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Respect.Would you rather be a character in your favorite TV show or be one of the writers of your favorite TV show?
A characterWYR live near the equator with warm weather and 12 hours of daylight all year round, or far north/south with varying day lengths and changing weather?
Equator. I read a book that took place in Alaska not too long ago. It was fascinating, but I could NOT handle it!!!!!!WYR stay up late or get up early?
Can I please choose both & be sleep deprived?If you got up early, WYR go for an early morning walk (with your dogs, if you have any) or read your book with a cup of tea or coffee?
I usually have a cup of tea before I take the dog out so I'll go with that option.WYR have your partner forget your birthday or your anniversary together?
birthdayWYR have an invasion of ants or fleas?
Ants - I love them! (did you know that they leave traces of formic acid wherever they go? Formic acid is antiseptic and it acts as a repellent against cockroaches). (if you leave ants alone, they will hang around for a while & then just disappear again. If you poison them, they increase their offspring & multiply!) (I studied Entomology at university)WYR watch the news/current affairs or a nature program on TV?
The news.WYR dress up like a pumpkin for Halloween or like Santa for Christmas.
A pumpkin for Halloween.WYR no one show up at your wedding or your funeral?
Funeral, I wouldn't know any different.Would you rather have everything you’ve ever wanted but you die in one year or live your life as it is now?
live life as it is nowWYR be madly in love with someone who will die in a year or like someone who you will grow old with
Like somebody who I will grow old with - maybe love will comeWYR house one friend you love for a week or send them to a hotel
House my friend!WYR work in a newspaper agency or rather start your own magazine?
Newspaper.Would you rather be an ugly genius or a hot moron?
ugly genius- nerd!WYR apply for Harvard or rather go for some cheap local community college?
Harvard - nothing like an education from there even if it's expesniveWYR sit in the bright sun and read or sit in your cool home and read
Bright sun.Would you rather have horrible acne that is only on areas that are covered with clothing or moderate acne that’s only on your face?
moderate- horrible acne will scarWYR read Shakespeare or Walt Whitman?
Walt WhitmanWYR see a movie with Brad Pitt or Goerge Clooney
George Clooney.Would you rather cut off one of your fingers or pay $5,000 of your own money for the person you hate most to go on a spa vacation?
That was an interesting one, Claire! I'd pay the $5000 to save my finger and she wouldn't enjoy the spa anyway; she has a total inability to enjoy anything.WYR have lunch and a one-on-one conversation with the Pope or with the Dalai Lama?
With the Pope. WYR read To Kill a MockingBird, or read A Catcher in the Rye?
With the Pope. WYR read To Kill a MockingBird, or read A Catcher in the Rye?
SantaWYR go back in time and meet your grandmother when she was a child or live as a cockatoo in Australia?
Back in time.Would you rather have your partner look through all your text/chat/email history or your employer?
Partner.WYR eat marmalade on toast or jam on toast?
jam on toastwyr dye your hair to make you look younger or grow old gracefully
dye my hairWYR read To Kill a Mockingbird or Catcher in the Rye?
Catcher In The Rye.Would you rather never have internet access again or never be able to take an airplane again?
never be able to take a plane WYR work in a school with gifted children or inner city kids
Inner city.Would you rather have HIV and live for 20 years or cancer and live for 10 years?
Annalie wrote: "Can I please choose both & be sleep deprived?"That's typically what I do! :)
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Neither? I don't know much about HIV and it really depends on the type of cancer? Sorry, that was sort of a cop-out....
WYR eat Halloween candy or Thanksgiving/Christmas pie?
Thanksgiving Christmas PieWYR fly in first class then saving money and flying in economic class?
First classWYR donate anonymously or use your name
Donate using my name. I want people to know it!WYR join the Peace Corps or travel the world with your own money.
Travel the world.WYR spend an evening with Tom Cruise telling you for hours about Scientology or an evening with Sting telling you for hours about the plight of the rain forest?
Tom Cruise.Would you rather smell terrible (but you can’t smell it) or your partner smell terrible and you have to smell it?
Rather partner smell so you could tell them to do something about it.WYR go 48 hours without brushing your hair or your teeth?
hair - its short so I could finger comb itWYR be on Survivor or the Amazing Race?
Survivor (If I was on a reality show I would pick Big Brother, though.) WYR read your least favorite book, or watch your least favorite movie?
Watch the film,WYR your friend tell you your new haircut looks awful or keep quiet and just say nothing?
I'd rather they say nothingWYR listen to a book on CD or listen to music
musicWYR carve the pumpkin for Halloween or pass out the treats to Trick-or-treaters?
Pass out treats. Carving a pumpkins is so messy and squishy... blegh.WYR visit Europe or Asia? (If you live on one of those two continents, substitute North America for your continent.)
EuropeWYR have the flu or an ear infection that upsets your balance
Oh my gosh, I'd much rather have the flu! Ear infections are horrendously painful.WYR be on a tropical beach in Fiji or in a coffee shop in Denmark (right now!)
Fiji I'm cold!WYR visit the 12th century or the 16th?
16th century.Would you rather be an average, not famous professional athlete on your current salary or a wealthy, world renowned professional in a field you don’t care about (mathematician, classical musician, whatever)?
A Wealthy world renowned professional in a field I don't care about. WYR go back in time (Pre-1800's)and meet your ancestors, or go into the Future and meet your Great-Great-Grandchildren (Post-2200)?
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Would you rather have unlimited respect or unlimited power?