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AMA: The Mex Edition

Jan 11, 2013#1

Calleja

I swear on Thor's hammer Mjolnir that there used to be an old AMA thread for me already, but I guess it got nuked with that section?

So seeing as we're having so much fun with these, let's bring it on! ¡PREGÚNTENME CUALQUIER COSA!

Jan 11, 2013#2

phil

why?

Jan 11, 2013#3

Calleja

phil said:
why?

Well. That's the ultimate question, isn't it?

I just wish we knew of some sort of ultimate... answer. Like, the answer to WHY. The answer to life, the universe and everything. That would be good.

Oh! I know! let's ask Google!

....huh

Jan 11, 2013#4

BananaHands

DC girls or Marvel girls?

Jan 11, 2013#5

strawman

You're given 5 minutes alone with Enrique Peña Nieto. What do you do?

Jan 11, 2013#6

Adam

Why is your English so good, but your Spanish so bad?

Jan 11, 2013#7

Chad Sexington

Your butt itches. I mean that really deep, frustrating itch that's going to take some digging. Are you willing to do it in public?

Jan 11, 2013#8

Calleja

BananaHands said:
DC girls or Marvel girls?

Hmm. I'm a Marvel guy through and through, but there's just SOMETHING about the original Batgirl/Oracle. Barbs, my love.[DOUBLEPOST=1357948073][/DOUBLEPOST]

stienman said:
You're given 5 minutes alone with Enrique Peña Nieto. What do you do?

Wow. Huh. I... I'd like to PUNCH the guy, but I feel that would be a waste of those 5 minutes. I'd have to smuggle in a voice recorder and try to steer the conversation into him admitting something awful that could get him impeached. That's what I would try to do, at least.[DOUBLEPOST=1357948115][/DOUBLEPOST]

Adam said:
Why is your English so good, but your Spanish so bad?

Es una premisa interesante la que postulas, pero te aseguro que mi nivel lingüistico en mi idioma natal está bastante por arriba del promedio.[DOUBLEPOST=1357948201][/DOUBLEPOST]

Chad Sexington said:
Your butt itches. I mean that really deep, frustrating itch that's going to take some digging. Are you willing to do it in public?

I've kinda done so. :ninja:

The trick is to do it stealthily, check if there's no one behind or you're "looking" for something in your pocket but.. yeah, when it's too much to take I just run to the bathroom.

Jan 11, 2013#9

Adam

Calleja said:
Es una premisa interesante la que postulas, pero te aseguro que mi nivel lingüistico en mi idioma natal está bastante por arriba del promedio.

If you say so, but I still had to translate this into English to understand what you were saying.

Jan 11, 2013#10

LittleKagsin

KINDRED!!!!

I really have nothing to ask you, I was just, you know, reiterating our Kindred bond.

Jan 11, 2013#11

Calleja

LittleKagsin said:
KINDRED!!!!

I really have nothing to ask you, I was just, you know, reiterating our Kindred bond.

Oh nononono, I'm sorry. *thread doors shut loudly behind her*

You post, you ask.

:devil:

Jan 11, 2013#12

LittleKagsin

Calleja said:
Oh nononono, I'm sorry. *thread doors shut loudly behind her*

You post, you ask.

You are so cruel.

You're arrested. What did you do to get you there?

Jan 11, 2013#13

Calleja

LittleKagsin said:
You are so cruel.

You're arrested. What did you do to get you there?

Probably kidnapping people in AMA threads.

Jan 11, 2013#14

Wahad

Choose your favorite Mexican food. Now, choose your favorite non-Mexican food. In this thought experiment, imagine each as a mighty warrior, both with their strengths and weaknesses. Who wins?

Jan 11, 2013#15

Calleja

Wahad said:
Choose your favorite Mexican food. Now, choose your favorite non-Mexican food. In this thought experiment, imagine each as a mighty warrior, both with their strengths and weaknesses. Who wins?

Tacos al Pastor. It's hard to beat a true delicacy such as that. I know, it sounds cliche "Oh, a taco!" but believe, it's not just any taco.

It's al pastor.

My favorite non-Mexican food would be a tossup between sushi and pizza. It's hard to choose from those. Can I choose beer instead? Let's go with beer, it's got calories.

So, Taco al Pastor vs Beer. Well, the taco has the home advantage down here, true, but beer's got way more fans so that's moot. Beer's cold and tacos are warm, but I'm afraid the beer would make the taco cold and soggy whereas I'd still drink a beer with pastor bits floating in it (mmmmmm, chunky)... so the beer defeats the taco.

That was a fucking fun question

Jan 11, 2013#16

BananaHands

You wake up one day and you're back in 8th grade. You have all the memories you have now.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

Jan 11, 2013#17

Calleja

BananaHands said:
You wake up one day and you're back in 8th grade. You have all the memories you have now.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

Oh wow. Let's see, 8th grade would be... 2000? Yeah, 1999, 2000. I think.

That doesn't help me much for say, buying stocks for Google and whatnot. Maybe android-pre-google. Ooh, I'd fucking DESIGN the motherfucking iPhone, patent it, and SUE those fuckers the isntant they release it! MWUAHAHA! I think I know the lyrics to songs that wouldn't have been released yet. I'd WRITE them! So yeah, every type of cheap trick to get ahead, I'd use. I mean... y'know, the powers-that-be put em back into a pimply, chubby gangly body. Fuck 'em.

Maybe that way I'd be able to stop my baldness before it arrives

Jan 11, 2013#18

Frank

Do you currently have a significant other? YOUR ANSWER WILL DETERMINE THE FOLLOW UP.

Jan 11, 2013#19

strawman

Why do you like the questions I asked others better than the question I asked you?

Jan 11, 2013#20

FnordBear

Calleja said:
I swear on Thor's hammer Mjolnir

Where is your god now?

Jan 11, 2013#21

phil

The only hammer we swear by 'round these parts is grabthar's.

Jan 11, 2013#22

FnordBear

phil said:
The only hammer we swear by 'round these parts is grabthar's.

I would rather swear by the Suns of Warven myself.

Jan 11, 2013#23

ThatNickGuy

What made you decide to become such an active forumite again? Or is it just extra time in your life these days?

(For which I should also add: welcome back.

)

Jan 11, 2013#24

Bumble the Boy Wonder

You come to my hometown for some God awful reason. Drinks are on me. What do you order?

Jan 11, 2013#25

Calleja

Frank said:
Do you currently have a significant other? YOUR ANSWER WILL DETERMINE THE FOLLOW UP.

Well you tell me: https://www.halforums.com/threads/moving-in-with-the-girlfriend.28768/[DOUBLEPOST=1357963455][/DOUBLEPOST]

stienman said:
Why do you like the questions I asked others better than the question I asked you?

Cause you ask them awesome, interesting questions and you as ME shit like THIS

Jan 11, 2013#26

strawman

Calleja said:
Cause you ask them awesome, interesting questions and you as ME shit like THIS

Calleja said:
stienman said:

You're given 5 minutes alone with Enrique Peña Nieto. What do you do?

Click to expand...

Wow. Huh. I... I'd like to PUNCH the guy, but I feel that would be a waste of those 5 minutes. I'd have to smuggle in a voice recorder and try to steer the conversation into him admitting something awful that could get him impeached. That's what I would try to do, at least.

I am WOUNDED sir!

Wounded I say!

:eek:

Jan 11, 2013#27

Bumble the Boy Wonder

30 seconds to talk to each Beatles, then another 30 seconds to talk to them as a group, OR 5 minutes to talk to God (nothing Beatles-related though.)

Jan 11, 2013#28

Calleja

FnordBear said:
Where is your god now?

Bitch, please:

That's around my neck. A silver pendant based on the actual historic Mjolnir pendant used by nordic people for centuries. And Real Thor > Marvel's Thor. QED

Jan 11, 2013#29

Frank

Calleja said:
Well you tell me: https://www.halforums.com/threads/moving-in-with-the-girlfriend.28768/[DOUBLEPOST=1357963455][/DOUBLEPOST]

Cause you ask them awesome, interesting questions and you as ME shit like THIS

Alright, obviously I missed that thread.

HERE WE GO.

Your girlfriend is killed horribly, leaving only a smidgen of dna left behind after the terrible incident. A scientist arrives at her funeral to tell you there's a chance they could create an absolutely near perfect clone of her that, through the magic of hypothetical questions, retains all of the memories she had before her untimely demise. The only caveat is that almost always there are imperfections such as slurred speech, psuedo palsy and other stroke like side effects. She retains her memories and her mind is intact remember. Do you leave her to rest, or do you allow the magic of super science to bring her back, albeit in an imperfect clone way?

Jan 11, 2013#30

Calleja

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
You come to my hometown for some God awful reason. Drinks are on me. What do you order?

Beer. I don't really drink that much these days... BUT WE COULD HAVE SOME AWESOME BEERS!

Jan 11, 2013#31

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Dayummmm, son[DOUBLEPOST=1357964005][/DOUBLEPOST]

Calleja said:
Beer. I don't really drink that much these days... BUT WE COULD HAVE SOME AWESOME BEERS!

SO MANY BEERS

Jan 11, 2013#32

Calleja

Frank said:
Alright, obviously I missed that thread.

HERE WE GO.

Your girlfriend is killed horribly, leaving only a smidgen of dna left behind after the terrible incident. A scientist arrives at her funeral to tell you there's a chance they could create an absolutely near perfect clone of her that, through the magic of hypothetical questions, retains all of the memories she had before her untimely demise. The only caveat is that almost always there are imperfections such as slurred speech, psuedo palsy and other stroke like side effects. She retains her memories and her mind is intact remember. Do you leave her to rest, or do you allow the magic of super science to bring her back, albeit in an imperfect clone way?

wow... damn. Umm... To be honest, I don't think she would like to live like that, so if I brought her back it would be for entirely selfish reasons. So I'd have to do what's hardest and let her go

[DOUBLEPOST=1357964041][/DOUBLEPOST]

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
30 seconds to talk to each Beatles, then another 30 seconds to talk to them as a group, OR 5 minutes to talk to God (nothing Beatles-related though.)

What god, though? That's crucial.

Jan 11, 2013#33

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Calleja said:
What god, though? That's crucial.

Whichever you wish

Jan 11, 2013#34

Calleja

(also, I just realized my Mjolnir pendant needs some cleaning from that big ass pic)[DOUBLEPOST=1357964120][/DOUBLEPOST]

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Whichever you wish

So, The Beatles? I GET 35 MINUTES WITH THEM?

[DOUBLEPOST=1357964212][/DOUBLEPOST]

ThatNickGuy said:
What made you decide to become such an active forumite again? Or is it just extra time in your life these days?

(For which I should also add: welcome back. )

I dunno, it wasn't really "planned", I was at a Starbucks the other day, saw a really hot chick and well OBVIOUSLY I thought of you guys, so I popped in like the very next day and well here I am. I do have lots of free time these days, though, cause I make a living doing translations from home. That'll change in a few weeks when I move to Mexico City. But not much, I don't think.

Jan 11, 2013#35

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Calleja said:
So, The Beatles? I GET 35 MINUTES WITH THEM?

HEY WAIT A SECOND--

Jan 11, 2013#36

Calleja

To be honest, since I'm the least spiritual religious guy you'll meet, I'd have to say The Beatles, hands down. If the Abrahamic Catholic God really exists and I talked to him the guy would receive nothing but expletives.

Jan 12, 2013#37

North_Ranger

Can we still not mention... The Incident?

Jan 12, 2013#38

strawman

You suddenly become lactose and gluten(most wheat products) intolerant.

What food will you miss the most?

Jan 12, 2013#39

Adam

stienman said:
You suddenly become lactose and gluten(most wheat products) intolerant.

What food will you miss the most?

Frosty Suuuuu---shakes

Jan 12, 2013#40

Cajungal

If you were to devote your life to a cause, what would that cause be?

Jan 13, 2013#41

Calleja

Adam said:
Frosty Suuuuu---shakes

Is this seriously still funny to you? Is your sense of humor that off? A 4 year old dead horse I put up for two? A reference that's not even a joke in itself, seriously, that's still funny? Or are you just trying to make me feel uncomfortable and THAT'S what's funny? So which is it?

Jan 13, 2013#42

Bumble the Boy Wonder

You've probably answered this somewhere on the boards before, but who is your favorite Beatle, and why?

Jan 13, 2013#43

Adam

Calleja said:
Is this seriously still funny to you? Is your sense of humor that off? A 4 year old dead horse I put up for two? A reference that's not even a joke in itself, seriously, that's still funny? Or are you just trying to make me feel uncomfortable and THAT'S what's funny? So which is it?

Wait a minute, this is your AMA, not mine! Why are you asking me questions?

Jan 14, 2013#44

North_Ranger

Sorry, Calleja. Didn't mean to get you riled up

So, new question: Your least favourite Mexican stereotype and why? Also, your favourite Mexican stereotype and why?

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