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Question for April 3 - April 13:

Which would you rather be trapped in an elevator with with...

A Chain Smoker

OR

A man who won't stop singing "Manamana"

 

Details:

  • The chain smoker is smoking cigarettes, and believe you me, he (or she) has plenty in reserves.
  • The "Manamana" man repeatedly yells that word, and then expects you to sing a little high-pitched ditty in response, bobbing your head up and down, and if you don't sing it, he will. That happens three times in a row. Then the whole process gets repeatedly frequently. It is loosely based on a Muppets song by the same name, but with none of the humor of the original.
  • At the risk of alienating any one, the "Manamana" man does not necessarily have to be any one specific
  • No additional restrictions on this one.

RESULTS:

"Manamana": 9
Chain Smoker: 3

Name: Ryan H
Choice: Manamana
Comments: I hate that smell, when someone smokes so much that it starts coming through their pores...eugh...and maybe i would enjoy singing manamana, in fact, i just may be the manamana guy, did you ever think of that?

Name: Slacker
Choice: Manamana
Comments: After Big Break, I've become immune to such tortures. I could just pretend that I was on Big Break all over again! Then I'd be in Fl. on the beach...in the cold...wind...rain...then SUN! oh wait...burn...long ride home...ok, but I'm still immune from the Manamana man!!!!


Name: Allison
Choice: Chain Smoker
Comments: As much as I hate cigarette smoke, I went to Big Break 2001. I don't think anything else needs to be said.


Name: spautz
Choice: Manamana
Comments: I really have no desire whatsoever to be trapped with a man who won't stop singing "Manamana". In fact, I'm shocked and embarassed that I even selected it, except that a chain smoker would both drive me crazy and kill me, instead of just driving me crazy. Oh wait, maybe death from smoke inhalation would be a better fate than the Manamana man... Oh well, it's too late to turn back now!


Name: Cleophus T Jenkins
Choice: Manamana
Comments: Heh, I bet I could make him stop singing..... (Worst Response Ever!)


Name: Andy
Who: I'm the Andy on Quiz #2
Choice: Manamana
Comments: i dunno though. what if the guy singing is the Marlboro Man?(he probably doesn't have a very good singing voice after all of those cigarettes)...or what if the chain smoker is a muppet. is felt flammable?


Name: t-bone
Who: Robbie Timmerman, njohnso's Friend
Choice: Chain Smoker
Comments: When I think of the "Manamana" Guy, second-hand smoke doesn't sound so bad.


Name: McDave
Choice: Manamana
Comments: Despite being on friendly terms with quite a few smokers, I think that smoking is a most disgusting habit. And forget all the long-term effects of second-hand smoke--smoke of this caliber does nothing but irritate my sinus passages in the here-and-now. I can handle a little bit of sweet-smelling pipe smoke, but any other kind of tobacco smoke can make my head feel like it's on fire!

I'll take the annoying singing man. Besides, I can block his song out with the song that Kevin, Craig, Darren, Kyle, Rich, and Todd rewrote to sing for some of the ladies at Big Break that's been stuck in my head ever recorded it in my appartment the other day.


Name: Jamie Mills
Choice: Manamana
Comments: You know, the manamana song really didn't get on my nerves that much. You could argue the point that it may bother me after prolonged exposure, but standing in an elevator with a chain smoker can be relatively harmful, because it would make your eyes water, lungs hurt, and your body smell all niasty. Now, that doesn't sound toooooo enjoyable; why not stand there, bobbing your head lackadaisically in response to a voice that sounds uncannily like Animal on the Muppets and singing in a high voice back at him "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doot!" What's wrong with a little fun, huh? I mean seriously! Get a grip people! The song is not THAT bad!


Name: Katers Who: I'm a friend of Joe Slack's
Choice: Manamana
Comments: Smoking is disgusting! At least singing "Manamana" won't kill me! It'll only drive me insane! :) Just kidding.... smoke grosses me out.... so it's deffinately the "Manamana" song. Plus, maybe I'd teach him a new song... like "This is the song that never ends..."


Name: Kyle "Special K" Brown
Choice: Manamana
Comments: I must say, this is quite the dilemma. One must decide between air quality, and their own sanity. For myself however, the choice is a no brainer...I've always wanted to try going insane, so MANAMANA IT IS!!!


Name: Kevin E.
Choice: Chain Smoker
Comments: The way I see it, informing someone of the dangers of smoking is not as difficult an issue to tackle as telling someone they're not funny.

 

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