In honor of Valentine’s Day, last week I asked y’all which would be the preferable choice: be given a love potion that you could use on anyone you haven’t met or already know OR be the creator of such a love potion and be paid extremely well for it, but never be able to use it? And, as always, the comments and choices were entertaining and informative.
The overwhelming choice was for the money to be spent on and with one’s current object of affection. One commenter said the money could be best used on travel, a prospect that spoke to the adventurer in me. Others pointed out the false nature of using a love potion on someone, citing that true love is not created through coercive means.
The two people who opted for the potion gave equally compelling arguments for their choice. I, for one, greatly appreciated the logic behind having the potion on hand should Johnny Depp happen to saunter by in the mall (or wherever Johnny saunters these days). I also found the idea that the potion could be used for evil and thus should be put in the hands of a noble and good person to prevent such a tragedy.
Both sides swayed me, both choices were drawing me to them. Johnny Depp aside, having the love potion in my clutches would keep it from being used by the bad guys, an obvious win for the greater good. Creating the love potion and profiting from it would be helping… well, me, mostly. Unless I donated significant amounts to charities, like the Society for the Prevention of Bad Guys Using Love Potions (also known as SPBGULP). What to do, what to do… I know! Since I’m the genius scientist who created the love potion, I would craft a way for the potion to be rendered useless if it detects any trace of evilness in the giver or the receiver. Now, if I could just get the recipe perfected…
In the meantime, on to this week’s question:
Would you rather
always get first dibs (on everything)
The joy of first dibs. photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography via photopin cc
– OR –
the last laugh (though not entirely in a mean-spirited sort of way)?
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Which will it be this week, clever readers? Will you choose to always be the first person at everything (both good and bad) or have the last laugh in every situation? The tea has been steeped to perfection and the pillows are fluffed. Sit, sip, and share your brilliant ideas and thoughts. I always love hearing from you.
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Liv Rancourt said:
ME FIRST! Because that’s just how I roll. 😉
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Tami Clayton said:
And as you roll along, may all of the first dibs you encounter be good ones. 🙂
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Ellen Gregory said:
I’m going to go for last laugh: that would give me the opportunity to perfect my approach based on everyone else’s experiences…
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Tami Clayton said:
As always, a well thought out answer. 🙂
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Brinda said:
I’m calling first dibs.
I’ve tried to be more assertive in my middle-aged adventures and that means I should go for what I want. Right?
Getting the last laugh seems kind of mean. I don’t know why I interpret it that way.
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Tami Clayton said:
First dibs = assertiveness. I like it. I may have to borrow that line of thinking. 😉
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Barbara Forte Abate said:
Definitely going for the last laugh. Feels so good and tends to last much longer 😀
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Tami Clayton said:
True, the laughter and good feelings from it can last longer than, say, having first dibs on the chocolate cake. Though chocolate cake is pretty dang yummy… 🙂
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Barbara Forte Abate said:
Whoa, just a danged minute! Trick question! Foul ball! You never said we were talking about CHOCOLATE CAKE!
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Tami Clayton said:
Chocolate is always implied in these sorts of questions. Apologies if that wasn’t entirely clear. I’ll make a sign and post it in the kasbah so as to avoid such confusion in the future. 🙂
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Elizabeth Fais said:
I’m going to go for the last laugh *in a giving, jovial kind of way*. I think that making people feel good is the ultimate gift, and to leave them with a lasting flavor of humor and fun is priceless.
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Tami Clayton said:
I agree – sharing joy through laughter is a great gift to give to others. That’s a great way of thinking about ‘last laugh’.
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Judythe Morgan said:
I’m definitely a ME, first.
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Tami Clayton said:
And first you shall be. 🙂
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Suzanne Stengl said:
Well, d’uh, LAST LAUGH!
Funny, I thought everybody’d say that… So this is a very good question.
Maybe it’s not so much that I’d take Last Laugh as I don’t know what it means to have First Dibs. I grew up with 8 brothers & sisters. Can’t remember ever getting First Dibs.
Tammy, I am amazed at how you come up with these scenarios.
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Tami Clayton said:
In a family with 8 brothers and sisters, I can see why you’d not be familiar with first dibs. 🙂
Everyone who has commented has come up with good reasons for choosing one over the other. I’m always curious and amazed by everyone’s answers. I have to confess that sometimes I borrow the WYR questions from the game itself.
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Marcia said:
The last laugh sounds like a winner today….who knows tomorrow?
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Tami Clayton said:
Keeping your options open, Marcia? I like how you committed to one answer, but only for today – way to be flexible. 🙂