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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 05:40 PM
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Random questions
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?

2. Do you have a career or a job?

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?

4. What do you love the most about the human race?

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?

8. Do you like the town you live in now?

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 05:50 PM
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1. Let's see....
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
What is this "free time" of which you speak?

2. Do you have a career or a job?
I suppose it is my career :(

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
It's inhumanity

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
It's diversity and unintentional hilarity

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
Skinner pays me by the post (actually it's the people)

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
Pringles dipped in chocolate frosting

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
I would really have to love it to give up security in this financial climate

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
Depends on the day

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
Prom dress (ugh)

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
at least once a day (I have messy spawn)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 06:00 PM
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2. Answers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
Free time? What free time? :P Reading certain websites and ideally, working on art and things of such creative nature.

2. Do you have a career or a job?
Job.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
Our willingness to be convinced that inequality and injustice are not only unavoidable but necessary.

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
That our natural instinct is usually to pull together in times of need despite the aforementioned flaw.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
The people, I guess.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
Tough call. Reese Big Cups maybe.

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
I have a relatively secure job that I hate right now. As soon as I have the opportunity to take the one I love, I'm the fuck out of there.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
Yeah, it's pretty small for a city, but it's much better than the shitty 3,000 person town I came from.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
Blue. (My favourite song by Husker Du is "Pink Turns to Blue")

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
Once every two weeks maybe.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 06:00 PM
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3. Ok
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? Way too much time online

2. Do you have a career or a job? A job

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? Cruelty

4. What do you love the most about the human race? Won't get this locked :evilgrin:

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? Addiction

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? Ice cream

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? Depends how big the risk is

8. Do you like the town you live in now? Not really

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? The singer

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? Once a week, on a good week!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 06:08 PM
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4. Manswers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?

Rehabbing/training dogs.

2. Do you have a career or a job?

Career

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?

Seemingly inherent selfishness

4. What do you love the most about the human race?

I'll have to get back to you on that.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?

It's members, information

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?

Tater tots/crispy crowns

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?

Secure job I hate. I can't take chances at this stage in my life.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?

Yeah.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?

Hawt (the singer chick)

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:18 PM
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15. #4
How about a human's will to live and ability to survive despite everything thrown at him/her?

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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 06:13 PM
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5. k
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
Work

2. Do you have a career or a job?
Job

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
The need for religion

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
The females :evilgrin:

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
All the naked pictures that I get pm'd to me.:silly: oh and :sarcasm: :mad: :rofl:

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
Anything Cheesy

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
Secure Job.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
Yes

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
I'm coming out so we better get this party started

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
:yoiks:
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 06:39 PM
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6. Here goes...
Edited on Sun Nov-02-08 06:40 PM by femmocrat
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? I love to sleep.

2. Do you have a career or a job? Career.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? There are too many of them.

4. What do you love the most about the human race? Most people are decent.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? LBN

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? Chocolate.

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? I am currently stuck for life in the secure job that I hate.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? I live out in the country. I prefer it to town.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? Code.

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? Once or twice a week. More when the dogs are in full shedding mode.

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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 06:47 PM
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7. OK
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
Hauling kids around or spending time with friends

2. Do you have a career or a job?
career

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
selfishness

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
they're fun

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
the drink specials

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
something chocolate

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
I have a secure job that I like a lot. I'm ok with that.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
lots of shopping (part of why it annoys me at times too)

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
vaginas

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
at least weekly
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:02 PM
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8. Here goes:
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
Sleeping or eating or drinking

2. Do you have a career or a job?
Job

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
Discrimination

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
It's generosity

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
Talking to people

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
Doritos

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
One I love

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
Yes

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
Commie

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
Once a week
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:07 PM
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9. Here goes.

1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? DU

2. Do you have a career or a job?Yes

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? People

4. What do you love the most about the human race?People

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? Addictive personality

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? Chocolate

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? Risk taker here.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? Yes

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? floyd

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? Occasionally.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:09 PM
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10. Randumber answers :)
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?

Never you mind err I mean DU! ;)

2. Do you have a career or a job?

A job. My career ended when them talkies came out.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?

It's propensity for stupidity and violence, usually in tandem

4. What do you love the most about the human race?

The love it shows when it overcomes the above answer.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?

Knowledge and great people. Also see answer 4.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?

With a KFC, 2 Wendys, 4 McD's and 3 BK's within 4 miles of me, whatever I haven't had in a while. Oddly enough, right now it's pizza :rofl:

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?

Right now, A. In a year from now, B. 10-15 years ago, B.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?

Absolutely

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?

Get my mind out of the gutter dammit!

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?

There's a carpet? There's a floor?
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:09 PM
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11. Non-random answers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?

Parenting.

2. Do you have a career or a job?

:cry:

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?

Unfulfilled potential.

4. What do you love the most about the human race?

Unfulfilled potential.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?

The hallucinogenic glue on the bumper stickers sent to donors.

Wait, I think that was supposed to be a secret.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?

Soy Delicious Dairy Free Ice Cream.

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?

At my age? Risk wouldn't be a huge problem.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?

Mostly.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?

lemonade

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?

Not often enough, apparently.
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AccessGranted Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:12 PM
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12. Answers
1. Internet and writing.

2. Not sure.

3. People lie and misrepresent too much.

4. Not much lately.

5. I learn a lot from others here and keep up on current events.

6. Taco Bell.

7. Right now I'd go for security.

8. Love my town.

9. I'm coming up, so you'd better get the party started.

10. About every two to three days.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:16 PM
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13. My answers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
It's pretty split between DU, reading a book, and World of Warcraft (yeah, I'm a WoW nerd.)

2. Do you have a career or a job?
A job.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
That we cause each other pain, be it physical, mental, or emotional.

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
When it comes down to it, we can usually put our differences aside and work together.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
The people.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
Ice cream with some kind of chocolate in it.

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
The one I love.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
It's okay. I wouldn't want to spend my life here, though.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
Bunny slippers. I don't know why. :silly:

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
Once a week or so. Sometimes I slack on that, though.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:17 PM
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14. Answers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? Reading

2. Do you have a career or a job? a job

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? greed

4. What do you love the most about the human race? incredible ability to survive and thrive

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? the people

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? chocolate

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? I'm 47. Security wins right now. I wish that wasn't the case.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? It's a nice city.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? Breast Cancer Awareness. My mother just had a tumor removed and is now a breast cancer survivor-in-progress.

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? Weekly
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:33 PM
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16. ok
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? kid-wrangling and shlepping, work, reading, kvetching about Republicans!

2. Do you have a career or a job? yes.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? capacity for cruelty, guns

4. What do you love the most about the human race? capacity for compassion and doing good

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? the cool people here and I feel among kindred spirits

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? chocolate!

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? mmm, following my bliss would probably take priority. I am lucky to like the career I have chosen.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? yeah, it's a nice, mostly quiet semi-urban suburb, with good blue collar roots and lots of Dems, surrounded by the progressive East End of PIttsburgh!

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? Code!

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? weekly vacuuming or more if it really needs it. Daily for the kitchen floor.

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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:41 PM
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17. Answers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?

Reading

2. Do you have a career or a job?

A job.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?

The way we refuse to recognize the damage we do until it's so far gone it's practically irreparable.

4. What do you love the most about the human race?

Our capacity for compassion.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?

The people, the personalities, the sense of fun.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?

Black jelly bellies.

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?

I'd take the risk.

8. Do you like the town you live in now?

Yes.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?

Cadillac.

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?

Never. That's what I have a husband for. :P
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:43 PM
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18. random answers

1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
Reading or DU!
2. Do you have a career or a job?
A career
3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
Hatred
4. What do you love the most about the human race?
Love
5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
Humor, sincerity, like-mindedness, and I learn a lot
6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
Chips/salsa if I'm in a 'savory' mood; anything chocolate if I want sweets
7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
I have risked everything to take one I love, and it backfired hugely...don't know that I'd do it again, at least not in that type of job
8. Do you like the town you live in now?
Love it
9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
Aerosmith
10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
As often as it needs it...usually a couple of times a week
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:22 PM
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19. Random answers
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? Probably reading. My free time takes place in so many different places that it's hard to say.

2. Do you have a career or a job? Career.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? The rampant bigotry/ignorance.

4. What do you love the most about the human race? Our capacity to love.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? Good people, good information, good interaction.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? The chocolate!

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? Risk for the love.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? Yes.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? Can't answer that here.

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? Kitchen: every couple of days. Carpets: Every couple of weeks.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:24 PM
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20. ok
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on?
hard to say.... depends on the day/week/month, etc. also, I tend to not differentiate between work and leisure

2. Do you have a career or a job?
career, but not one I can count on after my current job runs out

3. What do you hate the most about the human race?
greed

4. What do you love the most about the human race?
selflessness displayed by many of it's people

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back?
umm.... boredom? a sense of community when I'm living thousands of miles away from old friends and family

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first?
something fried or fatty

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love?
risk everything - I've spent my whole adult life doing that

8. Do you like the town you live in now?
yeah, it's really nice for what it is, but I don't think I'd want to settle down here forever

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"?
red

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor?
not very often... either every few weeks or when I spill something
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:25 PM
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21. ok
Edited on Sun Nov-02-08 08:28 PM by Kali
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? the internets

2. Do you have a career or a job? I live and work on a ranch. It IS my life.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? greed and ignorance

4. What do you love the most about the human race? intelligence, compassion, creativity

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? info, humor, drama

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? at home: chips or popcorn (which is not junk food - it is a whole grain snack), on the road: would depend on mood but drive thru for sure. Taco Bell, Mc D's, Jack in the Crack, or KFC

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? Did and doing the latter.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? don't live in a town, don't really care for the nearest.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? panther

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? erm...well the kids are supposed to do it, but if I know company is coming I might get motivated - so a couple times a year?
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coyotespaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 09:05 PM
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22. Here we go...
1. What one activity do you spend most of your free time on? Trying, and failing, to sleep.

2. Do you have a career or a job? I have a good time that I somehow manage to get paid for.

3. What do you hate the most about the human race? It seems that there's a collective arrogance about the whole species. For some reason, they all seem to think the world can't get along without them.

4. What do you love the most about the human race? Quite a few of them are rather pretty.

5. What is it about DU that makes you keep coming back? A cross between humorous flame wars about Olive Garden, and a few rather pretty members.

6. When you absolutely must have junk food, what do you go for first? Seedless baked popcorn.

7. Would you choose to keep a secure job that you hate, or risk everything to take one you love? Been there, done that; gotta do what you love doing.

8. Do you like the town you live in now? It's better than some places I've been.

9. What is the first word that comes to mind when I say "pink"? If I told you, it would likely derail the thread.

10. How often do you vacuum your carpet/sweep your floor? What is this "vacuum" you speak of?
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