A Little Game of Tag Chicken
by Jenners • 03/13/2012 • Tag Chicken With Trisha • 82 Comments
A few weeks ago, Trisha at eclectic/eccentric tagged me in a meme that had her asking 11 questions. I answered her questions and then tagged her AGAIN (as a bit of a joke) in my post. This past week, Trisha answered my tag and tagged me again (so I can join her in getting caught in an endless tag loop). Not one to shy away from a game of tag chicken, I’m now answering Trisha’s new questions.
- What is the proper ratio of donuts to milk? 3:0 (I hate milk.)
- What is the proper book to read while waiting at the DMV which will fully express your disgust with the whole situation? I think You Suck by Christopher Moore would do the job nicely.
- If you absolutely had to give one or the other up for life, would you choose to give up books or your car? My car. (I’m hoping Mr. Jenners gets to hang on to his and lets me use it occasionally.) I suppose I could learn to get all my groceries at the Walgreens within walking distance but how could I live without my books?
- Does an author’s personality have any affect on whether or not you read his/her book? I don’t think so. First of all, I hardly see anything to let me “get to know” many authors. If there was some big scandal (like James Patterson went on a serial killing spree), I might consider dropping his books. (Confession: I can’t stand James Patterson’s books anyway so this would require little or no effort on my part. But Tana French … please stay clean. I need your books!)
- Eric, Lestat, Edward, or Count Dracula? Edward. Always Edward. (Thereby revealing my true inner age as 16.)
- Would you rather have a mansion or a private jet? A mansion (with cleaning staff. I can barely keep my own home clean let alone a mansion.) Preferably one that looks like this:
Everything I want in a house: big wraparound porch (on two levels), a round room, personality, chimneys!
- What book would you recommend to be placed in every prison cell (a la Bibles in hotel rooms)? How To Behave and Why by Munro Leaf.
Recommended for hardened criminals and children!
- Twins by yourself or quadruplets with a nanny? Twins by myself.
- Austen or Bronte? Austen.
- Which finger is most important and why? I suppose these fancypants opposable thumbs that seem to differentiate us from every other animal is a keeper. Besides, how could I thumb wrestle without it?
- TV or movies? Movies.
Now I’m supposed to write 11 more questions and tag people but I’m only going to tag one other person (and I know you know who it is). Tag, Trisha, you’re it … unless, of course, you want to opt out now and let me be the “winner.” Here are my new questions for you:
- Have you ever thought of giving up blogging?
- Would you rather cough butterflies or sneeze rainbows? (I heard this on my son’s radio show so don’t blame me.)
- What book/s being released this year are you most looking forward to reading?
- What surprised you most about becoming a mother?
- Which do you prefer: dogs or cats?
- What is the last movie that made you cry?
- What is the last book that made you laugh?
- Would you rather spend a week in New York City or a week in the mountains in Colorado?
- Can you quit a book you’re not enjoying? If so, what is your secret?
- How are you liking 11/22/63 by Stephen King? (I see you are reading it now or soon will be.)
- Do you think you will stop and not answer these questions so I can be the winner of our little game of tag chicken?
That house is fantastic…I just need to repaint it and find some land to put it on…preferably with an ocean view!!
Milk with donuts makes me feel a little ill…I’d take coffee or tea with my donuts (I like that you chose 3 donuts, too!)
I’d have to give up the cat since there’s no way I can give up my books!
I love your question about coughing butterflies or sneezing rainbows. I don’t want any butterflies in my mouth!
Can’t wait to see what Trisha does…you two crazy kids!
I agree — the house needs to be repainted. And I like your ocean view idea.
And I chose sneezing rainbows for the same reason — it would be gross to have butterflies in my mouth!
I don’t know where that house is, but I want to live there! Gorgeous.
I would also pick books over cars – not even a competition.
And speaking of competition, this little rivalry you two have going is fun to watch.
That house is in Mobile, Alabama. Isn’t it amazing? And I think Trisha is going to keep this game going!! I can’t wait to see how she answers my questions and what is up for me next!
On the Vampire list, one of my favorites is missing – Angel from the Buffy/Angel series. I like him much better than Edward. Even Spike from that series is pretty funny not not as fetching as Angel.
Oh, I still don’t like milk – I make the kids drink it but not for me.
No car – bike with trailer is a good alternative – even good for toting around books, too.
I agree — Angel was pretty good! I started watching that show near the end of its run but it was long enough to have a bit of a crush on Angel.
And I don’t think I could bike for long distances with a trailer filled with books! HAHA!
I don’t drink milk but almond milk is yummy!
Your questions are good. Really good. I am pretty excited about the new John Irving book but no one seems to want to send me a galley. Pooh!
Don’t give up until you get that galley! I think any publisher would just love to have you review their books with the care you put into your reviews.
And I say “hmmmm” on the almond milk. It doesn’t “sound” yummy but I’ll take your word for it.
Here, here for Edward, although Eric Northman may be a close second. Yet, how can one ignore the original Dracula?
I’m a milk AND donut person. I love both of them a bit too much.
As for the books versus car, you can always order everything you need from the Internet and have everything delivered to you! (See? I can rationalize keeping books over anything.)
Great answers!
You make a very very good point about ordering books from the internet but I think she was saying that you can either have a car or you can have books … period. Not where you can get them. And we need books right? I could always hitchhike everywhere! HAHA!
And the original Dracula has never done anything for me. Ugh.
I love that house, too! Maybe I’d change the exterior color, but that’s about it.
I agree … I’m not a big fan of the paint color either.
I hated milk all the way until I got knocked up. Then I fell in love and have never looked back.
Let the games continue….
Oh yeah baby!! I’m glad you’re going to keep it going!!!!
I like your question about what surprised you most about becoming a mother. I watched my friends so long before I did it that what surprised me was that you can teach your own children not to do the stuff that bugs you most in other peoples’ children! Carrying around pillows and blankets and putting muddy shoes on them, for instance.
Amen to that!!! However, I swore up and down I wouldn’t do some stuff that I didn’t like in others but ending up doing them once I got my kid and realized WHY other moms did it.
Love the game tag and love the meme. Let’s see if you have more questions to answer next week!
I’m very curious to see if she’ll go for another round too!
A bit naughty of you to feature my home house without asking.
Great questions and even better answers but I have to ask ……. DMV?
Oh and you can forget Eric, Lestat, Edward, and Count Dracula. For me it has to be Count Duckula. In case you don’t know who he is, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Duckula
DMV stands for Department of Motor Vehicles. Notorious for long lines, uncomfortable chairs and surly workers!! And Count Duckula looks pretty cute!
Now in you could only put that house in the woods somewhere with no neighbors around, I’d be in heaven.
That was the one drawback of that house — it was on too small a plot of land and too close to others. We need to put it on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
I LOVE your new house
I wouldn’t have a problem giving up my car, but only if we moved to a city. Out here in the burbs cars are a necessary evil.
I hear you … the only store within walking distance (and it would be majorly inconvenient) is Walgreens. Still, I couldn’t give up my books!
This has been so fun to read! I want a round room too… so I run circles in it! And I dont like milk either!
As much as I want a round room, what kind of furniture would work in it??
bean bags
I love that your mansion has to come with a cleaning staff! I always wonder how people with huge houses keep them clean, I can hardley manage our little house!
They’ve got to have cleaning staff — how else would they do it????? I can’t imagine. I can barely keep up with our home and that (supposedly) is my job!!!
What a beautiful house, Mrs. J – I’ll take one just like it!
Well since they are dream houses and cost nothing, have two!
I love a latte, hate milk. I do use milk or a milk substitute in cooking, but I haven’t had a glass of milk in 20 years or so.
I’m with you. I had a glass of chocolate milk about three years ago and that was OK but I never went back for more.
This is great, and I love that you two are having your own little tagging war over here! I can’t wait to see how this turns out. Trisha does ask some amazing questions, doesn’t she?
She does have some great questions. I was starting to scrape the barrel for my own questions. I’ll be curious to see if she take the bait and we round again!
I am quite enjoying this game!!
I love milk. Like I could easily drink gallons every week, so part of my weight loss plan is to get down to just the half-cup in my cereal. Which makes me sad. I’ll be super happy when I can have my milk back.
I don’t even know who Eric is. I’m obviously not a vampire aficionado.
Ugh … the idea of drinking gallons of milk a week just makes me feel ill. But to each her own!!
And Eric is the vampire from the True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse books.
You brighten my day! Even your questions are making me laugh and now I’m spending far too long trying to decide whther I’d rather sneeze rainbows or cough butterflies!
That cracks me up! I decided to sneeze rainbows because the idea of bugs in my mouth (even pretty ones like butterflies) just freaked me out.
I laughed when I read you wished you had never seen the house photo. That’s how I feel when I see photos of fabulous home libraries. It makes me depressed all day and I just want to kick something or somebody. Probably TBG cuz he never made enough moola to provide me with a fabulous home library, complete with fireplace, game table, huge globe and library ladder. Phooey!!
The thing is hardly ANYBODY makes enough money to have those things. Only those pesky rich folks and why they don’t let me live in their houses is beyond me.
Lol! Love that this is going back and forth. Not sure if it is a rumor- but I heard there is going to be a Breaking Dawn 2 trailer at Hunger Games. I already have my tickets for Hunger Games so will find out next week
It seems like it would be a perfect fit!! I want to see Bella as a vampire .. and Rensemee. I’m planning to go to The Hunger Games but I’m going to let the fuss die down a bit first.
Wrap-around porch and circular room are also in my dream house requirements! Although what I really want is a craftsman which has neither one. I could get a screened porch though and that would be okay too.
And you can be friends with Z because he hates milk too. He has it on cereal and will drink chocolate milk. That’s it.
You just need to design your own style of architecture to get what you want. And my son LOVES milk. I find it abhorrent and barely even put any on cereal. I guess he didn’t inherit that from me.
LOL! I agree – who can live without books (or chocolate)?!
Only the insane!
I am also not a milk drinker but am all about home made chocolate chip cookies! And, I love that house!
I’m all about homemade chocolate chip cookies!!! I don’t think they require milk to be enjoyed at all.
I hate milk, too. Why is it that we can agree on the important things in life, but we can’t find a book for a readalong that we like???
I know!!! I think if we ever do a readalong together (which, at this point, is highly unlikely), we shall have to pick a book that we are pretty sure is damn good or preread and tested by other whose opinions we trust.
Isn’t that house to die for? And if you haven’t read Tana French before, you are in for a treat! She rocks!
Everyone is coveting that house!! It is actually located in Mobile, Alabama. I might have to move there.
What kind of options are Edward, Dracula, Lestat, and Eric? I pick SPIKE!
I shall forward your complain to Ms. Trisha. : ) (Heck … what about Angel for that matter.)
Eh, I never liked Angel much. he broods too much. Spike knows how to have fun, even when he does have a chip in his head.
I LOVE the house! I, too, like wrap-around porches and round, tower-looking rooms. And, of course, I’m assuming a house that big will have a library in it. That would be my real deal-breaker. Fascinated watching you and Trish in your Tagging Chicken game.
Since it is our dream house, of course it has a library in it. I envision my ‘tower’ room being surrounded by big comfy window seats!
Fun questions and answers
My inner self is 16 too, I heart Edward 
And that house looks oddly familiar.
Yay for another Edward fan. And the house is located in Mobile, Alabama? Have you been there? Maybe that is why it seems familiar.
A wraparound porch is my main criteria for a home, too! I LOVE THEM, especially on old Victorian homes. Yours even has TWO STORIES of wraparound awesomeness. I want, I want, I want!
I know … when I realized it had two wraparound porches, I almost died!! I so want that house. I almost wish I hadn’t seen that photo!
Such fun questions! I’ll take that house anytime…with a few acres of land, too. And the car would have to go. I couldn’t give up books. Have fun with your tag game!
The lack of land is the only drawback of “my” mansion. It looks too squashed in its lot.
Books or car..what devil thought of that??
I know!!!
Ahaha! I kinda hope y’all just keep it going because I enjoy both your question AND your answers!
I’m curious to see if Trisha will take the bait and keep it going. We shall see!!!
Great game of tag. Really enjoyed the questions and answers. Jenners I didn’t know your inner age was 16.
I’m a Jacob fan however. So boo. 
I tell you, I was coming around to Jacob after I started watching the movies!! : )
Ahhh, Nise snagged my comment! Or maybe it was my house, then her house and now your house! I like that scenario much better….but why the heck would I give up a house like that? The tower room – that would be my sanctuary!
and btw, you two are hilarious!
I think perhaps the house is so big that we were all living there at the same time and didn’t see each other!
TOO FUN! Good luck with tag-chicken. You are actually making me think of stealing your questions for using in my letters to penpals.
Steal away … I’m sure the questions will get conversation flowing with your pen pals!
I’ve always wanted a house with a wrap-around porch and a tower room (with a library inside of the tower of course).
Of course there is a library in the tower … and many padded window seats!
Love the house, though I wouldn’t want one that big…but I’d steal that porch on a dare.
Hate milk, but I hate donuts, too. Cookies or brownies, please.
I could drive the car to an actual library or bookstore and get books (or would that be cheating?).
Count Dracula for me – oh, and his cousin Count Chocula is good too, but no milk, thank you.
I can be swayed to read a book (or skip one) after I’ve watched an author interview. Who wants to read books written by a pompous ass? Rhetorical question, since I expect everyone to read MY book (if I ever write one).
Thumbs are a definite plus. The Mister has 1.5 of them, and he can’t close zip loc bags – he’s lucky he has me to do the heavy work.
You hate DONUTS? Really? Hmmm.
And you are many things but I don’t think you are a pompous ass.
And I was not aware that The Mister was missing half a thumb! Sounds horrible!
I’ll take the private jet you’re turning down! I swear I’ve been by the house in the picture.
The house is in Mobile, Alabama. Have you been there? Maybe that is why it is familiar!
I have been to Mobile quite a few times, so I may have seen it.