Stolen from "cindyamb"

1. At the local grocer, you see an elderly woman shoplift bacon. Do you tell the grocer?

No.

2. Your name sounds foreign and is difficult to pronounce. Your clients and superiors are always stumbling over it. Do you change it?

Heh. I've had practice with this one. I taught a class full of second graders to pronounce my name phonetically. I often write it out that way for someone who will have to notify us by phone. For someone who needs to say it frequently I willingly coach them until they get it. For someone I meet once I answer to a stumbled attempt and keep going. Not worth it--it's information they'll never need again and time out of my life I won't get back.

3. You need one number to win the jackpot at BINGO. The stranger beside you also needs one number and its been called. Do you tell her?

Of course. It's fun watching her or him react to winning.

4. You're cramming for a critical exam. Classmates are circulating a stolen advance copy of the test. Do you take one?

I have the worst-ever luck with dishonesty. Karma bites my ass every time. No.

5. Your spouse has become nervous wreck since he/she began day trading on the Internet. But he/she made $10K in a month. Do you make him/her stop?

Not that I could ever "make" him do anything. But I'd certainly make the rest of his life hell if he didn't listen to my suggestions on the subject.

6. The house of your dreams finally goes up for sale. You take a tour of the home with its soon to be former occupant, an elderly woman who's moving into a retirement home. When she quotes you the asking price, it is far below what you know the house is really worth. Do you accept her asking price or offer her more?

Is she selling herself or using a realtor? If a realtor, I'd contact her/him and ask what the deal is--is the agency deliberately cheating the owner? Are they inept and don't know the market? Or is there some severe flaw with the house they aren't talking about? If she's selling it herself, I'd inform her of the current market, and give her some time to revise her asking price.

7. You are on a safari with your bestest friend in the whole world and your mom/dad. While walking through the jungle, you all take a tumble over a hole in the ground. Your companions fall in while you fall just past it. In the hole is a nest of vipers that bite your companions. You are carrying the anti-venom but after the fall discover that all but one vial has been smashed. After pulling them both to freedom, who do you give the anti-venom to?

Easy. Best friend. Then s/he picks up one parent and I the other and we run to the nearest antivenin clinic. (Okay, I read the question as mom & dad, not mom OR dad. The theory still holds. Best friend, then we both pick up parent and run for help. My friends are younger and stronger than my parent.)

8. You dream that friends die in a plane crash. The next day they announce a trip to Greece. Do you mention your dream?

Yes, of course. I may make light of it, but it needs to be mentioned, whether it's just to laugh at, or if they want to take it seriously. I would, however, have breakfast first. There's an old wives tale that if you tell your dream before breakfast it will come true--and I've had it happen quite often. So I'd make sure to eat before I told them.

9. Some friends are visiting you. You notice that one of your very valuable collectibles is missing. Do you search the coats and purses?

The coats, yes, cursorily. Then I'd mention that the item was missing, the cat probably knocked it off and used it for a toy, would they all help me look for it?

10. You've just paid for groceries and the cashier is giving you your change. You notice that she's giving you far too much change. Do you ask her if she made a mistake?

No, I do the math and hand her back the overage. By the time she works it out from the computerized register readout, I'll have the groceries in the car and be backing out of the parking slot.

11. You work at a bank and one evening discover that due to a clerical error, you could safely steal 1 million dollars from the bank and never get caught. Would you do it? What if you would never get caught but another coworker would be blamed?

No. Again, my personal karma is usually instant and more than threefold, in situations where my moral fortitude lapses.

12. In order to win 1 million dollars, you are told to walk stark naked down a city sidewalk for one block. No one would harm you and you could hop into a waiting limousine at the other end. Would you do it?

In front of strangers? Sure. Anybody looking deserves the raddled sight they see. As long as I could wear shoes and not have to walk barefoot on the sidewalk.

13. You are told that if you leave the country, taking only one other person with you, you will both be well taken care of but you could never return. Would you do it?

No. I despise the idea of being taken care of. And the idea of being told where I could and could not go.

14. If by cutting off your pinky you could stop all wars, now and future, would you? What about your thumb?

My instant reaction was to say yes. But you know, there are wars that need to be fought, and I'd hate to be the one responsible for preventing those. Hitler would win without a shot fired. So would Sauron.

5. Would you rather have a simple and predictable life, dying among friends and family, or a dramatic life with major ups and downs, dying alone in an empty apartment?

Simple and predictable. But it's too late for that.

16. If you could use a voodoo doll to hurt anyone you chose, would you?

You know, this is the one I struggle with. I SO would, sometimes. Even risking my karma.

17. Would you accept twenty years of extraordinary happiness and fulfillment if it meant you would die at the end of the period?

If that happiness and fulfillment extends to my family and beyond my death, yes.

18. You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable, the stuff of dreams. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love?

Goodness, yes!

19. Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerable yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?

The latter, please.

20. If a new medicine were developed that would cure cancer but cause a fatal reaction in 1 percent of those who took it, would you want it to be released to the public?

Instantly, with the caveat clearly spelled out, so each patient could choose for her or himself.

21. You're invited to a cocktail party that turns into an in-the-buff pool party. Friends and strangers are present. Do you skinny-dip, too?

While I wouldn't mind inflicting the sight of naked me on strangers? Not on friends.

22. If you knew that by killing one person, all world hunger would instantly end, would you? What if the person was a horrible murderer? What if the person was an innocent child?

I so want to say yes, but if I personally had to do the killing, I couldn't do it. And again, there are good things about hunger. Not starvation or deprivation, but hunger can teach.

23. If, for the next year, you could have the free services of a maid, a chauffeur, a gardener, a masseuse, or a chef, who would you pick and why?

Maid. My husband would be soooo happy.

24. If you could pick the sex of your child, would you?

No.

25. To win 1 million dollars, you and your partner could not have sex with each other for a month, would you? What about 10 million for 3 months? 100 million for 6 months?

You're talking to a former military wife here, veteran of unaccompanied assignments. You want to up those stakes?

Stolen from "cindyamb"

1. At the local grocer, you see an elderly woman shoplift bacon. Do you tell the grocer?

No.

2. Your name sounds foreign and is difficult to pronounce. Your clients and superiors are always stumbling over it. Do you change it?

Heh. I've had practice with this one. I taught a class full of second graders to pronounce my name phonetically. I often write it out that way for someone who will have to notify us by phone. For someone who needs to say it frequently I willingly coach them until they get it. For someone I meet once I answer to a stumbled attempt and keep going. Not worth it--it's information they'll never need again and time out of my life I won't get back.

3. You need one number to win the jackpot at BINGO. The stranger beside you also needs one number and its been called. Do you tell her?

Of course. It's fun watching her or him react to winning.

4. You're cramming for a critical exam. Classmates are circulating a stolen advance copy of the test. Do you take one?

I have the worst-ever luck with dishonesty. Karma bites my ass every time. No.

5. Your spouse has become nervous wreck since he/she began day trading on the Internet. But he/she made $10K in a month. Do you make him/her stop?

Not that I could ever "make" him do anything. But I'd certainly make the rest of his life hell if he didn't listen to my suggestions on the subject.

6. The house of your dreams finally goes up for sale. You take a tour of the home with its soon to be former occupant, an elderly woman who's moving into a retirement home. When she quotes you the asking price, it is far below what you know the house is really worth. Do you accept her asking price or offer her more?

Is she selling herself or using a realtor? If a realtor, I'd contact her/him and ask what the deal is--is the agency deliberately cheating the owner? Are they inept and don't know the market? Or is there some severe flaw with the house they aren't talking about? If she's selling it herself, I'd inform her of the current market, and give her some time to revise her asking price.

7. You are on a safari with your bestest friend in the whole world and your mom/dad. While walking through the jungle, you all take a tumble over a hole in the ground. Your companions fall in while you fall just past it. In the hole is a nest of vipers that bite your companions. You are carrying the anti-venom but after the fall discover that all but one vial has been smashed. After pulling them both to freedom, who do you give the anti-venom to?

Easy. Best friend. Then s/he picks up one parent and I the other and we run to the nearest antivenin clinic. (Okay, I read the question as mom & dad, not mom OR dad. The theory still holds. Best friend, then we both pick up parent and run for help. My friends are younger and stronger than my parent.)

8. You dream that friends die in a plane crash. The next day they announce a trip to Greece. Do you mention your dream?

Yes, of course. I may make light of it, but it needs to be mentioned, whether it's just to laugh at, or if they want to take it seriously. I would, however, have breakfast first. There's an old wives tale that if you tell your dream before breakfast it will come true--and I've had it happen quite often. So I'd make sure to eat before I told them.

9. Some friends are visiting you. You notice that one of your very valuable collectibles is missing. Do you search the coats and purses?

The coats, yes, cursorily. Then I'd mention that the item was missing, the cat probably knocked it off and used it for a toy, would they all help me look for it?

10. You've just paid for groceries and the cashier is giving you your change. You notice that she's giving you far too much change. Do you ask her if she made a mistake?

No, I do the math and hand her back the overage. By the time she works it out from the computerized register readout, I'll have the groceries in the car and be backing out of the parking slot.

11. You work at a bank and one evening discover that due to a clerical error, you could safely steal 1 million dollars from the bank and never get caught. Would you do it? What if you would never get caught but another coworker would be blamed?

No. Again, my personal karma is usually instant and more than threefold, in situations where my moral fortitude lapses.

12. In order to win 1 million dollars, you are told to walk stark naked down a city sidewalk for one block. No one would harm you and you could hop into a waiting limousine at the other end. Would you do it?

In front of strangers? Sure. Anybody looking deserves the raddled sight they see. As long as I could wear shoes and not have to walk barefoot on the sidewalk.

13. You are told that if you leave the country, taking only one other person with you, you will both be well taken care of but you could never return. Would you do it?

No. I despise the idea of being taken care of. And the idea of being told where I could and could not go.

14. If by cutting off your pinky you could stop all wars, now and future, would you? What about your thumb?

My instant reaction was to say yes. But you know, there are wars that need to be fought, and I'd hate to be the one responsible for preventing those. Hitler would win without a shot fired. So would Sauron.

5. Would you rather have a simple and predictable life, dying among friends and family, or a dramatic life with major ups and downs, dying alone in an empty apartment?

Simple and predictable. But it's too late for that.

16. If you could use a voodoo doll to hurt anyone you chose, would you?

You know, this is the one I struggle with. I SO would, sometimes. Even risking my karma.

17. Would you accept twenty years of extraordinary happiness and fulfillment if it meant you would die at the end of the period?

If that happiness and fulfillment extends to my family and beyond my death, yes.

18. You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable, the stuff of dreams. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love?

Goodness, yes!

19. Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerable yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?

The latter, please.

20. If a new medicine were developed that would cure cancer but cause a fatal reaction in 1 percent of those who took it, would you want it to be released to the public?

Instantly, with the caveat clearly spelled out, so each patient could choose for her or himself.

21. You're invited to a cocktail party that turns into an in-the-buff pool party. Friends and strangers are present. Do you skinny-dip, too?

While I wouldn't mind inflicting the sight of naked me on strangers? Not on friends.

22. If you knew that by killing one person, all world hunger would instantly end, would you? What if the person was a horrible murderer? What if the person was an innocent child?

I so want to say yes, but if I personally had to do the killing, I couldn't do it. And again, there are good things about hunger. Not starvation or deprivation, but hunger can teach.

23. If, for the next year, you could have the free services of a maid, a chauffeur, a gardener, a masseuse, or a chef, who would you pick and why?

Maid. My husband would be soooo happy.

24. If you could pick the sex of your child, would you?

No.

25. To win 1 million dollars, you and your partner could not have sex with each other for a month, would you? What about 10 million for 3 months? 100 million for 6 months?

You're talking to a former military wife here, veteran of unaccompanied assignments. You want to up those stakes?