So I apparently spoke too soon when I said the other day that my questions had been consistently strong recently, because I've suffered a bit of a drop in quality over the past week. However, unlike other Rejected Question Days where I openly admit that the included question were average at best, I feel that, for the most part, I was just the victim of poor response on these. I had high hopes for a couple of these, especially the last one. But I guess that's just how it goes sometimes. Four questions for you today in order of the expectations I had for them, starting from lowest expectations and going to highest.
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Question #1 (I was hoping people would catch the Celebrity Jeopardy reference. Nonetheless, it still amazed me how many people actually responded.)
$Texas
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Yahoo! Answers:
$aussie...?
(At least someone recognized the dollar sign.)
Is My Heart's Hometown :D :P
(A state is your heart's hometown. Hmm...)
I live there
where im from
born and raised
the greatest state ever!
Exactly.
Dumb old Texas.
The stars at night are dull and dim
Texas T-----Gold
I'm not sure why, but I was reminded of this:
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Question #2 (They took it a little too seriously.)
The phone rings. You answer it. You and the caller exchange standard greetings, and then you are dismayed to hear the question, "So what's up?" It's the dreaded "I just called to talk". NOO!! 30 minutes later it's still going and you are hurting. The phone should be used to accomplish things, not for chit chat. Unfortunately you've already tried every excuse to get off the phone and they've failed. The next step is shameful, but necessary: you must stage an elaborate incident, audible to the other person, that will allow you to bail on the call. After all, you don't want to hurt any feelings. What do you do?
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Yahoo! Answers:
say you have to pick someone up. Rub paper or aluminum foil against the phone say your losing them. Use a tape recorder and put it near the phone after recording someones voice. This appears as if someones calling you
(That requires way too much preparation.)
Say: **** I think my battery is going to (and then hang up).
i act like someone needs me and i say i have to go and hang up before they get a chance to stop me.
i'll say .. "look, i really have to go now.. its an emergency.. girl issues.. so i'll call you back later"
(Don't think that one's going to work for everyone. Though it would be a good way for a guy to ensure that that person never called again.)
Tell them that you are sorry that you have to go or else you will stab yourself to death... not really. Hang up and turn off your phone (if it's a cellphone) and give an excuse later on about how the phone died and you weren't at home. If it's a house phone, suddenly disconnect it and leave it like that for the next couple of hours. Come back later and plug it in.
(Your first answer was better.)
Just be polite about it and say well sorry but I gota go, then you hang up.Explaining why you have to go might lead to further interrogation. Unless if somehow if you can call your house phone( ask your roomate or sibling to call the house phone then its loud enought for the other person to hear it.) then they can hear it ring and then you say sorry I gota get that.
i'll tell the caller tat im busy and have to hung up. If he still didnt get it, i'll tell in Malay "Encik, saye tak ada masa untuk berbual sekarang ini, saya ada banyak kerja. Tolong letak telepon, ye? bye
(..........)
clang a loud pot and dump some water out loudly, then swear...
"Sorry, the dog [or you, or room mate, whatev] just knocked over the mop bucket! It's all over, I gotta go, let me call you back!" [click]
and DO NOT wait for their approval before shutting off the phone...
Other "incidents":
"Oh crap! Stove fire! talk to you later!"
Go to the front door and knock on it. "Hey, there's a cop at the door, I gotta get this, I'll txt and let you know what happens..." (an hour or more later txt this: "oh it was nothing, the neighbors a few doors down got in to a domestic fight and the fuzz was just asking questions. I'm headed to bed, night!"
"Hey, I have a souffle in the oven and it's getting time, if I don't do this right it'll fall. I'll talk to you later"
...with each of them hang up before hearing the approval of the other part.
(Sounds like you've done this a few times.)
I usually screen the calls. But if this does happen, I tell them I have to poop.
Screen your calls.
I just say something along the lines of "Well, I better get going, I have so much stuff to get done..."
(Yeah, good elaborate incident. Not vague at all.)
caller ID is a gift from the heavens...that's what I use..I'm not one for talking on the phone for long periods of time.I always say,someone is at the door or tell them you have things to do.I wouldn't of answered it.
why do you even answer the phone?
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Question #3 (Just lame.)
You are a stand-up comedian and you are struggling. Actually, that's putting it mildly. You're dying out there. Your best joke, "A horse walks into a bar, the bartender asks 'Why the long face'?" was not well received. Unfortunately, you have 10 more minutes to fill. You must result to very basic observational humor. You have to fill in this blank and BS about it: What's the deal with ___________? What do you put in that blank and why?
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Yahoo! Answers:
Jonas Brothers......because i can rant on for hours
miley cyrus
its obvious why i put that.
What's the deal with people who beep their horn 2 seconds after the light turns green? If your that impatient and lack any kind of common sense that people aren't always going to step on the gas the exact moment the light turns, then install some wings on your car and fly yourself home.
(Alright, 20 seconds down. Good work.)
horses
The opposite sex. As soon as you start picking apart traits and tendencies of the opposite sex, you are bound to get some laughs,
You can pick a lighter subject, like kissing or odd bodily functions that are frowned upon, like burping, or why sneezes are considered more germ-spreading than coughs.
(Yeah, that last one's good. Nothing to liven up a bored audience like science.)
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Question #4 (I just felt like this was a solid question. Maybe I was wrong...)
You are running away to start a new life. Five minutes after departure you decide that the only right thing to do would be to sail to Istanbul. It just makes sense. In the middle of the voyage aboard the SS Stwaticrux, you get into a throwdown with the first mate, Salty, because you said that his mother had all the characteristics of a large sea bass. In the midst of your pummeling you both are thrust overboard, swallowed by a whale, and forced to stay there for 3 days. Other than the smell, which is a given, what is the worst part of this experience?
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Yahoo! Answers:
The scenery.
Some guy in there named Jonah talks to much
the fact that my life expectancy wouldn't be that high
Having to eat the whale's sloppy seconds. Ewww. Lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag4Td1x_omA&feature=related
That's all I could think of while inside.
(Nothing like a home made music video to prove that some people just have way too much time on their hands.)
Going to Istanbul
The ambergris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris
(Everything you've ever wanted to know about ambergris. And more!)
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