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[Roger]

Who Put the Beef in Wellington

and

privet hedge (so English middle class)

courgette or zucchini?

[Preston, Moderator]

US grown, superior, American zucchini

tweedledee or tweedledum

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

tweedledee

rent or own?

[Roger]

own (he's mine, all mine…)

Spielberg or Lucas?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

George of Skywalker Ranch

The Kinks or Cream?

[Roger]

Difficult choice…

Cream (saw their first public gig at Hornsey and final at Albert Hall)

Beatles or Stones?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

stones

paprika or saffron?

[Roger]

saffron (for risotto)

tarragon or thyme?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

tarragon

fresh baked bread or fresh bake cookies?

[Roger]

fresh baked bread

plain dough or sour dough?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

plain

checkers or chess?

[Roger]

chess

Boyd awake or Boyd abed?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

boyd dreaming

write a book or be a cook?

[Roger]

both, er…
cook a book

brussels sprouts or broccoli?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

broccoli al dente with pasta and oil with fresh ground pepper

cave or castle?

[Roger]

castle

temples: Greek or Roman?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

Roman

sandals or flip flops?

[Roger]

flip flops (wearing ’em now)

rain or drizzle?

[Preston, Moderator]

rain (waters the greenery and flowers)

iPad or iPad Mini?

[Roger]

iPad (bigger is better)

Android or iSO?

[Preston, Moderator]

iOS6 (soon to be iOS7)

Portugal or Italy?

[Lori S.]

Portugal

Atlantic or Pacific?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

pacific

electric clothes dryer or outdoor clothes line

[Lori S.]

Electric

The Straights of Gibraltar or the Pillars of Hercules?

[Roger]

They are the same, as you well know tsk, tsk tsk…

Pillars of Hercule Poirot

Swallows or Amazons?

[Preston, Moderator]

Swallows (when they come back to Capistrano)

UPS 2nd Day delivery or USPS Priority Mail?

[Rick]

USPS Priority Mail (Just 'cuz the USPS needs the business)

And in the vein of Lori's post #1677 above:

Constantinople or Istanbul?

[I don't mean to be demeaning or anything - it's just two names for the same place, I could have asked New York or New Amsterdam come to think of it]

[Preston, Moderator]

Well it might have had a nicer library when it was Constantinople



laurel or ivy?

[Roger]

Even the conquerors continued to call it Constantinople, and Istanbul is a bastardization of the Turkish for "In the City".

laurel (I have far too much ivy everywhere in my garden)

dandelions or daisies?

[Preston, Moderator]

daisies (dandelions are weeds)

household cleaners:
spray can or pump spray

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

pump

kite or balloon?

[Jan VL]

Balloon

Deodorant: Spray or Stick?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

stick

hangover or hangnail?

[Roger]

hangnail (irritating but you don't need pharmaceuticals to help you over it)

cars:
hood or bonnet?

[Boyd, Hunk of hunky burning passion]

hood (bonnet sounds so girlie)

hammer and nail or nail gun?

[Ajax1978]

nail gun (just be careful for pete's sake)

737 or A320

[Lori S.]

Preston wrote: "daisies (dandelions are weeds)"
[Dandelions are edible and can be cultivated like lettuce if you wanted. Also, people have been known to make wine out of them.]

737

cars:
trunk or boot?

[Rick]

trunk (boots are for feet)

(and I agree - dandelions are far superior)

Dandelion Wine

Bilbo or Frodo?

[Lori S.]

Bilbo



For Rent

or

To Let

[Roger]

For Rent (as long as the lads are cheap)

Jon Pertwee or Tom Baker?

[Rick]

Jon Pertwee!

Paul McGann or Peter Cushing?

[Lori S.]

Ooooh hard choice-
Paul McGann

Peter Cushing or Peter Davison?
[you get to chose my next Doctor avatar. How's that for motivation? ]

[Roger]

Peter Cushing (Die, Dracula, die…)

Darth Vader or Jabba the Hut?

[Monika]

Darth Vader

David Tennant or Matt Smith?

[Roger]

David Tennant

Burton or Taylor? (…NOT Lautner…)

[Monika]

(Good choice with Tennant)

Burton

Olivier or Valentino?

[Preston, Moderator]

Sir Lawrence

stemware or tumbler?

[Roger]

tumbler (except for wine)

windows:

sash or casement?

[Ajax1978]

Sash

beef tenderloin or pork tenderloin?

[Roger]

beef tenderloin

fillet or rump?