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Subject: question for LISAREA please
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: badabing-ga
List Price: $5.12
Posted: 16 Jul 2002 22:23 PDT
Expires: 15 Aug 2002 22:23 PDT
Question ID: 42032
hello child,

I gave you a really difficult assignment last time, so here's a
no-brainer.  choose one (1) of the following:

a)  what's your favorite type of research?

b)  tell us about the details of your strangest research project?

c)  got a favorite pet story?

d)  what hat would best describe your personality?  (link to photo
please)

smooches,
grannyb
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Subject: Re: question for LISAREA please
Answered By: lisarea-ga on 17 Jul 2002 11:01 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hola, Granny Bing!

The last question wasn't so much hard as I was soft in the head. 

But I'll be happy to answer this one. 
 
a)  what's your favorite type of research? 

Well, research isn't really my trade. I'm an information architect and
a writer, which means, in layman's terms, that I'm unemployed. But if
I had to guess, I'd say something having to do with complex systems.
Things like linguistics, technology, and law are the topics that keep
me up all night on my own pointless research projects. That, and
anything really really weird. I did have a gig reviewing true crime
books for a while, so questions about serial killers would probably
get my attention.
 
b)  tell us about the details of your strangest research project? 

I'm pretty much a newbie, so this one might be it, or maybe your
question about whirling dervishes. The only other research I have
really done in the past is pretty tame stuff--technical standards and
protocols and market research.

But once, someone said something to me about adult babies, and I spent
almost a whole day looking up stuff about that. I did that on my own
volition, though, and I'm still not entirely sure why.
 
c)  got a favorite pet story? 

Short answer: No.

Long answer: If I pick one, I have to pick a pet. My dog and my bird
are both quite the comedians, and I probably add two or three new cute
stories a day. But if I have to pick on off the top of my head, it
would be this: My parrot Frances' cage is in the same room as the main
stereo, so she's developed some musical preferences. She loves torch
singers, hates blues (WHY?), and is almost completely neutral on rock
and pop music. If I play something she hates, she screams and flaps
her wings until I turn it off, and if I play something she likes, she
bobs around and makes little clucking noises and sings along.

One day, not too long ago, I put on a Dead Boys CD. They were a punk
band in the 70s who, in my opinion, never got enough attention.
Frances concurred with me, apparently. As soon as the music came on,
she stopped, looked up, and listened for about thirty seconds, then
weighed in with her opinion: "That's GOOD! That's GOOOOOOD!" She
danced and made little happy clucking and hooting noises through the
whole CD, periodically reiterating that it was GOOD. I've played other
similar music for her to see if she likes, say, the Sex Pistols, too.
But she can take them or leave them. Frances just loves the Dead Boys.
She even recognized them on a completely different CD when I played it
much later. And so far, it doesn't seem to have been a phase. Frances
(hearts) the Dead Boys, and I let her listen to them more frequently
now, as a little treat for being a good bird.
 
d)  what hat would best describe your personality?  (link to photo 
please) 

Well, this is what I generally tell people:

http://www.geocities.com/dennyjackson.geo/denny/cami1.jpg

(Search terms: "Carmen Miranda")

I did own a big floppy-brimmed hat with birds and flowers and fruit
all around it once, and wore it for a whole summer when I was about
seven. But right now, I don't wear hats. Not even baseball caps. I
also don't wear jewelry except little hoop earrings I leave in all the
time, and I only wear black shoes. My theory is that I have a very low
clown threshold, and any ornament is likely to just put me over the
line and make me look exactly like Ronald McDonald. I don't know why
this is.

I just thought I'd point this out, though:

Apparently, if you feel a little bland in your judicial robes or other
uniforms, you can personalize your look with one of these:

http://www.a1-uniform.com/fancyhats.html  

(Search terms: "fancy hats")

Thanks for the question, Granny Bing!

Lisa.

Clarification of Answer by lisarea-ga on 17 Jul 2002 12:13 PDT
Just wanted to clarify that I know you said to choose one (1), but I
couldn't decide, and I figured I wouldn't be shorting you if I gave
you all of them and let you pick. What I can't provide in quality, I
will obfuscate with sheer quantity. That way, even if the product is
substandard, you can burn it for fuel or something.

Oh, and as for my search terms, I searched on every naughty word I
could think of. Just for fun, you know. It had nothing to do with any
research. Just thought I'd share.
badabing-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
child, you're drivin' grannybing to drink blue hypnotics!  you were
supposed to make this easy on yourself.  I was very glad to have some
personal information about my research helpmate.  plus I see you're
just as daft as grannybing.  also as long as I know my fee is used for
good (keeping Frances in Dead Boys CDs), I feel it's money well spent.
 birds gotta dance, fish gotta fly, and girls gotta wear fruit salad
on their head.  looking forward to more pet stories eh?  another
bang-up job, kiddo, and stay outta the Depends aisle. 
research?...hummpff.

Comments  
Subject: Re: question for LISAREA please
From: tlspiegel-ga on 16 Jul 2002 22:30 PDT
 
Why hello there badabing-ga

Smiling here...:)  :)  :)

tlspiegel-ga
Subject: Re: question for LISAREA please
From: pinkfreud-ga on 18 Jul 2002 11:55 PDT
 
That Carmen Miranda pic answers a question that has been troubling me for years: 

Did Phil Silvers ever have hair? ;-)

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