Me? Fight Mike? Lemme at 'im!

I pilfered this from Me’s blog and it struck me that it was a kind of variation on the Proustian Questionnaire. However, I won’t be mean and tag anybody for this, although I would be agog to know your responses. These questions offer some choices about how you see yourself in the universe, and wherein lie your truths.

So, would you rather:

1. Be famous now & forgotten after you die or forgotten now & famous after you die, forever? & Why? Ideally I’d rather have both. Wouldn’t we all? However, I’ll take the fame now, especially if it’s accompanied by money. Actually, I’d take money now over fame. Not a lot of money. Just enough money to allow me to live in the style to which I’ve become accustomed, and to indulge myself with lots of travel. But, fame might be OK, too. After I’m dead? Why should I care?

2. Give blood or read Hamlet? & Why? Oh, read Hamlet most definitely. Anyway, the question is one of choice. Of course I would rather read Hamlet. I love Hamlet. Well, not at a personal level. He was pretty creepy, neurotic, and borderline incestuous, and what was wrong with that nice Ophelia girl? But, you get my drift. However, the moral answer would be to give blood, so I would feel more obligated to give blood. On the other hand, I can’t give blood. I lived in England for a year in 1980-81 and people who resided in the UK at that time are off the hook because of the spongeiform (Mad Cow) virus.

3. Be extravagantly rich, but hated by others or be well loved and admired, but dirt poor? & Why? Aw gee, does it have to be dirt-poor? Couldn't it be just slightly unwashed-poor? OK, I’d love to be mildly rich, but would detest being hated. So, I’d have to opt for being loved and admired, both for my ego and because I like sleeping nights. And, if people love me, they might just help out with the bills of this dirt-poor guy.

4. Be imprisoned for the rest of your life or kill someone? & Why? OK – can I choose whom I can kill? I have some candidates in mind. On the other hand, I have a pathological fear of being imprisoned. So, if I could kill somebody I find extremely evil – or boring – or irritating – or vulgar – or stupid – I think I could handle that.

5. Fight Mike Tyson or talk like him? & Why? Mike Tyson can talk? Now, there’s a concept. Don't get me wrong, Mike. I meant no offence. Aww, don't get mad. Anyway, I don’t want my brain pulverized, so I guess I would have to settle for the speech thing.

Bonus (as in optional): Whom would you kill if you were guaranteed to get away with it? I have a few candidates, and one in particular. I don’t know if I would actually want to kill him, but I’d be happy to contract it. Or at least see him die a painful and disgusting death – after much suffering. I know forgiveness is a virtue, but I so cherish detesting this guy. If you knew him, you would too.