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SeaRex 03-14-2002 07:39 PM

Would you rather have a tail, or the power to fly?
 
I had a really bad headache today at school, so I decide to lighten up my day by asking everyone in all of my classes, "If you could only choose one, would you rather have any animal tail you could think of, or have a magic, flying cape?"

And don't just vote, tell me why you chose what you did! :fuzsmile:

Danny 03-14-2002 08:02 PM

Tail. But make sure it's prehensile...

DarkHoodness 03-14-2002 09:09 PM

I choose the cape because tails can get caught in doors and such, and I'd have to cut a hole in the seats of all my trousers. If I had a cape, I'd be able to fly all over the place. No more walking for me. :)
- DH

Sl'askia 03-14-2002 09:53 PM

well seeing that I already have both a tail and the ability to fly...I can't really answer that question ;):D

Black Dragon 03-14-2002 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by Dragadon
well seeing that I already have both a tail and the ability to fly...I can't really answer that question ;):D
Yeah, what me fellow dragon said :P

Tex 03-14-2002 10:44 PM

*Looks around room*

Okay, so I have a tail....

Sister: HAH! Kevin has a tail, Kevin has a tail!

Me: Wha?!?!?!?! WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!?!?

*Grabs one of those mind clearer things from a Man in Black*

Anyways....what was I saying again? :mad: Oh yea, cape, so I can chill with the dragons.

PS. Don't tell anyone about the tail...:fuzsad:

Surfacing 03-15-2002 12:57 AM

I'd prefur to fly, what use does a tail have?

Sl'askia 03-15-2002 01:38 AM

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abe22 03-15-2002 02:57 AM

I'd prefer to fly. But not a cape I want wings that'd be cool.

Alector 03-15-2002 01:31 PM

I would like to have the power to fly, I could fly to Jess! :D
A tail is impractical because people (-like Dark Hood already said-) would have to cut themselve holes in the seat of the trousers what isn't very comfortable...

Sylvia 03-15-2002 06:23 PM

Like Dragadon and Black Dragon said, I already have both, 'cause I'm a dragon too! *grins* (Though I'm not a reptilian dragon; I'm a feline-type dragon, but that doesn't matter!)

(thinks of Final Fantasy) Hmm... I wonder if Zidane's tail is prehensile..... oh, well.

SeaRex 03-15-2002 07:24 PM

Who voted choice #3? Why I aughta...
(Nah, just kidding. It's my fault for giving you choice #3!)

Anywho... I'd have a tail, just becuase tails are cool. A fox would be an OK choice, after dying it and spiking it up. :D But I'd rather have something along the lines of a scorpion or stegosuarus[sp] :fuzvamp:

Fazerina 03-15-2002 08:22 PM

Who's that in your avatar, Luke? It looks a lot like Ash Ketchum... ::lol:

Danny 03-15-2002 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by Surfacing
I'd prefur to fly, what use does a tail have?
You, sir, have obviously never swung gaily through the branches of the mighty jungles, needed help balancing, or had your hands full and needed to pick up something else. Or, for that matter, been extremely drunk and found a third lower limb extremely useful in self-support... Neither have I, but that's not the point...

Besides, wings would get in the way when you walk through doors, and you'd have to be careful not to damage them all the time... Whereas tails could be easily curled up when you're not using them...

Having said that, I disagree with Luke. A Fox's tail would be no good, really. It's Prehensile or no deal... ;)

Cool Paramite 03-22-2002 04:12 PM

A tail! I want a tail!
 
A cape to fly? Too dangerous. If you somehow lose it during your flight, you're going to see the ground way too close. So I choose the tail. I think it would also be funny, a tail. :D

Melvin:squeeking paramite 03-22-2002 04:23 PM

Dear sir, your choices are ill thought out!
 
Luke, my boy, you have forgotten all of the possibilities! How about wings, not some crappy old cape? How about claws? What about having tentacles? Ape-like qualities! Wow, so much to think about... Hmm... Fangs and venom! Scales! A pig nose! Hair all over your body! Skin painted with green paint! How about a nose that comes on and off? Genitalia that works like a squids? *sighs* Too naive....

But out of your *boring* choices, I suppose the cape. I would like to fly, that is the main thing... but still, it's a cape! But a tail! Oh, how people would crowd around and love you if you had a tail! You would live among kings and queens if you had an elongated tail bone! Yes, a tail would make you a god... But, I would rather have a cape. I would rather have wings (or tentacles! Octopus fun!) but I would still like to fly... Dangerous, still.

dark_xinos 03-22-2002 04:57 PM

I dont want anything stuck to my boddy. (Tail, wings). I wanna fly like Petter Pan! Or if I have to have help it would be cool with a FlyingSlig proppeller!:D *chacka-chacka-chacka-chacka*

munchman 03-22-2002 07:20 PM

i would want the power to fly, that would be cool :cool:
but than reality struck and i lay on the ground with a rag on my back :( maby some other day we can all fly :D

SeaRex 03-22-2002 08:20 PM

Re: Dear sir, your choices are ill thought out!
 
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Originally posted by Melvin:squeeking paramite
Luke, my boy, you have forgotten all of the possibilities! How about wings, not some crappy old cape?
Youch, awfully harsh there, Melvin. I chose "cape" so it would seem like a drawback and no one would choose the power to fly. It obviously didn't work...

Besides, it's one or the other, not "Would you rather have a cape or a tail or claws or be an ape or be green or have squid testacles?". I can only do so much... :rolleyes:

Melvin:squeeking paramite 03-22-2002 08:25 PM

Re: Re: Dear sir, your choices are ill thought out!
 
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Originally posted by SeaRex

Youch, awfully harsh there, Melvin. I chose "cape" so it would seem like a drawback and no one would choose the power to fly. It obviously didn't work...

Tisk, trying to make the votes tip to a tail, eh?

:

Besides, it's one or the other, not "Would you rather have a cape or a tail or claws or be an ape or be green or have squid testacles?". I can only do so much... :rolleyes:
Lazy... ;) I still want octopus-like tentacles... and squid genitalia... wings, too....

The Shrink 03-22-2002 09:25 PM

What are you trying to say? You want to be some kind of Saiyan?

Melvin:squeeking paramite 03-23-2002 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by The Shrink
What are you trying to say? You want to be some kind of Saiyan?
First... Are you talking to me or Luke? For some reason, I get the feeling that you may be talking to me, but Luke did start the topic...

Second... what the hell is a Saiyan? It isn't a real word...

dark_xinos 03-23-2002 11:16 AM

Saiyan is probably a creature/hero from a RPG.
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Besides, it's one or the other, not "Would you rather have a cape or a tail or claws or be an ape or be green or have squid testacles?". I can only do so much...:rolleyes:
Oops! I acsedently read it whrong...he he... I thought you meant Squid Testicles... ewh, yuck!

Melvin:squeeking paramite 03-23-2002 05:40 PM

Oh, ok... I'm not an RPG person, so I wouldn't know...

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Originally posted by dark_xinos
Oops! I acsedently read it whrong...he he... I thought you meant Squid Testicles... ewh, yuck!
Actually, he did mean squid testicles... It was in reply to my squid genitalia reference...

SeaRex 03-23-2002 07:20 PM

OK, 4 votes for choice #3 is 4 votes too many!
DAMN IT! THAT WAS ONLY MADE AS A GAG CHOICE!!! I HATE ALL OF YOU!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

he he he... j/k :D

The Shrink 03-24-2002 03:31 AM

Dudes a Saiyan is one of those really strong guys off Dragon Ball Z. I can't believe noone knew that. They can fly and have groovy tails.

Teal 03-24-2002 12:55 PM

*looks at all the *cough* dragons here and rolls eyes, then saws all the tails and wings off* Now what you going to do, huh, huh? That was just cheating so you don't have to answer...

The Real Human Being Behind The Formshifter Online Personailty Posting This Post Here would rather be able to fly... Hence the reason I would Loooove to go hang-gliding... Or else learn to fly a helicopter.

MunchOnThis 03-24-2002 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Sylvia
Like Dragadon and Black Dragon said, I already have both, 'cause I'm a dragon too! *grins* (Though I'm not a reptilian dragon; I'm a feline-type dragon, but that doesn't matter!)

Like Sylvia said us Dragons have got both........*looks at Teal as she sawed our tails and wings off* NOOOOOOOO my beautiful tail, *boo hoo*:fuzblink: NOOOOO THE HUMANITY MY WINGS!!!!!!

*MunchOnThis the Head Scratching Dragon is officially wingless and tailess (bo-hoo!)*

Melvin:squeeking paramite 03-24-2002 05:30 PM

Huh??? Since when were all of these people dragons? I know Drag and BD... but the others...

Edit: I have decided that I am now a purple little elf who lives in a tree.