The board has been dead lately so I thought perhaps a little poll could at least generate some discussion. I have created some stupid and not so stupid 'either or' questions. Please vote and I encourage you to justify your choice, agree/disagree with someone else's choice, provide a third choice, or add your own questions. Note: This is all for fun and not intended to cause any bad blood, flame wars, or personal attacks.

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit

Nice work, Weena:

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful -
Beautiful.

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is
Best there is.

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv
Dump the movies.

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash
Trash. (10 years ago this would've been a different answer.)

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play
Fine them.

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better
Big Mac.

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic
Replace Colonel Reb. (I was just down at an Ole Miss game a month ago, and have never seen a better collection of co-ed talent -- all dressed to the nines. Very impressive.)

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste
Harmless. (And if he didn't exist, throngs of teenage girls would be following moy around, so he really serves a purpose.)

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected
Open competition.

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit
More variety. (Though I'm a vodka tonic guy.)

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk AND best there is (why not both?)

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv (except Boyz in the Hood)

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play except in the most egregious, intentionally-injurious cases

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic -- meh, who cares?

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected really think it's somewhere in between, mostly don't care.

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit if i wanted a fruity beer i'd get a real one, like a lambic or framboise from Belgium. 

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful
Beautiful, or was in her heyday.  Now, ehh.

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is
Both

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv
Dump both.

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash
Trash

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play
Haven't watched a minute of NFL beyond SportsCenter in 5 years.  Could care less.

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better
If I'm looking for healthier foods, I ain't going to White Castle, McDonalds or Burger King

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic
Dumb idea to split the difference.  If you're going to stay the Rebels, leave it alone, if you're going to copy UMaine, change the nickname.

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste
Dreading the day my daughter gets old enough to make me worry about this.

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected
Open competition to a degree, rigged once the final 3-5 are identified.

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit
I refuse to answer this as the words "Fancy...beer...Bud Lite...Miller" should never be used in the same sentence.

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful
Meh, she's cute. My wife is beautiful (and watching me type this...)

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is
He's an arrogant jerk who happens to be the best there is.

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv
Dump the movies/tv

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash
Trash...you haven't see what's under my couch.

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play
Football is a collision sport, let 'em play.

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better
Big Mac...they don't put extra Monopoly game pieces on salads!

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic
Dumb idea, but only because the new mascot isn't a six-pack swilling redneck ;)

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste
Punch his lights out.

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected
The last season of America's Got Talent proved beyond a doubt that they're rigged.

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit
There is nothing fancy about beer. It is beer. It should taste like beer.

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful
Cute in her day. Now, the facial plastic surgery, although good, is starting to tell, especially with the nose. As always, stellar body.

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is
Both

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv
No opinion

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash
Trash

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play
Have happened to see several plays over the last several years. So tired of pro sports. Same stuff, year after year after year. Yet announcers and fans treat it like it's all so new. I know what a good pass, catch, run and tackle look like. At my age, not any surprises left. As Duane Thomas asked so many years ago, "if the Super Bowl is the ultimate game, why do they play it next year?" That said, suspend 'em IMO.

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better
If I'm looking for healthier foods, I ain't going to White Castle, McDonalds or Burger King. Ditto, acn.

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic
Dumb idea to split the difference. If you're going to stay the Rebels, leave it alone, if you're going to copy UMaine, change the nickname. Ditto, acn.

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste
Just another teen heart throb. Harmless.

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected
Don't watch reality shows, except maybe Survivor every now and then. I think it's real, but have no direct knowledge.

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit
To each his own

So what happened on America's Got Talent?

Just to play fair, here are my answers.

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful
Might have been cute once but now she's just so so. Angelina Jolie is beautiful.

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is
I really want to say jerk but look at the rings.

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv
I think he is a better actor than he cets credit for. Dump the music.

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash
Trash but I agree with girt25 - it used to be breakfast

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play
Whatever happened to grab the body tackles. I say suspend.

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better
I am glad they have better choices but make mine a double Whopper with cheese.

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic
I like bears over bad stereotypes

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste
It's likely he's harmeless but he just gets under my skin

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected
Crystal was robbed. lol. I don't think they are totally rigged but I suspect that the producers manipulate things a bit.

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit
I haven't had a drop of anything stronger than cough syrup in 8 years but I used to love real beer and a Jack and Coke now and then. Keep the fruit out of it. 

I'm not even a huge Aniston fan, but I'm puzzled by the sentiment that she's just average now. I went to Google images and this was the first one that popped up:

http://jenniferaniston.celebden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jennifer-aniston.jpg

Don't at least some of his rings also belong to Shaq?

 

 

1. Jennifer Aniston - Cute.  Angelina Jolie is dirty hot, not beautiful.

2. Kobe Bryant - I don't see how anyone can say he's overrated.  He's certainly an arrogant jerk.

3. Ice Cube - Today was a good day.  Classic.  Are we there yet?  Not so much.

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - If it wasn't for my high cholesterol at 26, which I have pizaa under the couch to blame, I'd eat it.  As it is now, I'll put it on a salad, then eat it.

5. NFL helmet hits -  Depends on the hit.  Generally, I'd say fine and play.  For especially egregious and intentional-looking hits, suspend for a game.

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - See number 4, but give me a crave case.

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - I can honestly say I've never cared about anything less.

8. Justin Bieber - Until now.

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - I'd like to say they're rigged, but I don't think so.  I just think people are stupid enough to choose Taylor Hicks over Chris Daughtry (the only season of Idol I watched, by the way).

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - Man Rule: don't fruit the beer.  Unless it's Corona, in which case fruiting the beer is acceptable, although not encouraged.

daalter, I don't think anyone is saying she's average, just significantly less than before and not beautiful as compared to world-class beauty. I think all would agree she's pretty damn good looking. It's all relative.

Posted by jskenner on 10/19/2010 4:07:00 PM (view original):
daalter, I don't think anyone is saying she's average, just significantly less than before and not beautiful as compared to world-class beauty. I think all would agree she's pretty damn good looking. It's all relative.

I agree with this - she definitely looks worse now than when she was Rachel and is no longer really in consideration for most guys (and certainly my) legal cheat list.  I wouldn't kick her out of bed, but she certainly isn't in Scarlett Johannson's class anymore.

1. Jennifer Aniston - cute or beautiful

2. Kobe Bryant - overrated arrogant jerk or best there is

3. Ice Cube - dump the music or dump the movies/tv

4. Last nights pizza under the couch - eat it for breakfast or pitch it in the trash

5. NFL helmet hits - suspend the hitters or fine them and let them play

6. White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King are promoting healthier food items - so what, gimme a Big Mac or salad and water are better

7. Ol' Miss has a new mascot - dumb idea, leave tradition alone or it's about time they replaced that relic

8. Justin Bieber - he's harmless and a good singer or punch his lights out, he's a waste

9. Reality shows like Idol and DWTS - open competition and the best wins or they're rigged with a winner preselected, WHO CARES

10. Fancy flavored beer like Bud Lite Lime and Miller Chill - more variety for the palate, why not or it's heresy, I want beer not fruit

Posted by acn24 on 10/19/2010 4:15:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jskenner on 10/19/2010 4:07:00 PM (view original):
daalter, I don't think anyone is saying she's average, just significantly less than before and not beautiful as compared to world-class beauty. I think all would agree she's pretty damn good looking. It's all relative.

I agree with this - she definitely looks worse now than when she was Rachel and is no longer really in consideration for most guys (and certainly my) legal cheat list.  I wouldn't kick her out of bed, but she certainly isn't in Scarlett Johannson's class anymore.

Just got Esquire with their annual World's Sexiest Woman ... this year's lucky winner is Minka Kelly, the actress from Friday Night Lights who I believe has been passing the time by banging Derek Jeter. She is reasonably attractive.

I think my current favorite is Ashley Greene, from the Twilight movies. I haven't actually seen any of them, but I've seen enough of her to be totally perplexed by the fact that the other girl from the movies (the one who dates the Twilight actor) has become the breakout female start, when she's not 1/10th as hot as Ashley Greene. Let's do another Google image search ...

I rest my case.

And kudos to Weena for getting me to start Googling 20-yr-old actresses while at work.