Ask a forumer anything...

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Usually I don't because the plot and the characters are very poorly written most of the time. 

 

You most favourite sport? Why?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

If you forced me to choose, basketball. Somehow that's fun for me.

Favourite number between 1 and 628?

[iLoveMusic 66]

628, you're a good guesser.

 

When was the last time you cried? Why?

[Prophet42 1,503]

When by girlfriend told me see didn't want to see me anymore. (of course I didn't let her see me cry).

 

How many times have you been 'dumped' from a relationship?

[RipRap 4,400]

0. I never tried relationships.

Have you ever done a public performance?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

If a piano recital counts, then yes. If baseball counts, also yes.

Why is it that English has a lot of shared conjugations while Romance languages, like Spanish, have a unique word for each conjugation? (I'm gonna make you think this time.)

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Maybe because English is a mishmash of a couple different languages with heavy Germanic roots?  Do the Germans needlessly conjugate their verbs out to the nth degree?  The Japanese don't.  They have none for any subject.  What they have in spades though are different ways to say each verb based upon how polite or rude you want to be.
 
Okay, anyways, English vs. the Romance languages on verb conjugations...  I read somewhere (probably an article on Cracked so this could be way off-base) but some linguist somewhere studied something similar to this and determined that the more 'primitive' the language the more complex it is (and I would say that endless conjugations are part of that complexity).  So, with purer origins than English, maybe the Romance languages retained more of their complexity?  English was, after all, watered down by the Normans like a thousand years ago, so maybe when they went back to speaking English they did it in a way more casual way than before.  Best I can do without any research into the topic.  If anyone has any- wait a second.

What do you think about Ganaram Inukshuk's question?  Any ideas?  Am I wrong?  Do I have any good ideas that could be expanded upon?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

I have totally no idea though we got the same issue with German (ich gehe, du gehst, er/sie/es geht, wir gehen, ihr geht, sie gehen)

 

While we're on it

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0Hsx-yHiI

 

Tell me why and if this is how you feel about German

[Schulmanator 5,807]

I'm cool wither German, I learned it and English both when I was little (my parents having lived in Germany for years until right before I was born) but I have forgotten most of it due to lack of use.

 

What languages do you know at least some of (that is, enough to communicate reasonably well)?

[iLoveMusic 66]

Just English. I'm horrible with learning other languages.

 

Was 2014 a good year for you in general?

[tonyr 926]

Nothing to write home about.

 

What is your New Year's resolution?

[Prophet42 1,503]

The usual eat healthier and exercise.

 

In general, do you make New Year resolutions?  If you do, how long do you stick to them?

[iLoveMusic 66]

I don't make New Years resolutions.

 

Do you like Cheetos?

[RipRap 4,400]

Maybe.

Do you like potato chips in general? What do you like/dislike about it?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Not really, I don't really like foods where the main taste is salty or added with powder like that, but mostly I don't like getting my fingers all greasy or powder-covered because I'm usually only snacking when I'm on my computer or playing GT6.  Generally though, if I'm snacking I'm probably having some kind of chocolate because I like it a lot more.

 

What do you enjoy snacking on the most?  Why?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

Depends on what we have in the house, and it varies so much...

Why can't a match box when a tin can?

[Schulmanator 5,807]

For the same reason you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway....

 

 

Why do they call it a building when it is already built?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Depends on what we have in the house, and it varies so much...

Why can't a match box when a tin can?

 

Someone played the Hardest Game recently

 

It's simply because they can

 

What is the longest existing word in your language's dictionary

[RipRap 4,400]

The longest scientific work for chronic respiratory disease due to ash inhalation. Found on the medical dictionary.

How many times do you take a brush every day?

[Skimbo 304]

Twice....

 

 

 

What's the most usless question you've ever asked in this thread?

[Mymyjp 1,052]

Pretty much all of them..lol

 

What do you think of people constantly interrupting you during a conversation?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

I got a rock.

 

Oh, uhh, depends on the urgency of the interruption and the intensity of the interruption, and the message as well. Like, if my car blew up and someone needs to tell me, I'd call that urgent. If someone wants to tell me they got rocks as Halloween candy, uhh, why? (Unless you wanna make a joke.)

 

Someone tells you they got rocks for Halloween. Response?

[RipRap 4,400]

"You shouldn't be handling things like these."

What was the most expensive thing that you have ever lost? Did you eventually find it?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

5 Euros ... no seriously, luckily I never really lost something.

 

How much money do you currently have in your wallet?

[Prophet42 1,503]

0$, (I'm married with children).

 

What's the most money you've ever carried on you at one time.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

$55 Australian in notes and a couple of coins.

What is in your opinion the best looking currency?

[RipRap 4,400]

That's quite a hard thing to answer... I think the Philippine Peso looks the best. But I have to check some other ones that I haven't seen.

Do you collect coins on a time to time basis?

[Prophet42 1,503]

I do collect coins on occasion.

 

Do you have any hobbies?  If so, what is your main hobby?

[tonyr 926]

Restoring furniture.

 

What is your passion?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

My family and writing.  Hanging out with my wife and kids is great, and when we get back to the States next year we get to add my siblings' families to the mix, and all my aunts and uncles and cousins etc etc.  I am also very passionate about writing, and I tend to write every day, mostly just a bunch of silly fiction.  I'm working on my fantasy series for National Novel Writing Month again, but I'm really unhappy with how it's turning out, and basically the whole thing is going to be re-done almost completely from beginning to end.

 

How about you?  What are you most passionate about?  Why?