[solvegas]

Lake Michigan ' cause it's all American 

USS Constitution or HMS Victory ?  ( can't lose either way actually )

[Bad Kitty]

I'm gonna go HMS, because british accents are sexy.

spring or autumn?

[gOOber]

spring- birth versus death

stocks or municipal bonds?

[solvegas]

stocks or municipal bonds?

Well, which bonds and which stocks ? Municipal bonds, especially those from California, New York and Illinois cities and towns are poison. Stocks ? Well, I own , for example, Exxon / Mobil and Bank of America ( I have more ). B of A is crap. Exxon / Mobil  ? Better than gold and not just because of $100+ oil. Whether you like the oil majors or not, Exxon / Mobil has been the best managed for the last 70+ years ( when Exxon was Standard oil of New Jersey and Mobil was Standard oil of New York  ) and in the 30+ years I've owned it ( inherited to begin with ) it  has always paid a dividend, met financial goals and just been good to me.  So the answer to me is stocks. Municipal bonds have too much political risk ( politicians can't help themselves ) and will not be the safe buy people think they are for a long time to come.

Short answers or long answers ? 

[TheZookie007]

Short

Back to films that were cheated out a Best Picture Oscar and those that bested them:

2001: A Space Odyssey, or Oliver?

[solvegas]

2001: A Space Odyssey, or Oliver?

Neither. When I first saw 2001 we had recently landed on the moon and the film to me was incomprehensible. And I hated the k1d that played Oliver. To me the worst injustice was when a super plodding, boring, pretencious film " Gandhi " won best movie when a much better, and fun, film " Indiana Jones and the temple of doom " wasn't even considered. How many theme park rides for " Gandhi " have you ever seen ? But I guess what the overwhelming majority like is to be dismissed as gauche, burgois.

The Artist or Iron Lady ?

[pedonbio]

Neither. When I first saw 2001 we had recently landed on the moon and the film to me was incomprehensible. And I hated the k1d that played Oliver. To me the worst injustice was when a super plodding, boring, pretencious film " Gandhi " won best movie when a much better, and fun, film " Indiana Jones and the temple of doom " wasn't even considered. How many theme park rides for " Gandhi " have you ever seen ? But I guess what the overwhelming majority like is to be dismissed as gauche, burgois.

The Artist or Iron Lady ?

sol, if you're going to be a fake Marxist, you have to learn to spell "bourgeois". Only fake Marxists and Fox News viewers use the term any more.

Between those two movies it isn't fair-- The Artist, which manages to be entertaining and experimental at the same time. "Iron Lady" took a rather entertaining British psychopath and made her boring.

Butter, or margarine?

[rtpoe]

Butter. Margarine tastes fake, and doesn't work in baking.

Tolkein's "Ring" cycle, or Wagner's "Ring" cycle?

[pedonbio]

That's a hard choice, rtpoe. I'll go with Wagner; his cycle has more big boobs.

Paper or plastic?

[solvegas]

Plastic - less cumbersome

Larry, Curly or Moe ?

[rtpoe]

Moe was the leader of the trio.

American Idol or Eurovision Song Contest?

[solvegas]

Moe was the leader of the trio.

American Idol or Eurovision Song Contest?

Neither

Chevy Camaro or  Ford Mustang ?

[tdotter]

Ford Mustang

Sherlock Holmes or Columbo

[solvegas]

Definitely Columbo


Ferrari or Lamborgini ?

[Palomine]

Definitely Columbo


Ferrari or Lamborgini ?

No question... Ferrari, never Lamborghini. I question Peter Falk over Basil Rathbone though... where can I file my grievance?

Vaginal or anal? (as if I didn't already know the likely answer  )