Alright, heres six more from Klostermans, "Sex,Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs":
7.Defying all expectation, a group of Scottish marine biologists capture a live Loch Ness Monster. In an almost unbelievable coincidence, a bear hunter in the Pacific Northwest shoots a Sasquatch in the thigh, thereby allowing zoologists to take the furry monster into captivity. These events happen on the same afternoon.That evening, the president announces he may have thyroid cancer and will undergo a biopsy later that week.
You are the front page editor of The New York Times:What do you play as the biggest story?
8. You meet the perfect person. Romantically, this person is ideal: You find them physically attractive, intellectually stimulating,consistently funny, and deeply compassionate. However,they have one quirk: This individual is obsessed with Jim Henson's gothic puppet fantasy, The Dark Crystal. Beyond watching it on DVD at least once a month, he/she peppers casual conversation with Dark Crystal references, uses Dark Crystal analogies to explain everyday events, and occasionally likes to talk intensely about the film's "deeper philosophy."
Would this be enough to stop you from marrying this individual?
9. A novel titled Interior Mirror is released to mammoth commercial success (despite middling reviews). However a curious social trend emerges: Though no one can prove a direct scientific link, it appears that almost 30% of the people who read this book immediately become homosexual. Many of these newfound homosexuals credit the book for helping them reach this conclusion about their orientation,despite the fact that Interior Mirror is ostensibly a crime novel with no homoerotic content (and was written by a straight man)
Would this phenomenon increase (or decrease) the likelihood of you reading the book?
10. This is the opening line of Jay McInerney's Bright Lights,Big City: "You are not the kind of guy who would be in a place like this at this time of the morning." Think about that line in the context of the novel (assuming you've read it). Now go to your CD collection and find Hearts Little Queen album(assuming you own it). Listen to the opening riff to "Barracuda".
Which of these two introductions is a higher form of art?
11. You are watching a movie in a crowded theater.Though the plot is mediocre,you find yourself dazzled by the special effects.But with twenty minutes left in the film, you are struck with an undeniable feelingof doom: You are suddenly certain your mother has just died.There is no logical reason for this to be true, but you are certain of it.You are overtaken with the irrational metaphysical sense that - somewhere- your mom has just perished. But this is only an intuitive, amorphous feeling; there is no evidencefor this, and your mother has not been ill.
Would you immediately exit the theater, or would you finish watching the movie?
12. You meet a wizard in downtown Chicago. The wizard tells you he can make you more attractive if you pay him money. When you ask how this process works, the wizard points to a random person on the street.You look at this random stranger.The wizard says, " I will now make them a dollar more attractive". He waves his magic wand. Ostensibly, this person does not change at all; as far as you can tell, nothing is different.But - somehow- this person is suddenly a little more appealing. The tangible difference is invisible to the naked eye, but you cant deny that this person is vaguely sexier. This wizard has a weird rule, though- you can only pay him once. You cant keep giving him money until you are satisfied. You can only pay him one lump sum up front.
How much cash do you give the wizard?
