Welcome to Sunday Stealing. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!
We stumbled upon a post on Blogography that promises to ask “questions you aren’t used to.” Well, after all the memes we’ve done, that’s a tall order! Of the 65 questions asked, we’ve stolen 10 of the most unique.
10 Questions You Aren’t Used To
1. What celebrity would you never want to meet?
He hosted a reality show called The Apprentice a number of years ago. His catchphrase was “You’re fired!” He was a real blowhard. His name escapes me.
2. What do you label yourself as?
A lot of things, usually depending on the situation. Most recently, it’s been progressive Christian, to distinguish me from the Christian nationalists. Coincidentally, I came across “Hymns that resist Christian nationalism. Two Presbyterian pastors and hymnwriters, the Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Fearing and the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, offer up a meaty workshop.”
But also a straight, cisgender, black, English-speaking male. Oh, and an American (a privileged lot, generally speaking)
Because of the sand, which is there
3. You can only have one sandwich for the rest of your life. You have every sandwich-making ingredient known to man at your disposal. What sandwich do you make?
Well, it’s a sub/hoagie/grinder/hero. Black Forest ham, pepperoni, Genoa salami, turkey, roast beef, spinach, tomato, onion, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing. The idea is that I could forgo some of the ingredients, making a different combo every day.
4. An angel provides you with a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. What’s it gonna be?
Kahlua. It’s strange, though: I believe I’ve only had two white Russians in the last year and a half.
5. Have you ever built a snowman?
Often as a child.
6. If you could ask your future self a question, what would it be?
Are you really there, or did we screw up the world? Some idiot recently used his alleged wartime powers to dole out $700m to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal.
7. Have you ever baked your own birthday cake?
I want to say yes, probably in my twenties or thirties, but I have no specific recollection.
8. Which are cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?
Dinosaurs, clearly. They were real; what we know about them has changed over time, et al. By contrast, the Dungeons and Dragons folks at college were… insular; Game of Thrones didn’t interest me…
Bambinos
9. What do you like about babies?
I find babies, generally, fun to try to entertain. I’ve been on buses with crying babies and their overwrought parent. I’ve made faces that will calm the child more than 80% of the time.
10. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. What’s the first rule you put in place?
Limited cellphone use, including no walking and texting/talking. In fact, what the heck, no cellphones at all. But landlines, including payphones, are allowed!
INSTEAD OF STEALING, LET’S BUILD OUR OWN MEME. Think of a question you’d like to ask and insert it here. If we get at least four good ones, we’ll do our own DIY meme in a week or two.
What information do you know that you are proud of/happy about, but others say, “WHO CARES?” (This comes from a very specific place.) BTW, the symbol above was referenced in the June 1 episode of JEOPARDY!
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Your answers are always so interesting. I have had Kahlua in a long time, but I used to really enjoy it periodically!
I wish I could forget his name! A little Kahlua is good in chili.
1. I know who you mean and as I said on another comment – I would like to interrogate him in a cell as “bad cop”.
#2. We’re pretty privileged across the pond too. Strangely I never considered saying “an Englishman” but I am – and a very nice one too. Sadly, having been indoctrinated for 16 years as Catholic, I don’t regard myself as religious and I certainly don’t think it should be linked to nationalism. If God exists, surely he loves every human, no matter what nationality they may be.
Also, I love the word “hoagie”; we don’t use it over here.
:o)
Cheers
PM
I like your question. And I’m pretty sure we’ve screwed up the world. You know, I can’t remember that guy’s name, either.
I fear most of my students would have rowdy answers to your “who cares?” question!
I also included your answer to #1 in my answer!
OOh….my husband would be so on board with your sandwich. I was boring with my answer but it truly is my fave kind. I hardly ever eat sandwiches.
Love your rule for the island!
I call myself a left leaning progressive Evangelical who despise nationalism and is thankful to be in a diverse church that also despises it. (most of the congregants anyways!)