Monday questions for the Lounge-o-philes

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

[taterguy]

1. Monday answers

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
I choose to live in a place that's close to my job, stores and favorite hang-outs, so my automobile usage is minimized

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
I don't know if there is an ideal but I liked Elle McPherson back in the day. I also really like Katerina Witt. Of course since I'm a straight guy I can't even speculate on masculine ideals, but I admit that folks like George Clooney and Brad Pitt are kind of hot

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

N/A

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

Don't use it

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

Obviously

[Heidi]

2. Monday answers:

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
- Recycling / composting: We recycle plastic, aluminum, paper and glass. We compost kitchen refuse (coffee grounds, non-citrus fruits, etc., and grass clippings, for use in the garden. Large garden refuse (tree limbs, etc.) go to the community garden refuse center. Also, I generally take public transportion everywhere except grocry shopping and to/from the veterinarian with Ginger.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
Male: Leonard Cohen

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?
Fresh lemonade:
Dissolve one cup of sugar in one cup of water. Add one cup of freshly-squeezed lemon juice. This makes a lemon syrup. Add water, lemon slices and ice cubes to taste.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?
We don't dry our clothes in a dryer, so I haven't thought about it in years.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?
No, they should be sent to charm school.

[LostinVA]

13. #3

OMG -- for a second, I thought that was how you made lemonade, and I was like, 'ONE cup of sugar in ONE cup of water??? She must be insane!"

[Heidi]

14. Well, yeah,

I make great lemonade AND I'm insane. :rofl:

Hi, LostinVA! :hug:

[LostinVA]

17. I thought, "EWWWW -- that would just be sugar syrup!"

Hi! Haruka and I were at a family thing this weekend. When we came home, Gniles (who is currently in the bedroom) was laying face down.

Hmmm......

[Heidi]

18. Gniles was passed out???????????

In a pool of his own resin??????

[LostinVA]

20. Yes -- he could have died!!!

It might just be a coincidence, but a bottle of epoxy is missing.

[Heidi]

23. Oh, that's a bad sign.

Sounds like Gniles needs a gnanny. :P

[LostinVA]

30. I don't like being a Gnarc, or I would call his parents

[Heidi]

32. DO NOT CALL HIS BIRTH PARENTS!!!!!!

I have it on good authority that they're awfully busy with his twin brother, Fjord. :rofl:

[LostinVA]

34. I knew their sister Ikea was pregnant, but what has Fjord done now???

[Katina]

3. here goes

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
Recycle, recycle, recycle, compost, use window fans, wash clothes in cold water and I walk A LOT to do local in town errands as opposed to driving into town.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
Ideals are arbitrary and change as society changes. In addition, you can never know who really embodies it unless it's someone you have a close intimate relationship with, otherwise, IMO, all you are judging is a facade.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?
Seltzer & pomagranate juice..half & half.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?
It is unnecessary and triggers alergic dermatitis. Don't use it. Do we really need more chemicals on our clothes and in our waste water?

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?
People who overdo their perfume should be embarrassed. You should say, "god, what IS that stench?"

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. I love seltzer with pomagranate, too!! Both lime and also lemon seltzers.

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

I think of it as a poor man's Bellini. Or a "I still have to go to work and do things Bellini".

:thumbsup:

[Katina]

16. Exactly!

then in the evening, if you want...you can always add a splash of vodka and slice of lime and all will be well with the world! CHEERS! :toast:

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Answers.

How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment? We recycle. I bring my own bags to the grocery store, I drive as little as possible and combine errands. I use green cleaners in my home.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal? Christopher Meloni. Grrrrr

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it? Iced tea. Boil the water, steep the bags, pour over ice. Recently, I've been half and halfing it with some raspberry lemonade. Delicious.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener? I have some green stuff, but I don't use it.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"? I think people who don't like perfume should be shot on sight.

[datasuspect]

6. answers

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?


i don't drive a car.


2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?


masculine ideal: hairy chains, gold chest, and open shirt fronts.



3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?


water, from the tap


4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?


i think fabric softener commercials present a halcyon ideation of the way the world SHOULD be


5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?


drawn and quartered

[XemaSab]

7. I work in environmental consulting

and my electric and natural gas bill are under 20 bucks a month combined. I drive a Toyota Corolla. I also put in native plants in front on my building, which my neighbors always water. x(

For the next question, I'm assuming you mean feminine/masculine qualities and not appearance.

The feminine ideal: it's cliched, but I think Oprah is the feminine ideal. She's kind, smart, and funny, and she tries to make the world a better place in simple ways. She also obviously knows how to enjoy life, and seems to have a good time even while going through a lot of the struggles most women go through.

The masculine ideal: I can't think of anyone, sorry. I'd say qualities like intelligence, humility, and devotion to family would be high on the list though. Al Gore comes close though.

Mango Lassi: Mangoes, yogurt, and milk in a 2:2:1 ratio. :9

Fabric softener is a waste of money.

People who make, sell, or wear perfume should be shot at dawn. Or whenever's convenient, ya know? And they don't have to be shot, but shooting's easier for the person doing the killing, which should be all of us, because we are all victims here.

[Tyler Durden]

8. Am I weird or what?

Having one of the most hyper sensitive schnozzolas I have ever run across, I DELIGHT in the occasional scent of a FINE perfume melding with the body chemistry of a female.

My wife wearing "Knowing" is one of the few truly FREE delights I have left in my life.


"You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temps, but not today."

Hannibal Lecter, "Silence of the Lambs"

[pagerbear]

9. PagerAnswers

1. Most of the time I take the train to work instead of driving. (But I might have to start driving to NJ daily instead of working in Manhattan. I'll pitch working from home 3 days a week when that happens.) I also recycle, and try to be consistent with that. I realize there is much more I could do, and I feel a healthy dose of liberal guilt for not doing it.
2. Are there just one masculine and feminine ideals? Isn't that a matter of opinion?
3. Varies. Sometimes it's OJ (open carton/jug, pour in glass), sometimes it's just water (open tap, pour in glass), sometimes it's V8 (open bottle, pour in glass).
4. Fabric softener is a good thing for towels and the like, but beyond that I have no feelings one way or the other, and could live very easily without it.
5. People who wear strong scent should be publicly shamed while being removed, violently if necessary, from my presence.

[flvegan]

10. Monday answers

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
I'm vegan, and I've made my job (and those who I manage) such that we all telecommute 95% of the time.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
I don't think there is one. To me, it would be someone like Pink, a strong, independent, outspoken woman. Most folks probably wouldn't find her to be particularly "feminine"

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?
My pre-workout drink. Half liter bottle of water, twice filtered. One heaping scoop of NO-Xplode, one scoop of Cell Mass.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?
Don't use it. The fewer chemicals in my house/on my person, the better.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?
Execution goes too far. I say, just skin them in the offensive areas. They'd likely learn their lesson, if not at the time of eradication, then CERTAINLY when they went to apply more scented bliss to the now quite raw body parts. The offensive skin would probably make a fine fertilizer, which takes us back to #1.

[femmocrat]

11. Monday morning answers.... Thanks, Rabrrrrr!

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment? Lots, I hope. I limit driving, conserve water and electricity, grow a garden, and probably other stuff. We don't have recycling here, but I try not to create excess garbage.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal? Geez, what a hard question! I'll stick with the ancient Greeks. They had the right idea.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it? Iced green tea with honey. It comes in a bottle. Serve over ice, if desired.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener? As long as it is unscented, I'm fine with it.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"? Well, maybe that's going too far. How about turning a hose on them instead? That should give them a clue.

[LostinVA]

12. Answers

1. I have a car that gets 45-50 mpg, I recycle, I donate to environmental organizations like the NRDC.

2. Kate Winslet or Ashely Judd and John Stamos (celebrity-wise).

3. Irish breakfast tea. Milk, no sweetener.

4. Ick.

5. I am against the DP. They should have life in prison without parole with Paris Hilton as their cellmate.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. here we go

. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment? dont drive. avoid taking cabs. recycle.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal? i dont really know

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it? chai. tea leaves, milk, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, saffron. boil together.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener? i have none

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

:P

[1gobluedem]

19. I'll try

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment? I recycle religiously, drive a non-gas guzzler, wait to run appliances until I have a full load, run appliances at night during the summer.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal? Bruce Springsteen and Audrey Hepburn.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it? Diet Pepsi. I open the can and voila! it's ready.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener? A necessary evil with my hard water, but it must be unscented.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"? Immediately.

[skygazer]

21. Answers

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?

I recycle tons of stuff. I don't do half loads of laundry and I turn off the water when I brush my teeth. I combine trips and drive a car with great mileage.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?

I don't know - someone like George Clooney who is really easy to look at, socially conscious and has a brain.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

Water, straight up.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

Ick.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

All of the above.

[BarenakedLady]

22. okies

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?

Recycle, don't use pesticides, plant organically

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?

No body is perfect

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

seltzer (flavored) from the bottle

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

makes my clothes softer :shrug:

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

excuted? no. But less is more. I don't wear perfume

[Shakespeare]

24. Good questions.

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?

Eh. I don't do enough. Recycle everything I can, use fluorescent bulbs, walk instead of drive when possible, buy locally as much as possible for my food. And donate $$ to Sierra Club and NRDC.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?

My current SO, who takes my breath away on a daily basis in that regard (and not in a neanderthal-y kind of way). I'm pretty sure his pic is in the dictionary under "man." I'm a very, very lucky girl.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

Coffee. Good coffee. Strong, rich, black--with a teeny bit of splenda.

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

I'm conflicted about fabric softener.

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

Perfunctorily executed. Especially those on elevators.

[Guava Jelly]

25. k

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
recycle

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
I don't know..I cant sum it up like that
3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?
coffee w/sugar
4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?
i like it
5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?
I think they should be power wedgied

[NMDemDist2]

26. me

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?

I compost and recycle, have all CFL bulbs in the house and drive less than 5000 miles a year in an older car that gets 26MPG (I am proud of the older car thing cuz I'm not using the massive resources a new car takes to build)

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?

most of Harrison Ford's movie characters are a nice Masculine Ideal, smart, brave and strong but sensitive. as for a feminine Ideal, I don't have really have a person in mind, more an archetype of Gaia

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

Ice Tea. brewed very strong in my clay pot for 5 minutes EXACTLY then poured into ice water

here's my pot, I just love this little sweetie



4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

I use it, but rarely

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

I think they should get a water cannon treatment :evilgrin:

[amitten]

27. Yes. n/t

[Inchworm]

28. Monday answers

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
I collect reusable containers

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
toughy.. the ideal? my ideal?
My masculine ideal was in my dad when he was old. My feminine ideal is cloudy. A few women come to mind but I haven't settled on an ideal embodiment.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?
Tea. plain no sugar, no lemon

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?
If thats those paper thingys in dryer, I just leave them in dryer for next load

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?
Execution is a bit harsh, but strong cologne and perfume should be outlawed :D

:hi:

[LSK]

29. ok

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?

I live close to work (4.6 miles), use CFLs everywhere, try to avoid using AC, turn heat low in winter, try to consume less.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?

Many people do in many different ways. There is no best.

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?

Chocolate milk or peppermint tea with honey

4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?

Never use it

5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?

Never thought about it, I guess it doesnt bother me much. Personally, I dont use the stuff.

[philosophie_en_rose]

31. .

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[AggieGal]

33. Answers

1. How do you (personally, you) help protect the environment?
I use products that were made from a high percentage of recycled materials.

2. Who do you think best embodies the feminine or masculine ideal?
Masculine: My husband! :loveya:

3. What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage, and how do you prepare it?
Flavored water using those Crystal Light single bottle packets.


4. What are your feelings on fabric softener?
Definate must. I love the scents and no static on my clothes.


5. Should people who wear perfume that can be smelled more than one inch away from them and who then go out in public making life hell for other people be perfunctorily executed? Or executed in some other way, such as "horribly" or "with great prejudice" or "immediately"?
I am on the fence since my husband is a repeat offender. He has made lots of progress since we've been together.

[Aristus]

35. Good Monday to you, Rabrrrrr.

1. I buy fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent.
2. George Clooney. Masculine, but not afraid to stand up for the little guy.
3. Milk. I pour it out of the container.
4. Never use it. My wife is allergic to it.
5. No. I oppose violent measures for nearly all civil infractions, such as overperfuming. A gentle suggestion often works wonders.