Would you rather?

[The Seamstress]

Hm, depends on the size of the mansion, I think... I don't really have much use for a huge house, so I think I'll rather go to the Algarve to relax and chat with birds.


Would you rather be hired to dress up as Bigfoot and walk through the woods (scaring hikers is optional), or as Santa Claus in a shopping mall where kids will climb all over you and tell you their wishes?

[Jubal]

I feel like bigfoot, I just like the woods.

Heavy rain or just overcast grey?

[The Seamstress]

If it's just for a short-ish amount of time, heavy rain (too much of it and we're in trouble). But overall, I think overcast grey is my preferred state of things; and if there's also some gentle rain, perfect.


If you had an extraterrestrial being land on your doorstep demanding to be let inside, would you rather invite it in or tell it to move on?

[Jubal]

Invite it in. This is a household that believes in moomin values.


Would you rather be able to summon a wren or a tortoise at will?

[The Seamstress]

Since I've now learnt to chat with birds in the Algarve, a wren would make a good companion, I think.


Would you rather have an army of normal-sized pangolins that accompany you everywhere and act as your bodyguards, or have one single huge magical pangolin you can ride to work every day?

[Jubal]

I am not sure how I would feed all the pangolins, and normal size for a pangolin is 2kg for a long-tailed and 36kg for the biggest south african ones, so there are a lot of variables here. I think the huge pangolin might get quite destructive so I'll have some little pangolin friends though.

Would you rather meet Professor McBlusterFluff's Highly Trained Titmouse, or the Mighty Mushroom of Mundifron?

[The Seamstress]

The Mighty Mushroom of Mundifron, I think. Then I would finally know what it actually is or does.

Would you rather participate in a spaghetti-eating contest (the person who can eat the most spaghetti wins), or in a cherry-picking contest where you aren't allowed to use ladders to climb the trees (the person who picks the most cherries wins)?

[Jubal]

I think the mushroom is ineffable even to me, and I think I came up with it, though I can't really remember at this point.

The cherry picking contest sounds more fun, I think, I don't get to climb trees enough as an adult. I do like spaghetti though.

Would you rather be on Noah's Ark (from the bible) or Noah's Island (from the TV show)?

[The Seamstress]

I've never watched the TV show, afaik (can't even remember if it aired in Austria), but I'd definitely go there.


Would you rather live in a treehouse or a houseboat?

[Jubal]

Treehouse, though either would be cool

Would you rather go to Mars or Venus? (assuming you have sufficient safety gear and can sightsee on either).

[The Seamstress]

Both would be quite intriguing, but I think Venus. Simply because I don't know anything about it and would be curious to see the surface.

If you had to make a living with one of the two: would you rather own a flock of sheep or an apple orchard?

[Jubal]

Hm, in practice I think I'd do better with apples, but I do like sheep, sheep are nice. So I'll say sheep here.


Would you rather have to wear a survival suit all the time when outside buildings to survive, or only be able to eat paste-style food?

[The Seamstress]

Hm, that's tough. I like my non-paste food, but I'd also like to be outside now and then without needing a survival suit... Still, I think the suit it is. Going outside is not as necessary as eating, and when everything is paste, eating would be quite boring.


Would you rather receive a Medal for Great Heroism or a Trophy for Great Good-Naturedness?

[Jubal]

Hm, I think the Medal for Great Heroism, because it would be more of a pleasant surprise: I hope I am generally good-natured, so I think I would like to alternatively surprise myself by doing something heroically worth doing.

Would you rather have your feet replaced with prosthetics made of glass or prosthetics made of wax?

[The Seamstress]

Glass. Wax wouldn't last as long, I guess.


Would you rather have tons of popcorn or tons of crisps?