30 bees, simultaneously


or


Suffer a rattlesnake bite

I've been stung by bees and wasps. Once I went orienteering (on my 12th birthday) and trod on a wasps' nest and got stung lots of times. They stopped counting the stings after they got to 29 on my head (and so missed the stings on my hands, ankles, and midriff where my track top rode up). Other than being utterly terrfied (I still get panicky if any insect buzzes around the nape of my neck), and a little sore at the sting points, I suffered no ill effects. This was a little odd, since my mother is severly allergic to wasp stings.

I've never been bitten by any kind of snake, so on a "devil you know" basis, I'll take the 30 bees.

So, here's the next question:

If you could magically learn one new skill overnight so that you could perform it to an exceptionally high standard, would you rather:
Learn how to play a muscial instrument you cannot currently play (and if so, which one)
or
Learn how to draw, paint or sculpt (and if so, which)
If you'd prefer the painless acqusition of some other skill, please say which one and why.

That's a tough choice. I would have to choose learning
how to play a musical instrument (I play nothing, yet
I love music). The instrument that I would select would
be the piano. It would be great fun to perform to
an exceptionally high standard, and thus bring myself
and others much enjoyment.


Here's one on the subject of music:

Would you rather?


Attend a Beatles concert?


or


Attend a Rolling Stones concert?

(I'm talking 30 years ago, when these bands were at the height
of their success and popularity)

I have to go with the Stones. The Beatles are probably more influential, but I personally like the music of the Stones a little better. "Satisfaction" is my favorite rock song of all time, I think.

Would you rather

Have wings like an angel, but not be able to fly

or

Have a tail like a monkey, which is able to pick things up?

A tail! Yes, I'll take the tail

Would you rather

Live to 100 but never make a real contribution to society

or

Die/Have Died at the age of 50, but be contribute in one way or another so that you are seen as one of the most important people of the late 20th/21st Century

I'll go with 50. Either way you die, being remembered would be great.

Would you rather

run away with the circus

or

be abducted by aliens?

I would prefer to be abducted by aliens. The circus
sounds like being abducted by aliens too, though.
As long as I could come back at some point, that is.


Would you rather?


Have the reputation of being an extremely promiscuous
individual...

or


Have the reputation of being addicted to narcotics...

Well, as a songwriter/musician, having a reputation of narcotic abuse could only help my career! Also, as I am happily married, having a reputation as a promiscuous individual would mean many people would think I was pretty much scum. My wife might start wondering - "honey, why is it that everyone calls you 'the Don Juan of Neah Bay?'"


Would you rather:

Drink one cup of your own urine everyday for a week,

or

Drink one cup of a stranger's urine, only once?

I don't mean to be a snob, but I'll choose my own
urine for a week, as opposed to a one-time ingestion
of some stranger's urine. Neither choice is
very tempting.


Would you rather:

Sing the Star-Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl
(with your voice, however strong or weak it may be)


or


Ride around on a float in a New Year's Day parade,
with only a g-string or j-strap on.