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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Would You Give Up Sex or Alcohol?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At right: The hard tacos at Chipotle on Ponce de Leon. Joey Ivansco/AJC staff
“When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he’s dead.” - Judith Viorst
“Which would you rather give up for six months: sex or alcohol?” That’s one of hundreds of questions asked in a new book called “Barguments” by Doug Hanks, a writer for the Miami Herald (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, March 4, 2008, $9.99).
Hanks defines a “bargument” as “a debate with no right or wrong answer that must be uncomplicated enough to discuss after three beers.” The whole book is simply a compilation of 274 questions that are unanswerable but highly debatable. Hanks, of course, lays out a few ground rules for getting started: 1. There is no right or wrong answer. 2. Barguments can only involve the most important of all topics, which are, according to the author: television, drinking, food, “Star Wars,” and sex. Topics like capital punishment and war are NOT allowed. My list would have to add movies and books, as well as shopping. And music. And bugs. And shoes. I’m assuming most folks would want sports in there somewhere, too.
Here’s a good one, for instance, from page 251: You have to eat lunch at the same restaurant for the next six months. What do you pick?
For me, it would be Chipotle or Lotta Frutta. Where would you pick? And remember — you have to foot the bill.
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