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| # | Comment | Survey |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | I had Machiavelli in mind when I created the survey, but the choice of envy as the opposite to love by a recent newspaper article about the type of person who is attracted to banking. According to a psychologist quoted in the article, most bankers are motivated by by the thought that people will envy them than by the prospect of being loved. | If you had to choose, would you rather be envied or loved? |
| 12 | Shortly after moving into a new city, a few years ago, I went into a local newsagents. In the course of a single transaction, the woman behind the counter called me "duck", "honey", "sugar", "love" and "darling". I still marvel at her ability to work multiple terms of endearment into accepting a 50p payment for a newspaper. | Does being addressed by "terms of endearment" from strangers bother you in anyway? |
| 13 | Dickens is classic pulp fiction rather than classic literature. But, if you can get into the Victorian style of writing, it's actually very good pulp fiction - of this list, it's probably the most enjoyable to read just for the pleasure of it. Defoe is more of a struggle, since it's a much more archaic style, but "Robinson Crusoe" definitely falls into the category of Books That Everyone Absolutely Ought To Read At Least Once In Their Life - it's generally regarded as the first proper novel in English. Waugh and Nabokov are more recent, but also more "literary" than Dickens and Defoe, so they're a different category in many ways, and Flaubert you'd be reading in translation so a lot depends on the version. | Which book should I read first? |
| 14 | this, who am I to disagree? | Sweet dreams are made of..... |
| 15 | Gosh, we're so unoriginal, aren't we? | Sweet dreams are made of..... |
| 16 | Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? | What is better reality or fantasy? |
| 17 | No, but very close to it. I and a friend went to see Forrest Gump at a late-night showing towards the end of its run, and we were two of only three people in the cinema. What made it even more weird was that not only was it a late screen time, but it was also the last film to finish that night. So as we left, the entire multiplex was almost completely deserted - the only other person we saw as we left was a janitor - and my car was the only one left in the car park. | Have you or your group ever been the only people watching a film in a cinema? |
| 18 | Bill has (once again!) got it spot on. The Eiffel Tower is in the centre of the photo - you're looking almost straight down onto it! | Where is this? (3) |
| 19 | OK, here are the correct answers, in the order of the original list:
Salami.  Pistachio Nuts. Cheddar (cheese).  Wiener (sausage). Scotch Egg. Brazil Nuts. Satsumas. Marmite. Pilsener (beer). Rum. Sherry. Cider. Tea. Coffee. | Which of these food and drink names are derived from geographical locations? |
| 20 | I heard a loud "thump" from upstairs while watching TV. Went to investigate, and found that a cat had knocked a box off a desk in the spare room. | What was the last noise you investigated? |
