The English Discussion Thread

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Go for it!


















Haha, just kidding. So, the real topic: some random questions! Because everybody loves random questions. Please note that your answers will be kept confidential between me and whoever else reads them, and that in no way, shape or form will they be recorded for psychological profiling. I give you my word as an honest man.

1) If you could learn any language, from any time period, what would it be and why?

2) Would you rather die poor but famous, or rich but unknown?

3) Do you agree with the statement that "the needs of the many outweight the needs of the few"? To what degree do you agree with it? If you were the leader of a people fighting for survival, would you sacrifice a minority to save the majority? Would you do it if it was somebody you cared for?

4) If you owned a ship (space or sea), what would you name it? What kind of ship would it be? (cargo, merchant, war, defensive, escort, etc).

5) What's the best book you've recently read?

Bonus Question:

-Where do all my socks keep disappearing to?

 

[Ilex]

-Where do all my socks keep disappearing to?

The enemies of underpant-gnomes: the sock-goblins, are stealing them.

Ok ok...

1) Definitely german(y?) so I would not have to go to the classes (teacher is an *******).

2) Rich and unknown, so my body could be preserved frozen solid to wait for the invention of "the revitalizer" or "the ressurector" you name it.

3) No, if I am one of the few. Yes, if not.

4) The Enterprise, it would be a battle ship.

5) Galilei: Mechanics 1. (Yes a school book).

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Pft, that's selective answering, that is. Go back and do the ones you missed!

 

[Ingolifs]

Englisch verstehe ich nicht.

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Tu parles Français?

 

[Narcissus]

1.) American English from the late 1900s to the early 2000s.

2.) Rich but unknown.

3.) I don't agree. The wants of the elitist few outweigh the wants or needs of the many.

4.) It would be named SunStrider and would be a mix between luxury and defense.

5.) JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (actually a very well-written series of books).

Bonus: To Sockland, of course! Now socks don't get vacations?!?!?

Hidden Bonus: You cannot give your word as an honest man as you are a female.

In lieu of the above given answers, I retain my right to re-answer each as 42.

Narcissus

 

[Morbo]

1) Ancient Egyptian
2) Rich but unknown. Don't care about fame at all, and I'd really like to know what it's like to be rich for just once in my life.
3) Hmmm well yes and no. Nasty question though and I'll skip it till I can come up with a more satisfying answer.
4) I'd own the Defiant. And not just any defiant, no, the one and only USS Defiant (NX-74205). Then I'd go around pwning stuff all over the gamma quadrant. (yes, star trek geek here, so sue me)
5) 'Neither here nor there' by Bill Bryson. Or maybe one of the Farseer trilogy books, but I'm still busy with book 3 of that, so dunno.

bonus) You're a hobbit, you don't do socks. But lets assume you do have socks, then I say the wardog ate 'em.

 

[slavetrader]

''-Where do all my socks keep disappearing to?''

''to me socks are like sex, tons of it around but i never seem to get any''

-one of my favorite quotes in the world

 

[Gilrain]

Blackadder 3, 'Dish and Dishonesty', the Dunny on the Wolds episode I believe.

 

[Worbah]

Tu parles Français?

Je suis un finlandais cóuchon. That brought a smile to my teachers face.

The sock dilemma. It's really very simple. I steal them. I'm just outside your window, watching, lying in wait for the moment you fall asleep. I then sniff them for a few hours, and then I eat them.

1) English. As you all may have noticed I can use it to some extent, but I'm not exactly as fluent with it that I am. If that's not an option, then Japanese or Russian (I can already say things like '...and this tie looks so original', 'my luggage is here' and last, but not the least, my name is Cold Dog')

2) Rich but unknown. I dislike people. They don't smell nearly as great as I do.

3) If wombat's need food, I'll jump to the meat grinder.

4) My ship would be really cozy, yet very well armed. I'm talking cannons and ****. I would most likely have it named 'Love Boat' or something as cheesy as that.

5) That's a tough one. Perhaps it is Sotaromaani by Väinö Linna. Or Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy THE MOVIE RAPED ALL THAT I HELD DEAR ABOUT THAT MIRACULOUS BOOK by Douglas Adams.

 

[Sir Prince]

Go for it!

We don't HAVE to, we are not being forced to.

Haha, just kidding. So, the real topic: some random questions! Because everybody loves random questions.

Not nescearaly, some people do not.

Please note that your answers will be kept confidential between me and whoever else reads them, and that in no way, shape or form will they be recorded for psychological profiling.

If it's not for some psychological test, then it must be for fun ANd how will we know the readers will not send the link to all their friends + so on?

I give you my word as an honest man.

You can't, your a woman, suposedely.

1) If you could learn any language, from any time period, what would it be and why?

Ancient Egyption as ancient egypt rules. Or maybe Penguin + make it into a fully developed language.

2) Would you rather die poor but famous, or rich but unknown?

Rich + Unkowen, as I am used to not having many friends, I would still have a few or atleast servants and virtual bots. And money to buy anything... and I mean ANYTHING

3) Do you agree with the statement that "the needs of the many outweight the needs of the few"? To what degree do you agree with it? If you were the leader of a people fighting for survival, would you sacrifice a minority to save the majority? Would you do it if it was somebody you cared for?

I do not know how to answer this, it's too open ended.

4) If you owned a ship (space or sea), what would you name it? What kind of ship would it be? (cargo, merchant, war, defensive, escort, etc).

SPace with capability for land + sea, it would be a combination of everything, luxurious, deadly, sleek, bulky, a paradox to the puny human mind, etc etd. It would be named THe Darkest Scamp and would unl,eashe an eon of terror and destruction upon the universe.

5) What's the best book you've recently read?

Harry Potter + The Half-Blood Prince

Bonus Question:
-Where do all my socks keep disappearing to?

Under your bed or other furniture, they might be stolen, or your luandry machine is eaing htem.

 

[Rauros]

1) I would like to learn to speak in tongues, that way I could do magic and crap because I'd be using the language of God or something. I could also freak people out quite well.

2)Rich but unknown. Before dying, I could pay to be famous.

3)Yes

4)My ship would be called 'The Giant Prehistoric Shark', and I would sell it on eBay. It would probably be some kind of ship with no use other than floating. And also, the sails would be made of solid gold.

5)The best book I've recently read? If recent means in the past few months, then Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close (or the other way round, I don't remember)

EDIT: The socks are disappearing because they're a dying species, you have to strive to preserve this majestic creature. Please people, think of the socks.

 

[okiN]

1) Early homo sapiens. Those guys were awesome.

2) Rich but unknown. I prefer succeeding in obscurity to failing in the spotlight.

3) No, for the many are foolish and weak. They are sheep, and sheep need to be led. I would, however, do this thing, in both cases.

4) Bastard. It would be an unbeatable manowar, ever sailing the endless frontiers of outer space, abusing and annihilating all life it encountered. It would be painted black, sporting the bone-white blazon of Snaggletooth B. Motörhead.

5) Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.

Bonus Question:

-The Eater Of Socks devours them.

 

[pzler]

1 a programming language from the year 5000
2 that is a difficult one. normally i would go for rich but unknown. i don't care much for fame. but a glorious death of some kind does appeal in times of depression. i guess i would choose famous if i could become famous sacrificing myself for something bigger (like the jihad ) if not i would be rich and unknown. i really don't want to be famous in life. i hate it when people don't stop to bother me and take pictures of me all the time and stuff
3 i don't care about the masses. i wouldn't sacrifice someone i love. not even for the rest of the world. i have more love in me then anyone i know and i give it to less people then anyone i know. you can't even imagine how much i care for those people.
4 Aspen. i allways wanted to name my daughter that if i ever have one. it would probably be a nive romantic yacht
5 recently i would have to say deus ex machina. i have read better books but not recently.
well there is another book. wildernis in Nederland (wilderness in the Netherlands) by Frans Vera and Frans Buissink. it isn't really a very nive book to read but it does show a very new and promissing theory about the way nature developed in the Netherlands and the role of large plant eating mammals in this proces

and for the answer to the bonus question i must say this. SHAME ON YOU!!!! (and everyone else that doesn't know)
Go and read the hogfather by terry pratchett and don't return to the forum untill you have done so!

 

[Gilrain]

Ah, the Verucca Gnome and my all time favourite, Bilious the God of Hangovers!!!

 

[Hardclyff]

1) I always wanted to learn Lisp.
2) Rich.
3) The need of those who can take care of themselves outweights the needs of those who cannot.
4) The Executor.
5) Alpine Circus from Michael Finkel. Crazy stuff.

 

[leo]

1) Since I already know English, I'd learn Chinese.

2) While I'm alive I'd rather be rich and unknown, but when I die, it really doesn't matter either way does it?

3) Honestly, I'm going to have to clone Ilex's answer. I'll support whichever outcome favors me.

4) The Mack Daddy. Cruise ship.

5) Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff

Missing Socks: Gremlins.

 

[Laurence of Arabia]

1) Russian or Japanese, as they both sound great, and i love Japan, i want to go and live there for a few years. There are no chavs as well - bonus.

2) Rich but unknown...i think. Can i go halfway?

3) Go utilitarianism!

4) Admiral Togo, samll quick and agile, yet surprisingly well armed vessel. All black and red.

5) Tears of the Sun, by Wilbur Smith. Such a good author.

Bonus Question:

There are many logical answers to this question. The first is that Worbah does actually steal, sniff and scoff them (you can praise me for my outstanding alliteration later) Failing that, someone is stealing and then selling them, making a tidy profit of your ignorance of the situation. Finally, you could just be forgetting to take them off, when you put a new a pair on. Check the size of your feet. If they no longer fit into your shoes for some reason, then this may be the explanation.

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Just to update you all; I found, in my drawer this evening, a pair of unused socks! Hurrah! It looks like the Sock Fairy visited me last night.

 

[Narcissus]

Sock Fairy? Nonsense!

They just got back from vacation ...

Bonus: To Sockland, of course! Now socks don't get vacations?!?!?