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There are 2 versions of the *Ultimate Question - the general & the specific:
Specific (Note: Question courtesy of *Ms Evil):
How would you justify your existence?
[PS: this question emerged only after some prolonged discussions with premises and conditions set by yours truly's pals aka that the *oh-so-eligible-guys (we are gender neutral but personally, heterosexual-inclined) are absolutely honest and genuine with their answers (by the way, this excludes the eligible guy who is genuinely untruthful), that they are the most eligible and acceptable to each of us personally, etc, etc. As usual, my pals wanted to close up all the loopholes and create the perfect *state of nature (think John Locke's Social Contract)]
Yours truly's HIM can only answer in 2 ways:
HE: "Justify yours to me and I will justify mine to you" - *tongue in cheek & with absolute self-assurance
Or
HE: "I don't have to justify it. I live it" - *with quiet self-confidence
Hmm...and if there happen to be more than 1 guy who answers the right way? Well, according to *Ms Evil, that's fine, since she wants a harem. (I wonder where in the world is polygamy legal?)
(pause 3 seconds for the scandalous looks & gasp of breath by readers)
But moi, moi would only say, it all hinges on the way HE said it.
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To the General Question:
What is your absolute favorite book in the world?
Yours truly have no preferred answer. But lots of immediate "you are out!" answers.
This is obviously an elimination question.
For instance, I have read Harry Potter and I like the series. But if a guy tells me he thinks Harry Potter is the absolute best book in the world to him, he's not my guy, thank you very much.
In the same way, if a guy picks any self-help book ~ as *snappish puts it "you mean you can't help yourself?" ~ in other words, you are out!
Me and my pals says NO to guys who picks self-help books, thriller, mysteries and even, business books (most types anyway).
Oh by the way, as *eccentric says, if a guy says "my fav book in the world is American Pyscho" ~ we will definitely be very disturbed. And of course, NO WAY!
Again, when *Ms Evil says "how about a guy who says Mein Kampf?" *cough. I think it was agreed that he is OUT too.
A guy who picks a philosophy book (depends on who and which school of thought) will get to my *waiting list ~ let's wait and compare all answers first.
A guy who picks for instance, *Beyond Good and Evil, *cough - you will be an interesting friend but I am really not sure if you are the one for me.
A guy who says he doesn't read, please, you won't even be in the room.
In other words, yours truly knows what book a guy picks as his favorite is enough to eliminate him. But not what book makes him my guy.*Eccentric says if the guy picks "The Moon & Six Pence" ~ HE is the one for her. *grin*
This was actually quite fun. I had lotsa *nonsense questions. Like "are you going to die and live me filthy rich" - *deary deary me
But all in all, the 2 questions above are most acceptable to yours truly and probably the answers would be most telling to me.
In any case, it is not likely that there is ever going to be a room of eligible men (who are going to answer my question truthfully) for moi to pick from, so this is just a great topic to talk about and perhaps, to think about.
At the very least, it did tell me what is really important to me. And it seems that self-reflection & books are and have always been, important to me.
A guy who does not reflect on the *meaning of life or who does not read - OMG.
NO WAY.
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