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thanks for the votes!

5 year-olds is a no-brainer. seeking suggestions for another question. one might be my own, but i might just take 2 from here.

serious suggestions only please, not "hey dude ask him DO YOU SEE WHY? LOL!" [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

i'm pretty sure he actively dislikes me if that colors things up any.

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Ask him his "list of five".

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Mat with one "T"?

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what does he order from chipotle?

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I think in addition to the 5-year-olds (complete with good game theory content), animal survivor, MS Paint, GF Skinny Dipping, and his List Of 5 are all strong contendors.

edit: I wouldn't be upset with a good tipping question, either.

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Which posters does he hope go bust and lives turn into complete crap?

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This is good, but I don't expect a very good answer.

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diablo stole that question from me off of an MSN conversation we had by the way. i got him to basically admit it later in the thread, but the damage was too deep.

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This is good, but I don't expect a very good answer.

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It will be very interesting to see which questions he feels warrant some long-winded diatribe versus which ones get a one-sentence quip.

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Ask him who he would most like to interview and what questions he would ask that person.

Indy

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I think we need for him to read the appropriate threads that this is based on so that he at least gets some semblance of why these things are funny. In a vaccuum, they're all completely retarded.

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I think we need for him to read the appropriate threads that this is based on so that he at least gets some semblance of why these things are funny. In a vaccuum, they're all completely retarded.

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Yes. Whereas if you read the threads, they're all deep and meaningful. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Ask him, if a gay man jumped on his back would he toss him off?

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What about the question from Fight Club?

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What about the question from Fight Club?

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Ummm... does he talk about Fight Club?

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what was his biggest mistake in life?

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i'm pretty sure he actively dislikes me if that colors things up any.

You? No way. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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If I'd known that I would've voted for you. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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he will be linked to the 5 year-old thread obviously. i'm expecting a good, reasoned answer on that one and it will hopefully be great.

animal survivor is just kind of boring i think.

ms paint i have concerns about humor or one-lining it.

skinny dipping is another potential cold response.

the list of 5 sounds good in theory but if it's just audrey hepburn and stuff like that it will be equally boring.

out of the box (at least in terms of "not beaten into the ground by OOT") questions may be more important here. namely, ones that are geared toward sklansky and will be answered in an entertaining way. the 5 year-olds question is a slam dunk because it's funny, interesting, but most importantly it has great potential for an answer from him.

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i'm pretty sure he actively dislikes me if that colors things up any.

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Ask him why he dislikes you

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Ask him why he dislikes you

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ooh. good one. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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that was the first question i thought of when the contest started because i thought it would be revealing and might be funny to others if i just ask him to talk badly about me. but i might ask him if i was right in that huge pocket pair/set thread where i used simulations and he went out of his way to personally insult me. i don't really want to ask it if the question will be devoid of value for other people. if it involves that specific thread, maybe it would amuse some of the midlimit posters, or everybody on 2+2 if he actually decides that he was wrong and admits it. has that occured before?

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he will be linked to the 5 year-old thread obviously. i'm expecting a good, reasoned answer on that one and it will hopefully be great.

animal survivor is just kind of boring i think.

ms paint i have concerns about humor or one-lining it.

skinny dipping is another potential cold response.

the list of 5 sounds good in theory but if it's just audrey hepburn and stuff like that it will be equally boring.

out of the box (at least in terms of "not beaten into the ground by OOT") questions may be more important here. namely, ones that are geared toward sklansky and will be answered in an entertaining way. the 5 year-olds question is a slam dunk because it's funny, interesting, but most importantly it has great potential for an answer from him.

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These are all good points and things I was worried about, too. I'll second the one about Mat with only one T - WTF?

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Ask him why he dislikes you

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Or we could ask Astro the same question, and save the good ones for DS.

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What % of guys do you think you could beat up?

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What % of guys do you think you could beat up?

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I'll throw in some support for this one, as well as the one from a while back about what place would you take in a footrace against the entire population of Earth.

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What does Mat look like?

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What does Mat look like?

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In MS Paint

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If there was a god, who would he be like?

What's the most outlandish thing you've done?

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some color on sklansky's issues with me can be found in these threads:

http://tinyurl.com/cgo2k

http://tinyurl.com/dzybd

http://tinyurl.com/b7pvx

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i think i like the outlandish one more than the fight/footrace ones. i'm basically looking to get well-reasoned (hopefully OVERLY reasoned) answers to sort of ridiculous questions, get him to divulge disarming amounts of personal information, or hopefully both.

he is a teacher to us. i want it to be like running into a high school teacher at a strip club or some similar thing. it's so bizarre because they never had a first name really, they were "mr. thompson" and they were a teacher more than a person to you. it didn't occur that they were a human being with vices and interests. it's always cool/interesting to me to see somebody in such a foreign light.

if he would have such questions, i for one would be entertained by asking him about the details surrounding the loss of his virginity, for example (basics on how he met the girl, where it happened, that sort of thing). experiences with drugs if he's had any. stuff along those lines.

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"What % of guys do you think you could beat up?" has potential, though I think What % of gals do you think you could beat up?" would ellicit a better answer.

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What does Mat look like?

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this has to be done.

"what does mat look like, as illustrated in ms paint?"

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ask him if he has a gimmick account.

(this question would only be mildly interesting if in fact he does. otherwise, if he answers no it's waste of a question. i suck.)

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5 year-olds is a no-brainer.

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make sure you provide all the rules/conditions.

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What does Mat look like?

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this has to be done.

"what does mat look like, as illustrated in ms paint?"

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..."and then make it your avatar."

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What does Mat look like?

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this has to be done.

"what does mat look like, as illustrated in ms paint?"

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..."and then make it the cover of your next book."

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fyp

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"Have you ever...taken a train and eaten it piece by piece *after* you just derailed it with your penis?"

sorry it had to be done.

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What are his thoughts on pooperage?

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How he lost his virginity would be fantastic.