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Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty
Edited by George R.R. Martin

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The Topic of Discussion

A month or so ago, I posted a quiz at Friendtest.com. While I thought it terribly easy, my friends seemed to have a great trouble with it.

The highest scorer was Lisa, who got 8 out of 10 questions right. The best my 'friends' could manage was a measly 5, except for Tall Dave, who, despite not having seen me in over ten years, managed to guess his way to 6. Heck, my Mom only got 6.

None of my journal regulars got into the top 10, with the possible exception of 'sdfhisf', who got 3 right. Since the user name looks like the result of someone banging their head on the keyboard, I'm going to chalk that one up as a statistical fluke.

I was told a few times that not only was this test too hard, but I also referred to things never mentioned in my journal. This came as a surprise to me. I've taken to feeling that my journal readers are all close friends, who I've spent many a long caffeine-filled night chatting with in coffee houses and over kitchen tables at three in the morning.

Huh.

Well, it's sharing time.


1. What was the name of Phil's first dog?
Answers: Guesses:
Nikko 6
Ed 3
Lady 10
Tramp 4
Tigger 3
 

The correct answer was Lady. Shortly after we watched 'Lady and the Tramp' as kids, my folks presented my sister and I with a small black puppy, who we, of course, named Lady. If she had been male, she would have been Tramp. We had Lady for a long, long time. She was really dumb, but still a good dog.

Nikko is the Samoyed my parents currently own, Ed is what I'm going to call my bulldog (if I ever get one), and Tigger was the name of the Norwegian Elkhound my family had for a very, very short time. (Tigger was scared of people. So scared, that if you moved suddenly, you'd literally scare the shit out of her.)


2. Phil's cousin Dave suffers from what condition?
Answers: Guesses:
Autism 3
Down's Syndrome 7
Cerebral palsy 11
Prader-Willi Syndrome 5
 

Sort of a trick question. Since creating this test, I've found out that Dave doesn't suffer from any of the above, but a condition that results from having no physical connections between the hemispheres of his brain. I've tried to look it up, but all I find in information on 'Split Brained People', who received radical surgery to help them deal with severe seizures. But I've always thought and said that it was Down's. So that's the right answer.

I don't even know what Prader-Willi Syndrome is, but it sure sounds scary.


3. What is the real name of 'Her Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken Lest She Reappear and Torment Me Anew'?
Answers: Guesses:
Ange 4
Pam 14
Sherene 3
Jane 2
Trina 3
 

I've tempted fate in even bringing her up, so for Karma's sake, I'll just say that it's NOT Pam, Sherene, Jane or Trina.

A surprising number of people picked Pam, the woman I dated before Lisa. Fact is, I don't harbor any ill will towards Pam, beyond a certain dismay at the bitterness she still holds towards me, six years later. Of course, that bitterness ensures that she WON'T reappear and torment me anew.

Sherene was my high school sweetie, Jane was a lovely girl I used to have a weird on-again, off-again sort of relationship with, and Trina was a neurotic young lass who did manage to teach me some skills that still serve me well to this day. Ahem.


4. What had Phil originally planned to get a degree in?
Answers: Guesses:
Therapeutic Massage 1
English 6
Applied Chemistry 6
Zoology 0
Pharmacy 16
 

Not much question on this one, I guess. Pharmacy was my first choice for a career out of high school, and I spent three years in the General Studies program at the U of C getting prerequisites for it. Thankfully, they didn't want me, and I was saved from years of counting pills and talking to sick people.

I was tempted to go into all the others at various points. English because I love the written word, Chemistry because I like to mix crap together, Zoology because animals are neat, and Therapeutic Massage because it lets you rub lots of women. You know, for money.


5. How many months of pay is Phil still owed for his first job?
Answers: Guesses:
1 1
2 6
3 12
4 5
5 2
 

Calgary's first dot-com bust, UWannaWhat Intermedia, still owes me two months salary. I lived off my Visa for that time, which is one reason why Visa hates me so much now.

The whole experience is a great story to tell at New Media mixers. Especially since my old boss is president of the New Media Association. It makes him squirm.


6. What year did Phil graduate high school?
Answers: Guesses:
1986 1
1987 4
1988 5
1989 13
1990 3
 

Class of '89, baby. Most people got that one right. It's funny, because this is one of two answers Lisa got wrong. And she went to my reunion with me.


7. How many pets (not counting fish) does Phil currently have?
Answers: Guesses:
5 4
6 9
7 8
8 3
9 2

Eight was the right answer. The tally currently stands at: Samantha (cat), Emma (ditto), Pippin (parrot), Arvid (frog), Molly (Guinea pig), Idaho (ditto), Button (ditto), and Jersey (ditto). We also have a big fish tank with a million fish. And, God willing, that'll be it for a while.


8. What coming film is Phil most looking forward to?
Answers: Guesses:
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 10
Scooby-Doo 3
Spider-Man 5
Men in Black 0
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones 8
 

I loved The Fellowship of the Ring so much that this question was totally obvious to me. Apparently it wasn't to most of you. Ah well.

I am looking forwards to all of them. Well, Scooby-Doo not so much. I have this haunting feeling it is going to be an abhorrent waste of celluloid. But the new Men in Black II trailer rocks.


9. What is the first movie Phil can remember seeing?
Answers: Guesses:
Lady and the Tramp 5
Star Wars 12
The Cat From Outer Space 5
The Rescuers 4
Halloween II 0
 

Again, sort of a trick question, given the answers to Question1. But 'The Rescuers' is the first one I can remember. The key word is 'remember'. I saw all the rest; I just don't actually recall them.

And yes, I did see Halloween II at such an early age. It was on some movie channel at a hotel we stayed at when I was little. I still remember the scene where he melted a girl's face off in a therapeutic hot tub. And I didn't even get any nightmares.

This was the other question Lisa missed.


10. What is Phil's most hated food?
Answers: Guesses:
Corn 1
Aspic 1
Caviar 0
Peas 8
Anything creamed 16
 

I got some good giggles reading the responses on this one. Everyone totally went for the 'Anything Creamed' answer, which seems bizarre to me, as is was a total toss off when I wrote it. Seriously, I felt I needed one more answer and I couldn't come up with anything.

I'm not a big fan of anything on this list, but peas are my most hated. Since I was a tiny, tiny baby, I couldn't take peas. The texture, the flavor... (shudder). I can't even think about peas without... (shudder). Even now I pick all the peas out of my fried rice one-by-one and place them on Lisa's plate.

I'm growing on corn, but only if it's fresh, piping hot corn-on-the-cob dripping with butter and salt. Then it's okay. Aspic is like meat Jell-o, and is as bad as it sounds. Caviar gets caught in my teeth and leaves me tasting fish ovaries all day long.

 

That's it! Thanks for playing!


Cheesetoast Update: Apparantly Ronja actually got served at the Cheesetoast restaurant. The food is okay, and cheese toast comes with the soup or salad ONLY. Gosh. That makes it all better.


Mom Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Mom's happy she knows her son so well.


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