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First of all, I do not know why it is spelled that way, but he asks these questions to get to know his guests:

1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?

Here are my answers:
Spoiler:
1. Avocado and Swiss cheese
2. Broken chair
3. Hippo
4. Oranges
5. Fresh coffee
6. Dead animal
7. Blood sugar monitor
8. Cats
9. Yes. International Master Igor Ivanov
10. Hey Bulldog
11.See: Axis Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix
12.Writing, reading, gaming, music, chess
13.John Wick
14.Aisle
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Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:44 pm First of all, I do not know why it is spelled that way
It's a play on his name.

1. What's the best sandwich? No
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? No
3. What's the scariest animal? Spider
4. Apples or oranges? Apples
5. Favorite smell? No
6. Least favorite smell? cigarette smoke
7. Most used app on your phone? slack
8. Cats or dogs? No
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? No
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Off the top of my head, Halsey - Alone, but it would be a different answer every time
11. What happens when you die? your existence ends
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. games, video and board, thanks
13. Favorite action movie. No
14. Window or aisle? window
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I added 2 more questions.

And the spelling must be a play on Col-BEAR. Though I still see it as Question-URT.
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Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:03 pm I added 2 more questions.

And the spelling must be a play on Col-BEAR. Though I still see it as Question-URT.
Works better if you say it out loud - Colb-aire, Question-aire
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?

My answers:
Spoiler:
1. Turkey, avocado, bacon.
2. Some of my 20+ year old pajamas
3. Grizzly bear
4. Apples
5. Fall campfire when it's really cold
6. Vomit
7. Overcast (podcast player)
8. Cats, but only because that's what I currently own. I love dogs too.
9. A bunch of horror celebs at cons - Tom Savini, Kane Hodder, etc.
10. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
11. The same thing that happens before you are born
12. Trying to make family happy
13. John Wick
14. Window
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?



1.Egg
2.wife
3.anything with large teeth in front of me
4.oranges
5.pine
6.burning pine
7.n/a
8.dogs
9.yes, George Washington
10. rolling in the deep
11.reincarnated
12. 3 or 4 years max
13.Where Eagles Dare
14.aisle
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Without first looking at anyone's answers...
1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?
Spoiler:
1) Grilled cheese if the cheese is Gruyere
2) Empty bottles and cans (recycle)
3) Portuguese Man o' War
4) Apples
5) Fireplace
6) Fish in the microwave
7) (sigh) Twitter
8) Dogs
9) Yes. Gene Wolfe, and worse than an autograph.
10) "Hey, Jude"
11) To me, nothing. To others, memory.
12) "I figure some shit out."
13) A Bridge Too Far (but not for the action)
14) Aisle. Duh.
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?
Spoiler:
1. Salami and cheddar on thick cut white bread from Village Baker
2. T-shirts and pants that I think I'm going to get skinny enough to wear again
3. Great white shark
4. Apples, easier to eat
5. Movie Theater Popcorn
6. Tuna
7. Safari
8. Both
9. Ogre (from Skinny Puppy). He was delightful about it, really awesome dude.
10. "Mirror Reaper", Bell Witch (if I only get one song, I may as well make it a really long one so I can listen to different parts. This one's 90 minutes). But ask me again tomorrow and it'll be something different.
11. Nothing, you're just gone
12. Don't screw the kids up
13. Big Trouble in Little China
14. Window, always
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1. What's the best sandwich? Reuben.
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? A Dre Beats boom box that's obsolete and broken.
3. What's the scariest animal? Wasp.
4. Apples or oranges? Apples.
5. Favorite smell? Angel perfume.
6. Least favorite smell? Ammonia.
7. Most used app on your phone? YouTube.
8. Cats or dogs? Cats.
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? Professor Griff from Public Enemy (long, long ago)
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. "Tomorrow" by Ladytron.
11. What happens when you die? Can't beat Keanu's answer.
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. Complaining about anthropogenic global warming.
13. Favorite action movie. The Terminator.
14. Window or aisle? Window.
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?

My answers:
Spoiler:
1. Cheeseburger
2. All of my 1980s-90s vintage "nice clothes"
3. Mosquito is the most deadly. Scorpion is the most intimidating
4. Apples, if I must have one or the other
5. Freshly cured cannabis
6. Shit
7. Samsung Music
8. I am the cat whisperer
9. Yes, Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell
10. Supper's Ready (Genesis)
11. I cease to exist
12. Hopefully slow slide into senescence
13. Not a fan of the genre. Can't think of one.
14. Ideally neither. Window if I must fly.
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Why are we spoiling?

1. What's the best sandwich? BLT with Miracle Whip
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? Ummm...I think there's some expired eggnog in the fridge that should go.
3. What's the scariest animal? Human
4. Apples or oranges? Mood dependent
5. Favorite smell? Onions, celery and butter being sauteed
6. Least favorite smell? Cigarette smoke
7. Most used app on your phone? LoseIt
8. Cats or dogs? Dogs
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? Ron Jeremy's, sort of.
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" by Simon & Garfunkel
11. What happens when you die? You cease to exist.
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. I'll continue to be happy.
13. Favorite action movie. LOTR-Return of the King.
14. Window or aisle? Aisle. Preferably in first class.
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1. What's the best sandwich? Lettuce, tomato, and smoked turkey on a fresh kaiser like my grandfather used to make me.

2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? About 90% of what I have probably needs to go.

3. What's the scariest animal? Any in my home that I didn't invite.

4. Apples or oranges? They're both so important to me, but ultimately I don't think I could live without orange juice and other citrus drinks.

5. Favorite smell? October

6. Least favorite smell? Hospitals.... Memories of waiting in a sterile, busy, falsely comforting place you don't want to be. Trying to process a death that hasn't happened yet.

7. Most used app on your phone? Time-wise, probably Youtube. I usually watch gaming or science videos before falling asleep. Notably-more-than-most-people-wise, Uber Eats.

8. Cats or dogs? Cats but I hope that to be challenged someday.

9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? In the sense of walking up to on the street and asking for, no. At an event, a few times. The most notable was probably Chris Benoit (the professional wrestler who later killed himself and his family) when I was in high school.

10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Rooks by Shearwater

11. What happens when you die? Mountain Dew will likely go out of business.

12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. Brave enough to create purpose?

13. Favorite action movie. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

14. Window or aisle? Are you kidding? Aisle. I may be fat and tall, but I want the show more than the leg room.

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MHS wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:30 pm Why are we spoiling?
You never know, somebody may prefer the middle seat...
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Lol... I presumed it was to save space in the topic post, but then most people continued spoilering the most important part of their replies.

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1. What's the best sandwich? Roast beef, good Swiss cheese, ripe tomato, and mustard on pumpernickel
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? The remains of my Powerwheels cart
3. What's the scariest animal? Humans
4. Apples or oranges? Oranges
5. Favorite smell? Coffee
6. Least favorite smell? Burnt microwave popcorn
7. Most used app on your phone? Reddit
8. Cats or dogs? Cats
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? No
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Nobody's Side (Chess soundtrack)
11. What happens when you die? Nothing more for you!
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. Let's see what happens.
13. Favorite action movie. Ronin
14. Window or aisle? Aisle
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?




1. Whatever I'm in the mood for.
2. Old computer accessories and parts.
3. Grizzly
4. Oranges
5. Cinnamon
6. Rotting flesh
7. Messenger
8. both
9. Yes, Crimson Tide players and Homer Hickam
10. Don't Stop Believing
11. Life flashes before my eyes then nothing.
12. making others and myself happy
13. Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark
14. aisle
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?


1) Strictly sandwich? Grilled ham and cheese.
2) Some old CRTs
3) Scorpion
4) Apples
5) Fresh Bread
6) Vomit
7) Meijer Shopping
8) Allergies
9) No
10) I can't imagine only one song.
11) Nothing any more
12) Getting old before my time
13) LotR
14) Window
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1. What's the best sandwich? - Italian Beef with cheddar and giardiniera (preferably from Portillo's)
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? - I recently got rid of a couple of Zune connector cables, so I can't see what else I could possibly spare.
3. What's the scariest animal? - Wolverine
4. Apples or oranges? - Apples
5. Favorite smell? - Cooking meat
6. Least favorite smell? - Sewage
7. Most used app on your phone? - Twitter
8. Cats or dogs? - Dogs
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? - In high school my friends and I took an excursion to downtown Chicago from the burbs. We saw Bryan Adams browsing Metallica CDs at a record store in Water Tower Place and got his autograph. (I also got an autograph from legendary Cubs catcher Hector Villanueva.)
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. - So hard to figure out. I has to be long, it has to have slower contemplative parts, plus some driving, rocking parts. As much as I love it, I can't imagine listening to Stairway to Heaven for the rest of my life, though.
11. What happens when you die? - I don't know for sure, but I'm thinking I'll find out eventually.
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. - How long until I retire?
13. Favorite action movie. - Die Hard
14. Window or aisle? - Aisle. I'm honestly surprised to see some veteran travelers here pick window.
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1. What's the best sandwich?
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
3. What's the scariest animal?
4. Apples or oranges?
5. Favorite smell?
6. Least favorite smell?
7. Most used app on your phone?
8. Cats or dogs?
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
11. What happens when you die?
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
13. Favorite action movie.
14. Window or aisle?
1. Meatball sub
2. There's a ton of crap in our basement storage unit that should just be tossed out
3. A shark on top of an elephant
4. Apples, easily. Oranges aren't worth the hassle of peeling them
5. Freshly baked cookies
6. Public restrooms
7. Gmail. If that doesn't count, then Hearthstone
8. Dogs. I don't have either, but the kids love dogs
9. No
10. I guess Sister Morphine (live version) by the Rolling Stones. Great song, enough variety to it
11. Probably nothing
12. Healthy great safe prosperous fun
13. The Suicide Squad, I guess. Probably due in part to recency bias.
14. Window. Most people seem to prefer aisle which I don't understand - aisle gives you no view, and you need to get up anytime someone else in your row needs to go to the bathroom.
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Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:03 pm I added 2 more questions.
I was wondering about that. Seems like it's no longer an official Colbert Questionert then.
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El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:17 am 14. Window. Most people seem to prefer aisle which I don't understand - aisle gives you no view, and you need to get up anytime someone else in your row needs to go to the bathroom.
How tall are you? I'm 6'4", and being able to stick my legs a bit into the aisle is a godsend, especially on longer flights. Plus it allows me to stand up right away when we land. (Yes, I'm one of those people. Contrary to popular belief, it's not because I think it'll get me off the plane earlier - it's so I can stretch out my legs.)
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ImLawBoy wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:27 am
El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:17 am 14. Window. Most people seem to prefer aisle which I don't understand - aisle gives you no view, and you need to get up anytime someone else in your row needs to go to the bathroom.
How tall are you? I'm 6'4", and being able to stick my legs a bit into the aisle is a godsend, especially on longer flights. Plus it allows me to stand up right away when we land. (Yes, I'm one of those people. Contrary to popular belief, it's not because I think it'll get me off the plane earlier - it's so I can stretch out my legs.)
What he said. Plus, people who travel for a living don't really care about the view- we've seen it all before.

The only time I dislike the aisle is during boarding when people hit you with their backpacks as they move past you because they forget their body doesn't end where it usually does.
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El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:19 am
Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:03 pm I added 2 more questions.
I was wondering about that. Seems like it's no longer an official Colbert Questionert then.
Actually Colbert calls his 15 questions, but is not always consistent on what those 15 are. After the initial 13, I added 2 more of his that I found. He also asks: What number am I thinking of? That makes no sense in this context.
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MHS wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:30 am
ImLawBoy wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:27 am
El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:17 am 14. Window. Most people seem to prefer aisle which I don't understand - aisle gives you no view, and you need to get up anytime someone else in your row needs to go to the bathroom.
How tall are you? I'm 6'4", and being able to stick my legs a bit into the aisle is a godsend, especially on longer flights. Plus it allows me to stand up right away when we land. (Yes, I'm one of those people. Contrary to popular belief, it's not because I think it'll get me off the plane earlier - it's so I can stretch out my legs.)
What he said. Plus, people who travel for a living don't really care about the view- we've seen it all before.

The only time I dislike the aisle is during boarding when people hit you with their backpacks as they move past you because they forget their body doesn't end where it usually does.
Well some of us still enjoy the majesty of human flight.

FWIW I'm 5'10", so I can see how that might make a difference.
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El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:12 pm FWIW I'm 5'10", so I can see how that might make a difference.
I'm shorter than you (5'9") but I'm fat. Plus, I don't like to inconvenience others by making them get up when I need to go to the bathroom, and [kidney stuff], I pee a lot.
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ImLawBoy wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:27 am
El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:17 am 14. Window. Most people seem to prefer aisle which I don't understand - aisle gives you no view, and you need to get up anytime someone else in your row needs to go to the bathroom.
How tall are you? I'm 6'4", and being able to stick my legs a bit into the aisle is a godsend, especially on longer flights. Plus it allows me to stand up right away when we land. (Yes, I'm one of those people. Contrary to popular belief, it's not because I think it'll get me off the plane earlier - it's so I can stretch out my legs.)
I like being able to stand up right away and to not have two people between me and getting up but I find that stretching my leg into the aisle ends up being a hazard as well as my wingspan and I can jam my tall fat frame against a window to be less concerned about the being jammed into a tiny space and spilling my body into other people's tiny space or into the working area of people working or simply trying to get move about.

I haven't flown in probably five years now and I cramp and get painfully stiff much easier now. I have no idea how my body respond today. Better not to fly at all, I guess. :D
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I've not yet read anyone else's replies...


1. What's the best sandwich?
BLT or a Pot Bellie's Wreck... or a Turkey Club.

2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
A few very very old PCs, but 'throwing out' isn't really what I would even do with em... Otherwise, I don't hold on to too much garbage... I could say something like 'this old electric guitar I will never play', but I would rather keep it (or find it a very worthy home).

3. What's the scariest animal?
Visually speaking, the Angler Fish has really done a great job. If we are speaking 'what animal would I least want to be trapped in a room with, I would maybe go with a panther/cougar'...

4. Apples or oranges?
Oranges

5. Favorite smell?
fresh Apple Cider Donuts in the fall at a cider mill...

6. Least favorite smell?
Cigar smoke

7. Most used app on your phone?
iMessage (with Wunderground weather app being close 2nd)

8. Cats or Dogs
Dogs (I also very much like cats, but I love dogs)

9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
Nope - The two times I had an interesting opportunity to, I would have never felt right doing it.

10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
Hmmm, Welcome to the Machine ?
Seriously hard one...


11. What happens when you die?
You go back to what you were before you were born... just not existing. Hopefully, you have done enough positive things so as to be remembered fondly.

12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
Just waiting for the weekend

13. Favorite action movie.
Starship Troopers

14. Window or aisle?
Aisle
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MHS wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:30 pm 9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? Ron Jeremy's, sort of.
Let's just say I asked for his John Hancock, and leave it at that.
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Jaymann wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:00 pm
El Guapo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:19 am
Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:03 pm I added 2 more questions.
I was wondering about that. Seems like it's no longer an official Colbert Questionert then.
Actually Colbert calls his 15 questions, but is not always consistent on what those 15 are. After the initial 13, I added 2 more of his that I found. He also asks: What number am I thinking of? That makes no sense in this context.
7?
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Yeah, I pick the Aisle Seat because it's the seat of control... I don't want to bother others, more so than I am bothered by others. And standing up to stretch when the flight is over is another bonus.
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I prefer the seat of peace, by the window. Being of moderate height and weight has advantages.
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That question needs a lot more context...are we talking domestic hop? Long international flight? Short interntional flight? How's your next connection? Working? Vacation?! Traveling solo or alone? KIDS?!? What cabin? AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Unagi wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:19 pm
MHS wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:30 pm 9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? Ron Jeremy's, sort of.
Let's just say I asked for his John Hancock, and leave it at that.
:lol:

He signed my (mostly clothed) breast while a bunch of us were at a strip club and he was there hosting something. The circumstances are hazy, but I definitely did not request his John Hancock.
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1. What's the best sandwich?
One I make.

2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
An old belt

3. What's the scariest animal?
Brain-eating amoeba

4. Apples or oranges?
Both

5. Favorite smell?
Whisky

6. Least favorite smell?
Dead things

7. Most used app on your phone?
Chrome

8. Cats or dogs?
Both

9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
Anthony Carter

10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
Is this a threat?

11. What happens when you die?
You start to smell bad

12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
End before the universe does.

13. Favorite action movie.
Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels

14. Window or aisle?
Aisle
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1. What's the best sandwich?
The pork braciole at Zito's Sandwich Shoppe around the corner from my building. Unfortunately, they went out of business in 2015.
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
The 15-year-old desktop PC taking up space in my closet. I ripped out the hard drive years ago, just never got around to bringing to the electronics recycling place.
3. What's the scariest animal?
Guinea worm.
4. Apples or oranges?
Apples, granny smith or similar.
5. Favorite smell?
Don't have one.
6. Least favorite smell?
I dunno, shit?
7. Most used app on your phone?
Chrome browser.
8. Cats or dogs?
Cats. (But I also like dogs.)
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
No. I don't understand the point of autographs.
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
4' 33".
11. What happens when you die?
Nothing.
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
I could use a beer.
13. Favorite action movie.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
14. Window or aisle?
Window.
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coopasonic wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:36 pm I prefer the seat of peace, by the window. Being of moderate height and weight has advantages.
Window is fine in flights of less than 3 hours but anything longer and want the ability to get up and stretch during the flight without involving another person.
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I will try, although I'm not a big believer in 'bests' or 'favorites'. They're way too dependent on my moods.


1. What's the best sandwich?
Either a French dip or a Reuben, depending on how they're made.

2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out?
My credit card.

3. What's the scariest animal?
Humans. And hornets.

4. Apples or oranges?
Oranges.

5. Favorite smell?
Petrichor

6. Least favorite smell?
Rotting flesh

7. Most used app on your phone?
Audible. Given that I don't work, I don't use my phone as an alternate PC. I use it to check one quick thing, but don't spend a lot of 'quality time' with it. I listen to Audible when I'm driving to and from the school each day (about 45 min/trip.)

8. Cats or dogs?
Dogs. If I wanted to be used and considered expendable, I'd join the army. That, and I'm allergic to cats.

9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who?
Yep, but only at cons or of friends who have published something. The most recent were Margaret Weiss, Tracy Hickman, and Larry Elmore (all at GenCon.)

10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life.
I'm going to cheat: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, presented as a single work. There are songs I like more, but this is good, it has tremendous variety, and is long enough (40+ minutes) that I could let parts of it go 'fallow' for a while if I got sick of them.

11. What happens when you die?
I cease to exist.

12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
There can be only one.

13. Favorite action movie.
Uh... Aliens! No, Raiders! No, Conan! No, Hawk the Slayer! No...

14. Window or aisle?
Window. I'm 6'1", but it's rare enough for me to get to fly that I want to see that I'm flying. If I wanted to look at feet in an aisle, I'd take the bus.
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1. What's the best sandwich? BLT on toasted bread with Miracle Whip
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? A broken suitcase
3. What's the scariest animal? Humans
4. Apples or oranges? Oranges
5. Favorite smell? The air right after a spring rainstorm
6. Least favorite smell? Pot smoke
7. Most used app on your phone? Outlook
8. Cats or dogs? Dogs
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? Yes - Stormy Daniels
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Subdivisions - Rush
11. What happens when you die? Fade to black
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. I honestly have no idea
13. Favorite action movie. Aliens
14. Window or aisle? Aisle, always
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Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:44 pm First of all, I do not know why it is spelled that way, but he asks these questions to get to know his guests:
1. What's the best sandwich? Reuben
2. What's the one thing you own you really should throw out? My wardrobe
3. What's the scariest animal? Blue-ringed octopus
4. Apples or oranges? Apples
5. Favorite smell? Pussy
6. Least favorite smell? Bad pussy
7. Most used app on your phone? Facebook
8. Cats or dogs? Cats, but I have a dog.
9. Have you ever asked for an autograph? Who? Yes. The late Keith Magnuson and the late Milt Pappas. And the still-living (and I still have) Levar Burton.
10. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Time by Pink Floyd
11. What happens when you die? You feed the worms.
12. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words. Cheating death before reaper comes.
13. Favorite action movie. Deep Throat
14. Window or aisle? Depends. Night flight? Aisle, because I'm gonna drink a lot and have to use the facilities. Daytime, window, I like seeing what I'm flying over (unless it's endless ocean, in which case for sure I'm drinking and the former applies).
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