waaaaah I missed out on nerd culture and Star Trek talk?!
I would love to see a summary of the responses there
At some point, I felt like I had stumbled accidentally into a death metal convention - I was equally unable to contribute anything meaningful to the discussion
Ah, therein lies the problem - you assumed any contribution had to be meaningful.
Ha, yes, youâre right! As a scientist, I guess uttering meaningful stuff is quite heavily engrained; I am just such a serious guy
Of course, I should also heed my own motto: âNever assume, always assess!â
Tell you what! Iâll post the questions and people can help me fill in answers. Gotta admit I donât remember them all.
Hm, I need some (cultural) assistance, I am afraid⌠What/who am I looking at here??
Thatâs Marcia Brady from the TV show The Brady Bunch.
Marsh Brady, (aka Maureen McCormick), an actress from the American TV show âThe Brady Bunchâ. Many an adolescent boy had a crush on her.
Thanks, Jerry and Kristine!
Sooooo⌠I am still trying to figure out what made John post her picture here??
@joergkutter I think @John_E was flashing back to the âfirst celebrity crushâ question.
Iâll be filling in more answers, just posting the questions quickly.
Lightning Round Questions
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Which Disney character are you?
Josh: couldnât decide, someone suggested Goofy, I initially suggest Olaf but now think maybe Kristoff
@JustTim : Captain Hook -
Which Hogwarts house?
Josh: Gryffindor
@JustTim - Tim desperately wants to be Slytherin, but keeps testing into Ravenclaw
@John_E did you answer this one, too?
Kristine: tested into Slytherin twice, but ultimately settled into Hufflepuff
@athosmr2003 did you get Ravenclaw, too?
One of the first two questions morphed into âWhich Lord of the Rings character are you?â and we learned that Scott showed up to a Tolkien class as Gandalf.
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Scale of 1-10, how good of a driver are you?
Josh: 9
@MC-Canadastan : 15 -
First celebrity crush?
@JoshFossgreen (I canât believe I canât remember your first answer, but I do remember the Labryrinth Connelly/Bowie combo - K)
John: Marcia!
@JerryP Kate Jackson
Kristine: Shawn Cassidy
There were a bunch more mentioned - remind me? -
Star Wars or Star Trek?
@JoshFossgreen Both?
Kristine: (annoyed huff) (not actually annoyed)
Josh: OK, well, if we put the two creators, George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry, side by side, I would choose Gene Roddenberry.
Kristine: Fair answer. -
Mango, avocado, or lime?
Kristine: itâs kind of a trick question
Josh: they all go good together?
Kristine: correct!
Josh: if I had to pick one, it would be mango -
Do you Karaoke? Whatâs your go-to song?
Josh: I have done karaoke and enjoyed it (I think thatâs what you said, Josh - K)
A lot of responses here - feel free to chime in again. -
Worst thing youâve ever eaten?
Josh: a particularly bad lentil loaf
Kristine: sea urchin
Jerry: concurs with Kristine -
If coffee was illegal, what would its street name be?
The most interesting thing that came from this question was who doesnât drink coffee. -
Whatâs a movie can you watch over and over and never get tired of?
Again, many responses - let us know yours.
- Dale from Chip & Dale
- Whichever house has pizza
- 3.14
- Tiffani Theissen
- Spaceballs
- Mango
- Extreme - Be with You
- Definitely Sea Urchin
- Rocket
- Ghostbusters
Gotcha, thanks
So, I think my only âmeaningfulâ contribution was Jennifer Connelly, which then prompted Joshâs âoh, yeah, me too⌠and BowieâŚâ addition
Extraordinarily meaningful - see? You did great.
I have a crush on Cate Blanchett
I think that was me.
9 for sure.
On The Radio era Donna Summer.
Avocado first. Mango only on Mango Sticky Rice. Lime only on certain Mexican foods.
Not since pre-COVID. Iâm a master at early era rap, specifically Digital Underground or Beastie Boys. I do a mean Humpty Hump impersonation, and for songs like their Same Song and most Beastie Boys songs I can throw down with all the different voices as needed. When COVID hit I was working on Flo Ridaâs Low and Macklemoreâs Thrift Shop.
I concur with Kristine and Jerry. Sea urchin is⌠horrible.
raises hand
I canât stand coffee.
I have a couple:
- Full Metal Jacket (I have memorized all of Gunnery Seargent Hartmanâs lines)
- Tombstone
And also these TV shows:
- NYPD Blue (my favorite show of all time)
- Deadwood
Yeeessssss! Now itâs coming back to me.
Mango Sticky Rice is sooooo gooooood.
No judgement about the coffee - I donât really like standard hot black tea, and my mum is from England.
Also a fair answer! lol
I appreciate how hard youâve leaned into this
Yeah, she has that âje ne sais quoiâ
I actually had to google Shawn Cassidy - thought you meant David Cassidy
Mine too! She came over on the Queen Mary when she was in her teens.
She always made me hot tea with a bit of milk and sugar when I was sick. A practice I still continue to this day. Itâs quite a comfort.