Would you rather?

[The Seamstress]

I think I'll have to choose the kitchen, though from what I read on Wikipedia, that Miller guy doesn't seem very trustworthy. But I think I'd prefer buying a terrible kitchen from a terrible person over being part of any kind of cult.


Would you rather be transformed into a chunk of quartz every night or into a ball of yarn every day?

[Jubal]

Quartz every night, absolutely. I'm not supposed to be awake at night for the most part anyway so I think being a rock for a bit would be fine.

Would you rather your taps and other water pipes in your buildng started pouring only hot English Breakfast tea, or only cold Gruner Veltliner?

[The Seamstress]

I don't like alcoholic beverages very much, so the tea it is. (I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of black tea, either, but if the only alternative is wine, give me the tea.)


Would you rather win "get everything you want for free" at a shopping mall or "eat as much as you want for free" at a restaurant of your choice?

[StoryDragon]

I would rather win "get everything you want for free", because that gives me things that I can keep and that can be used. Food as much as I want for free is not too special. I cannot use eaten food or something. So why would I wish to be able to eat as much as I want for free when I can also have all the stuff I want to buy for free? Only one of the options is truly profitable...


Would you rather get turned into a dragon with all the possible dangers that could brings you, or live a completely boring, yet safe, life?

[The Seamstress]

I think I'll opt for the boring, but safe life. I'm usually not someone to seek out dangers.


Would you rather have your portrait painted by John Singer Sargent or by Gustav Klimt?

[Jubal]

I think I'll go with Klimt.

Would you rather have a desk made of ebony or walnut wood?

[The Seamstress]

Walnut.


Would you rather have antique or modern furniture?

[Jubal]

Broadly aesthetically, antique, though there's a lot of antique stuff that feels too twiddly to me and I'd rather something with a more solid hobbity vibe.

Would you rather befriend a spirit of urban waterways and pipe-ways or a spirit of city administration halls?

[The Seamstress]

I think the waterways spirit, they'd probably have more interesting stories to tell.


If you could choose your personality, would you rather be more introspective & reserved or more outgoing & bold?

[Jubal]

I guess that depends on absolute scale or relative to now: if relative to now, I'm probably too introspective and could do with being a touch bolder, but on an absolute scale if I wasn't quite introspective I wouldn't be me.


Would you rather live in a house carved out of a giant radish, or drive a car carved out of a giant radish?

[Tusky]

Radishes can be quite spicy. Spiciness could be likened to speed. Therefore I choose the car option please.

Would you rather have to defend a moderately armed merchant vessel against blackbeard, or be a defender at the seige of helms deep

[The Seamstress]

Both don't sound very pleasant, but I think Helm's Deep? I may be able to hide in the loo until the battle is over.

Would you rather be famous as the inventor of The Magical Contraption That Turns Stones Into Candy or The Wondrous Machine That Transforms Sand Into Sugar?

[Jubal]

I'll go for sand into sugar, I think sugar is perhaps more directly useful and sand is easy to find.

Would you rather be the front or back end of a pantomime horse?

[The Seamstress]

Judging from the photos of pantomime horses I looked at, I wouldn't want to be any end of it, but if it has to be, the front.

Would you rather be King of the UK or Emperor of Austria?

[Jubal]

I'll be King of the UK so I can campaign for the abolition of that post most effectively: Austria already lost its Emperor and I don't feel the need to bring the post back!

Would you rather be followed around by a cheering crowd of tiny fairies who are your biggest fans but kind of useless, or a slightly dour crowd of tiny gnomes who are rather ambivalent towards you but actually do help with any chores and work you might have to do?