Ask polkablues

Started by polkablues, August 30, 2012, 08:21:42 PM

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Quote from: InTylerWeTrust on August 30, 2012, 10:32:32 PM
If you had the chance to have dinner with 5 famous/important people, who would you pick?  (Dead people are allowed.. Though I hear ghosts are often not very hungry)

Kurt Vonnegut, Winston Churchill, George Clooney, Ryan Adams, and Emmy Rossum.

Quote from: Pedro on August 30, 2012, 10:37:32 PM
Your dog is very cute.

Thank you.  I agree, but I can take no credit for it.

Quote from: Pedro on August 30, 2012, 10:37:32 PM
Favorite reality TV show?

I've been going back and watching all the back-seasons of Survivor lately.  So, I guess a tie between that and "Scream Queens".
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MacGuffin

What will happen to this thread when you sober up?
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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polkablues

It will live on in the smile of every child, in the heart of every soul who dares to dream, and eventually on the 5th page of the Xix & Xax forum.

In the meantime, the rum must flow!
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matt35mm

Is attention to spelling and grammar something that some people just have a knack for and some people don't?

I notice that some people, regardless of how many times they are corrected, continue to make the same spelling and grammar mistakes. Meanwhile, a person (let's say... Polkablues) can write with impeccable spelling and grammar even while drunk. Or are you just not that drunk yet?

Are these language skills innate, or are the people who can't write well just lazy sonzabitches who never bothered to learn good?

matt35mm

Polkablues, why did classical gas's awesome post disappear just now?

Jeremy Blackman

Quote from: matt35mm on August 31, 2012, 12:46:09 AM
Polkablues, why did classical gas's awesome post disappear just now?

It wasn't an admin. Just checked the moderation log.

I will leave the witty version of this answer to Polka.

polkablues

Quote from: matt35mm on August 31, 2012, 12:23:40 AM
Is attention to spelling and grammar something that some people just have a knack for and some people don't?

I notice that some people, regardless of how many times they are corrected, continue to make the same spelling and grammar mistakes. Meanwhile, a person (let's say... Polkablues) can write with impeccable spelling and grammar even while drunk. Or are you just not that drunk yet?

Are these language skills innate, or are the people who can't write well just lazy sonzabitches who never bothered to learn good?

I assure you, I am soused.  If anything, my (written) grammar and vocabulary tend to improve as I get drunker.  I don't think language skills are innate, per se, but there are certainly people who are more naturally gifted (I don't really care for that term, but it'll do) with language, in the same way that some people are naturally gifted towards math, music, art, or whatever.  More than anything, I feel like it's an inclination towards language, and thus a greater desire to understand the structures of written communication, that makes the difference.  In other words, education gets you up the hill, but it's the passion for it that gets you rolling down the other side.

Quote from: matt35mm on August 31, 2012, 12:46:09 AM
Polkablues, why did classical gas's awesome post disappear just now?

Having fortunately caught a glimpse of it before he deleted it, I can only imagine he had second thoughts, but I'll still answer it to the extent that I remember what he asked.

There is no difference between an escort and a prostitute.  Those are essentially marketing terms; there is no fundamental difference in what they denote.  The illegalization of sex work in a modern, secular society is a travesty and a hypocrisy, and an affront to the concept of personal freedom.

Practically speaking, finding your new friends at 1:00 in the morning, the internet has superseded the era of streetwalkers and brothels.  If you're in or near a major city, it's a simple enough matter to find an escort service or listing/review board for independent escorts ("providers", in the current parlance), and finding the sexual artisan to fulfill your needs.  Steer clear of your craigslists and your backpages.coms; you're as likely to find yourself in a law-enforcement sting as to find what you're hoping for.

See, I get verbose when I'm drunk.  And I wish classical gas hadn't deleted his post, because I'm sure there were questions I haven't fully addressed, and I have a metric shit-ton of wisdom to share.
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Reel

Wow, that must've been an awesome question!

He was asking about the price of French whores, right?

classical gas

Sorry guys, I couldn't keep that question posted.  It was full of incriminating stuff.  Besides, I wasn't really looking for advice, although I appreciate the response.  It wasn't really a matter of 'hey polka, is it morally right to hire a hooker in these economic times?', as it was 'hey polka, i'm gonna hire me a hooker, what do you think?'  And so, I did take your advice (or didn't, I can't remember) and I looked through craigslist and backpages until I found a darling young woman from a country that no longer exists.  She's real sweet...I think we're married.

Which brings me to my next question: what do you know about faking your own death?  and is that really the answer?

Sleepless

What kind of rum? Neat or with a mixer? On a related note: favorite cocktail?
He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

InTylerWeTrust

Quote from: classical gas on August 31, 2012, 09:52:42 AM

Which brings me to my next question: what do you know about faking your own death?  and is that really the answer?


This is "ask Polka", NOT "Ask 2pac".......  Though, if he ever comes back, that would make a great TV show...... Just saying...
Fuck this place..... I got a script to write.

polkablues

Quote from: classical gas on August 31, 2012, 09:52:42 AM
Which brings me to my next question: what do you know about faking your own death?  and is that really the answer?

All the benefits of suicide and none of the downfalls? What are you even waiting for?!?

Quote from: Sleepless on August 31, 2012, 09:57:30 AM
What kind of rum? Neat or with a mixer? On a related note: favorite cocktail?

Currently, Bacardi Gold, since Trader Joe's had it on sale for $9.99. I don't drink spiced rum, since I'm older than 19 and I'm not a girl in a sorority. My drink last night was a rum and diet coke, about 1 part rum to 2 parts diet coke. If I'm ordering a cocktail somewhere, I usually go for vodka tonic with a nicer vodka like Chopin or Belvedere. There's a restaurant near me that serves a drink that's essentially an Old-fashioned with fresh ginger, and it's pretty fantastic.
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Robyn

Shall I drink 7 or 14 bears tonight?

Reel

Quote from: KJ on August 31, 2012, 10:36:08 AM
Shall I drink 7 or 14 bears tonight?

I know it's not my place to answer, but i'd say 7. You don't want to go into a diabetic coma



Jeremy Blackman

You eat bears. You don't drink them.