First of all, yes, I know it's not the 10th. I'm just weird about not having two posts on the same day.
So, without further ado, here are my 10 on the, well, 11th.
These are the questions Marsha gave us.
Would you rather rock a mullet or a perm?
Perm although I've tried it twice without convincing results many years ago. I have always dreamed of soft waves, but I only had those when my hair was wet, no matter how much I kneaded. It's funny that years ago I suddenly got some waves in my very long hair, but weirdly it's only some strands and not necessarily the ones on top.
Would you rather have a magic carpet or a crystal ball?
Easy. Definitely a crystal ball. Even as a kid I had problems to think about Detective Teffan Tiegelmann flying on his magic carpet. Look at the picture, doesn't that make you nervous? I mean, is it like a wooden board or does it sag during the flight? What about turbulences? Can you really put a barrel on it? No no, I'll have the crystal ball, please. I'm not saying I'd use it, though. It can look pretty on a table in the corner.
Would you rather be able to teleport anywhere instantly or read minds?
Another easy one. Teleport of course! If a mere finger snap could do it, that would be great. No machines, it makes me think of "The Fly" or a very creepy story I once read.
Being someone who's not very mobile, teleporting sounds great. First thing I'd do would be visiting some online friends.
Reading minds - no. Seeing minds being dumped on the internet all the time, that's actually a terrible thought. Unless you could turn it off and on. Nah, not even then.
Would you rather eat chocolate-flavored broccoli or broccoli-flavored chocolate?
I read that as chocolate-covered broccoli first, but of course broccoli-covered chocolate might be a tad difficult to achieve (and it sounds disgusting).
Where's the choice here? I could always close my eyes to forget that I'm eating broccoli for the perfect chocolate flavor, couldn't I, but I don't think it would work the other way round.
Would you rather have a talking toilet or a talking fridge?
I'm no fan of my appliances talking at all. I yell at my washing machine when it beeps at me from the bathroom (yes, many Germans have their washing machine in the bathroom) telling it to shut up, I will be there when I'm ready. If my fridge beeps to let me know the door has been open for too long while I try to shove the last items from the grocery delivery in, I yell "I know, I know, I'm hurrying up!"
I talk to inanimate objects, I really don't need them to talk back, but if I have to choose, it'll be the fridge. I just wonder if we will have philosophical conversations or if it will keep reminding me of the dying vegetables or the living cheese.
Would you rather sneeze glitter or cry jelly?
Have you ever seen a slow-motion video of a sneeze? And have you ever seen me do a surprise sneeze? I don't want to live in a world of glitter. I like the look of glitter, but I have given up on it a long time ago for good reason.
Now I can't imagine how difficult it would be to cry jelly, but given the body temperature it probably wouldn't be too terrible?
Would you rather make a snowman or build a sandcastle?
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From experience, I'd say I'm pretty terrible at both. I'm not a big fan of the beach as in lying in the sun, but you - looking at you, Marsha - know I hate snow, so the ugly sandcastle it'll be.
Would you rather have a pet unicorn or a pet dragon?
I'm not going to choose. I'm ... I'm going to have both. Yes, and they are going to be best friends ... and we are going to have the best adventures and ... and I'm going to call them Amalthea and Puff ... and they are going to sleep in my room ...
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Sorry, but with such a question I can't help turning into a child again. I hope you heard my excited breathing and I may have had a finger in my mouth in order to think better (and still couldn't came up with less stereotypical names).
But yeah, I'm definitely going to have both.
Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the smartest person in the room?
Well, that depends on the circumstances, does it? If I'm about to deliver a stand-up routine, I'd prefer to be the funniest, at a work meeting I'd prefer to be the smartest.
Generally speaking, though, I'd always choose to be the smartest and hopefully not in an annoying way.
Would you rather have a conversation with your past self or your future self?
I'm terrible with that time-travelling stuff. I could give my past self a lot of advice, but what would that do to my present self? I don't want to use the crystal ball, so why would I want to talk to my future self?
I'd rather talk to my fridge about fuzzy cheese.
How would you have answered these questions?




Ha! I feel the same way about magic carpets, just looking at them makes me nervous and a bit nauseated.
ReplyDeletePhew! I thought maybe it was just me! I'm glad I'm not the only one.
DeleteI talk to my appliances, too. I hate it for the fridge to tell me to hurry up - I need to turn that beep thing OFF. I have a friend that says the washer sings the song of it's people. Its more pleasant than the fridge!
ReplyDeleteHow funny! With mine it's just the other way round, the washing machine goes BEEP BEEP BEEP and the fridge has kind of a jingle which I prefer, but still find annoying.
DeleteI couldn’t have smart-talking appliances at home. Just thinking about it makes me cringe, imagining what the fridge, the washing machine, and even the air fryer might say about me and my ways. I’m sure they’d end up talking to each other about me in the evenings and laughing at me. Maybe except for the toilet, its life is already shit. I’m not giving them any chance!
ReplyDeleteI agree about wanting both the unicorn and the dragon at the same time. But good luck with Amalthea and Puff sleeping in your room. I know a certain cat who might have an opinion about that.
Could it be that you mean the cat who bit me twice just a bit ago (not bad, but also not a love bite) because I dared to have my hand lying next to her in a spot where she didn't like it? ๐ She stomped off to the end of the bed after that.
DeleteI really enjoyed reading your responses! I am not technically adept to have these devices that you can talk to and that talk back. LOL! However, I do have Helix on my television and I "talk" to tell it which TV channel I want to watch or which YouTube video I want to see. I guess I am getting there.
ReplyDeleteI choose to be very old-fashioned in some things. When I talk to my TV, it's usually an insult about requiring a very specific angle for the remote and so on. I don't use any kind of speech commands although I technically could.
DeleteI apologized to a book today that I dropped on the floor, though! ๐
Oh, I like your thought process on the last one! Great answers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kirstin!
DeleteHahaha!!!! I loved your answers, Cat! And, if I gave an award for funniest answers, you'd definitely win! I hadn't thought about what would go on the carpet! I was thinking just me and maybe Jack. But, I can see that a barrel would be a bit of a problem. I also yell at my fridge when it starts shrieking the door has been open too long. Does it think I'm unaware? I think having both a unicorn and a dragon could be fun...a little dangerous at times, but definitely fun. I approve of their names, too! What color would the dragon be? Mine would be purple and teal with the scales being iridescent, of course!
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You know I'm an overthinker! Just you and maybe Jack, honestly. What about Jack's bed, his toys, his food? You never know when you are going to get held up somewhere.
DeleteI'm very old-fashioned, my dragon would be green, for some reason I have always thought that the wild type of a dragon is green (although my books gave me plenty of color options from childhood on.)
๐๐๐ Haha! Now that would be something, wouldn’t it? The fridge alerting you when something goes bad. I’d appreciate it, because I hate fuzzy cheese. Ooh…., how often have we discussed a teleporter? Albanians have the washer in the bathroom too. There was some consternation by our contractors when we requested that it be moved into the second bedroom that we are using as an office / laundry room.
ReplyDeleteAren't there fridges now that can alert you if you are running out of stuff? Then they should also be able to tell me to use something up in time ๐ Mind you, I've had packs of cheese that were well inside their use by date and went fuzzy and I could only see when I opened up the pack.
DeleteOh you Americans! I know others have their washing machines in the kitchen (I seem to remember it from Great Britain), but turning a bedroom into a laundry room? Where will I sleep when I come to visit? ๐คช
I use to have a perm so I would definitely choose that over a mullet. I don't think I suit a mullet ; )
ReplyDeleteI don't really think anyone does!
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