Tuesday Morning Questions

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. Favorite Mammal?

2. Favorite Reptile?

3. Favorite Beverage?

4. Does the ends justify the means?

5. Favorite Cliche?

[eyepaddle]

1. Okay

1. Beilieve it or not, Humans.
2: Aligators (I used to live in Louisiana, so they kind of made an impression on me)
3. Coffee
$. No.
5. It's the exception that proves the rule. (I just love the jarring inconsistency!)

[Esra Star]

27. This might explain #5 a little....

Origin

It's a legal maxim, established in English law in the early 17th century. Written, as law was in those days, in Latin:

Exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis

and is interpreted to mean ‘exception confirms the rule in the cases not excepted’

It has (slightly modified) examples in print going back to at least 1617:

Collins: Indefinites are equivalent to vniversalls especially where one exception being made, it is plaine that all others are thereby cut off, according to the rule Exceptio figit regulam in non exceptis.

While not the earliest citation, this, from Giovanni Torriano's Piazza universale di proverbi italiani, or A Common Place of Italian Proverbs, 1666, expresses the idea clearly:

"The exception gives Authority to the Rule."

extracted from:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/exception-that-proves-the-rule.html

[Burma Jones]

2. Mornin' Pumpkin

1. Favorite Mammal? - Humans

2. Favorite Reptile? - Paris Hilton

3. Favorite Beverage? - Fizzy Water

4. Does the ends justify the means? - Rarely for an individual and never for the state.

5. Favorite Cliche? - Gag a Maggot, as in, "the President's ideas stink so bad they could gag a maggot"

[Shell Beau]

3. Here you go!!!

1. Favorite Mammal? It is a tie between a whale and an elephant!

2. Favorite Reptile? Kimodo (sp?) Dragon. They are just cool.

3. Favorite Beverage? Cherry Coke

4. Does the ends justify the means? For the most part.

5. Favorite Cliche? I have to think on that one and I am just too sleepy right now!

[taterguy]

4. Tuesday answers

1. Humans. I could claim dogs or cats but damnit I like people, at least some of them.

2. T. Rex

3. Beer. Sorry to be unfashionable but that's the truth

4. Usually

5. Whereever you go, there you are

[Joe Fields]

5. Easy answers today...

1) dogs

2) don't like any reptiles

3) milk

4)depends on the means

5)"can't win 'em all"

[AllegroRondo]

6. hooray!

1. Favorite Mammal?
My wife.

2. Favorite Reptile?
Does Cheney count?

3. Favorite Beverage?
Guinness
:beer:

4. Does the ends justify the means?
almost never.

5. Favorite Cliche?
I despise all cliche.

[SteppingRazor]

7. Answers!

1. Favorite Mammal?
Humans

2. Favorite Reptile?
Geckos (I have two)

3. Favorite Beverage?
Scotch. To quote the great Ron Burgundy, "I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly."

4. Does the ends justify the means?
As a general rule to be applied as moral justification? Absolutely not.

5. Favorite Cliche?
I hate fucking cliches.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. ok here goes

1. Favorite Mammal? hundreds. felines, monkeys, sea mammals.. i could go on forever

2. Favorite Reptile? dont know

3. Favorite Beverage? water

4. Does the ends justify the means? generally, no.

5. Favorite Cliche? Angry Lesbians. ( seriously, i love angry lesbians generally.. i may even be one myself... )

[Katina]

9. thank you..no brain strain with these

:bounce:

1. Favorite Mammal? cat (of all species)

2. Favorite Reptile? gecko

3. Favorite Beverage? seltzer with lime

4. Does the ends justify the means? sometimes

5. Favorite Cliche? happy as flies on sh*t.

[Deep13]

10. answers

"1. Favorite Mammal?"
My sweetie. Other than that, the esquilax, a kind of horse that has the head of a rabbit and the body of a rabbit.

"2. Favorite Reptile?"
Arlen Specter

"3. Favorite Beverage?"
Polar Orange Dry soda, sadly not available in Ohio.

"4. Does the ends justify the means?"
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

"5. Favorite Cliche?"
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever.

[Zavulon]

11. .

1. Favorite Mammal? - Elephants. Not humans.

2. Favorite Reptile? - Water Moccasin.

3. Favorite Beverage? - RC Cola.

4. Does the ends justify the means? - Sometimes.

5. Favorite Cliche? - Can't think of one I like.

[seemunkee]

12. Answers

1. Favorite Mammal? Red Pandas

2. Favorite Reptile? Jackson Chameleons

3. Favorite Beverage? Beer

4. Does the ends justify the means? Sometimes

5. Favorite Cliche? No idea

[skygazer]

13. My answers

1. Favorite Mammal? Dogs.

2. Favorite Reptile? Snakes.

3. Favorite Beverage? Water.

4. Do the ends justify the means? Since the phrase is usually used to justify means that were wrong or immoral, I would say no.

5. Favorite Cliche? You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Just because it's completely untrue. :P

[Heidi]

14. Okie dokie.

1. Favorite Mammal?
Cat. Human. Cat. Human. Can't decide.

2. Favorite Reptile?
Sceloporus undulatus (eastern fence lizard)

3. Favorite Beverage?
Iced tea

4. Does the ends justify the means?
No. Both the means and the end must be right.

5. Favorite Cliche?
I haven't a clue. ;)

[1gobluedem]

15. Tuesday answers

1. Favorite Mammal? Humans. Some of them, at any rate.

2. Favorite Reptile? Alligators.

3. Favorite Beverage? Alchoholic: Miller Lite. Non-alcoholic: McDonalds Coke. I'm a simpleton.

4. Does the ends justify the means? Depends on the situation.

5. Favorite Cliche? You can't take it with you. I don't know if it's my favorite but it's the one that just popped into my head.

[fizzgig]

16. morning pri

1. Favorite Mammal? cats of any kind

2. Favorite Reptile? can't say that i have one

3. Favorite Beverage? hmmmmm...probably coffee

4. Does the ends justify the means? sometimes

5. Favorite Cliche? where ever you go, there you are

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. happy birthday!!!!

:bounce: :party:

[fizzgig]

21. thanks!

:bounce:

[Guava Jelly]

17. k

1. Favorite Mammal?
Whales

2. Favorite Reptile?
Turtle
3. Favorite Beverage?
Vino
4. Does the ends justify the means?
no
5. Favorite Cliche?
You can't have everything..Where would you put it?

[edbermac]

18. Mine

1. Favorite Mammal?
Donkey of course!
:kick:

2. Favorite Reptile?
Iguana

3. Favorite Beverage?
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi

4. Does the ends justify the means?
No

5. Favorite Cliche?
No matter where you go, there you are.

[Wetzelbill]

20. alright

1. Favorite Mammal? the female species of the humans

2. Favorite Reptile? not Paul Wolfowitz

3. Favorite Beverage? three way tie, coffee, water, and Diet Mountain Dew

4. Does the ends justify the means? no, not usually. By doing something bad, for what you may consider a worthwhile endeavor, you nullify the good you wanted to do. Like say, if somebody planted evidence on a bad person etc. Yeah, that person might deserve to go to jail, but ethically, you are no better for being a rat yourself.

5. Favorite Cliche? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

[SarahB]

22. OK

1. Favorite Mammal?

Humans

2. Favorite Reptile?

giant tortoises

3. Favorite Beverage?

Non-alcoholic- water, alcoholic- dry red wine

4. Does the ends justify the means?

No

5. Favorite Cliche?

I don't know. I'll have to think abut that one. :P

[KamaAina]

23. Land animal: cat; marine mammal: dolphin

Reptile: Indigo snake

Beverage: New Orleans Amber rum, which I just discovered during my January sojourn. Probably not available outside the immediate region, though.

4. What is the sound of one hand clapping?

5. "We're gonna go out there and give 110 percent".

[BarenakedLady]

24. k

1. Favorite Mammal?

chimpanzee

2. Favorite Reptile?

garden snakes

3. Favorite Beverage?

wine

4. Does the ends justify the means?

sometimes

5. Favorite Cliche?

you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

[bigwillq]

25. Here it goes:

1. Favorite Mammal?
Elephant

2. Favorite Reptile?
Snakes

3. Favorite Beverage?
Fruit Punch


4. Does the ends justify the means?
Sometimes


5. Favorite Cliche?
You are what you eat

[xchrom]

26. ok -- here goes --

1 -- dogs

2 -- rattlesnake

3 -- even though i don't drink -- it would be a good california red wine.

4 -- depends on the means.

5 -- you know i think it depends -- my memory isn't what it used to be.
so i guess right now it's ''nervous as a long tailed cat in room full of rockers''.

but there are others i like better -- but can't think of.

[Broken_Hero]

28. Okay,

1. Favorite Mammal?Killer Whale

2. Favorite Reptile?uh....hmm...Lizards!

3. Favorite Beverage?non-alcoholic is Mt. Dew, alcoholic is Screwdrivers

4. Does the ends justify the means?depends on the situation...thats a pretty heavy/loaded question

5. Favorite Cliche?usual in sport movies, where the underdog wins/makes a comeback(happens in like 99.9% of sports flicks)...

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. Hmmm...

1. Favorite Mammal?

Kitties!

2. Favorite Reptile?

Geckos

3. Favorite Beverage?

Coffay

4. Does the ends justify the means?

Mmmmm....sometimes

5. Favorite Cliche?

Don't really have one.