Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate X Q&A #54
Random Questions from the Land of Tweets
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Doug Maynard

Every day, my Twitter feed is filled with dozens of random questions. This is where I provide the answers. It’s Ultimate X Q&A. Let’s do this.

Who knows the most secrets about you?

Honestly, anyone who reads my site regularly, be it the Q&As, the Days of Dougie, or anything else. I don’t keep secrets or lie. I’m just me and if one pays attention, my life is an open book. Maybe too open sometimes. If someone asks, I answer. It really is just that simple sometimes.

Would you rather be too hot or too cold?

Both would be miserable. I hate hot and I hate to freeze, although admittingly, I never had much of a problem with being cold until the past few years. Being a fat boy does have some advantages. It’s a tough call, but I’d rather be hot than cold.

Are you shy?

In person, I’m very shy. Yeah, I know that’s hard to believe, but my anxiety and general distrust of people makes me standoffish and reluctant to relax and open up to most people. I can fake it with the best of them. Forty years of working in retail and customer service does have a few advantages. But when it matters most, I am reluctant to be around new people and very shy.

Would you let Rapper Dank Demoss ride in your car? She says she can fit.

I drive a 1985 Ford Ranger pickup truck. That nearly 500lb beast would not and could not fit in the front of my truck. We could throw her fat ass on the back of the truck, but that would destroy the truck’s suspension and probably cause the tires to blow. No, she can not ride in my truck.

Can you go an entire day without swearing?

Shit, I can barely go ten minutes, unless I’m asleep. I have a mouth like a sailor, which may explain why I like seamen so much. I have a dirty mouth, but the guys love it. And yes, I’m going to curse.

What is one concept you cannot understand, no matter how hard you try?

I don’t get how people can be so entitled, that they feel the world owes them anything. Get a check because of their sexual confusion, a massive number of kids, or drug addiction? WHY? Nobody owes anyone anything, and getting handouts for something that was or is controllable, just doesn’t make sense at all. Get a job and work. Pay your dues and bills. Weighing 500 lbs is a decision. Having a dozen kids with no means of support is a decision. Trying drugs is a decision. So why would any of these entitle a person to get a check from the Government? I just don’t get it at all.

What is the most important decision you have ever made so far?

To not give up and still keep on fighting rather than to give in and end it all. I wanted to badly. Hell, I still want to quite often, to quit fighting and quit hurting, to just give up and finally be at peace. But I can’t and won’t. I have people that depend on me. Every day when I wake up, I decide to get up, keep going, and keep fighting, although I know it will never get any better. I can’t always justify that decision, but I continue to make it and keep on keeping on. It’s who I am and one that I may not always like but will always continue to make.

If you were asked to eat only one fruit for the rest of your life, which fruit would it be?

It’s a tough call because I like apples, bananas, and tangelos, the mini-me oranges that peel easily. To only keep one would be so hard to do. I’d probably keep the tangelos things.

Should pastors talk about politics from the pulpit?

The pulpit is for sharing the words of God. While pastors are entitled to their political beliefs, as are we all, talking politics during the Sunday sermon is not right, nor should it be permitted.

Who is your favorite person in your immediate family?

My immediate family, by blood, is only my Mom and my sister. That’s all I have left. And I love both of them, but my like for them, either of them, tends to waive at times. We are all three very different people with different outlooks on things and perspectives that tend to clash quite frequently. But of the two, I have to say my Mom. We may have issues at times, but she’s still my Mom and I do love her. Oh yeah, and my cat. That’s my baby.

And there you go. My thanks for reading. Comments, thoughts, and any questions are welcome and appreciated. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. And with that, let’s close up shop for today. Take care and be well, my friends. I’ll see you at the Waffle House.

Ubuntu!