Between the Lines discussion

Richard wrote: "as a buddhist i am afraid headphones make "listening to the everything" impossible-but as a rider of city buses i keep a pair handy.


Would you rather read a book with the last page missing or rea..."

It would depend on the book, but if I must choose not knowing which book I would rather read a book with the last page missing.I could make up one that seemed to fit.

Would you rather play bridge or go to a party?

If the distance were within 50 miles the back roads. For a longer trip the highway. So I guess if I could only choose one it would be the back roads.

Emilee wrote: "This is just a fun game. Pick one thing you would rather do then add two to choose from for the next person.

Would you rather have unlimited time to read or unlimited time to watch TV?"

Unlimited time to read!

Would you rather swim or walk on the beach?

walk I can't swim.

WYR have one date with Mick Jagger or Keith Richards?

Keith Richards.

Would you rather read Philip Roth or Jennifer Crusie?

Go out with friends and see a movie. could read when I got home.

Would you rather entertain or go to someone else's home?

walk in the sun

Would you rather be underwater or "under construction"?

Exactly opposite so I could hear another point of view as long as it was not a hostile conversation.

Would you rather talk about the present or the future?

Richard wrote: "stick with this one the next one is coming anyway so i still have a third of this one left to work on karma

would you rather be tone deaf or have aphasia?"
Tone deaf.
Would you rather be a philosopher or a journalist?

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a perfect miniature. I like small things.

Would you rather plant a tree or sleep late?

Buy a work of art. It would take a lot more than free instructions for me to make a work of art.

Would you rather go to hear a symphony or see an exhibit of great art?

I would make a work of art and hide it.

Would you rather do a New York Times Thursday puzzle or chop a cord of wood?

New York Times Thursday puzzle

Would you rather play a musical instrument or make a work of art?

I would bring back Edgar Allan Poe. He has always been my favorite author.

Would you rather flay or be invisible?

Compose a piece of music. Now that's a reach! It might end up of the caliber of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Would you rather listen to flutes or violins?

I think knowing all about a writer's life would help me understand their work, so I choose to know all about a writer's life.

Would you rather be interrupted in what you are doing or go all day on a set schedule?

either but since I have to choose one I think a friend I became estraged from.

Would you rather have a pet racoon or chipmunk?

Either, I don't know anything of either. On looks though, a racoon!

Would you rather work at a menial job and earn loads of money or at an intellectually-stimulating one but earn a pittance?

an intellectually stimulating one.

Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter would make an interesting match I think. Who is Rachel Maddow?

Honestly, after careful thought, I would just as soon not have lunch with Ann Coulter. Overlooked the digestive problem. Lol.
How about Rush Limbaugh and James Carville? Rush just makes me laugh.

Who would you rather take to a baseball game - Larry King or Ann Coulter?

I'll opt for Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. I would doubtless learn more about something I know next to nothing about at the exhibit, but I like Stravinsky.

Would you rather write fiction or nonfiction?

well-known artist

BTW, flay was supposed to be fly.

Would you rather live in the Antarctica or in the Sahara desert?

a well-known artist with a gallery in Chelsea.

Would you rather visit Portugal or Scotland?

Oh I love rainy days! There is a grand poem I think by Thomas Hardy that mentions rain streaming down a window like filling in answers vertically in a crossword puzzle. So there it combines two of my favorite things. Yes, I would choose walking in the rain. I do not like snow. Being teased is fun as long as it is kind -- that was.

Would you rather read poetry silently or aloud?

Language is beautiful. That is why I enjoy the poets. They cause me to both think and to feel.
Maybe I could have gone to final rehearsal?
I have signed some petitions that I felt strongly about, so I guess I'll go with that.
Would you vote for the party or the person?

Ashbery

Tolstoy or Flaubert?

a ruined tenement

Would you rather room with someone uneducated and pleasant or someone brilliant and morose?

an artist

Would you rather paint people or nature?

A poster from the 1900s.

Would you rather dance or sing?

ballpoint pen my finger get inky

Would you rather see a foreign film or an American made one?

read a book

Would you rather read memoirs or biographies?

Goddard.

Would you rather play chess or scrabble?

Reply to #216 World's best muffin. It would be digestible.

Would you rather watch the light fade out at dusk or watch the stars in a fully dark sky?

Light fade out at dusk. We have the greatest sunsets here!

Would you rather have all your books taken away for a week or be unable to eat for a day?

Unable to eat for a day.

Would you rather walk in a warm rain or ski in the snow?

No music. I would count on birdsong.

Would you rather watch a robin taking a bath in a birdbath or read a dull book?

Paint, the bridge, yes, scrape it first no.

Would you rather live in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright or in a Connecticut farmhouse with 25 acres of ground?

I am not sure how sheep smell, but I think I would rather be a shepherd with a nice border collie dog.

Would you rather pick strawberries or blueberries?

Sleeping Beauty. My feet would never fit in the glass slipper.

Would you rather live on a houseboat or sell live bait to make a living?

I think a man might be kinder so Robert Frank.
I don't know either of the.
Would you rather see a rainbow or see a movie?

With George's residential care in the cards I have to choose # 1. I would prefer #2 within reason. I am careful usually.

Would you rather read a book straight through or scan it first?

Listen to a well known work. I paid to attend and would rather let those who know far more than I test it out.

Would you rather deal with a cranky computer or a cranky person?

a poet read his own work

would you rather be left handed or right handed?

(I am left handed and prefer it.) Just continue. I assume if I had past lives I had learned from them so maybe this is my best effort so far.

Would you rather watch the seasons change or pick an ideal all round climate and live there?

Tough, tough call. Latter years involved teaching mentally challenged so that would be my choice today. Earlier it would have been the opposite.

Would you rather daydream or work on a perfect spring day?

Metropolitan Museum of Art. I have been there.

Would you rather see an exhibit of Monet or Matisse?

Direct it.


Would you rather be in the library or home?

Fiona, delighted you like to talk to older people. We in turn enjoy talking with younger ones. Older people have had more time to develop quirks along with eccentricities while secretly enjoying them. I think many British writers capitalize on this.

Read. I get the wisdom and experiences of other points of view.