From the Adam Carolla radio show!

In this game, you are to imagine going on a cross-country road trip. You have to choose between two persons to join you... to be locked up with them in a car for hours listening to them talk... as well as stopping along the way to eat and sleep in each other's presence. You can choose real people or "types" of people in this game. Explain your reasoning.

Would you rather go on a road trip with a squeaky-clean, perky female beauty pageant contestant (who's been in pageants since she was 3) or an angry Goth chick who dropped out of continuation high school?

The Goth chick. At least I could smoke in the car, play rock music and not run out of things she could talk about in less than 10 minutes.

Would you rather be with a 500 pound truck driver who complains about how all of the other cars are being driven or a mean little old lady who constantly nags about your driving?

The trucker- he'll know where all the good stops are, which routes do not have active checkpoints at the state lines and is likely to insist on changing the tire if we get a flat.



Would you rather be travelling with a zealous political observer whose views directly oppose your own or a music freak whose preference in music happens to be exactly what you hate?

The political observer. I have had long, interesting conversations with people whose political views oppose my own, but could not tolerate hours of rap!

Would you rather travel for hours on end with someone who has gas and excessive natural body odor or a sweaty nudist who insists on traveling in their birthday suit?

The sweaty nudist would be my choice. I would rather sit next to a naked person than a stinky one.

Would you rather go on a road trip with a pure "redneck" or a genuine "city slicker"?

The redneck--more REAL

Would you like to travel with a baby who cries constantly or a woman with a VERY high-pitched voice who will NOT stop talking about old boyfriends?

The woman. I would feel more humane leaving her at the mile marker 42 rest area.

Would you rather ride with someone who has an uncaged pet snake or someone who has an uncaged pit bull terrier?

The snake--less to clean up after!

Would you rather ride with a person who just ate 5 pounds of garlic or someone who just won a bean-eating contest?

Garlic, I love garlic . I have an odd bodily chemical reaction whenever I eat garlic. The scent oozes out of my pores and I have been told it is quite pronounced. (I don't smell or notice it myself ) It takes several hours to "fester" and my bride or mother can always tell if I had garlic the previous night. I make my "special" hamburger smothered in fresh fried garlic and onions. I think I will have one tonight,,, Wanna go for a drive tomorrow?

Would you rather go on a long road trip with a person that chews gum loudly and is constantly snapping bubbles, or a person that constantly cracks their knuckles?

Oh, the knuckle cracker, no question!
I HATE the sounds involved with gum chewng!


Would you prefer a hyper, constant chatterer or a sleeper that snores?

The sleeper might be fun. Imagine the sport of switching lanes quickly and cornering sharply to see if you can get him to stop

George W. Bush or Dick Cheney?

Bush--won't have to worry about errant gunshots ....

Would you rather travel with a parrot that repeated everything you said or a kid that won't stop humming?

The parrot- at least it is not making noise when I'm not speaking.



Would you rather travel with a grouch who only wants to "make time" on the road, stopping only for fuel/food/potty breaks or a relentlessly cheerful type who insists on stopping at every tourist trap, historical marker and vista point?

Gimme the grouch--will get there faster

Would you rather travel with a gay person who is very attracted to you or a dog that won't stop barking?

The gay guy. At least I could smack him if he got out of line . (I won't hit a dog that is not attacking me)

Oh yea I guess in MrsS's and Bob's book I am a "grouch", but I make great time .


Would you rather take a road trip with a man with a smooth monotone voice talking non stop about the weather, or a "Valley Girl" who won't shut up and has a high squeaky voice?

Like, I'm so sure, you know, like, I'd pick the Valley Girl... totally. She'd be, like, more fun, and I sometimes, you know, find myself saying "like" and "dude" a lot, too, so, oh my god!, we'd get along, like, so well, you know?

An East Los Angeles Hispanic gang member or a New York Italian mobster?

KMAO@Koz- I'm the "grouch", too, most of the time!

I'll take the weatherdrone- I can tune him out or drown him out with OingoBoingo or the Ramones- there's no overriding the piercing qualiity of the voice of a genuine Val.

Whoops- Simulpost- I'll take the Mob guy- generally better manners and better stories.

Would you rather take a road trip with a major party animal who drinks, smokes heavily and may be carrying drugs or a newly "born again" convert to a fundamentalist faith who talks nonstop about the "truth" of his newfound religion?

The idea of getting stopped with drugs in the car makes me ill, so I would choose the newborn fundamentalist. I have some experience in this arena and believe I could get the person on a track to a more mature reasonableness.

Would you rather ride with a Jehovah's Witness who wants to hand out tracts at every stop along the way or a wild-eyed postal worker transporting a chain saw?

wild-eyed postal worker transporting a chain saw, I can protect myself against that threat, not the other option !

Would you rather ride with an escaped convict, or an escaped mental patient?

The escaped convict; at least he would be predictable.

Would you rather ride with a nice middle eastern gentleman who lifts his shirt to show you 20 pounds of plastic explosives strapped to his body or a little red-headed kid from Oklahoma who shows you the detonator to the bomb he made with fertilizer that is in his suitcase in the trunk of your car?