IJMC - The Survey, Returned
Oi, this took far too long to compile. Thanks to all of you who wrote
back, I enjoyed reading your answers. Just compiling all of them that
took too long. Since I said I would put my own answers in, I have put a
"correct" answer as the first answer to each question. Of course, some of
the questions are personal to an individual, ie, there is no "correct"
answer, so those are just as they are. But for those like my name, my
birthday, siblings, etc., the first answer is correct for each. So, read
on, and learn a little more about your "host". -dave
1. My name?
- David Price Thompson.
- you tell us EVERYDAY!
- Dave something. I don't really believe you actually are an ambassador,
as you clearly spend too much time with computers to fulfill your state-
appointed duties (?)
- davo
- "Ambassador" David Price Thompson
- Dave Ayejayemsee.
- That sneaky Dave (as in: That sneaky Dave and those darned crows...)
2. Where did we meet?
- Latin Class. You sat to my right, slightly ahead of me, and also
played Car Wars.
- at ijmc.com
- who can forget Normie
- At a party at your old place but you didnt pay attention, so that doesnt
count.. really at <name withheld>'s place. Or rather his current
residence, your formerly shared residence.
- About 2 years ago at a conference in Athens, GA
- nowhere. my old flatmate signed on to your list.
- we havent met...not in the physical sense
- At IJMC.
- uuca i suspect
- We Never have
- On a very old Mac Plus computer
- I think the first time we actually met was either Lenox Square in front
of the Disney Store or at the house of Moskowi
- Somewhere in the void of email/ICQ
- Online
- at my house
- Cafe Intermezzo, with Joe and other Indexer
- In a previous life with you being Rasputin and I the Czarina of Russia
- We first met in 1773 when I was a little-known seamstress and you had a
white wig. [ed. note - I loved that wig...]
- Never met formally
- ON THE INTERNET
- -right in between your ambitions and a laugh-
- My ex-boyfriend's email
- we didn't
- Midway through my Uni Career when I discovered email and the internet
- uh, the internet
- I think it was Pensacola, Florida, as you [Dave] were getting your hair
done to match Robert Smith. Tuned out looking more like Mitch Easter.
[ed. note - Hey, if two beautiful women sat you down to make you up,
would you not go along with it?]
- Soft ball field Murphy Candler Park
- At the residence of those redheaded twins whose names I can't
remember. Dennis and Marc . . .? (does that sound right?)
3. Take a stab at my middle name.
- Price
- P. =)
- Patrick
- Lessee....Pablo, Peter, Preston...it gets worse from there, I imagine
- dave?
- ..well, you're from georgia...i'm gonna guess, Bobby Ray?? (hehe, just
kiddin)
- Is that with a kitchen or a hunting knife. Haven't a clue - John ??
- for years your monkey ass claimed that "p is for petunia"
- No Idea
- Robert?
- ^
Pr|ice (I admit, it looks more like a bow
^ and arrow than a stab)
- Uh... Price?
- My penknife isn't that sharp.
- ?! uh....craig?
- William
- Richmond
- Aaron
- Michael
- SLAPPY
- -James-
- Bernard
- nimrod
- John
- Jovian
- Ptolemy
- Price?
- Uhhhhhhh... Peter?
4. How long have you known me?
- My Junior year of High School...guess I was 17... 10 years?
- approximately a month
- December 1995
- Since I met you.. when I was.. what.. 18? Im 24 now so 6 years.. Just a
guess.
- a little more than 2 years
- I don't
- hmmmmm, about 2 1/2 years now...
- Haven't been counting - maybe 18 mths. ?? The real answer is not long
enuff, judging by the start of the IJMC archives, as most of your posts
are worth reading & passing on.
- long enough to know better
- Several years, Well, you've been Emailing me that long, Fairly close
to the beginning of this list I belive
- Umm... Probably about 7 or 8 years.
- As host of this list about 3 years, as a friend about 6 - 10 months.
- Biblically? [ed. note - Ooooh...]
- i've known of you for more than 6?7 years
- 5 years
- Since the dawn of time.
- It seems as if it has been forever and it seems as if it has been a
moment. About two years or so.
- I guess you could say about 5 months
- 5 YEARS (LONGER THAN ANY OF MY RELATIONSHIPS EVER LASTED)
- -Do I?-
- a year an a half (indirectly)
- about a year or so
- Almost 4yrs (i think)
- I dunno
- Long enough for you to be like the brother I never had. Okay, so I
have a brother.... doesn't mean you can be like the SECOND brother I
never had.
- SUmmer 1993 end of June
- I'd say since 1993.
5. How well do you know me?
- As well as most, which means there's a lot I don't know. I know you
better than many in the sense that I -don't- think I know everything
about you.
- better than someone who doesn't ;you're pretty open
- hard to say
- Not as well as I'd like to think, but better than some others.. How
well do you know anyone?
- Hmm....that's a good question...I think I could trust you with state
secrets or where the bodies are kept...
- I actually don't care. I mean, you could be a computer program yourself for
all I know. There are artifical intelligence writing algorythims which
could generate your opening text, and the humour coulld be mailed in from
elsewhere or pulled off a database. How does that make you feel dave?
:-) [ed. note - cool...I should write one.]
- well, i know you like to drink and spout jewish euphimisms...you work
and play on computers, but you keep enought time open for other social
activities, like uh...like...like um drinking!...now that I think about
it we have alot in common..
- Does it matter ?? We're oceans apart, & basically I'm on the receiving end
except for those few times I'm moved to respond to a particularly good
post or find something to send. But well enough to appreciate what you
say, despite the US slant on some of the stuff.
- better in the past than now
- Not at all
- Just your taste in humor, comments about drinks and school, and I
belive you have a wife. In short poorly. [ed note. - Hate to confirm
"poorly", but no wife]
- Well enough to know better :)
- As well as anyone can via email.
- *NOT* biblically. [ed. note - Ahhhhh...]
- not very well
- I'm in your second circle
- Very well
- How well do we actually know anyone? I know your sense of humor, I
know your wit, I know you drink to excess now and then, I know you love
your mother, I know your email address, but your innermost fears and
loves are yours to know alone.
- PRETTY WELL IN A FRIENDLY SORT OF WAY, BUT NOT IN THAT PSYCHOTIC,
STALKER KIND OF WAY
- -probably more than you think-
- as well as I can from your drunken speeches at the beginning of each
post. [ed. note - Hey, they are not *all* drunken...just cause this one
is...]
- like the back of a stranger's hand
- It is hard to pick up on everything from a small blurb at the start of
a joke, but I think I would get along well with you.
- your name is Dvae
- Well enough to know about an aversion to potatoes. [ed. note - <grrr>]
- How well can anyone know Dave? Not as well as some, better than most
- Not as well as I used to, which is much to my chagrin.
6. Do I believe in God?
- You believe in immutable fate, which doesn't have a lot of room for God
to matter. And the skeptic in you wonders why the Bible, etc, had all
these great signs and wonders and now we don't see any, so that kind of
places you as agnostic, I guess.
- yes
- yeah...sorta
- You are sometimes agnostic... borderline atheist
- That one, I must admit, I know we talked about at some point but I
don't remember. Curses!
- ..your from the south, so i gotta go with yes on this one...
- Umm, a hard one. I'd say not, at least in the conventional 'Christian'
sense, else you are showing remarkable restraint in not pushing it in any
posts. On the other hand, I'd wouldn't put it past you to believe in your
own version of God, a more personal one. This is just based on a sense of
'something' I get from your more 'touching' posts, which make us stop &
think.
- didn't used to (see #5) [ed. note - haven't changed on this one]
- maybe
- For me right now it's a question of definition. By definition, faith and
knowledge cannot coexist. Faith is an idea that is not based on any
reason or proof. With proof, there is knowledge. Question is, does belief
mean that there must be some evidence in favor of the idea? If so, can
faith and belief really coexist?
If not, then I don't believe in God. I only have faith in the idea. If belief
does not necessarily require evidence, then I would say I believe in God.
- Tentatively I'll say yes.
- Yes, but you don't capitalize her name.
- Nope
- Yes, but suspiciously.
- I think you believe in something, but aren't sure what. Maybe you want
to believe there is something more than this, but you're bombarded with
evidence to the contrary so can't be at peace with either belief.
- I would hope so
- YES, AND HIS NAME IS ALSO DAVE, NO RELATION
- probably, but you don't seem to care
- sure!
- Sometimes
- Depends on which god. :)
- Yes and no.. its complicated
- I think you do, though I'd doubt you'd delineate strict boundaries.
7. When you first saw me what was your impression?
- That I can't actually recall.
- love at first sight
- cool hair, man!
- Geesh, Ok, fine! he just doesnt give a rats ass I exist!
- Goofball, with a philosophical bent.
- I havent.
- ...havent seen you
- Never actually seen an image of you ! Do I want to ?? Do I need to ??
- look another guy with long hair, those f*&%ers are multiplying faster
than i can kill them
- I am yet to find out
- Ive never seen a picture
- I don't remember. It was too long ago. But I'll never forget the
escalator. [ed. note - <grin>]
- Hey, dave, when are you going to put up that pic on your site?
- AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
- dude, you got some long hair..
- Wow,
- An adult still in childhood.
- He's invisible!!
- I have never seen you so I have no impression
- OTHER THAN THE NOSE RING AND PURPLE HAIR, YOU SEEMED PRETTY COOL
[ed. note - Yeah, my mom hopes it is just a phase...]
- -I have seen your heart and know that it smiles. I know you want to
pull others in that direction and that is very good.
- you're fat
- who is that gorgeous hunk o' man?
- Nice Smilie face
- beats me, never seen you
- Kind of a weirdo- the sort of person I respected very much. (I've always
liked odd folks- they seem to not care what society thinks of them, and
therefore, live life with a greater passion.)
- Fun GUy.. future good friend
- This guy's been in college a long time. He must be cool. [ed. note -
And that was back in 1993...I am still in college...oh, boy.]
8. My age?
- 25? No, I guess you've had a birthday, so 26.
- 38-48
- 27?
- You are a year older than I aren't you? or is it 2 .. either 26 or 27
- 24, I think
- over a year, because I have recieved mail from you since at least a
year ago.
- i'll guess 27
- Young enough to poke fun & old enough.to show sense, insight, &
maturity when doing it.
- 26
- 20s?????
- early 30s?
- Umm... 26 I think.
- 25
- Too young to retire, to old to get a thrill from buying Penthouse "just
because you can" [ed. note - What? I can? How come no one told me I
could?!]
- 20s
- 26?
- 32
- 23ish
- I would say around 28
- I'M BAD WITH AGES, SO YOU ARE EITHER 12 OR 63
- -24-
- 435,987
- Guessing mid to late 20's
- 20 something
- 25..... unless you're doing it in base 8 math. (And base 8 math is just
like base 10 math- if you're missing two fingers..
- 26 I think... trying to remember the age difference.. If I say 25 you will
be 26.. if I say 26 you will be 25 :)
- I'll guess 27.
9. Birthday?
- January 19th, which is close enough to the 20th for Outback. =)
- august
- January something
- In january, happy birthday!.. late january.. but I forgot to get it
written down,,
- No clue. Damn, now I feel bad
- If 365 people respond, someone should get it right. except me.
- September 24, 1972
- I sure hope so, else how........ & yes, once a year !
- some time between jan 1 and dec31 [ed. note - good call!]
- ????
- I actually knew this once, but thats on my old computer
- Don't remember, but it might as well be December 25.
- Yes. Just one.
- no clue
- Jan 26, 2000
- October 17
- Yes, about 23 years ago you had a birthday and you celebrate that day
each year with a bit of the spirits and regret it the next day. The
month and day are not important to me because mine is not important so why
should I celebrate yours?!?
- I am going to guess in July
- FEB. 5, WHICH IS ALSO IRONICALLY THE CHINESE NEW YEAR
- -9-23-76-
- February 30
- 15 Gennaio
- Opps, sorry.
- hahaha, like I would know that
- January..... ummm.... you just had it....... don't help me here.....
20th?
- JAN 19
- No, I think I remember you saying you were born at night.
10. Color hair?
- Brown. Definetely brown.
- brown and gray
- brown
- All the rest of these questions assume that you are human.
Also, I can't be arsed to fill them in.
Back to downloading a hard disk dirver for me :-(
- brown i'd guess
- You mean you got some left ......only joking....
- Not since getting those nasty lye burns.
- Black
- I imagine you do not color your hair because you spend too much time
doing other things. It should be its original color. I am assuming you
to be a white male so that makes guessing your hair color a tad more
difficult, but I will take a stab at it and go with red.
- PURPLE (LAST TIME I CHECKED, THAT IS)
- green with orange highlights
- purple with green highlights
11. Color eyes?
- Odd. Definitely odd. Kind of green.
- brown
- green?
- blue green light
- I think brown...but I assume everyone has brown eyes 'cause I do...
- green...yes, that is my final answer
- Don't know about colour, but shape must be going square if u spend this
much time in front of your PC monitor. Taking that as a lead, must be
microsoft standard, blue eyes & white as a background !
- i dare not hazard a guess
- no clue
- On accident. See above.
- Hazel?
- Once again, red. [ed. note - Eh?]
- BLOODSHOT
- purple (you may be a little, you know . . .)
- Gee.... I... ummm.... don't spend a lot of time gazing into your
eyes.... :)
- Don't they change? [ed. note - Yep. They do.]
- I'm color blind, but, I'll guess blue.
12. Tall / average / short / fat / average thin?
- Well, that's changed over the 10 years I've known you, from skinny
to fat and back down again (though, not skinny anymore) and you're tallish,
I guess. You're taller than me, but since most all my friends are, I think
of myself as short.
- average
- medium build not bad in the scheme of things, strong legs
- Everyone's tall to me, but yer just a tad taller than average and I'd
say about an average build
- somewhere between average and fat...
- 'Tall' enough to be responsible for these posts, Short enough so it doesn't
take too long to read them, Fat enough so they usually contain enough
content to activate the odd brain cell, Thin enough so you can't see the
paper they are printed on (it's electronic !), but never, ever, average !!
- tall and on the larg-esque side (see #5)
- no clue
- Bigger than me, which doesn't say much.
- Average Fat.
- tall average
- Tone. 6' ish,
- Average / skinny
- Tall, thin
- I would think tall and average built
- YOU GET SAND KICKED IN YOUR FACE AT THE BEACH BY BIGGER GUYS
- -chubby average-
- tall/fat
- depends on the day- on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays you
are tall and average build and weight. On Sundays, Tuesdays, and
Thursdays you are short and fat.
- average height.....a tad stocky, but not unpleasantly so.
- Dave shaped.. like a teddy bear
- Average height, well-cushioned.
13. Do I have any siblings?
- A sister, Laura, who you often call "sis."
- a younger sibling
- yes 1
- one that I'm aware of, a sister
- i dont think so, you seem like an only-child
- I seem to recall a sister mentioned somewhere. The point is, do you
consider all of US out here part of your 'extended' family................
- the sex goddess laura
- ?
- I think I recall a brother
- Yes. And she's great on the treadmill. [ed. note - I do not think I
even want to know...]
- Yes.
- .....yes?
- Yep, sister
- Yes, estranged
- I imagine not unless you have decided not to ignore them in your posts
or I have accidently deleted without reading one of them.
- I would say one sibling
- YOU HAVE 3, A BROTHER (IN JAIL), A SISTER (SHE'S A MODEL IN NEW YORK
[AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, I HAVE A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU UP THERE, TOO]),
AND A HALF-SISTER (IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION)
- -yes, more than one-
- yes, two brothers and six sisters
- 567 brothers, 863 sisters, and there are 8 siblings who we don't know
the gender
- sure
- Yes, you have a Laura!
- 1 .. we call her Sis
- You have a sister.
14. Have you ever been attracted to me?
- This question should be banned, since either it's irrelevant to the
rest of the questions, or the rest of the questions are just a smokescreen
to seeing "who likes me," which is really pretty lame.
[ed. note - Agreed. All other answers to this one skipped.]
15. Have you ever been jealous of me?
- Sure. You've always known more women, but once I realized that was
because you had the balls to -get- numbers, -call- them, and -keep- in
contact with them, I put the blame onto me instead of envying you. =)
And, occasionally, making shit for money in school, I envy all my
friends that have real jobs. =)
- nope
- yeah
- No, your story is different from mine, so If I was jealous of your
life, I would have to be jealous of all of it.. the bads and the goods..
I recognize that.
- Don't think so...I usually don't get jealous of people
- ..no, i wouldnt want to be responsible for the ijmc...it would fall in
a week if i was in charge...
- I'm not the type. But u seem to be a tryer, getting multiple O/S to
boot off your PC, (what was it ? W98, NT4, & Linux....??), so I admire that.
- jeaslosy in that regard has never been a problem for me, about anyone
not just you
- No
- I tried the joke list thing once, Its a pain, but wish I had the
patience for it
- I know better than to answer :)
- Hell no.
- ...no...
- Yes, I still want to be a child.
- A tall skinny redheaded white boy? You decide. [ed. note - Sounds
like a resounding "Yes" to me...]
- NO
- WELL, YOU DID GET 4 OSs RUNNING ON ONE MACHINE, I, SIR, AM NOT WORTHY
- -I am not a jealous person-
- yes, I wish I were as funny as you
- what's there to be jealous of...oh yeah, everything!
- Only the fact that you get to touch heaps of people all over the world
every day.
- beats me
- Yeah, once or twice.
- OF course..
- Well, I was still in high school when I met you, and I remember being
jealous of your apparent independence. Little did I know.
16. Whats one of my favorite thing to do?
- Throw successful parties, where you get to see lots of old friends you
haven't seen in a while, you hook up with some girl, and everyone seems
to have a great time.
- gee, work on computers and your wonderful newsletter
- read newsgroups
- Good question.. If anyone sees you at a party, they might think flirting,
but I would have to guess at socializing.. I can only guess.. I guess I
never asked the right questions!
- take "development meetings" and go to the movies... :)
....uh, drink? (no i dont think you're an alcoholic, you're...merry)
- IJMC - just maybe ??
- hang with your chums
- ?
- Drink...
- Solve really complex problems, among other things.
- apart from trying to do maniac things with your computer, like 3 or 4
operating systems at once? dunno - eating lasagne, drinking Irish cream
and listening to Euro-techno?
- Hell, I don't know.
- i have no clue..
- Watch Bond [ed. note - Shaken, not stirred, of course.]
- Go sledding, assuming that you live somewhere where it snows.
- Party
- Write funny emails
- WELL, OTHER THAN MASTURBATION, PROBABLY DRINKING
- -laugh with your friends-
- drink
- eat pizza and fart into the couch
- New computer games?
- It involves sitting in front of a lit up screen that's attached to a box
that has a fan inside.... :)
- Bond films.. WInk
- Sleep.
17. Do you remember one of the 1st things I said to you?
- "You're [Astral] Warlord?!?"
- uhmmm,,, don't get offended?
- no
- Not really.. I remember it made me feel bad tho.. But I think that was
based on my misunderstanding. Because I was trying to be a friend, I
listened with well-intensioned ears.
- you? sadly, no. although I remember a lot of other stuff about that weekend
- i replied a mail two times before, the first time you were going
through a hard time cause a girl you liked was moving away, i sympathized
with you cause i had a similar situation and you wrote back thanking me...
- sorry mate, I don't stockpile old mail. But the past is in the past, we
live in the present, & should look forward to the future, so do we really
care ??
- put down the knife
- Directly to me... getting laughed at for not catching the april fools
'signoff' last year. [ed. note - I laughed? Oops...]
- Hi.
- dunno
- You must work with Flip.
- I'm a libertarian [ed. note - I was? Hmm.]
- No, I can barely remember yesterday.
- THERE ARE NO POINTS OFF FOR GUESSING
- It was a joke of some sort!!
- DUDE, SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT LAST NIGHT.
- ??????????
- yes
- 'Welcome to the Junk mail clearing house"?
- Not really..... but ever since then, there's been a recurring:
FLIIIIIIIIP!!!!!!!!!
- about me..."Is she blonde" to me... probably Hello
- "Hello."
18. Whats my favorite type of music?
- Techno? "Favorite type" usually translates into "what's the only
kind of music I listen to" so everyone answers "Oh, I listen to all kinds
of stuff," but so does everyone else.
- 80's
- classical? :)
- I think you like classical more than any other.. but that again is a
guess.. You seem to have ecclectic tastes..
- ...hmmmm, probably country
- Don't care, so long as it's not country................
- see #5
- no clue
- Techno-ish... but everything else is cool, too... well... just about
everything.
- euro-techno?
- Ravi Shankar, the Maxi-singles.
- tekno?
- Techno
- Anything but country-western.
- RaeGae
- I would think rock and roll
- YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH DURAN DURAN. YOU WANTED TO BE NUCK RHODES WHEN
YOU GREW UP AND HAVE THE LYRICS TO 'RIO' TATOOED TO YOUR BACKSIDE.
[ed. note - Hey, that hurt...long tattoo job!]
- -rock-
- jazz
- christian thrash
- Mmm unsure [ed. note - Yep, that has a great beat to it...]
- A wee bit of techno, I think.
- 80's.. or at least the type I hear you talk about the most
- It's all good man, it's all good.
19. What is the best feature about me?
- Your relentless keeping in touch with old friends/possible future friends.
- up front personality/humor
- your smile
- your eyes, of course~
- your openness, your listening ability, and your sense of humor (just as
sick and twisted as mine)
- your ability to open up to strangers
- Your dedication to the IJMC. [ed. note - Ooh, been delinquent on this
one...]
- acceptance of your friendsflaws and personality quirks
- Your Personality
- Your Joke list?
- It's not something tangible.
- your wit
- ? [ed. note - I wanna be like Ike. <grin>]
- your sense of humor
- Forthright
- You seem to have intelligence. [ed. note - Yeah, I fake it well.]
- You will be able to correct the spelling in the last answer. [ed. note
- Reggae]
- Your sense of humor
- N/A
- -your heart, it smiles!-
- you are random
- the way you cross your t's
- If you get behind you get annoyed at yourself and try hard to to catch
up. I admire the fact that you care enough about us and the list to put
in the time.
- you send out good posts
- Those buns of steel.... :) Erm, kidding again. I think the best feature
isn't physical... I think t's the way you go out of your way for your
friends, and do nice/helpful/generous things for them. At least, you've
always done so for me.
- the cute little meow you give when you ar having your head scratched
- Your ability to have huge numbers of friends and make them all
feel like close friends, even if you haven't seen them in years.
20. How would you describe my personality?
- Moody, but that means good and bad moods. Logical. Private, tho not
really secretive.
- up front w/humor ,but you hide your true feelings
- moody
- Varying.. Some days sweet and kind.. other days rough and bothered.
- Um...I'm not very good at that. see above "first impression"
- open, funny and considerate
- Witty.
- they have yet to create an appropriat eadjective
- Fun loving, humourous yet compassionate
- Slightly disgruntled [ed. note - Slightly? <grin>]
- A picky type of cynical personality
- faaaaaabulous dahling.
- With an oblong oval.
- good
- Aggressively laid back
- A little zany, yet somehow sane.
- Witty, sarcastic, manyatruthissaidinjestish, charming in an
IknowIambetterthanyoubutIamaniceguysowon'ttellyouso way.
- You are funny, light hearted, creative thinker
- YOU ARE A VERITABLE CORNUCOPIA OF PERSONALITIES. WHEN FACING A
STRESSFUL SITUATION, YOU TURN TO FRANK (NAMED AFTER THE LESSER STALONE
BROTHER) WHO CAN BULLY HIS WAY OUT OF ANY SITUATION. WHEN FACING AN
ACKWARD SITUATION, YOU TURN TO TINA (NAMED AFTER THAT POP SINGER,
JENNIFER LOPEZ) AND HAVE YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER PULL OUT A GUN AND SHOOT
SOMEONE.
- -sensitive, caring-
- funny teddy bear type guy
- with words probably
- Loyal
- Mostly pretty sedate, a very thinking person.... you don't blurt things out
without analyzing what your're going to say before you say it. I've never
been very good at that.
- fun yet melancholy
- "Plentiful."
21. Would you say I am funny?
- Not as my first choice of words. I would say you can -be- funny, but I
wouldn't refer to you as "Dave's really funny."
- yea
- yeah, sarcatic, too
- You can be. Not always, but you have the propensity to be funny.
- yes, but then the same is often siad of me...it's a sick world
- see question 20
- yer damn skippy there pally
- Yes
- at times
- Depends.
- (Is there a hidden wrist movement in that question?)
- Yes, to a certain extent.
- Funny, but very serious about important things like family, school,
work, etc.
- Yes in a sarcastic sense
- FUNNY LOOKING? YES
- -you are no stranger to laughter-
- already did
- sure, why not
- Yes, but with a hidden tragic side.
- Yes. Mianly when you put on the clown suit.
- Of Course
- Would you say I make bad puns?
22. Am I a rebel or do I follow all the rules?
- Pretty much follow all the rules, though at times you could be called
a rebel for -following- the rules, instead of the majority opinion.
- yea
- you follow most of the rules, but you have to make sure they're GOOD
rules first.
- You like both.. but If you want to, you will jump out of the lines
- A little from column A, a little from column B...
- i'd say you follow most of the rules, but you break the easy ones every
so often
- Bit of each. I surmise you work in the computer industry, & you can't
be a total rebel to do that.
- i will refrain from answering this question by pleading the fifth
(amendment, not question #5)
- Follow the rules
- Would like to Rebel more than you do
- You're a rebel because you follow the rules.
- you follow the rules that make sense to you, that are there for the
safety of others and yourself, and you disagree with the ones that are
just plain stupid
- A conforming non-comformist.
- rebel
- You follow rules up to the point where the rules are so unjust that obeying
them is worse than the injustice of dispobeying the rules.
- A rebel at heart but you tend to follow the rules.
- You follow the rules. Now and then you rewrite one and you want to be
rebelious, but it wouldn't fit in with your plans to land in jail or an
insane asylum
- THERE ARE NO RULES MADE THAT YOU HAVE NOT BROKEN. YOU CROSS THE STREET
WHEN IT SAYS DON'T WALK. YOU CUT ALL OF THE TAGS OFF OF YOUR MATTRESSES.
DAMN, WHAT A REBEL.
- -rebellious is kind-
- depends on who's watching
- you are a rebellious lemming
- No rules can be followed all the time.
- you rebel you!
- Depends on which rules... I think there's a rebel underneath who pokes his
head out every now and again.
- What rules?
23. Any special talents?
- Sure. You can do that scary thing with the eyes back in your head, and
drink vodka like water. =)
- can chug a can of dog food in a minute [ed. note, WHAT?! Uh, no.]
- computing
- Computer genius, flirting king, social wizard, and party philanderer! Drink
duke, soft spoken tender word person! very good at that.
- jeez....I know they're there....damn stupid long-term memory...
- if you can read all of these replies, i'd say one helluva
attention-span would one of em.. [ed. note - huh? Was you talking to
me? <grin>]
- computers
- A long running joke list...
- You have a talent for technical ability. (Sounds like a fortune cooke.
Should one add "in bed" to that?) [ed. note - Works for me...<grin>]
- keeping this list going and making people smile, laugh, think.
- Ability to type in incomplete sentences.
- uh.... [ed. note - That is what she said...]
- plenty.
- You can balance a spoon on your nose.
- Computer wiz, but probably not master of your domain. [ed. note -
Thanks for the reminder, time to re-register ijmc.com...]
- I have no idea
- DOES THE ABILITY TO CONSUME MASS QUANTITIES OF ALCOHOL COUNT? YOU CAN
BURP THE ALPHABET WHILE STANDING ON YOUR HEAD. IF ONLY THE NETWORKS
WOULD HAVE WATCHED THE TAPE YOU SENT IN, YOU WOULD BE A STAR NOW.
- -great people skills-
- drinking
- yes
- Good knowledge of computer systems.
- good a writing
- There's that neat thing you do with Vaseline, a rabbi, and a live
goat...... :)
- Drunken Cartwheels
- That's redundant.
24. Would you consider me a friend?
- One of my best friends!
- when i am lonely perhaps .............
- yes
- Absolutely.. but I wonder if its reciprocated
- most definately
- in a roundabout, internetish never met kinda of way, yes
- Well now. A friend is usually someone you can talk to, can help you,
understands you, knows you, knows WHO you are, will be there for you, etc.
So in the usual sense, no. But you are opening a big can of worms in,
what shall we call them, "www" or "dot-com" relationships.
I know of people who have dated over the net. You could say that
communication over the net is better than none at all. I think everyone
that receives your posts learns a little more about you each time through
your pre-amble. But I know more about you than you do about me, so it's
basically a 1-way street. So honestly, the most I can say is about 1/2 an
internet aquaintance.
BUT, as most of your posts are designed to raise a laugh, then we are sharing
that. I don't know of too many people that make me laugh that I would just
call aquaintances. They are either friends or workmates, & I think my
workmates are more than just aquaintances. They are my 'friends at work'.
Makes you think on it a bit, eh ??
- oh hell yeah
- In a strange sort of way... Id buy you coffee/Beer anytime..
- Duh. Yes.
- If I met you, maybe.
- Depends on how much you'd pay me to be your firend.
- No not a friend, but a buddy
- Not especially seeing as how we have never met.
- WELL, I HAVE TO THINK YOU'RE KIND OF COOL TO ANSWER SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THE WAY I HAVE. I JUST KNOW BETTER THAN TO GET YOU ANGRY...
- ?????????
- no
- why not
- Yes, when I am working back late in the office it is often your emails
that perk me up as all my other friends have gone home.
- Three guesses, and the first two don't count.
25. Would you call me preppy, slutty, a homie, average, sporty, punk
hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby, or something else?
- Geek. Nerds are obsessed with academic success, while geeks just like
messing with cool stuff. =)
- nerdy and you can't dress worth ........your clothes?
- oh, slutty, definitely! hee hee. geeky...it's better than nerdy! :)
- Something else.. but I would do that just to get out of the typical
stereotypes.
- I try not to label people...it cheapens their personality
- probably average...sorry dude, i know no one wants to be average...
[ed. note - better than being "mean"...]
- Maybe nerdy to be indulging in this in the first place, but it can't be
full on, as we do go several days or more at times starved of your precious
insights ! I wouldn't be game to put a name to it really, I don't know
you well enough. Even if most people agree to a common term, so what.
Whatever & whoever you are, YOU ARE YOURSELF, with all that entails, & as
long as it's decent & legal, you have a right to be that. So you maybe
have the right to use your own terminolgy on this matter, & stuff
everyone else's opinion.
- please oh please shove such classifications up the nearest close minded
persons ass
- something else
- Something else. Much worse, in fact :)
- See above.
- haha...nah...
- A little above average, always attached to a cup of coffee.
- Average snobbish nerd.
- D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
- -something else, ANYTHING else, you are an individual----
- no, I've never seen you
- you are a preppy, slutty, sporty, punky, hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby
home boy with bad breath and a horrible sense of style
- Definitely something else
- cool
- Something else. Not sure what, but I like people I can't pigeonhole.
- teddy bear like
- Dave, you're something else.
26. Have you ever seen me cry?
- Want to cry, maybe, but don't think I've actually seen tears.
- no
- nope
- Not intentionally
- don't think so
- i'll have to say no...
- Not in the flesh. But this reminds me of your "Doll & the White Rose"
post. I suspect you may have shed a tear while writing that one. If not
for real, then maybe 'in your mind', if you get my meaning. You're not
human if you don't feel something when reading it.
- seen you... no
- I don't think so.
- See above.
- I think so.
- Once
- I've never seen U.
- DOES THE TIME YOU SPILLED YOUR BEER RIGHT AFTER LAST CALL COUNT?
- -give me a break or are you serious-
- no, I've never seen you
- considering i've never seen you, no
- No, but I am sure that some of the mail sent out has envoked a tear.
- Now that you mention it, I don't think I have.
- I dont think so
- Not that I recall.
27. If there were 1 good nickname for me what would it be?
- If there were 1 good nickname for you, I would call you that and not
"Dave." =)
- ijmc gu-uy
- There are no good nicknames I can come up with.. It just seems
impossible to limit you to just one category
- I could think of lots, but I'm not that cruel
- how bout sanford? (as in sanford & son, you know cause you collect
junk email, its a stretch i know)
- Rover ?? (- see #31)
- i like "the great dav-o"
- I kinda like Emperor Dave
- Daaaave
- Dave.
- rat
- Ol' Fireball
- I have you as `JunkDave' in my address book.
- BILLY
- ambassador dave the nimrod
- Sepo.
- umm...
- Ambassador Dave!!! :)
- Tafcam...
- Teddy.
28. What are my pet's names?
- Psycho-kitty, used to me. That's all I know.
- pam and david (as in lee roths)
- You have pets? Dust bunnies? what ?
- you have pets?!?
- this is a trick question, i bet you dont have pets...
- Depends on what animals they are. Does PC stand for Pet Care ?? So
names must be either one or more of - Bill, Winnie(slang for windows), or
Mac.
- pets, they're not just for dinner anymore
- no clue
- Vodka, Scotch, and I think Rum.
- Dot and com.
- Fluffy and Rover
- Fluffy and Mr. Cottontail---strange names for fish.
- SPOT, PSYCHO, DAVE (NO RELATION), CAPTIAN NEMO AND SATAN
- -??????????-
- davie and david
- billy bo bob sue (your cow), betty anne ray george (your pig), jimmy jo
jumbles (your monkey), and Thomas C. Esquire the Third (your cockatoo)
- Don't have any?
- do you even have pets?
- One of them is 'Vodka'.... Can't remember the others... :)
- THere was psycho kitty..
- I haven't a clue.
29. What is my most annoying habit?
- Question should be "what is my most annoying habit that you'll actually
come out and tell me about?" And on that basis of it being a lame question,
I'll pass. Nothing leaps out at me, anyway, as a "most annoying" habit,
enough to give it special attention, or you needed to change.
- when i get 10 of ijmc emails at once when they haven't come in for a while
- yelling at me for things I cant change.. or rather.. not giving me an
option to be able to change them.. i.e. not telling me how I could do better.
- not answering your freaking email
- i'd guess you're a messy person...
- No question - the gaps in the posts.
- drooling
- Not Always sending out the IJMC
- You're probably either most acutely aware or unaware among anybody of
the fact that personal information managers have their own features and
are not very customizable and don't work well together unless they're
built to do so. So no matter how good a job they do at getting Palm Pilot
synchronization to work with certain software, it's never good enough.
Well... okay... it's not a habit, but it's more reflective of the personality
:) [ed. note - Picky. Yep. But the PIM *claims* to be compatible!]
- See above.
- you got none that i'm aware of...
- You roll your eyes after every sentence.
- Biting your nails
- PICKING YOUR NOSE AND EATING IT. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T EAT
IT UNLESS YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS
- -writing questionnaires [ed. note - Hey, I did not write it...just
sent it out...]
- drinking
- the way you pick your butt and then stick your fingers in your nose,
and then in other peoples mouths
- When an email is missed that I have been hanging out for in the afternoon.
- I don't know that any of your habits are annoying.
- Havent we had this discussion?
- Scheduling parties when I can't make them. :)
30. What is the worst thing I ever told you?
- The worst thing you ever told "me" was when you asked <name withheld>
if she could trust me, with what I'd "become." Actually seeded some
doubt for a little while, adding some fragility to a burgeoning
relationship between me and the woman of my dreams. Maybe I deserved it.
- That I was totally responsible for making you miserable [ed. note -
ow. Yeah, I did that.]
- I dunno...I'm glad I don't remember that one
- you got me here, i cant think of anything
- That there was going to be a 1 or 2 week period with NO posts. Oh woe is
us............
- get out of my house or start paying some rent you f&%$ing bum
- You wern't gonna send the IJMC out anymore
- I don't know, actually.
- My psychologist is still repressing that memory.
- That planes crash.
- That you are quitting the ijmc. It turned out to be an April Fool's Day
joke.
- THERE IS THAT THING YOU DID WITH THE DUCT TAPE, THE PHILADELPHIA
PHILHARMONIC AND THE PEACH PRESERVES... THAT WAS PRETTY BAD. [ed. note
- Yeah, but sometimes, bad is go-o-o-od...]
- -a joke-
- everything you say is perfectly delightful
- the time you told me that you were giving up the IJMC (it was a cruel
cruel cruel April Fools Day joke!)
- Can't remember exactually but some of the jokes are really bad.
- nothing
- "The van isn't air-conditioned..." (July, 1999) [ed. note - Still a
great trip, eh?]
- We haven't had this discussion
- That without me, humor might actually be funny. (Outside the movie
theater at Phipps Plaza in 1994.) [ed. note - Uh-oh, I do not remember
this one. I am going to hope it was after a pun...eek.]
31. If I was an animal what animal would I be?
- Well, that kind of assumes that people have individual personalities,
and that animals don't, which any animal lover should refute. (Though many
say "I'd be a cat/dog/etc") Do animals ask "If you were a human, what
ethnicity would you be?" or "What country would you be from?"
I'm going to answer the second question. Definetly western, not
eastern. Since you're logical, you'd have to be part German. Irish like to
drink and fight, Italians like to eat and fuck, and since you like to eat
and drink I'd have to throw a bit of each of those in. Maybe, actually,
a bit of Japanese, cuz you like gadgetry so much.
Hm... I guess thinking that way, if you were going to be a animal,
you'd be a mutt. =)
- fat hyena
- a dog...you're very loyal
- A cat.. You come when you want attention and you leave when you dont
want more.
- Erp? I hate that kind of question
- ...a bobcat...i dont know why, but definitely a bobcat
- Border collie. Why - pretty faithful, intelligent, friendly, able to 'round
up' the jokes
- ardvark, i just wanted to see if i could spell it right
- You strike me as a Dog person
- Only human...
- That one too.
- monkey
- An armadillo.
- You would be an owl. You'd play all night, rule the woods, and sleep
all day.
- A hyena
- A RABBIT. THEY EAT, HAVE SEX, SLEEP, HAVE SEX, HOP AROUND AND HAVE SEX.
- -a dog-
- a crill (you know, the stuff that whales eat)
- Wombat
- Mickey Mouse :)
- Some sort of cat. They're thinking types.
- Koala
- A party animal, naturally.
32. What is something about me that most people wouldn't know?
- You'd "go to class" and just sleep in the library at Emory. I don't
know how you did it...I tried, and just couldn't get comfortable. =)
- you cry and have feelings, but you don't want to admit it
- You have a great ability at making a woman feel really close and wanted
when you speak softly to her about things that make you happy.
- that you can be a real sweetie when you want to be. :)
- ...secretly....you like...romantic movies! (dum dum dummmmmmmmmm!!) ...(i
dont know, im grasping at straws here..)
- Who is 'most people' ? I think I may be one of the 'most people'.
- a dancer with skills beyond compare [ed. note - You were at that
party?! Oh, boy...]
- I would have to rummuge old postings off the IJMC for that... even then...
dont know how that would qualify
- If I said, then they would know, wouldn't they?
- That Mac, who is travelling the world, looks a hell of a lot more like
you than you'd care to admit.
- i have no clue...
- You dance in front of your window in boxer shorts and a t-shirt to music
from the 80's. [ed. note - Oh, that is scary...have you been watching?]
- Your middle name. [ed. note - Guess the cat is out of the bag...]
- WELL, THAT CROSS-DRESSING THING WOULD BE A SURPRISE IF MORE PEOPLE
FOUND OUT...
- -you have a tender side-
- you have a girlfriend in Italy named Betsy
- that you sleep upsidedown facing the corner
- That you cried the first time you saw Snow White. (wild guess)
- I refer back to #5.... From there, you can figure it out... I haven't
told the story yet... :) [ed. note - <grrr>]
- You are really an amazing giant robot. or I think you worry about things
more than folks would think
- Where you were the night of April 27, 1992. [ed. note - Uh-oh, I do
not remember.]
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