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A white horse with blue eyes.If you could have dinner with any famous couple, who would you choose?
New question: If you could wake up tomorrow with the ability to speak a new language fluently, what language would you choose?
Famous couple: President and Mrs Barbara Bush. I like their style and they seem to be enjoying their older years. I'd like to know how they adjusted to life after the White House.Language: I'd choose something obscure, probably Celtic or Welsh. Welsh has always fascinated me.
If you could wake up tomorrow (God willing) and look outside and see anything at all (not a person or pet, dead or living), what and why?
A stack of boxes containing new books and new dresses, because I will always want new books and new dresses.If you could hang out with any TV character, who would it be?
CastleIf you could have a complete collection of any author's works, whose would you choose?
Fancy collector editions of Shakespeare.If you could turn any book into a movie, what book would you choose?
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.If you could take next week off and do stuff locally (not a trip), what would you do?
Sleep late, sample a bunch of local wineries, plant pansies.If you went back to college, what would you major in?
Same as before: English. I would swap the Art History minor for a Library Science minor.If you could speak one extinct language fluently, what would it be?
Latin. If you could Read one extinct language, what?
Egyptian HieroglyphsIf you could be a meme what would you be?
Social Justice Warrior, all about righting wrongs in a million small ways. If you could hold your breath for hours, what impossible feat would you attempt?
OK, I'll try another one. If you could do any one thing on your bucket list (a physical activity as opposed to say spending time with the ones you love, etc.), what would it be?
Visit NY.If you could be one for just 24 hours, what cereal box cartoon character would you be? Why?
Strawberry Shortcake, because I loved her when I was little and pink is my favorite color and strawberries are effing delicious.If you could own a pristine first edition copy of a book, what book would it be?
Dawn wrote: "Strawberry Shortcake, because I loved her when I was little and pink is my favorite color and strawberries are effing delicious.If you could own a pristine first edition copy of a book, what book..."
The Bible, just for giggles.
If you could be an extra on a TV series, past or current, which would you choose?
Big Bang Theory.If you could have any job in the world, which one would you want?
I'd like to keep my job I have now but I'd really like to work at Disney World. If you planned the perfect date, what would it be?
A coffee and a walk through the park on a beautiful crisp fall afternoon.
Cat.If you could have had the starring role in one film already made, which movie would you pick?
Gone With the WindIf you could have a complete collection of any one author, who would you choose?
Jodi Picoult.If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do?
Magician's assistant.If you could bring back a cancelled TV show, what would it be?
No contest, I would bring back "Firefly".If you were going to be well-known as an expert in something (anything), what would you want it to be?
The female mindFavourite Loony Toons character, ie. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc
Bugs Bunny.If you could be a character from any book, who would it be?
There are so MANY characters I'd love to be, but one stands out at this moment: Mrs. Weasley. Such a loving and courageous mum. If you could instill one good and everlasting habit in yourself, what would it be?
Anne wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Strawberry Shortcake, because I loved her when I was little and pink is my favorite color and strawberries are effing delicious.If you could own a pristine first edition copy of a bo..."
good one
Sort of simple one: Never to swear again. Though I am working on it.More complex: Be less judgmental of people I think are idiots.
If you could, tonight, be beamed anywhere on earth for tomorrow at leisure, where?
beach in the BahamasIf you could be a supernatural creature, what kind would you be?
A vampire.If you could eliminate one thing you do each day in the bathroom so that you never had to do it again, what would it be?
Pluck stray hairs :(If you could have permanent makeup done (real or imagined) what would you have done?
Longer eyelashesIf you had one hour to do anything you wanted to do, what would it be?
walk on MarsIf you could have one food any time you wanted it with no consequences, what would it be?
lol...that's hilarious! I would be too afraid.Pizza
If you could make one wish, what would it be & why?
I would know exactly what to say and do to help my son kick heroin. If you could see inside one person's mind, and understand them completely, who might you choose?
My husband.If you could have been told one thing that you weren't told when you were a teenager, what would you like to have heard?
Anne wrote: "I would know exactly what to say and do to help my son kick heroin. If you could see inside one person's mind, and understand them completely, who might you choose?"
I am so sorry
If you could have been told one thing that you weren't told when you were a teenager, what would you like to have heard? That it wasn't necessary to be so obedient and put up with verbal abuse and it was OK to have ideas of my own.
If you could tell your parents one thing without recrimination (when they were alive if that's applicable), what?
Thank you, Miss Jessie :)If I could say one thing, it would be to my Mom, and I would tell her that it's okay to yell and it's okay to hug!
If you could write an advice column, upon what what sort of matters would you like to advise others?
raising childrenIf you could have one chore done forever for you, what would it be?
Cleaning the bathroom.If you could meet one deceased author who would it be?
I'm not sure I would want to "meet" a corpse, but I will go with Agatha Christie.Best thing about summers?
no snow or ice!If you could get rid of one show on tv, which would it be?
The Kardashians. I don't watch it, but the world would be improved IMHO by their absence. IF you could insist that people watch, just once, one show, what?
If I could insist that people watch a show, just once, I would insist upon Survivor. It's like Pringles, once you pop you can't stop.If you could have the perfect day, what would you do? (Money's no option.)
I would go to Paris and pay to have the Louvre and Musee and d'Orsay all to myself then hit up a bookstore and buy everything in it.If you could go back and change one thing in your past what would it be and why?
I missed my grandmother's birthday party-so I could celebrate with her. If you could have the perfect day but are on a budget, what would you do?
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