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coffee
PC
kids
political
summer
sugar
salad
lake
rent
email
traditional
carnivore
apples
yes
liberal
urban
car
not
no
cable
campsite
alcohol
late
online
Coffee or tea?
Coffee
PC or Mac?
PC
Kids or no?
Kids, if I can.
Political or no?
No
Summer or winter?
Summer
Artificial sweeteners or sugar?
Artificial, save me the calories…I’d rather use them elsewhere.
Fries or salad?
Fries!
Lake or ocean?
Ocean
Own or rent?
Own, I wish. I rent though.
Email or phone?
Email
Traditional medical care or natural remedies?
Traditional
Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore?
Carnivore…I LOVE PRIME RIB!
Apples or oranges?
Apples
Follow celeb culture or no?
No
Liberal or conservative?
Conservative
Rural or urban?
Rural at heart.
Car or SUV?
SUV
Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)?
NOT!
Marriage: necessary or no?
YES! If you are in a long-term relationship. I think, however, that marriage and/or a relationship is NOT necessary to live a happy life.
Cable or not?
CABLE!
Campsite or hotel?
Campsite
Alcohol or no?
Alcohol-especially wine and bellinis! Yum!
Up early or up late (if given the choice)?
Up late
News online or news on tv?
News on tv
Tea
Mac
Kids
Political
Winter
Sugar
Salad
Ocean
Own
Tradition
Omnivore
Oranges
No
Liberal
Rural
Car (or bike)
Plead the fifth
No
No
Campsite
No
Late
Online
Coffee or tea? Coffee
PC or Mac? Mac
Kids or no? Kids
Political or no? Political, way
Summer or winter? Summer
Artificial sweeteners or sugar? Sugar
Fries or salad? Fries
Lake or ocean? Ocean
Own or rent? Own
Email or phone? email
Traditional medical care or natural remedies? Traditional
Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore? CARNIVORE
Apples or oranges? Yup
Follow celeb culture or no? NO
Liberal or conservative? Very – conservative
Rural or urban? Urban
Car or SUV? Both
Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)? Not
Marriage: necessary or no? Yup
Cable or not? Cable
Campsite or hotel? Hotel – good grief
Alcohol or no? No
Up early or up late (if given the choice)? Up late
News online or news on tv? TV
Coffee or tea? Coffee.
PC or Mac? PC.
Kids or no? No.
Political or no? Political.
Summer or winter? Summer.
Artificial sweeteners or sugar? Sugar.
Fries or salad? Fries.
Lake or ocean? Ocean.
Own or rent? Own.
Email or phone? Email.
Traditional medical care or natural remedies? Traditional medical care.
Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore? Carnivore.
Apples or oranges? Apples.
Follow celeb culture or no? No.
Liberal or conservative? Liberal.
Rural or urban? Urban.
Car or SUV? SUV.
Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)? Not.
Marriage: necessary or no? No.
Cable or not? Cable.
Campsite or hotel? Hotel.
Alcohol or no? Alcohol.
Up early or up late (if given the choice)? Up late.
News online or news on tv? News online.
tea
mac
no
political
summer
sugar
salald
lake
own
email
traditional
carnivore
follow celeb culture
liberal
rural
car
not
no
cable
hotel
no alcohol
up late
news online
coffee
no kids
political
summer
sugar
salad
lake
rent
e-mail
natural remedies
carnivore
oranges
saying an absolute no to celeb culture
liberal
urban
car
atheist
marriage is unnecessary
no cable
hotel
alcohol
up late
news online
- COFFEE
- mac
- kids
- more political than not
- both summer and winter
- honey
- yam fries
- ocean
- rent
- email
- natural
- chemical free carnivore
- apples, local ones
- fuck the celebs
- liberal
- rural
- one of each
- not atheist
- marriage: not necessary
- no cable (only during hockey season)
- campsite
- alcohol
- up late
- online
coffee
mac
kids: the more the merrier
politics is self-defense these days
hmmm…winter, since it’s coming soon and it’s always followed by spring
sugar – raw sugar
fries
ocean
own
email, please
herbs – magical ones
meat, but i feel guilty about it
apples
“celebrity culture” is an oxymoron…trash…waste of time
liberal, especially for a grey headed white guy
rural
van
not an athiest
i believe in marriage so much i’ve done it three times
cable – with tivo!
hotel nowadays
alcohol definitely…manhattans or martinis or whiskey and water…oh, and red wine…and microbrews…thirsty right now!
up early nowadays
news: tons of both (and npr too)
…and i just couldn’t follow the rules
neither (I’m sorry, I know this will freak you right out but I don’t drink either one. No choice)
pc
NO until I met my husband. Then OK.
NO
summer (actually, spring & autumn but you are making me choose)
mmmmaspartame!
fries. dammit.
lake
rent (even if I DO own)
email
traditional
OMNIvore (I like both bacon AND potatoes!)
oranges
no
liberal (-ish. hahaah!)
urban
car
not )agnostic)
not necessary but nice
not (kill your tv)
hotel
no alcohol
up late
news online
Coffee
PC
Kids
Not Political
Summer
Artificial sweeteners
Fries
Ocean
Own
Phone
Traditional medical care
Carnivore
Oranges
Not follow celeb culture
Conservative
Rural
Car
Not Atheist
Marriage: necessary
Cable
Hotel
No Alcohol
Up early
News online
Coffee
PC
Kids
no
Summer
sugar
Fries
ocean
Own
Email
Traditional medical care
carnivore
oranges
Follow celeb culture
No clue – I don’t really pay attention to politics
urban
Car
not
No clue on this one either
Cable
hotel
Alcohol
up late
News online
You know what’s funny? People between the ages of 20 and 30 find it way easier to go black and white on these things. Once you crack 30 it’s all MAYYYYYBE and NEITHER and DEPENDS.
Which either speaks to the wisdom of age and the forced acceptance with time of life’s gray areas, or just that the older you get, the more obstreperous you like to be. :)
I’m betting both are in play (LIZ!)
Coffee
Mac
Kids
Political
Summer
sugar
Fries
ocean
Own
Email
Traditional medical care
carnivore
Apples
no celeb culture
Liberal
urban
Car
not atheist
Marriage – not necessary (but nice!)
Cable
hotel
Alcohol (in moderation, please)
up late
news on tv
Wow – I didn’t waffle much at all on those! I did waver on urban/rural, though.
I know Liz, and you might be right. ;) However, I am over 40 and didn’t have much trouble choosing, plus, I actually followed the rules! :P
First of all, I am totally stealing this for my Wednesday Meme post next week. Here are my answers:
Tea (decaf)
Mac
No kids
Political
Summer
Sugar
I’ll be honest: fries. But I like salads, too.
Ocean
Own
E-mail!!!
Mostly traditional with a soupçon of natural
Omnivore
Apples
More than I ought to.
Liberal
Suburban (from a rural background)
Car
Atheis
Not strictly necessary, but I got married anyway.
Cable! Must have cable!
Hotel
Alcohol? Yes, please.
These days, I’m better off up early.
Online news all the way.
See, I was just now trying to do this and I can’t just CHOOSE, I have to explain and waffle and hedge and use a lot of words like SOMETIMES and A LITTLE BIT in addition to the ones you just said. :)
I’ll answer the ones I CAN (sort of) manage in black & white:
Coffee or tea? Coffee. But I love tea too. (see? DAMMIT)
PC or Mac? I’ve never touched a Mac, so I have to say PC (WHY can’t I give one word answers?)
Kids or no? Kids
Political or no? No
Summer or winter? ….
Artificial sweeteners or sugar? Sugar!
Fries or salad? Salad!
Lake or ocean? Ocean!
Own or rent? I rent
Email or phone? email
Traditional medical care or natural remedies? ….
Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore? CARNIVORE!
Apples or oranges? Apples!
Follow celeb culture or no? ….
Liberal or conservative? ….
Rural or urban? ….
Car or SUV? Car
Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)? NOT!!
Marriage: necessary or no? ….
Cable or not? Not, except for computer connections
Campsite or hotel? ….
Alcohol or no? Alcohol. Moderately.
Up early or up late (if given the choice)? ….
News online or news on tv? ….
If we weren’t all maybe, neither, depends,
how would we survive our kid’s adolescence?
Coffee for morning, tea for night
MAC
2 Kids
Political
Winter
Sugar
Fries
Lake
Own
Email
Natural remedies
Vegetarian
Apples
I like my celebs, they are SO sureal
Liberal
Rural
Car
Not
Not necessary
No Cable
Campsite
Once in a while I like a beer
Early
News online
tea
PC
no kids
not political
summer
sugar
Fries
ocean
Own
Email
natural remedies
Vegetarian
oranges
Follow celeb culture
Liberal
Rural
Car
not atheist
Marriage: not necessary
Cable
hotel
Alcohol
up late
News online
Corrie — ha! I don’t know if anything helps ANYONE survive ANYONE’S adolescence. :-)
Monty — Yeeeeah. SO knew you’d do all of that. :-)
Tea
Mac, definitely Mac
Kids, definitely
non-political
Neither. Or both. But prefer Fall or Spring. (sorry)
Sugar
Salad. Unless I’m really hungry, then fries.
Ocean
Own
Email
Natural remedies
Carnivore, with veggies.
Both, together.
No celeb culture. Who are all those people?
Conservative
Rural
Car. But I wouldn’t mind an SUV if I could afford one.
Not atheist.
Marriage necessary, at least for me.
No cable.
Campsite. Unless I’m feeling rich, then I love hotels.
Up late.
News online. Or no news.
(I think I broke the rules. But I tried.)
Coffee
PC
No
Political
Summer
Sugar
Fries
Ocean
Rent
Phone
Traditional medical care
Carnivore
Apples
No way
Liberal
Rural
SUV
Atheist
Not necessary
Cable
Campsite
Alcohol
Late
TV
Coffee!
Mac! (Though I don’t have one myself yet… it’s more of a wannabe thing.)
Kids!
Political! Somewhat…
Summer X 10!!!
Sugar — keep that chemical crap away from me.
Salad — with a handful of fries stolen from someone else’s plate.
Ocean for looking, but lake for swimming.
Own! Soon my pretty, sooooooooooooooooon.
Email all the way.
Traditional medical care for trauma, natural remedies for preventative care.
Vegetarian with a little seafood thrown in just to keep those uppity ocean-dwellers in line.
Apples if they’re crisp, oranges if they’re mandarin
Follow celeb culture — but OH SO wish I didn’t. It’s a disease.
Small “l” Liberal — the actual party kind of bites.
Is there such a thing as “rurban?”
Car!
Not! Don’t believe the Bible is the literal “Word,” but there’s got to be SOMETHING driving this machine. Though I doubt it’s a grumpy old man with anger issues.
Marriage: NOT necessary… but fun!
Cable!
Campsite or hotel? Ooooh… this is a tough one. Depends on the season and the hotel. Campsite on a non-buggy warm summer’s eve in the woods by a river or lake, cute little boutique hotel with a hot tub any time else.
Alcohol! Unless I’m pregnant. Which I am. In which case, herbal tea, whoo hoo!
Up LATE — a choice that will unfortunately be denied me until some time in 2015, alas.
News online — more voices and points of view.
Crap… does that mean it’s time to go back to work? ;-)
Coffee
PC
Yes
Yes
Autumn
Sugar
Fries
Ocean
Rent
Both
Trad.
Dead Red Meat
Both
Hell no
Conservative
Both
SUV
Not
Yup
Yup
Campsite
Sure
Late
Online
This is so hard! I’m not capable of such concrete decisions…but here goes….
- Tea
- PC
- Kids
- Political
- Summer
- Sugar
- Fries
- Ocean
- Own
- E-mail
- Traditional medical care
- Carnivore
- Apples
- Follow celeb culture
- LIBERAL
- Urban
- Car
- Atheist
- Marriage not necessary
- Cable
- Hotel
- No alcohol
- Up late
- News online
Phew…tough, very tough…
Coffee
PC
Kids
Not political
Summer
Sugar
Fries
Lake
Own
Phone
Traditional Medical Care
Carnivore
Oranges
Follow celeb culture
liberal
urban
car
Not atheist
marriage not necessary
Cable
Hotel
No alcohol
Up early
News online
Coffee!
Mac!
Kids, definitely. Someday.
Political… oh, yes.
Summer.
Sugar. I hate the chemicals in the other stuff.
Fries.
Ocean!
Rent, for now.
Email.
Traditional medical care. Though I was so “NEITHER” on that one.
Carnivore.
Oranges!
Follow, to a degree.
Liberal.
Urban.
Car.
Nope.
I like commitment.
Cable!
Hotel…
Alcohol.
Up late.
And I hate TV news… bring on the ‘Net.
do you even read these? just asking, cause i scrolled past the 29 lemmings ahead of me to get here.
Coffee
PC AND Mac
Kids
Political
Summer (prefer fall and spring)
sugar
Fries
Lake
Own
Email
Traditional medical care
carnivore
oranges
Follow celeb culture
Liberal
urban
Car
not (not includes agnostics)
Marriage: no
Cable
hotel
Alcohol
Up early
News online
Coffee PC Kids Political Summer sugar
Fries or salad? Depends on the day
Lake or ocean? Depends on the day
Own or rent? Sadly I rent in Vancouver I own in another country
Email or phone? If you want to check up on me, email is fine. If you wanna gossip, call me.
Traditional medical care or natural remedies? I’ve tried both, they work.
Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore? I have tried all three. I love my meat (no pun intended).
Apples or oranges? Oranges, as they are juicy. I find apples a bit dry.
Follow celeb culture or no? Are you kidding me? I know what Angelina is up to even before she does.
Liberal or conservative? Liberal, very liberal/
Rural or urban? Both
Car or SUV? At the moment neither.
Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)? I believe in God. How could you explain my existence otherwise?
Marriage: necessary or no? I want to get married.
Cable or not? I don’t want to pay for cable
Campsite or hotel? Definitely hotel.
Alcohol or no? In moderation, alcohol.
Up early or up late (if given the choice)? Am a night owl.
News online or news on tv? Both.
I do, actually, Mr. B. I love being surprised by the answers I get from some people, like, “WHAT? REALLY?”
Of course, some people I already know what they’ll tell me, but it’s still fun.
I’m planning to put all the data together on this one in another post, actually. A little picture of my readership. :-)
Coffee or tea? coffee
PC or Mac? PC
Kids or no? kids
Political or no? not
Summer or winter? winter
Artificial sweeteners or sugar? sugar
Fries or salad? fries
Lake or ocean? ocean
Own or rent? own
Email or phone? email
Traditional medical care or natural remedies? traditional
Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore? veggie
Apples or oranges? apples
Follow celeb culture or no? yup
Liberal or conservative? liberal
Rural or urban? urban
Car or SUV? car
Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)? not
Marriage: necessary or no? not necessary
Cable or not? cable
Campsite or hotel? hotel
Alcohol or no? no
Up early or up late (if given the choice)? late
News online or news on tv? online
Wow… some of you I’m almost exactly the same!
Soy Latte AND herbal tea
Mac
no
Political
Summer!!!
sugar
salad
ocean
Own
Email
Traditional medical care
Vegetarian (or vegan)
Apples
Follow celeb culture
Liberal
urban
Mini
Atheist
Marriage: not necessarily necessary
Cable
hotel
Alcohol
Up early
news on tv
Coffee
PC
not yet
Political
Summer
sugar
Fries
ocean
rent
Email
Traditional medical care
carnivore
Apples
no
Liberal
urban
Car
not
Marriage: necessary
Cable
hotel
Alcohol
up late
News online
coffee
PC
No
No
Summer
Artificial
Salad
Ocean
own
email
traditional
flexitarian
apples
no
liberal
urban
car
not
no
cable
hotel
alcohol
up early
neither
Coffee
PC
Kids
no politics
Summer
sugar
Fries
ocean
Own
Email
Traditional medical care
carnivore
oranges
no celeb culture
Liberal
urban
SUV
Not atheist
Marriage: necessary
Cable
Hotel
Alcohol
up late
News online
Coffee
PC
Kids
Political
Summer
sugar
salad
ocean
Own
Email
Traditional medical care
Vegetarian
oranges
no
Liberal
Rural or urban?
Car
not
no
Cable
hotel
Alcohol
up late
News online
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee!
2. PC or Mac? PC
3. Kids or no? Kids
4. Political or no? Not political
5. Summer or winter? Summer, for sure
6. Artificial sweeteners or sugar? Sugar
7. Fries or salad? Fries
8. Lake or ocean? Ocean
9. Own or rent? Own
10. Email or phone? Email. Talking on the phone is painful.
11. Traditional medical care or natural remedies? Usually traditional medical care
12. Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore? Carnivore
13. Apples or oranges? Apples
14. Follow celeb culture or no? Yes, shamefully.
15. Liberal or conservative? liberal
16. Rural or urban? I dream of a rural life.
17. Car or SUV? SUV…
18. Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)? I struggle with this daily…I’m angry right now and don’t know what to believe, if I believe, should I believe…tough place to be.
19. Marriage: necessary or no? Not necessary but I wanted it and I love it.
20. Cable or not? Yes, cable, for sure.
21. Campsite or hotel? Hotel…a nice one preferably.
22. Alcohol or no? Yes, alcohol, and sometimes lots of it.
23. Up early or up late (if given the choice)? Up early and to bed early too.
24. News online or news on tv ? Online
i am just shocked that people will actually admit to being “conservative”. seriously, people.
Coffee.
PC
Kids
Not Political
Winter
Sugar
Fries
Ocean
Own
Phone
Traditional medical care
Carnivore
Apples
Follow celeb culture
Liberal
Urban
SUV
Not
Marriage: necessary
Cable
Hotel
Alcohol
Up late.
News on TV
May I say, Holy Mittens! to the sheer volume of responses.
Coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee
PC
Yes
No
Winter
Sugar
Salad
Ocean
Neither
Phone
Traditional-ish
Omnivore
Apples
A little
Liberal
Rural
Car
Not
No
I wish not
Campsite
Yes, please
Late
Online
Okay Meg. I accept your challenge.
Tea.
PC, baby.
Kids.
Political.
Summer.
Sugar (give me the real thing!)
Salad.
Lake.
Own.
Email.
Traditional.
Vegetarian.
Apples for sure.
A resounding “no.”
Liberal.
Urban.
Car.
Atheist.
Marriage: Yes.
No cable here.
Hotel.
No alcohol.
Up late.
News online.
Wow, those were some pretty definitive questions. Now you know all about my vegetarian teetotalling urban ways. But I’m surprised you didn’t ask dog or cat! I choose dog, naturally.
I know, Carmie… it’s nuts, huh?
But all answers are accepted here. :-)
Tea
Mac
Kids
Not political
Summer!
Sugar!
Fries
Ocean
Own
Email
Natural Remedies
Carni
Apples
no celeb culture
Libs
Urban
Car
Atheist Not
Marriage: not necessary, but nice
Cable
Hotel
Alcohol!
Up late
News online
Are you kidding me with this? I’m only going to answer the first one, with, “WHATEVER YOU’RE ON THAT GIVES YOU THIS KIND OF ENERGY.”
Coffee
Mac-nazi
Kids
Political
Summer
Splenda
Depends on how I feel. Right now – fries, baby!
Ocean
Own
E-mail
Traditional
Pure, unadulterated carnivore
Apples
Say no to celebs
Conservative
Rural
Car
Not
Marriage – necessary for me
Cable
Hotel
No – never acquired the taste for it
Up Late by choice
Online
Coffee. PC. No kids. Political. Summer. Sugar. Salad. Ocean. Rent. Email. Natural remedies. Carnivore. Oranges. Fascinated by celebs. Liberal. Urban. No vehicle at all. Atheist. No marriage required. Cable. Hotel. Alcohol for sure. Up late. News online directly into my veins.
Coffee, Mac, Kids, no, winter, sugar, fries, Lake, Own, phone, Traditional medical care, carnivore, Apples, no, conservative, Rural, SUV, not, no, Cable, hotel, no, up late, online.