This or That

[greatestescaper]

Patty melt...

Who was whinier, Anakin or Luke?

 

[Fading Fast]

Luke.

Kirk or Picard?

 

[Harp]

Kirk

Pike or Kirk?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Pike.

Actually, if I have to choose a Star Trek captain, I'll take Benjamin Lafayette Sisko every time. Q came along and pranced and capered around and Picard tried to debate him. Sisko just walked up and punched him in the face.

"Star Trek" or "Doctor Who?"

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Star Trek cause I've never seen Doctor Who.

Most annoying Star Wars character(s):

Jar Jar Binks or Ewoks?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Ewoks. Say what you will about Jub Jub, but at least he wasn't introduced purely to sell merchandise.

Harrison Ford the 1980's star or Harrison Ford the 1920's star?

 

[ChiTownScion]

Harrison 80’s

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The old Don, easily. De Niro had far better roles. Brando made One, and amid a highly talented cast he stood out. Two was a fine movie- but nothing ever surpassed One.

Captain Kangaroo or Sesame Street?

 

[Stearmen]

The old Don, easily. De Niro had far better roles. Brando made One, and amid a highly talented cast he stood out. Two was a fine movie- but nothing ever surpassed One.

Captain Kangaroo or Sesame Street?

I want to say the Captain, but lets face it, Sesame Street is so far above in terms of kids actually learning, it's not even a competition! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Duesenberg or Auburn?

 

[vitanola]

Auburn. Attainable, and decent looking before the Beurig fellow went all swoopy on 'em.

Amateur watercolors or Dime-Store Chromos?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Auburn

Mercedes or BMW?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Amateur Watercolors

Jack Hylton or Harry Bidgood?

 

[Fading Fast]

Eve.

Curly or Straight Hair?

 

[greatestescaper]

My hair is straight, but curly hair can be mighty pretty.

Heroes or X-men

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

X Men

The IT Crowd: Roy or Moss?

 

[Stearmen]

X Men

The IT Crowd: Roy or Moss?

Moss! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lieutenant Frank Bullitt or Machinist's Mate 1st Class Jake Holman

 

[LizzieMaine]

Crossword.

Webster's Second New International or Webster's Third New International?

 

[Fading Fast]

Crossword.

Webster's Second New International or Webster's Third New International?

(Calling one of our super-smart members to answer and get us out of the big-brain ditch that ridiculously smart Lizzie just drove our "This or That" into, at least for pedestrian members such as me. On line, I like "The Free Dictionary. com" and used to love "Oxford English" [and all its cool word etymology] until they made it a paid site, but I am way too small brained to know the distinction between Webster editions.)

Once we get the car back on the road, I have a good "This or That" to post.

 

[Harp]

Webster's third base.

Dodgers or Mets?

 

[Harp]

Mets.

Hot toddy or tea ?

HT.... The Dodgers should never have been allowed by the Lords of Baseball to leave Brooklyn.

Ginger or Mary Ann?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Tea.

Webster's Third provoked a gigantic controversy when it was published in 1961 -- it was far less encyclopedic than Webster's Second, and it was edited on the basis of documenting the language as it was actually used in practice, not how "rules" maintained it was supposed to be used. Both versions have their champions -- I like the Second for the encyclopedic features that it offered, as well as the larger type, but I like the Third for its acknowledgement that language is an ever-evolving thing.

The debate mirrors the debate between the King James Only crowd and the supporters of the Revised Standard Version, with the Second as the KJV of American English. There's a Nero Wolfe novel that came out around the time of the Third's release that has Wolfe fiercely tearing pages out of his copy of the Third and throwing them into the fire.

Tea with junk in it -- milk, sugar, lemon, other filthy habits -- or Tea as God and Thomas J. Lipton intended?