2020 Happy Mouth Members Poll

As we leave 2020, I asked the members of Happy Mouth the following critical questions.

• What time do you wake up in the morning?
  • Wendy: 7:30
  • Ron C: About 6:00 on weekdays. Sleep in on weekends.
  • Beth: As late as possible
  • Jay: When my bladder tells me it’s time (GAWD, I’m old)
  • Kristy: Earlier than I would like
  • Tracy: 8/830a. Unless I have a grandson, then it’s 6:30a.
  • Tara: As late as possible
  • Andrew: 7:10a, though my bladder often wakes me at 5a. It’s good when I can get back to sleep!
    
• If you could eat lunch with one famous person who would it be?
  • Wendy: Terry Pratchett, but he’s dead
  • Ron C: Ethel Kennedy, the widow of my hero
  • Beth: Katherine Hepburn, well maybe Michelle Obama now
  • Jay: Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Kristy: I can’t pick just one – Dolly Parton, Ron Howard, and Lin Manuel Miranda
  • Tracy: Maya Angelou
  • Tara: Meryl Streep
  • Andrew: Jacques Pepin
    
    
• Gold or Silver?
  • Wendy: Gold
  • Ron C: Gold, I guess. Not a big jewelry person.
  • Beth: Silver
  • Jay: Silver
  • Kristy: Silver
  • Tracy: Silver. But I wouldn’t turn down either.
  • Tara: Silver
  • Andrew: Silver

• Favorite TV shows:
  • Wendy: Firefly, Great British Bake-Off
  • Ron C: Star Trek (all of them), The Twilight Zone, The West Wing, WKRP in Cincinnati, Cheers, and The Bob Newhart Show.
  • Beth: Firefly (duh), M*A*S*H
  • Jay: Firefly. The Carol Burnett Show, The Muppet Show, WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Kristy: The Andy Griffith Show and Schitt’s Creek
  • Tracy: The Crown, The Mandalorian, The Masked Singer, This Is Us, Succession
  • Tara: Marvelous Mrs. Mazel, This Is Us
  • Andrew: What Wendy said, though I go further afield in my show choices!
    
    
• What’s for breakfast?
  • Wendy: Morning Summit cereal with blueberries and Almond Milk
  • Ron C: Only a banana on weekdays. Sometimes more on weekends.
  • Beth: Currently intermittent fasting until noon, but ideally breakfast sammies on everything bagel
  • Jay: Toast, eggs, and ham/bacon/sausage… some form of porky goodness
  • Kristy: A cherry nutrigrain bar and a Diet Coke
  • Tracy: Yogurt, a veggie muffin and coffee.
  • Tara: Coffee
  • Andrew: Diet Mt. Dew and something from the following list: Pastry bars, eggs, cheese sticks, cereal, and (on Fridays) a Wendy’s Sausage Egg & Cheese Classic.

• Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
  • Wendy: No, but I can touch it with someone else’s.
  • Ron C: No.
  • Beth: That’s what she said
  • Jay: Nope
  • Kristy: No
  • Tracy: Nope… and don’t want to
  • Tara: No
  • Andrew: Not even close. Cookie duster tickles my tongue!

• Who/what inspires you?
  • Wendy: Interesting trees
  • Ron C: Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future and the hope that we’ll one day achieve it.
  • Beth: My parents
  • Jay: Anybody who can do anything really well
  • Kristy: My friends and family and my camera
  • Tracy: Ingenuity, Resilience, Perseverance
  • Tara: Passion, kindness
  • Andrew: I really enjoy passionate people, no matter what they’re passionate about.

• Don’t leave me in a room with:
  • Wendy: Spiders or warm chocolate chip cookies, for very different reasons
  • Ron C: Bunker Boy (aka 45) or any of his delusional followers.
  • Beth: Tarantulas, and unnamed former members of HM
  • Jay: A honey badger.
  • Kristy: Maggots (I will cry and throw up all at once)
  • Tracy: Snakes, stupid people
  • Tara: People I don’t know but have to talk to
  • Andrew: Candy. It gonna get gone.

• Your middle name?
  • Wendy: Anne
  • Ron C: Lee
  • Beth: Elizabeth
  • Jay: Dallas
  • Kristy: Lynn
  • Tracy: Marie – after my grandmother
  • Tara: Lynnea
  • Andrew: Philip (or Phillip – I legitimately don’t know the correct spelling)

• Beach or city?
  • Wendy: Beach
  • Ron C: City
  • Beth: Oooo… City
  • Jay: Beach
  • Kristy: Mountains ?
  • Tracy: I’d say Beach first, but I love Chicago and Napa
  • Tara: City
  • Andrew: Beach, but I love exploring cities!

• Favorite Ice Cream
  • Wendy: Graeter’s Toffee Chip
  • Ron C: Not a big ice cream person. The ice cream in the middle of a hot fudge cake, I guess.
  • Beth: Mint chip
  • Jay: Vanilla
  • Kristy: Raspberry sorbet or salted caramel
  • Tracy: Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip
  • Tara: Vanilla Bean
  • Andrew: There’s a Goat Cheese & Sour Cherry ice cream that I really like…

• Popcorn: buttered, plain, or salted?
  • Wendy: Buttered and salted
  • Ron C: Buttered and salted
  • Beth: Butter, salt, and parmesan
  • Jay: Buttered and salted
  • Kristy: Buttered and salted
  • Tracy: Buttered and lightly salted
  • Tara: Buttered and salted
  • Andrew: Light butter, salted

• Favorite color?
  • Wendy: Pink by default
  • Ron C: White, because it contains all other colors (stolen from Andy Bernard on The Office)
  • Beth: Purple
  • Jay: Plaid
  • Kristy: Orange and yellow
  • Tracy: Earth tones
  • Tara: Blue
  • Andrew: Red, I think. It’s the color of my meeples in board gaming. And pink, of course.

• How many keys on your keyring?
  • Wendy: Two
  • Ron C: Six
  • Beth: WTF. 6, plus two plastic tags for stores I never use
  • Jay: Three keys and a couple of multitools
  • Kristy: No idea, but more than I need or use (mystery keys)
  • Tracy: I have a couple of key rings. The one with the most has 6. Not sure what they all belong to
  • Tara: 2
  • Andrew: I have a “compound keyring” – a keyring (with 4 keys) with an additional keyring (with 5 keys) attached to it. And my car’s key fob as well. So I think that’s 10… I know what 4 of them go to.

• Favorite sandwich fillings?
  • Wendy: Turkey, gouda, mayo, pickle
  • Ron C: BLT
  • Beth: Chicken salad, tuna salad with bell peppers
  • Jay: Burgers (YES, burgers are a sandwich, dammit!)
  • Kristy: Honey, ham, mayo, lettuce or chicken salad on a croissant
  • Tracy: Corned Beef or Pastrami, Swiss Cheese, and Sauerkraut on Rye
  • Tara: Roast beef and cheddar
  • Andrew: Gruyere, roasted turkey, a little mayo… Mmm…

• Can you juggle? If yes, how many?
  • Wendy: Yes, poorly. Three.
  • Ron C: No
  • Beth: None many
  • Jay: Yes, three items only. Never worked my way up into higher numbers
  • Kristy: Oh Lordy, no! Have you met this klutzy girl?
  • Tracy: Heavens no!
  • Tara: No
  • Andrew: I can juggle 1 or 2 balls reasonably well. Adding a third is where it starts to crumble.

• Red wine or white wine?
  • Wendy: Red wine that smells like feet
  • Ron C: Neither. I’ll have a beer.
  • Beth: Yes please
  • Jay: Depends on the meal and my mood
  • Kristy: Red is always good, but I love a great white, especially in the summer
  • Tracy: Red… and lots of it
  • Tara: Yes
  • Andrew: Either, with a preference toward red.

• Fizzy or still water?
  • Wendy: Still
  • Ron C: Fizzy
  • Beth: Fizzy
  • Jay: Fizzy
  • Kristy: Still
  • Tracy: Fizzy
  • Tara: Still
  • Andrew: Still

Thanks to the members of Happy Mouth who responded!