Would you rather?

[The Seamstress]

Chain-mail, I think.

Would you rather learn to drive a tractor or a truck?

[Jubal]

Tractor! You can take the boy out of Norfolk, but never the Norfolk out of the boy:)

Would you rather live in Norfolk or Suffolk?

[The Seamstress]

I probably get expelled from the forum if I say anything that isn't Norfolk, so Norfolk. Realistically I'd be fine with either, I think.

Would you rather live in Vienna or Lower Austria? :-P

[Jubal]

Vienna, because I don't like having to move or commute more than absolutely necessary:p

(And I was actually born in Suffolk and grew up in what might be just about the southernmost house in Norfolk: I do still identify very much as from Norfolk and will occasionally make jokes at the expense of our terrible southern cousins who are two fingers short of the full dozen God intended, but I'm not actually vehemently anti-Suffolk. They have some very nice castles and coastlines!)

Would you rather hold onto things or let go of them?

[The Seamstress]

(Can confirm the commuting is indeed quite annoying.)

Hm... depends on the things? Some I'd gladly let go, some I'd like to keep... But I think "let go" wins; more often than not you need to let go of things so there's room for new ones.

Would you rather drink undiluted elderberry syrup or raspberry syrup instead of water for a week?

[Jubal]

I think raspberry syrup, because I prefer elderberry and I think if I had to drink either for a week I'd never want to look at the stuff again so I'd rather gain a dislike for the one I already like less.

Would you rather recieve generosity or trust?

[The Seamstress]

Trust. I value that one very highly, though I'm also not averse to generosity.

Would you rather be the star of a TV show titled "Millpond Mysteries" (in which you'd be a detective investigating strange and otherworldly occurrences involving millponds) or one titled "The Secret Lives of Lobsters" (in which you'd be a marine biologist discovering a lobster conspiracy and now needing to save the world)?

[Jubal]

I feel like I'm a millpond guy.

Would you rather dust (the knowledge/sexuality/original sin concept particles from His Dark Materials) or dust (literally just some regular dust)?

[The Seamstress]

Having never read/watched anything His Dark Materials related, I only have a vague Wikipedia-based idea of what the dust concept actually does, so I guess I'll rather play it safe and choose the latter. At least that one can be taken care of with a vacuum cleaner if need be.

Would you rather get thrown into wizard jail for trespassing (exploring an abandoned castle in search of legendary plants rumoured to grow there) or for damage to property (setting another wizard's hat on fire because they insulted your beard)?

[Jubal]

Trespass is very much my MO out of those options!

Would you rather be the private owner of an eluvian (magic travel mirror) or a mass relay (sciencey spaceship hyper jump machine)? In either case you don't get to pick where the other end of the portal/wormhole/etc points to.

[The Seamstress]

I think the mirror, if that means I stay on earth if I travel? That seems preferrable to possibly ending up at the other end of the galaxy.

Would you rather live in a burrow or inside a tree, Winnie-the-Pooh style?

[Jubal]

A burrow I think.

Would you rather eat humble pie (in the metaphorical sense) or eat humble pie (the actual food)?

[The Seamstress]

I eat metaphor-pie whenever necessary, but right now I'd rather have food-pie.

Would you rather be unable to move because of lower-back pain, or because a sick pixie is clinging to your shoulders and pukes every three minutes?

[Jubal]

I think it depends how long I'm expecting the sick pixie to stay there, and whether it's actually helpful to the pixie to be on my shoulders. I would probably make myself into a pixie sickbed if asked.

Would you rather all food had to be eaten with cheese knives, or all food had to be eaten with sporks?

[The Seamstress]

Sporks, they're more practical & versatile, I think.

Would you rather witness an avalanche or a volcano eruption (assuming that in both cases, you'd be a safe distance away)?