Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate X Q&A #111
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 the Ultimate X Q&A. My, how the time has flown by. It’s number 111. Let’s do this.

What is something that you could eat every day and never get tired of?

Peni… Okay, I won’t go there. That’s not true anyhow. People, regardless of how sexy or cute they might be, tend to get on my nerves quite easily, and I’d be annoyed and tired quite quickly. So, let’s go with chicken. Fried one day, BBQ the next, then nuggets, then strips, then with rice or noodles, then baked, then fried again. It never gets old.

What’s better than a college degree?

Common sense and practical experience. All the book-sense in the world doesn’t matter if a person doesn’t have common sense to use that knowledge practically. And I’ll take a person who has actually done something over a person who ‘took a class’ any day.

Finish the sentence: I would never date someone who…?

Doesn’t like cats, lies to me, or doesn’t have a sense of humor.

Should black Americans be given reparations?

For what? Nobody should be “Given” anything. Work and earn what you receive, or go without. It’s just that simple. And reparations? There is not a single living person in the United States who was a slave. There is not a single living person who owned slaves. Reparations would pay people for things they never experienced, and the ones doing the paying would be people who never did what the payments are allegedly for. In other words, NO!

What is something that men say that makes women angry?

With all due respect, anything a man says can piss a woman off. That’s all just part of being a man. If we say something, we’re wrong. And if we say nothing, we don’t care and we’re wrong. It’s a lose-lose deal trying to satisfy a woman.

How would you rate the first 100 days of Congress?

Congress? Still as useless as ever. They’re too busy holding press conferences, repeated hearings, and trying to impress each other to get anything accomplished or done. It’s all about gaining power and trying to keep that power, and nothing more.

If a man is handsome, educated, and has money, but is still single, what’s the problem?

Maybe I just don’t want to deal with the B.S., and I’m too set in my ways to adapt or change for anyone.

Do you sleep with a fan?

Admittedly, I have slept with a few of my fans over the years. The allure of Dougie is a dangerous thing, and it’s hard to keep them at bay, so I will occasionally give in. Oh, wait! The blowing, noisy, cooling fan, style of fan. My bad! Yes, I do.

What is your greatest fear in a relationship?

Truthfully, it’s that can’t always be what they want me to be, and they’ll leave, and I’ll be left alone.

What would you say is the best “based on a true story” movie you’ve ever seen?

Clerks. While it’s not all true, Kevin Smith based most of the original script on his real life working at the convenience store, his real-life friends and associates, and things of that nature. So, it qualifies as based-on-a-true-story in my opinion. I worked retail for over forty years. And believe me, nobody could make all that shit up.

Is climate change real?

Climate change is real. But the effects, the damages, and the hype that the Libtards would have us believe is about as real as the credibility that Darth Vader had as a loving and caring father for Luke Skywalker. (Sorry, I watched Star Wars, the first one, a few days ago. My bad!)

Would you date someone shorter than you?

Sure. I’m not superficial. Height doesn’t matter at all. It’s the person and who they are, their character, personality, heart, that matters. The physical characteristics don’t matter at all.

How do you express displeasure?

I make smarky remarks, if I speak at all. I don’t think I have any definite ways to express unhappiness or anger, but if I’m not happy, people know.

If you were given an envelope with the date and time of your death inside, would you open it?

It might take a few days, but yeah, eventually I would open the envelope and read what’s inside. Just one more goal to overcome.

You’re heading to Mars. One band gets to come along for the rest of your days. Who’s it gonna be?

Alice Cooper. Hell, Alice did a song called, ‘Might As Well Be on Mars” a few years ago anyhow, so apparently, he’s already planned for this trip.

What is harder to do as you get older?

Express myself, or deal with people. Getting old sucks, and my patience sucks too.

Were you ever sent to the Principal’s office? What was the reason?

Unfortunately, I spent many days visiting the office of the Principal. The reasons were always the same. Fighting. I had a very bad and explosive temper as a child, and if provoked, I responded accordingly.

Is it okay to cheat on your partner if you haven’t had sex together in over a year?

If you love your partner and want to keep a relationship, the answer is no. It’s not okay. If the relationship is over and dead in all but name anyhow, it’s still not an okay thing to cheat, but more understandable. If the relationship is strong in every way, but the sex, talk. Try to understand and figure out why, and work out a compromise of some type. If the feelings are true and the relationship is worth keeping, don’t ruin it with a rash decision by cheating.

What age do you consider middle-aged?

I’d go with 38-55 as middle-aged. And the age increases as I get older.

Is mid-week drinking socially acceptable?

There was a time when I was drinking every night of the week, and it was just another day in the life. My friends and associates never complained. And since that was my social life, they accepted it, and yes, it is socially acceptable.

And there you go. 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 the shop today. Take care and be well, my friends. I’ll see you at the Intervention.

Ubuntu!