Bawk! Bawk! Tag Chicken Redux
by Jenners • 06/11/2012 • Tag Chicken With Trisha • 52 Comments
For months now, Trisha at eclectic/eccentric and I have been playing a game of tag chicken. One day, one of us will quit– but it won’t be me! Here is the latest round of questions that Trisha gave me … followed by my newest round of questions for her.
- Who is your most inappropriate crush? Robert Pattinson = 26 years old. Me = 44 years old. Pretty inappropriate, I’d say. But based on a series of rather unattractive photos I’ve seen of him lately, I’m thinking of switching to Chris Hemsworth, who is slightly more appropriate at age 28 but is a new dad and husband so that helps tip it to the more inappropriate end.
- Is it more awesome to be good at Trivial Pursuit or Chess? Chess because it is ultimately more a measure of intelligence. That being said, I suck at chess and am relatively OK at Trivial Pursuit as long as I avoid Sports, Science & Nature, History and Geography questions.
- Being attracted to anime characters: amusing or creepy? Depends on who is attracted. Older men being attracted to them = creepy. Younger folks = amusing. I realize now that the Speed Racer cartoon of my youth was somewhat of an anime character with those big eyes and I had a mini crush on him at age 9.
- Hi! I have rather large and feminine eyes. Check out my eyelashes!
- What game do kids or teens play that you think adults should play as well? Tag would get all us old folks off our butts and moving so maybe that would be a good one. Scratch that … Truth or Dare.
- Sexual bribery between spouses: a good way to get out of a chore or an immoral act of the lazy? Well, since I don’t hesitate to use this form of bribery, I’d have to say “a good way to get out of a chore.”
- What is your favorite part of the body? Eyes … after all, they let us read and they are colorful. (Could that be any more lame of an answer?)
- If you could learn how to do anything, what would you learn to do? Cook healthy, nutritious delicious meals in 10 minutes or less using four or less ingredients. (I’m sure there is a cookbook out there for this somewhere.)
- Which is more disgusting: smelly poopy diapers or massive baby puke? Well, since the stuff in the diapers can be contained by the diaper itself and disposed of relatively quickly, I’ll go with massive baby puke for $1,000, Alek.
- If you could inhabit a celebrity’s body for the day, who would you choose? Jessica Alba (see photo below). She always looks fit and healthy and tanned and just lovely — not too chesty, not too thin, not too blonde, not too tan. I’d like to know what it is like to have a body like this for one day. I swear, I would use my powers for good, not evil!
Jessica Alba -- let's do a body swap!
- What book do you wish would just magically enter your mind so you didn’t have to put forth the effort to read it? Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It is long (1,104 pages) and I’ve always been curious about the author but I don’t think I actually want to take the time to read it. Has anyone read it? Is it as intimidating as I think it is?
- Where is Waldo? Nuuk, Greenland. He’s wishing he had more than his sweater too.
And now my new questions for Trisha. (Let me tell you folks, this is getting harder and harder. If you have any ideas for questions, please share them!)
- Did you ever play Dungeons and Dragons? If so, defend this decision.
- What magazines do you read?
- Have you ever lied about your age?
- Do you floss as often as you should? (Your dentist called and asked me to put this on the list.)
- What were some of your favorite childhood toys?
- If you could live in a past era, what would you choose?
- If you could live in a movie, what would you choose?
- Parlez vous Francais?
- What is the last book that made you cry? (Did I ask this already? I kind of think I might have.)
- Did you ever fantasize about having a different name when you were a kid and, if so, what was it?
- What is the last song that you couldn’t get out of your head?
I’m with you on RPattz. I guess that is why they made DVDs, so cradle robbers like us can drool over past loveliness. Same goes for Henry Cavill, but that boy keeps getting more good-looking as he ages, and he doesn’t do funny things with his hair.
Great call on Jessica Alba’s body! All celebrities should be required to body swap with the less fortunate for a week or two every year, don’t you think? Actually, that could be bad. Hmmm…
I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with next!
You girls are making me dizzy with all of this information. I think there should be some sort of quiz for those of us who have read them all.
Jessica Alba is beautiful, but still a bit too skinny.
Oh, I love your idea!!! I see a quiz in the works at some point. And Jessica too skinny? Nah!
I love that this keeps going on and one.
Oh, and my Dungeons and Dragons group (first edition version) is meeting this Saturday. Yes, we play and it’s awesome fun that keeps the mind young. Plus, it’s my ultimate “one-up” when someone says they are a nerd or geek. Few folks still play but it’s wonderful when I encounter them. And, we have a great time pretending to be someone else somewhere else for an evening.
I played once. It was so utterly confusing to me and I had no idea what all the dice meant. Still, I’m glad it does it for you. I love that you play and can outgeek any other geek!!!!
Perv.
I read, oh, a fifth of “Infinite Jest,” waiting for it to rise above smug self-indulgence. It never happened.
Hmmmm. If anyone knows smug self-indulgence, it would be you. HAHAHAHA! Just kidding. Really. I am.
That was an awesome question from the fourth graders! Maybe you should ask BB for questions for Trish. Might give a whole new slant to this.
I’m on your team for Trivial Pursuit. As long as they only ask me questions on books, tv and movies, I’m a winner!
Those are my strong areas too!! We need to recruit some science and nature people — as well as geography folks! And sports!
Pattinson, eh? You like the sparkles, don’t you? Admit it.
It’s always fun to read these kinds of posts, I hope they go on for a while.
Oh shucks … I’ll admit it. Actually, it was the hair and the voice more than the sparkles.
And I wonder how long we can keep this game up!
L.O.V.E. these!! Can you just put this together for a “laugh-a-day” column?!? Here are some questions that might be fun…You know you’ve given too much information when________. , What’s under your bed? What activities make you lose track of time? Can you cry underwater? and drum-roll please….the question most asked by my 4th graders….What is another word for thesaurus, Mrs. V?
Now, continue on….
These are awesome!!! Love them … and I shall use them to vex her in future games!!! Your 4th graders are witty little imps, aren’t they?
Yea, as much of a Twilight and Edward fan as I am there are times- where he just doesn’t seem all that cute. I hate Trivial Pursuit and it is always the game I see the most at thrift stores being donated- so yea people get it to feel smart and then give it away when they realize how much they don’t like it
And yea I would happily trade bodies with Jessica too
Robert’s latest shaved head look isn’t doing anything for him — I guess I’m shallow and like his Edward look.
LOVE this! Keep it up.
We named our second dog Gunther Speed Racer because of how fast he could run. We miss him still.
Oh … I love that name for a dog!!
Jessica Alba, hell to the yes!
Good answers friend
Isn’t she smoking? I’d feel bad for her if she got stuck in my body though.
I am learning far more about you than I ever thought imaginable and I can’t seem to get enough. I think I may have a problem. LOL
I suspect you do have a problem. Even my husband doesn’t care that much .HAHA!
Jessica Alba is a good, good choice. And if I had her body, I would totally go after Hemsworth. He’s just freaking yummy.
And I’m off to answer your questions….
Good devious thinking!!! We could bust up marriages left and right while we swap bodies!
This was hysterical t read — thanks for the laugh
You’re welcome. Look for another edition soon!
Seriously love these posts! I wonder if the inappropriate crush has increased in frequency since the invention of the motion picture or if they used to just be attractive neighborhood boys that one was taking a peek at. That seems much creepier, by the way.
I think it is creepier to have inappropriate crushes on local folks for sure!!
Cradle robber.
And no, I’ve not read Infinite Jest, and no, we will not be doing a readalong.
But why not? It sounds tailor-made for us and our doomed readalong books!
I’m loving your game of tag!
I’m glad it isn’t just fun for the two of us.
Fun post! I enjoyed your answers (and thought what you said about eyes allowing us to read was great). I’m also interested and intimidated by Infinite Jest.
After today, I’m taking about a week off from blogging.
Quite a few bloggers are taking a week off. It is that time of year I think. : )
I have a thing for Zac Efron so I hear you on the inappropriate boy crushes.
Jessica Alba is gorgeous, but as you said… she looks healthy and fit. I like that too. Even after having her baby, she looked good. Okay, now I hate her.
Well, it is understood that we hate Jessica. We’re obligated to. And Zac Efron … he looks like a high schooler so I feel much better now! : )
Y’all crack me up! By the way, that’s my body with Jessica Alba’s head pasted on it.
Well, Ms. Kathy, you’ve been holding out on us!
Seriously, you guys are too funny. Also, Infinite Jest is crazy intimidating!
Glad to hear I’m not the only one intimidated by it. Still, I hope to work up my nerve to try it one day.
There is so much entertainment in this post that I don’t think I can pick just one thing to comment on! I’ll try to help you come up with more questions just to keep this thing going!!
Oh please do! Coming up with the new questions is getting hard!
I’m afraid I have to agree with Petty Witter on this one!
Chocolate works better than sex? Yes … it does for me too. But sex works for me getting what I want so I use it on Mr. Jenners. HA!
I would like second Sandy….this is very entertaining for the bystanders! I would feel free to abandon Pattinson….it will be okay….it was never meant to last anyway…
Without his Edward hair, he doesn’t have the same appeal.
Great questions and answers. I had to laugh at sexual bribery between spouses as Husband dearest long since realised that a bar of chocolate is a more effective way to get me to do as he wishes.
To be honest, chocolate works better for me too. But sex always gets me what I want from Mr. Jenners!
These question-answering posts are always fun. My sixteen-year-old son read Infinite Jest in about a week at the end of May and loved it so much he wants me to read it. So I may have to get further with it this summer–so far I’ve read the first 50 pages or so.
Well, color me impressed with your son!! That gives me encouragement. I’ll wait your report before plunging in! : )
So entertaining for the bystanders! Hell yes on the Hemsworth!!! And hell yes on the Alba body.
Seeing him as Thor in the Avengers opened my eyes to him. I love him as Thor!! I need to check out the Thor movie now .. I’d not seen it before.