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When dining out at a restaurant, would you ever send a dish back to the kitchen just because you don't like what you ordered?

Nope. I rarely send food back...we don't often eat in the kinds of places where you'd do that as a regular thing. I have sent back food when they made it wrong, though. No often, but I've done it.

What do you call a carbonated drink? and do you have a favorite?

I call it "pop." Or "soda" when I head north a few miles. There are very few types I don't like, from the very cheap stuff all the way up through the name brands. My preference is Diet Dr. Pepper. I tend not to drink sugared stuff because I always end up with an upset stomach after about 5 swallows. The only flavor I just can't handle at all is cream soda; yuck.

If someone wanted to get under your skin and pick a fight with you, what would be the surest way to do so?

Oh, by all means, if I'm at work, make sure you remind me that you pay my salary. Include the phrase "I pay my taxes!" and I'll love you forever.

You are the proud owner of a brand new pet rock, what will you name it?

Part of me wants to say "why bother?" Part of me is clamoring for all the puns: "Rocky" or "Sandy" or something. I'd probably develop an allergy to rocks if I had a pet rock, so I'm leaning toward "why bother?"

Tangentially, my brother actually had a pet rock when they were all faddy in the 70s. He received as a gift...from his girlfriend, perhaps? I don't remember; I was only about 9 and I just remember it being a big deal one day and deadly boring the next day.