Meme Monday
Why not have an old fashioned meme? Pretty sure there are no password related answers here, so enjoy.
- Steak or Seafood: Sophie’s choice
- Italian or Chinese: Italian
- Favorite soda: Mexican coke
- Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
- How many tattoos: 0
- Ever hit a deer: No
- Favorite season: Spring
- Broken bones: 0
- Beach or mountains: Beach (but I love the mountains too)
- Dogs or cats: Dogs
- Early morning person: Yes
- Surgeries: 0
- Favorite color: Green
- Have you ever flown in a plane? Yes
- Mild or hot salsa: Medium
- Waffles or pancakes: Pancakes (eggs actually)
- Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving
- Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: Smooth, but not totally crunch averse
- Large or small curd cottage cheese: Large
- Best Foods or Miracle Whip: Best Foods (Hellmans)
- Country or Rock: Rock
- Favorite Sport: Erm…used to be horse racing, but for ethical reasons not so much any more. Not really a sports gal. Edited to change my answer to Dressage, and I agree with Nance that Dog Shows should count.
- Like to dance: Yes
- Have you been on a cruise: Yes
- Do you like cilantro: Yes
- Fear of heights: Yes
For those of you too young to get the meme above, here you go.
38 Comments
Ally Bean
Zero surgeries? What a lucky life you’ve lived.
What a throwback to simplier blogging days. I used to adore lists like these because it was, and still can be, a quick way to get a glimpse into other people’s lives. I’m smiling, thanks for sharing it here.
J
I had stitches once when I cut off part of my finger, but I don’t count that as surgery.
Karen Meg
This is a fun one, will have to do it myself. I love “old fashioned” paired with meme, then I realized memes have been around for at least 20 years now (and I ‘ve been blogging since forever LOL). It’s fun to see that we have even more things in common (eg. Hellmans and Smooth peanut butter!)
J
I know, 20 years of blogging…crazy!
Kat
I agree, these lists are fun. Lucky to also have had no surgeries, but I have broken two bones–the fifth metatarsal on each foot, 21 years apart! And the left just this past February (along with a grade 3 ankle sprain, which incidentally occurred while playing my favorite sport, tennis, ha). Pretty well-healed now (“only” an avulsion fracture) but there will be a visible bump and some soreness on the left for a long while if it follows the pattern of the right, which actually took a year to even fully heal (Jones fracture). I’ve also hit a deer, on my way home from work about 15 yrs ago, on a suburban street no less (awful but thankful I wasn’t injured). Definitely seafood as I am from MD!
J
I almost answered seafood, but I do love a good steak, so I decided I couldn’t choose.
I’m lucky in that I haven’t broken a bone either. I chipped my shoulder years ago, and it still hurts.
Lisa's Yarns
I’m also marveling over the fact that you haven’t had any surgeries! Wow! I have had so many (stops to count… 7! And I might be forgetting something). I will have to play along on my blog. I miss the old meme days!
J
Oh goodness, 7 surgeries! Yes, counting myself lucky!
Margaret
No surgeries, wow! There aren’t many of us with 0 tattoos. I see no reason to put myself through unnecessary pain. We are similar in many ways; I love eggs for breakfast too.
J
I’m not a fan of tattoos, though of course they are an art form of their own. Just not for me.
AC
What is Best Foods of Miracle Whip? Does it mean mayo or miracle whip? If so, put me down for mayo.
I may do tis sometime, but not too soon because I have a number of posts in the queue. Sometimes it goes like that. At other times, I have trouble coming up with posts.
J
Yes, Best Foods is the same as Hellman’s. Do you have Hellman’s mayonnaise in Canada? A lot of people are team one or the other (Miracle Whip or Best Foods) and feelings are STRONG. East of the Rockys it’s Hellmans, and out west it’s Best Foods. Seems like there are other products that have different names depending on what part of the country they are from, but I can’t think of them right now.
Birchie
This is the best meme I’ve seen so far on our Coldplay friends. We have the same number of tattoos and deer strikes, and I’ll join you for smooth peanut butter and cilantro anytime. I’ll just need a bottle of hot sauce to spice up my salsa.
J
Did you see the meme of Miss Piggy and Fozzy Bear? I liked that one too.
nance
I never listen to Coldplay, but I hear all about them from my sister, who is a cult member/fan. I am always courteous and pleasant while I listen to everything she says, even after attending a concert. I am a saint.
Steak or Seafood: Seafood, no question
Italian or Chinese: Takeout, Chinese. Dine-In, Italian
Favorite soda: I don’t drink it, but when I did, Diet Coke or Diet Dr. Pepper
Chocolate or Vanilla: Please! Chocolate.
How many tattoos: 0
Ever hit a deer: No
Favorite season: Spring
Broken bones: 0
Beach or mountains: Hate the beach. Anything is better.
Dogs or cats: Dogs if they’re someone else’s; Cats if they’re mine.
Early morning person: Yes
Surgeries: 3
Favorite color: Red, but starting to lean more toward Green
Have you ever flown in a plane? Yes
Mild or hot salsa: Medium
Waffles or pancakes: A pancake, and make it about the size of an English muffin
Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving
Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: Smooth
Large or small curd cottage cheese: None
Best Foods or Miracle Whip: Miracle Whip for sandwiches; Hellman’s for tuna salad
Country or Rock: Rock; All Country sets my teeth on edge. ALL of it.
Favorite Sport: Do dog shows count? No? Then I guess maybe curling during the Olympics because it’s just so bizarre.
Like to dance: Not as much as I once did.
Have you been on a cruise: Yes
Do you like cilantro: Yes
Fear of heights: Not really. But I sort of think that would be challenged by that transparent platform at the Grand Canyon.
J
DOG SHOWS FOR THE WIN! Which reminds me, I should say Dressage, because I LOVE watching that in the Olympics.
Is your sister enjoying the Coldplay kurfuffle?
Ernie
Love this meme. Hilarious.
I am twinning you on many of your choices. Rock music. No tatoos. Color green (but sometimes blue). I have never been on a cruise and I happen to know if we had filled this out a few months ago we would have answered the same. Surgeries. Dogs. Broken bones (I chipped a bone once in my thumb). I do prefer steak. I like mild salsa. I guess I’m a morning person, but I feel like that is not my factory setting g- just the result of circumstance.
J
Blue is my other favorite color too! I love the colors of nature, of leaves and grass and sky and water, they are all so calming.
Suzanne
Yassssssss old school memes FTW!
I am over here stuck on the question: what’s your favorite soda? Mountain Dew, except I drink maybe one Mountain Dew a year, so does that really count? Coke Zero is good. Diet Coke is good. Diet Dr. Pepper is good. Ginger ale is good, but I usually only drink it on an airplane. Hmmm. Okay, I am going to answer this way: in high school, a local fast food place used to have a summer special where their biggest size was $1. And they had a variety of flavored syrups. So my best friend and I would go there ALL the time and get Mountain Dews with cherry syrup. Ginormous ones. As an adult the idea of all that sugar makes me gag a little, but they were so delicious!
J
I very rarely drink a Mexican coke, I generally drink coke zero. But my FAVORITE is a Mexican coke. 🙂
Allison McCaskill
Nicole and I and our friend Hannah used to do Meme Mondays, and why did we stop, this is DELIGHTFUL.
I am finding the whole Coldplay concert moment is provoking very strange emotions in me, and I haven’t been sharing any of the memes even though some of them are objectively hilarious. I feel dreadful for the man’s poor wife and children, and sort of starkly terrified at the way this blew up to gargantuan proportions.
Nicole MacPherson
Aww I forgot we used to do that! That was fun!
J
I love that you’ve been bloggers for a long time!
J
Of course you are right, I feel dreadful for his family, and it’s ridiculous how far out of proportion it has blown.
Old school memes are definitely fun!
PocoBrat
And for the woman and her family too!…
I mean yes, they’re both terrible for deceiving their families but this level of scrutiny and derision feels disproportionate.
J
You’re right of course, the woman’s family is definitely suffering as much as the man’s.
Nicole MacPherson
THIS IS FUN! I’m joining!
Steak or Seafood: neither
Italian or Chinese: Italian
Favorite soda: LaCroix limoncello water (I don’t like soda)
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
How many tattoos: 0
Ever hit a deer: No
Favorite season: Summer
Broken bones: 0
Beach or mountains: Both!
Dogs or cats: Dogs
Early morning person: Yes
Surgeries: 2 – LASIK and varicose veins
Favorite color: Robin egg blue
Have you ever flown in a plane? Yes
Mild or hot salsa: Medium, I’ll say that too
Waffles or pancakes: I don’t care for either but if I have to choose, waffles.
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: crunchy
Large or small curd cottage cheese: NO JUST NO
Best Foods or Miracle Whip: I…have no idea how to answer this
Country or Rock: Rock
Favorite Sport: like, to watch? I guess none? Maybe figure skating?
Like to dance: Yes, I LOVE IT
Have you been on a cruise: Yes, in the Greek Islands!
Do you like cilantro: Yes, love it
Fear of heights: Not really
J
Great answers, and I love that you have no opinion on Miracle Whip vs. Best Foods. Do you not use mayo at all?
Elisabeth
FUN!!!!
Steak or Seafood: Can’t choose. I actually had Surf n’ Turf for supper tonight and it was amazing. Love them both.
Italian or Chinese: Italian
Favorite soda: Root Beer
Chocolate or Vanilla: Depends on what we’re talking about…my default would probably be vanilla?
How many tattoos: 0, and VERY HAPPY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
Ever hit a deer: I’ve been a passenger in a vehicle that was run into by a deer. Does that count?
Favorite season: Fall
Broken bones: 2
Beach or mountains: Gah. Can’t decide.
Dogs or cats: Dogs
Early morning person: Noooooooooo
Surgeries: At least 4, but maybe more? (But I’ve only been put under once.)
Favo(u)rite color: So many and it depends on the context.
Have you ever flown in a plane? Yes
Mild or hot salsa: Neither. I dislike all forms of salsa.
Waffles or pancakes: Waffles, though I wouldn’t turn down a big stack of pancakes. (I can’t believe Nicole doesn’t like waffles or pancakes. Why Nicole??? What did waffles ever do to you??? They are just fluffy, carbohydrate goodness that wants to fill your belly with sugary, sweet love.)
Favorite holiday: CHRISTMAS.
Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: Ditto you…Smooth, but not totally crunch averse
Large or small curd cottage cheese: Small
Best Foods or Miracle Whip: Mayo!!!!!!
Country or Rock: Neither, really. I prefer pop and indie.
Favorite Sport: To play? Nothing. To watch, just about everything. Right now, Formula 1 is having a moment in our family, so I’ll go with that.
Like to dance: I rarely try because I am so, so uncoordinated.
Have you been on a cruise: Nope.
Do you like cilantro: Yes!
Fear of heights: I have a healthy respect for the danger associated with heights, but it’s not a crippling fear by any means.
J
I LOVE FALL…I love the cool crisp mornings, and the warm afternoons, and the colors on the trees…but it’s so dry and arid here, and the fire risk is HIGH. Spring still has the crisp mornings and warm afternoons, but it rains some and everything is green. And the flowers are in bloom.
I liked your answer to heights. I’m not phobic, but yeah, I have a healthy respect for it, which may prevent me from riding a Ferris Wheel (I mean, what the hell is that ride?)
LOL on your dog/cat question, because I know you are not a dog fan, so that lets me know how you feel about cats!
Tamara
Sophie’s choice! hahaha! I just have a moment, so won’t weigh in on most of these, but Best Foods, green, and NO cilantro for me please.
J
Best Foods for the win!
Melissa
I’ll play:
Steak or Seafood: Seafood
Italian or Chinese: Italian
Favorite soda: Ginger Beer
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
How many tattoos: 0
Ever hit a deer: No (in Australia we’d sub kangaroo for deer, but I’ve never hit a kangaroo)
Favorite season: Autumn
Broken bones: 1
Beach or mountains: Beach (but I love the mountains too) – ditto
Dogs or cats: Dogs
Early morning person: NO!!
Surgeries: 4
Favorite color: Blue
Have you ever flown in a plane? Yes
Mild or hot salsa: Hot
Waffles or pancakes: Pancakes
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: Crunchy
Large or small curd cottage cheese: Meh
Best Foods or Miracle Whip: N/A in Australia
Country or Rock: Rock
Favorite Sport: Tennis
Like to dance: Yes
Have you been on a cruise: Yes
Do you like cilantro: Yes
Fear of heights: Yes
J
Is mayo a thing in Australia? Are there brands that people are loyal to?
Melissa
Yes, we have mayo, I didn ‘t realise that’s what they were. I don’t think people go for particular brands necessarily. I usually just try to pick a whole egg mayannaise which are much more like a homemade one, than praise or kraft which a major cheap brands here.
J
I think that Hellman’s/Best Foods (two names for the same product, depending on where you live in the US) is whole egg, likely why it is considered the best store bought here.
Tobia | craftaliciousme
Oh rememebr the days when you sent those through via email? I recently found some of them in my inbox.
I’ll answer three question:
Broken bones: 1 1/2
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: Crunchy
J
LOL, I remember getting them through email too!