This or That - Round 42

[Buzz]

A cat!!!

Should foreign governments help pay for the cost of cleaning up the Himalayas and retrieving dead bodies of climbers?

Everest: Bodies of fallen climbers finally recovered from 'death zone'

A clean-up team removed four bodies from the Himalayas in this year's operation.

www.bbc.com

YES
or
NO

 

[ilovepaydays]

1) NO - Nepal should be more stringent on who gets to climb up there!
2) I don’t care what they say: There’s NO WAY I’ll ever consider Hello Kitty to be a girl. She has a cat face, whiskers, and paws!!!!! And her family too!!!!

Thai food for lunch!

Pad thai
or
Panang curry
or
Pad See Ew
or
Drunken Noodles
or
Chili Basil Fried Rice
or
Something else
or
Thai cuisine sucks!

 

[Buzz]

Pad See Ew

Ever tried eating indigenous North American foods?

YES
or
NO

 

[ilovepaydays]

1) YES
2) I had Drunken Noodles

Japan kicking Shoko Miyata off their Olympic team?

AGREE - What she did was so bad!
or
AGREE - If she agreed to follow those rules
or
DISAGREE
or
Something else

 

[Buzz]

AGREE - If she agreed to follow those rules

Cross country luxury train ride?

YAY
or
NAY

 

[ilovepaydays]

Depends on the country. Switzerland or Austria , sure. United States or Canada , NOPE! That Trans-Siberian train from Beijing to Moscow , ABSOLUTELY NOT!

So, should be worried about the Olympics?

NOPE
or
LOL, that was against South Sudan ?
or
MAYBE
or
YASS!!

 

[Buzz]

NOPE

Travelling to Afghanistan?

Holiday in Afghanistan: Taliban wish you were here

Tourism is booming under the Taliban regime as Westerners flock to see its unspoilt sites - but not everyone is winning.

www.bbc.com

YAY
or
NAY

 

[ilovepaydays]

NAY. I guess these people think that visiting North Korea would be fun too.

Be honest: How to you feel about pickleball?

YASSSSS!!!!
or
What is pickleball?
or
MEH!
or
Why not play actual tennis?
or
OMG! This fad activity is so lame!
or
Something else

 

[Buzz]

NAY!!!

Are EPL teams allowed to have too many foreign players on their roster?

Homegrown Player Rule (England) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

YES
or
NO

 

[ilovepaydays]

YES - It’s the OWNER’S team.

Apparently, I’m a weirdo……

It’s the end of the day. You are done with whatever you want with your laptop/PC. What do you do with it?

Just lock the screen & let it go to “sleep” mode
or
Shut it completely down

 

[Buzz]

Shut it down. But I haven’t used either in years.

Base for your salads?

Romaine lettuce
Iceberg lettuce
Spinach
Kale
Radicchio
Endive
Arugula
Mesclun
Watercress

 

[ilovepaydays]

Either Spring Mix or Romaine

What kind of dressing?

Ranch
or
Blue cheese
or
Thousand Island
or
________ vinaigrette
or
Italian
or
Something else

 

[Buzz]

Ranch or Greek salad dressing

Self cleaning litter boxes? They go for about $1,000. LOL

YAY
or
NAY

 

[ilovepaydays]

NAY. Just scoop it every day. It’s not like cats like dogs. Or at they shouldn’t.

The Olympic leotards for gymnasts?

YASSS!!!
or
Eh, it’s a bit obnoxious!
or
Won’t that make them too heavy?
or
This isn’t figure skating!
or
Something else

 

[Winnipeg]

YAASSS - I think they look great, I am assuming they will not affect performance adversely.


Opening ceremony on the river in Paris??

Sure, sounds neat,
No, too much of a safety risk,
No, I prefer the stadium where you can see them all conglomerate'
Yes, it is a great new idea
or
other

 

[ilovepaydays]

YES, sounds neat - I’ve heard that the security around the Seine has and will be INSANE.

Olympic surfing taking place in Tahiti?

YAY - Surf’s up!
or
NAY - They aren’t anywhere near Paris!
or
Well, where else in France were they going to hold it?
or
Something else

 

[Buzz]

If it is necessary but I can’t open that link.

Spelunking?

Caving - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

YAY
or
NAY

 

[ilovepaydays]

NAY - Caves are too scary!

Men’s soccer starts at the Olympics tomorrow! Who’s winning tomorrow? ️

or
or
or
or
or
or
or
or

 

[Buzz]

1) Spain, 2) Argentina, 3) Egypt, 4) Japan, 5)Israel, 6)USA

Is spying going to be more and more harder to control because of technology?

Two Canada Olympic staff members sent home after spying attempt on New Zealand soccer practice

There were two incidents of drones being used to record New Zealand practices ahead of the tournament

www.nytimes.com

YES
or
NO

 

[ilovepaydays]

NO

Announced today!

The 2034 Winter Olympics will be coming back to Salt Lake City!

YAY!
or
BOOO!

 

[Buzz]

YAY!

Will you watch the entire Olympic opening ceremony on Friday?

YES
or
NO

 

[ilovepaydays]

YES - I’ll have it on in the background. I work from home and coverage on NBC starts at 1:30pm ET.

So….have you bought anything on Temu?

YASS!!! So much better that Amazon!
or
NO
or
NOOOOO!!!!

 

[Buzz]

No

There will be 48 teams in the 2026 World Cup. What do you think of this?

Too much
Just right
Not enough
No opinion

 

[ilovepaydays]

Just right

Women’s soccer at the Olympics starts tomorrow! Who’s winning?

or
or
or
or
or
or

 

[Buzz]

Canada, Spain, Australia, Nigeria, Colombia, USA

Who do you think will be K. Harris’s VP pick?

Josh Shapiro
Andy Beshear
Roy Cooper
Mark Kelly
JB Pritzker
OR__________

 

[ilovepaydays]

Hmm. My guess as of right now: Either Senator Mark Kelly (Arizona) or Governor Roy Cooper (North Carolina)

Grilled cheese! How it is made?

On a skillet on the stove
or
Air fryer
or
Something else

 

[Buzz]

Skillet!!! With lots of cheese!

Melania Trump’s new memoir?

YAY
or
NAY

 

[Winnipeg]

Nay IMHO but I bet it will sell..............


If you were an Oly athlete, would you even bother with the Opening Ceremonies?

Only if required by my country;
No, not my thing, too much hassle;
Yes, all part of the experience;
Depends on when my competition takes place
or
other

 

[ilovepaydays]

Yes, if I wasn’t going to be competing until later the first week. Wouldn’t go if I was competing this weekend or even Monday or Tuesday. I think doing the Opening Ceremony is a lot of time on your feet.

The boat ride parade of nations?

YAY
or
NAY, prefer them walking into the stadium.
or
Something else

 

[Buzz]

NAY, prefer them walking into the stadium

Court rules boneless chicken wings can have bones.

Boneless chicken wings can have bones, Ohio court rules

The ruling ends a lawsuit filed by a man who fell ill after swallowing a piece of bone from his boneless order.

www.bbc.com

AGREE
or
DISAGREE