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Here are my answers for the first, and only useful, page. What do you think?

Ampersands indicate my selections. "Ordering" questions were done completely at random. Text that is typed below a list of possible answers represents my response to an "other (please specify)" type question. Sorry, folks; it's gonna have to come in updates.

Mine is the biathlon, which combines two of my favorite things: skiing and shooting, both of which I began in earnest at a young age.

You?

The Texas Renaissance Festival? As a fellow Texan - and fellow Houstonian, no less - my first pick is Lone Star Patriot. Neither of us would have to drive very far. Seriously, Magnolia is not so far, neither is Todd Mission.

Y'all - yes, we say that here - should experience this greatness. Of all campgrounds, there are none so excellent as those which espouse a festival atmosphere. Due to the droughts and wildfires that nearly destroyed the county (Bastrop, IIRC) about 4 years ago, TRF did away with their orchards, and expanded their campgrounds. Potable water and proper restrooms were added.

Whom, among Y!A users, would you take to this fantastic festival?

I've learned the following:

1) Don't ever ask for a source for any claim made in a loaded question.

2) If you want "upvotes," tell the question's asker what (s)he wants to hear.

3) While adhering to the advice set forth in #2 above, be concise and hateful.

4) Post anonymously. Hyperpartisan idiots are likely "downvoting" you based on name recognition alone.

What have you to add? Thanks!

Full disclosure: My father was a LEO.

So there's apparently this noise about some female cop shooting someone for reaching inside the vehicle.

Yeah, that's something you don't do. Seems like common sense to me.

Once upon a time in my youth, I was on my way to meet up with a girl I fancied. I was pulled over by a police officer. Rolled down my window, gave (as is required in TX) my license and proof of insurance (no registration necessary; this is not Hollywood - registration is based on license plate and sticker). He goes back to run my info or whatever, and in the meanwhile, I foolishly looked beneath the seats for my cigarettes.

I immediately had a gun pointed directly at me as the LEO screamed at me to show my hands. I nearly s**t myself. I wasn't shot, because I complied immediately with the LEO's orders.

I wasn't shot. I was scared out of my wits, though.

Why did I get off with a warning?

I'm a cat person and always have been, but I'm missing a pup in my life. Every time I visit a friend who has a dog, we're instantly friends. I miss that.

I know that many breeds will get along with my cats (Siamese, and Siamese mix). I can't have some monstrosity that will eat as much as I do, nor do I want something like a chihuahua, which while absolutely adorable, are noisy (and yes, I realize this comes from a guy with two Siamese cats!)

I'm thinking of a beagle or a Jack Russell; I suppose I'm looking for something in the lowest quartile, perhaps in the second-lowest, as regards size. I definitely don't want a dog who's smaller than my cats,

Thoughts?

Thanks!

First they were - as per legal definition - "illegal aliens." Then they became "illegal immigrants," then "undocumented immigrants," then "undocumented migrants."

What will be the next euphemism liberals use to describe one of the most important components of their voting base?

I'm no fan of any of the people who have served as Presidents during my lifetime, except perhaps Reagan.

I would take a bullet to save any of them. Even - or perhaps especially - Jimmy Carter, who I could only meet while building houses as part of "Habitat for Humanity."

It's totally weird for me to hear that anyone actually wishes harm or death on Hillary Clinton. How is that remotely human, to wish the death of another?

First she calls half of her opposition "deplorables" - as though "deplorable" were a noun - and now her own website offers you one opinion - her insensate hatred of Trump as a person "temperamentally unfit for the presidency."

Is this Presidential behavior? Or, perhaps, are you OK with such a hateful, bigoted remark?

If you're OK with it, is it because the "values" of hatred, and division, simply work for you in absence of any policy whatever?

Finally, are you OK with your candidate's use of an adjective as a noun? Do you support her despite her incompetence regarding the English language?

Obama says Americans are lazy. Hillary says half of Trump's supporters are in a basket of "deplorables [sic]." Liberals have been defending these comments in lockstep.

Trump mentions that some illegal aliens are criminals, and they lose their ****.

Can someone explain this to me?

Her deplorable use of the English language aside, how giddy does this make you?

Hillary said her sneezing fit was due to an allergic reaction to Trump. In my opinion, that's fine comedy; she thought on her feet and came up with something almost worthy of a laugh.

People saying that Hillary is seriously ill latched on to this immediately as evidence of some sort of illness. Really?

Y'all sound to me like the fools who thought that President Obama ACTUALLY thinks there are 57 states in the union.

Are politicians not allowed to show a sense of humor anymore?

What are these people hiding? I know they're not running for POTUS - which makes all the more sense that they would comply with what they require of others. What have they got to lose? I mean, it's not like the POTUS is under more scrutiny than the average citizen, or anything.

If we in Y!A can agree on one thing, it's that the electoral college is crap. Let's stop talking about fixing something inherently broken, abolish it, and have truly democratic elections reflecting the will of the people?