15 Minutes 15 Minutes with Byrd Man

[SuperFerret]

You're probably right that twy didn't want me, MB or GL to run things. She's always holding us back.

 

[Byrd Man]

Which 'Halloween' movie is your favorite?
First one since it's the only one I've seen all the way through.

Which 'Scream' movie is your favorite?
The first one just because it's the classic one, it set a new precedence in horror films and managed to parody the genre while being a pretty good film.

Which 'Back to the Future' movie is your favorite?
The second one.

The first and third one just deal with Marty and or Doc getting lost in the past. In the second one, the stakes are upped. Marty and Doc aren't just trying to get home, they're traveling through time to make sure that there's still a home to go to.

Which 'Batman' movie is your favorite?
Batman '89.

Batman Begins was great, as was TDK. But this was the one that got it all started for me. I was a kid when this came out and I must have watched the tape so many times it wore out. Even now I can't think of a single thing wrong with that movie. And I don't want to see anyone pointing out its "flaws"

Which 'Superman' movie is your favorite?
Superman II

It set a standard with sequels upping the ante. Three, count 'em, three Kryptonians come to wreck **** up. Clark and Lois falls in love, but he knows he can't be Superman and have her, so he gives her up to save the world. He pwns Zod and co., pwns Lex, and pwns the jerk in the diner.

Which 'Star Wars' movie is your favorite?
Empire

Like I said about upping the ante in Supes II and Back to the Future, the Empire does indeed strike back. Love the way it ends, loved the action pieces, Yoda, and Billy Mother****ing Dee Williams as Lando.

Which 'Lord of the Rings' movie is your favorite?
Return of the King

Not a big fan of the LOTR franchise, but I enjoyed the epic battles in this one.

Which 'Star Trek' movie is your favorite?
IV: Voyage Home

Say what you will about Kahn, I liked this one because of the humor, chemistry of the cast, and the story, while goofy, isn't that bad.

Which 'Bond' film is your favorite?
Goldeneye/Goldfinger

Loved seeing Brosnan's first outing as Bond and the relaunch of the franchise and it was a good way to bring Bond up to the late 20th century/early 21st. And then Goldfinger is classic Bond, Connery in rare form, sexy women painted in gold!!! And a villain with a goofy plot to irradiate Fort Knox.

Which 'Terminator' movie is your favorite?
T2

Great new villain in the T-1000, and I liked the change in turning Arnold from hunter to guardian. Good action, good special effects.

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[Lord Valumart]

If you were dropped into an 80's action movie, which role would you take?

If you were to undo one thing in your Hype life what would it be?

Which person, living or dead, would you most like to be on your pub quiz team?

 

[Marx]

How do your political views compare to those of your family?

 

[Byrd Man]

If you were dropped into an 80's action movie, which role would you take?
I'd be the sidekick. The cowardly guy who cracks off an occasional joke but manages to pull something out of his ass at the last second and shows he has the goods.

If you were to undo one thing in your Hype life what would it be?
In Hype Survivor, I was betrayed by Matt and was eliminated right before the final four. It was my own fault for listening to him, but he'd been honest with me during the rest of the game so I figured he'd be straight up. That bastard.

Which person, living or dead, would you most like to be on your pub quiz team?

Ken Jennings, the dude who won 70 straight Jeopardy games in a row.

How do your political views compare to those of your family?

Pretty close. We're all moderates, leaning slightly more towards conservative. I think I'm a bit more liberal when it comes to things like gun control and abortion.

 

[Marx]

Have you ever used a typewriter to write up a school report?

Do you remember the library card catalogs?

At what grade level did you first have a computer in the classroom?

At what age did you first have a cell phone?

 

[Byrd Man]

Have you ever used a typewriter to write up a school report?

Nope. It's either been handwritten or by word processor/computer.

Do you remember the library card catalogs?
Yep, they finally got rid of them when I was in high school.

At what grade level did you first have a computer in the classroom?
Sixth grade. Another fifth grade teacher had computers in his class, but there wasn't one in our class. We had computers before then, we'd go to the computer lab every other day in elementary school and work on math and english lessons. But sixth grade was the first time one was in the same class.


At what age did you first have a cell phone?
Sixteen. My parents had cellphones before then, but I finally got one when they got their phones upgraded. I really didn't have a need for a cellphone until I got older.

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[Batman]

How long before this thread derails into straight-up cursing fits and racist terminology?

 

[Marx]

How awesome is Batman's avvy?

 

[Byrd Man]

How long before this thread derails into straight-up cursing fits and racist terminology?

Depends on how long you want to **** with me, you honkey.

How awesome is Batman's avvy?

Meh. It maybe cool to you, but look at it for five years and tell me how cool it is.

 

[Batman]

What is the color of air?

What is the shape of it?

How can you physically be in five places at once?

Do you like turtles?

What is the deal with your bizarre fascination with those animals?

Are you attracted to them?

If everything in the South is backwards, do you watch movies in reverse?

 

[Marx]

Do you believe that 'everything happens for a reason'...or 'you make your own luck'?

 

[Byrd Man]

What is the color of air?
Air is the same color as your member....so, invisible.

What is the shape of it?
An odd shape....also like your member.

How can you physically be in five places at once?
By running in a circle real fast.

Do you like turtles?
Anything that has a mobile home cannot be trusted.

What is the deal with your bizarre fascination with those animals?
One day when the turtles rise up, everyone will be saying I was right!

Are you attracted to them?
The same way you're attracted to anything that's not a goat.

If everything in the South is backwards, do you watch movies in reverse?
What in the hell is a movie? Is it one of them thar talking pictures? I ain't seen one myself, but ole Jeb Dellywicker says he saw one when he went to the city to see about a cow. Said it had all kinds of fancy talking and moving.

Do you believe that 'everything happens for a reason'...or 'you make your own luck'?

A little of both. I think that "fate" is what you make. If you eat fatty foods, don't exercise, and smoke like a freight train, then it's fate that you have a heart attack. Everyone has to make their own lot in life.

 

[Marx]

Have you or anyone you know been hit hard by the economic disaster?

 

[Byrd Man]

Have you or anyone you know been hit hard by the economic disaster?

My father had a machine shop that worked primarily for granite sheds, and the granite industry was hit kinda hard by the housing thing. No new remodeling or new houses, no need for granite tabletops. The lack of work, combined with a few mismanagements and errors that were stupid and uncalled for, led to him closing his doors. He found work, but I just hated seeing what happened.

 

[Marx]

Wow...I'm so sorry to hear that Byrd.

 

[Batman]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

 

[Byrd Man]

Wow...I'm so sorry to hear that Byrd.

The guy went out on a limb, and took a chance, but at least he can say he did it. Showed more guts than I would have. He'd been wanting to own his own business for almost twenty years and he got his shot. I know he still feels bad about what happened, but it's not all his fault and at least he tried.

 

[Byrd Man]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Keyser Soze does...or at least that what he says to get the kids into his van.

 

[Ipodman]

Are there any foods or drinks you absolutely cannot stand?

 

[Byrd Man]

Are there any foods or drinks you absolutely cannot stand?

I'm really not picky and I'll eat most anything, but I cannot stand processed slice cheese. I love cheese, real cheese, but not this individually wrapped crap they try to pass off as the real thing. Taste like snot to me.

And then there's any kind of flavored coffee. I want coffee flavored coffee. To quote Denis Leary "You can get every other flavor except COFFEE FLAVORED COFFEE! They got mochaccino, they've got chococcino, frapaccino, capaccino, rapaccino, Al Pacino, WHAT THE ****?!"

 

[ComicChick]

what was your favorite class in HS?

least favorite class in HS?

What kind of toothpaste do you use?

How many times a day do you brush your teeth?

 

[Byrd Man]

what was your favorite class in HS?
US History

least favorite class in HS?
Chemistry

What kind of toothpaste do you use?
Sensodyne. It's for sensitive teeth.

How many times a day do you brush your teeth?
Once in the morning

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[Marx]

Have you ever been skiing?

Have you ever been snowboarding?

Have you ever been tubing?

Have you ever gone camping?

Have you ever gone hiking?

Have you ever gone caving?

Have you ever gone rock climbing?

Have you ever gone parasailing?

Would you ever skydive?

Would you ever bungee jump?

 

[Byrd Man]

Have you ever been skiing?
Nope

Have you ever been snowboarding?
Nope

Have you ever been tubing?
Yep. I've been up to the Georgia mountains a few times to go tubing down the Chattahoochee River at a nice and gentle pace. Also been tubing the other way, screaming my ass off while a boat drug me across the lake on an intertube. I preferred the first one.

Have you ever gone camping?
Yep, but I did not enjoy both times I went

Have you ever gone hiking?
I guess, but it was a day trip out to the local lake, not like I went off and backpacked through Utah or anything.

Have you ever gone caving?
Nope

Have you ever gone rock climbing?
Nope

Have you ever gone parasailing?
Nope

Would you ever skydive?
Probably. I might take me a bit to work up the nerve to jump, but I'd do it.

Would you ever bungee jump?
Probably not. With skydiving, you have a back up chute. With bungee jumping, there's no back up rope when that bad boy snaps.

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