More potpourri this or that
1. Large or small family?
Preference or actual? Going with actual: My family is small. Both my parents are only children and both my mother’s parents are dead, so when we all get together there’s a whopping six of us. To extend it beyond grandparents would be ridiculous in the other direction, my grandparents all have at least 5 siblings, and most of those have kids and grandkids and great grandkids. Preference? Well, I wouldn’t know, would I?
2. Potato chips or pretzels?
Popcorn
3. House or apartment?
I’d like a house with a garden, but I’d have to have the money, not just for the house but to pay a gardener (my motto as regards gardening: The easiest thing to grow in a garden is tired).
4. Zebras or giraffes?
Giraffes. One of the (many) things I collect is giraffes, but only specifically the kind that are made for very small children out of rubbery plastic.
5. Candles or potpourri?
Candles.
6. Flowers or trees?
Both. I love trees, though.
7. Right or left-handed?
Right-handed.
8. Model trains or dolls/stuffed animals?
For what? I guess the latter, I’ve never even had a model train.
9. Comedy or drama?
Depends on my mood. And on the piece. Bad comedy or good drama? Obviously the latter. Good comedy or bad drama? Take a wild guess…
10. Thought-provoking question of the week: The city of Boston has recently banned smoking in all restaurants and bars. Would you want to see such a law passed in your city/town/country, or not?
Well, they’re talking (the Storting, that is) about such a law for the whole of Norway, and it looks like it might come into force from the new year. I’m in favour for purely selfish reasons. I don’t even care much whether passive smoking is damaging to health or not (I mean, I’d care if it were proven that it were, but I’d still be in favour of a ban if it weren’t), I think breathing cigarette smoke is uncomfortable, it makes me cough, and it makes your clothes (and hair and skin) stink, and I can’t see why I should have to put up with it. Of course, I also think they should ban mobiles set to anything but “silent” in restaurants and on public transport, and I’m sure I can think of other reasonably harmless but annoying things that I think ought to be banned…