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[beandelphiki]

1. For a person whom you loved deeply, would you move to a distant country knowing that there would be little chance of seeing your friends/family again? If I actually loved someone enough to move for them in the first place? Sure, in a heartbeat. Who gives a shit? I can make new friends, and I'm not too attached to my family. I might hesitate if it was like a 3rd world country or something.

2. If you died tonight without an opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not telling someone? Nothing I can think of. I don't do regrets. I suppose I might regret not getting it through my parent's thick skulls what kind of damage they did to me. And I guess I'd want to say "sorry" to Kyle.

But I don't think I care about either of those things too much. Like I said, I don't do regrets.

3. If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterwards be unable to remember a moment of it, would you? Not sure I see the point, but why not? It doesn't make things worse.

4. If a new medication was developed to cure arthritis, but it would kill 1 percent of all that took it, would you want it released to the public? As long as everyone who took it was informed of the possibility, however slight. People should make their own decisions about these kinds of things; I'm not for someone else deciding this stuff for me.

5. You discover that your one-year-old is in fact not your child due to a mix-up at the hospital. Would you exchange the child to correct the mistake? Can you see EVERYTHING that could go wrong, no matter how you answered? I like haleth's answer to this one...but what if your bio kid turned out gay or something, and the other family had an issue with that? I can just imagine the guilt I'd feel if they went through something I could have prevented.

No idea, I guess.

6. Do you think the world will be better or worse 100 years from now? Worse.

7. Would you accept $1 million to leave the country forever? Hell yeah. Why wouldn't I? Why wouldn't YOU? Are your feet surgically attached to the soil in your country? Pffft. Yanks. Like there's nothing better to see out there.

8. What gender do you think has it easier in society? I would have said men, once upon a time.

Now I don't say either.

9. You're given the power to kill people by thinking of their death then twice whispering the word "good-bye." These people would die a natural death, and no one would ever suspect you. Would you do it? Sure. Not like you could do it by accident; why would you say "goodbye" to yourself twice if not for a specific reason?

10. If you live to the age of 90 and you're given the choice to either keep the mind or the body of a 30-year-old for the last sixty years of your life, which would you choose? Body, of course. Who the hell would say mind? Do you WANT to be as immature as a 30-year old for the rest of your life? Eeesh.

Growing old would be a lot better if people took your vast experience seriously, and not many people take you seriously when you're shriveled and can't remember, see or hear a thing.

11. Who do you admire the most, and why? No one comes to mind.

12. If given the choice to become extremely physically ugly in exchange for living at any physical age you chose, would you do it? No.

13. If you could wake up tomorrow with one ability or quality gained, what would it be? Some form of of paranormal talent; don't make me chose.

14. You have the chance to meet a person with whom you fall madly in love with, a relationship you could only dream of. Unfortunately, you know in six months, the person will die. Would you still want to meet them? I bet that will be the story of my life. I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised.

15. If you had a voodoo doll and could hurt anyone you chose, would you use it? My dad. And various idiots with too much power, starting with Bush.

And anytime someone in power made a homophobic statement, I think I'd make their penis burn.

16. While your significant other is on a vacation in a far away city, he/she meets an exciting stranger and ends up sleeping with them. Considering that they will never meet again, would you want him or her to tell you? Are you insane? What, like I want to risk an STD? Of course I would.

17. For an all-expense paid, one-week vacation anywhere in the world, would you be willing to kill a beautiful butterfly by pulling off its wings? I'm not going to lie and say no.

18. Would you murder an innocent person if it meant that world hunger would end? Only if the results would be permanent. No point if human idiocy would bring it right back to the way it was.

19. What is your most treasured memory? *blank stare*

20. Would you rather be given $10,000 for your own use or $100,000 to distribute to strangers anonymously? I'll take the ten. Let the other people make/find their own damn money.

21. If you knew there would be a nuclear war in one week, what would you do? I'd do everything I've never done but always wanted to. I'm about to die, right? Nuclear war would wipe all life off the earth, guaranteed. Except for maybe the cockroaches and HIV. Why would you want to stick around afterwards, anyway?

22. Would you accept 20 years of immense happiness and fulfillment if it meant dying at the end? Is it the last 20 years of my life?

23. Would you give up half of what you own right now if you could obtain a pill that would make it so that one hour of sleep each night would refresh you completely forever? Sure, I don't own much. And think of how much I could work when I only needed 1 hour's sleep. That would be a fast way to make bucks, all right.

24. If the person you're engaged to marry had an accident and became a parapalegic (no use of legs) would you still follow through with your marriage? I don't know. But why am I getting married? I don't do long-term. I'm going to die young. I've felt that all my life. I think if would be unfair to impose that on someone else.

25. How would you feel if you knew your significant other had a boyfriend/girlfriend of the same sex in the past? a) Who give a shit? and b) threesomes?

26. You are offered $1 million for the following: before you are ten pistols, one of which is loaded. You are to pick one up, point it at your forehead and pull the trigger. If you survive, you will walk away rich. Would you do it? Absolutely. I have a one nine in ten chance of being a millionaire. And I never wanted to live forever, OR die in my bed. I can't lose.

27. Someone very close to you is in pain, paralyzed and will die within the next two months. He/she begs you to give them posion. Would you do it? Learn to spell. Yes.

28. You are given the power to go any distance into the future for one year, and after a year, return with all the knowledge you have gained, with nothing physical to prove it. Would you do it if there was a 50% risk of death? What would I do in the future? Work at MacDonald's? Does the 50% chance have anything to do with starving to death?

29. While parking late one night, you scrape a Porsche. No one saw you, and the damage is extremely minor and wouldn't be covered by insurance. Would you leave a note? Scratch? What scratch? Honestly, if you own a Porsche and leave it sitting out at night, you deserve what you get for stupidity.

30. By controlling medical research funds, you can guarantee that within 15 years, a cure will be found for one disease, however during this time, no research will be done for cures of other diseases. Would you target the one disease? For HIV, yes. For anything else, no. Just because the chances of licking that one seem so impossible.

31. Would you add one year to your life if it meant taking away one year from another random person's? No. Just one year? Nobody'd miss it, but I don't want to live forever.

32. You and a person you love deeply are in separate rooms with a button next to each of you. Both of you will be killed if neither of you presses their button within an hour,but whoever DOES press the button will save the other's life. What would you do? *barfs* I'd never end up getting myself and someone else in this situation in the first place; I'd fight to the death to avoid it.

33. If someone you loved needed a kidney transplant, and you were the only option, with a 50% expectancy to live through the operation, would you do it? No idea. Situational.

34. When did you last yell at someone and why? Don't remember.

35. Would you be willing to have horrible nightmares every night for a year in exchange for extreme wealth? Yeah. I used to get horrible nightmares all the time, anyway. Might as well get something out of it.

36. If you could have free, unlimited service for five years from a cook, chauffeur, housekeeper, masseuse, or secretary, which would you choose? Could be the cook, because I can't. Cook, that it. Might be the chauffeur, because I can't drive yet. Might be the secretary, because I'm clueless about stuff like dealing with my finances, and I'd get zie to help me.

Not sure.

37. Would you go to a slaughterhouse and kill a cow? Do you eat meat? Trying to point out an inconsistent attitude? You need to be more subtle.

Anyway, sure. I could guarantee it's death would be humane. And yes.

38. Would you like to spend a month of solitude in a distant natural setting with free food and shelter, but without being able to see another person at all? WHEN??? I WANT IT NOW!!

39. On a hot summer day, you see a dog in a car suffering badly from the heat. What would you do? I'd break the dog free, no matter what. Someone who leaves their dog to suffer like that deserves a broken window.

40. If you knew that you would die in a year, would you change anything about how you're living? I doubt it. I might risk a few more things. I'd definitely be less wary of losing my virginity. Eh.

41. For $20,000 would you go for three months without washing, brushing your teeth, or using deodorant? *shudder* I can't go 24 hours without a shower. Hell, TWO showers. That's one thing I admittedly wouldn't do for money, I'd lose it.

42. Would you rather die peacefully with friends at 50, or painfully and alone at 80, with the 30 years in between being rather happy ones? I doubt I'll live much past 40 anyway.

43. Would you have one of your fingers amputated if it guaranteed immunity from all diseases? Sure, why not? Just not a thumb.

44. Would you rather leave the country forever or never leave the state in which you live now? Leave forever. I have so much to see before I die.

45. You, your best friend, and your dad go hiking in the jungle. Your friend and father are bitten by extremely poisonous snakes. They will die if they don't get anti-venom shots. you only have one dose. who would you give it to? Each half. I'd call for emergency help on my cell, if I could. Then I'd use whatever medical knowledge I had to keep them alive. If they die, at least I know I did what I could.

46. If you could choose the sex and looks of your child, would you? Yeah, why not?

47. On a street, you're approached by a well-dressed person who apologetically asks you for a dollar to catch the bus, as he has lost his wallet. What would you do? What would you do in that situation if approached by a haggard looking man who claimed to be hungry and unable to get a job? Give them both money, as long as they didn't try to scare me into it. I've had that, and I hate it.

48. If by sacrificing your life, you would contribute so much to the world that you would be recognized in every nation, would you do it? would you do it knowing that someone you detested would get the credit for your accomplishment? I wouldn't care who got the credit, I'd be dead. As long as it was a truly significant contribution.

49. You know you'll die of a terminal disease within three months. Would you be frozen within a week if it gave you a modest chance of being revived in a thousand years? Absolutely, without a doubt. I want to see the world 1000 years from now. I have nothing to lose.

50. You're driving late at night, when you hit a dog that darted in front of your car. Would you stop and see how badly it is injured? What would you do if you killed it and it had a tag? Cry. Try to make amends.

51. A millionare offers to donate a huge sum of money to charity if you walk four blocks naked on a busy downtown street. Would you? They sound insane. No.

52. Would you have your aging process cut by a factor of thirty giving you a life expectantcy of 2,000 years? Why not? I said I don't want to live forever, but then, our lifetimes are too short to make it worthwhile to live the whole thing, anyway.

As long as I didn't have to spend hundreds of years as a child.

53. If you were having difficulty on a very important test and could safely cheat off of another person's paper, would you? I generally don't.

54. Would you take five years from your life if it meant becoming extremely attractive? Hell, yeah. Or, you know, I could just spend those 5 years NOT having hot sex and being worshiped.

55. If you could go back to anytime in the past, but not return, would you? What era would you return to? Yes, but I don't know. I'd have to do major research and think about it a lot.

56. If your friends/relatives were willing to tell you bluntly and honestly what they thought of you, would you want them to? *wince* Again? I guess it's better than sugar-coated lies.

57. Would you accept $10,000 in exchange for shaving your head and going without a wig or a hat and not explaining your reason? Um, people do that all the time. It's called personal fashion. Yeah, totally.

58. If you were married and met another person who you know will provide a satisfying and intoxicating love life that would top the relationship you are in, would you leave your spouse? As long as they aren't totally dependent on me for something, I might.

59. If you were given the option to become paralyzed below the neck for a year to save the blue whale from extinction, would you? Just for a year? Sure. And I would learn a lot about what other people who have to deal with that go through.

60. If you saw your mother holding hands with and kissing another man, and she begged you not to tell your father, would you? I covered for my dad, didn't I?

61. If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think have a more satisfying life then you? A bunch? No idea.

62. Would it disturb you much if you knew that after your death your body would be thrown into the woods and left to rot? Why/why not? No. Better that way; you don't clutter up land with stupid engraved rocks and shit. As long as there was no chance anyone would find my rotting body and be disturbed by it.

63. Which would you prefer: a wild, turbulant life filled with joy, sorrow, passion and adventure--intoxicating successes and stunning setbacks; or a happy, secure, predictable life surrounded by friends and family without such wide swings of fortune/mood? Probably the former.

64.If you knew your child would be born severely retarded and would die at age five, would you have an abortion? No.

65. Would you like to know the precise date of your death? Not sure.

66. Would you accept an annual "allowance" of $50,000 a year (adjusted for inflation each year) if it meant never working for money again? Can I ask why would anyone say no? The question doesn't even say you can't work, it just says not for money.

67. What, if anything, is too serious to kid about? I don't believe anything cannot be joked about.

68. If, by having a 2X2 inch tattoo, you would save five lives and prevent a terrorist attack, would you get it? Heheh, can it be the Gryff crest?

69. Would you give up TV for five years if it meant that someone would take care of 1,000 starving children in Indonesia? I don't watch TV anyway, moron. Not everyone likes the feeling of their brain leaking out their ears.

Okay, if we did watch TV in my house, there are some shows I'd watch. But generally, watching for too long at my grandma's makes my stomach feel sick. It's really not that good for you.

Come up with something I'd really miss.

70. On a plane, you're talking to an average looking stranger on a plane. He randomly offers you $10,000 for one night of sex. Knowing that it is safe and that being paid is a sure thing, would you do it? I'd make it the best he ever had. *eg*

71. If you had the choice between one intimate soul mate and no close friends or many friends and acquaintances, but no soulmate, which would you choose? I pick B. I like to be left alone, and friends are glad to do that, most of the time.

72. For $2,000 would you get up in a crowded restaurant and loudly berate a waitress, knowing she will be very grateful if you obtain the money and split it with her later? Does she know that's why I'm yelling? No idea. One grand isn't a lot of money.

73. If there was a public execution on TV, would you watch it? Bad id! No biscuit!

Yes. I follow the Anita Blake principle; if something awful is happening to someone, and you either condone it or can't stop it, you have a responsibility to watch.

74. If you could increase your IQ by 40 points by having an ugly scar stretching from your mouth or your eye, would you do it? So then, I'd be at what? 160? 170? I'm thinking closer to the latter, because I had my IQ tested for a gifted program and was supposed to get in (we moved instead); and all gifted programs require at least 130 IQ points unless there are special circumstances. So, 170.

Only about 100 000 people have an IQ like that. So maybe, but it depends on what I'd do with it.

75. Would you be content in a marriage completely devoid of sex, but happy in every other way? Now? Probably. On T? Dunno.

76. If you are leading 100 people, and one path would guarantee the survival of 90 people, while the other has a 50% rate of survival for all and if it were failed, all would die, which would you choose? The 50%. All or none. No regrets.

77. For $1 million, would you never speak to or see your best friend again? Sure, I suppose. Story of my life. Without the mill.

78. If you were eating at a restaurant, and you weren't charged for something, would you tell the waitress? Hahah, nope.

79. Would you commit perjury for a friend? (i.e. the friend is accused of hitting a pedestrian out of carelessness, which is true, would you testify that he was being careful?) Probably not. Actions have consequences.

80. For $50,000, would you take a perfectly healthy pet to the vet to be put to sleep? Yes, but I'd cry so hard. :( I dunno, not if it was Tiger.

81. If you were guaranteed honest responses from three questions, what would they be? I'll keep Frank's first two:

1. what will be the winning lottery numbers next week??
2. and... 3 years after that??

3. Um...I guess it would be something to do with what career I should pursue.