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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 01:39 PM
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Five random questions for a Wednesday afternoon
My answers in parentheses.

1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? (Donna)

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? (Family Feud)

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? (Japanese)

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? (The first Matrix film - I really hate going to the theater)

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. (American Idol)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:01 PM
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1. Five Random Answers
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? The Patchouli Woman

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? used to be soap operas

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? Italian

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? Sex and the City with 18 of my girlfriends

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. Survivor, American Idol, the one where they race around the world, essentially most reality shows
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:36 PM
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2. Here's mine because I'm bored at work today.
1) Bob
2) Dancing with the Stars
3) Spanish
4) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5) Wife Swap and Supernanny
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:36 PM
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3. Okay
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? (Donna)
Joe

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? (Family Feud)
Don't think I have one.

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? (Japanese)
Japanese would be kinda cool, if only because I would then be able to understand Eastern Youth lyrics.

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? (The first Matrix film - I really hate going to the theater)
Be Kind Rewind, I think.

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. (American Idol)
Capitalism.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:42 PM
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4. Five answers:
Edited on Wed Jun-11-08 03:20 PM by KC2
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? His name starts with an "A"

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? Young and the Restless

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? Italian

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ...oops, I forgot The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. I second American Idol!

edit: question 4.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:45 PM
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5. Ok
1) Probably the utterly bubbly intern

2) Workout

3) Italian

4) No Country For Old Men

5) Harry Potter
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 06:21 PM
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26. Under the bus you go.
Harry Potter is awesome! It was something I was skeptical about until I broke down and saw the movie. Then I got hooked.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:51 PM
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6. My answers.
1. None at my current job (I only have two and I'm cool with both.) So I'll go to back to my old job and say Cindy.
2. Engaged and Underaged on MTV.
3. Ukrainian
4. National Treasure 2
5. Chris Daughtry
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 02:54 PM
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7. Lets see...
1) Angela...

2) Chelsea Lately I swear to god I love that show

3) French, so I can finally understand those PMs Bi-Baby keeps sending me, I am sure she is flirting with me... :P

4) Casino Royale

5) Any reality show.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:37 PM
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8. Hmmm
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? - I'm unemployed (unemployable lol) but if I was working it would probably be all of them. I'm a misanthrope.

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? - Blind Date or Antiques Roadshow.

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? - Japanese here too.

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? - 28 Days Later. I hate theaters as well.

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. - Pretty much everything that becomes popular.





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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:40 PM
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9. Happy Wednesday, Zevulon.
1. Ginger.
2. "The Big Bang Theory".
3. French.
4. Iron Man.
5. Country music. I mean really...MEH!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:42 PM
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10. Okay
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?

Sean

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?

I don't watch tv

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?

Russian

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater?

Probably something like "Birth of a Nation" - it's been many years.

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.

Fast food
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:43 PM
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11. good questions.
Former co-worker, Ken the douchebag

Bridezillas!

Mandarin Chinese, started, stopped, restarted, stopped

Indiana Jones

The game show with the suitcases.
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Carnea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:45 PM
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12. MMkay
My answers in parentheses.

1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? N/A

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? Latin

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? Indiana Jones and the stupid fucking Aliens

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. CNN,MSNBC and FOX
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:47 PM
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13. Five specific answers.
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?

Aaron.

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?

Movie Mob.

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?

German.

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater?

You Don't Mess With The Zohan...and I am so, so very sorry.

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.

Adam Sandler...lol.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 03:49 PM
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14. #4, so i was a bad as i thought it would be?
like painfully bad?
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 04:01 PM
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15. Yep.
No real pain, but a lot of people groaning like they were in pain.

Which sucked, because the previews for Hancock and that step brothers movie really had us going.

I gotta stop choosing my movies by the "whichever one starts first" philosophy.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 04:51 PM
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16. me too :)
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?
Cordelia

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?
I don't watch much but it probably would be something on the Game Show network!

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?
French because it sounds nice. Well I did start but I slept in class so I don't count it as starting

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater?
Indiana Jones, I give it a 5 out of 10.


5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.
American Idol
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 09:47 PM
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32. Who employs you, King Lear?
I mean, really, an annoying co-worker named Cordelia! :rofl:

My answers:

1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?

I'll just call her Ms. Mistakes May Have Been Made. :grr:

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?

What Not to Wear

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?

I've done at least something for most of the languages I'm interested in (i.e., got the dictionary, attended classes, etc.), so I guess I'll say the one exception there is Swedish.

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater?

Sex and the City

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.

Most reality shows, most rap.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:36 PM
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17. Alrighty, here are my answers ...
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? (Deb)

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? (I always watch MSNBC, and off the top of my head I cannot think of one that would be a guilty pleasure)

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? (French)

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? (It's been quite a while, but I think it was Saw III)

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. (That would be a tie between NASCAR and televised golf tournaments)
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insanity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:43 PM
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18. 5 answers
1. Kristy
2. Cash Cab
3. Dutch
4. Across the Universe
5. The Da Vinci Code
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:46 PM
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19. Answers:
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? (Randeep)

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? (Psych)

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? (always? err... n/a?)

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? (Kung Fu Panda :D)

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. (Desperate Housewives... Top Model... Apprentice... I could go on all day.)
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:48 PM
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20. My 5



1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?--Jessica

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?--SuperNanny

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?--French

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater?--Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day


5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.--American Idol
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:50 PM
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21. Let's do this
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? (Bobby, though if I were still an office person, Monica)

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? (Any wrasslin show)

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? (ASL)

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? (No Country For Old Men - great f'n movie, and I hate movies)

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. (SIMS)
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:50 PM
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22. Mine
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?
Meeghan


2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?
The Young and the Restless


3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?

Spanish (and my boyfriend is Puerto Rico...yeah I should've learned)

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater?

Don't remember..it was a long time ago


5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.


The Lord of the Rings movies
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 05:54 PM
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23. Mine
1. Retired

2. Turned in the cable box two years ago mainly I found no pleasure in tv, guilty or otherwise

3. Latin

4. LOTR. It needed to be seen on a big screen.

5. Reality(?) shows and the Harry Potter series. I couldn't get into the book and the first movie - meh.
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 06:07 PM
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24. Mine
1) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other?
Mary

2) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any?
Supernanny. These people have a jillion kids a year apart and wonder why their house is in chaos.

3) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on?
German, French, Italian

4) Last movie you saw in the theater?
Titanic. Really.

5) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you.
Ice hockey

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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 06:19 PM
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25. Heeeere we go
1. Jason
2. Survivor
3. Cantonese
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5. Celebrity gossip magazines (who really cares if someone famous is having a baby?)
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 06:23 PM
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27. My answers....
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? Just one? OK.... Linda

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? All My Children

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? Russian

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? Horton Hears a Who

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. Most sports.

Thanks for the fun questions today!

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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 07:08 PM
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28. Hi Zavulon! I'll play!
1) Sonya
2) Project Runway (when it's on) and Jon & Kate +8 - although I really dislike the way she talks to him sometimes
3) Greek. I've kinda sorta made stabs at it, but it's hard!
4) Return of the King.
5) I'm with ya on the American Idol *phenom* - just don't get it AT ALL.

:hi:
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 07:11 PM
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29. Here...
1.) First name of the co-worker that annoys you more than any other? All of them

2.) What is your "guilty pleasure" television show, if any? WWE Wrestling

3.) Language(s) you've always wanted to learn but never got started on? French, Italian, and Celtic

4.) Last movie you saw in the theater? Underworld Evolution in January of 2006

5.) Name any very popular thing (movie, TV show, book, song, video game or whatever) whose popularity completely escapes you. I'm going to have to say American Idol also.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 07:14 PM
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30. Here goes:
1. Ellen
2. Don't really feel guilty about watching, but "Amazing Race"
3. ASL - my daughter's learning it
4. Juno
5. Harry Potter
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 08:13 PM
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31. The five correct answers:
1. Robin
2. Green Acres
3. French
4. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (I'm on a 19 year roll)
5. NBA basketball
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