Saywell James - If2--: 500 new questions for the game of life

Table of Contents The human imagination is infinite. The fantasies it creales thrill us and uplift us. They even help us to find our way in life. This second collection of "If ..." questions picks up where its predecessor left off ... somewhere deep in the extraordinary territory of what people hope for, dream for, and value about each other and themselves. There is one immediate purpose of these 500 queries: to provoke the mind.

Some are humorous, some more serious, and some even quite difficult to answer. Once you begin to play, you may find laughter, tears, revelation, learning, surprise, or contemplation. But you will never lack the potential for fascinating discussions. As well as the "classic" topics (sex, money, children, death), If2 ... includes queries related to issues on the minds of people today, such as welfare, taxes, health care, the environment, and many more. Each of these alone can give rise to further discussion and other questions.

Use this book to find out more about your neighbors or your friends; ask "If" questions of your teachers, use them for interviews, call in one to a radio show, send one out on the Internet. Few people can resist engaging in the discussions that "If..." initiates. The difficulty with thinking up and compiling these questions was that we were repeatedly interrupted by the irresistible urge to try to answer them, our own imaginations tempting us constantly from the asking, toward the answering. May you, too, give in completely to the same wonderful temptation. If you found out for certain there is a Heaven and a Hell, how would you change your life? If you could determine the age at which you will die, but with nc guarantees regarding health or money, how old would you like to be when you go? If you had to select the one thing in life you feel the most guilty about, what would it be? If you could rid the earth of one thing, what would it be? If you were to close down any charity, which one would you pick? If you could have overheard a specific convocation between any two people, which would it be? If you could have the hair of any Hollywood celebrity, whose would you want? If you had to describe the most memorable night of your life, what would you say? it you could have the power to hypnotize anyone for a day, who would you pick and what would you have them do? it you had to name the best album cover ever, which would it be? It you had to choose the one thing that gives you the most comfort, what would you say? If you could have witnessed one event from your familys history, what would you want to see? If you had to choose a single vice president in the history of the United States to become president, who would you pick? If you had to give up your favorite food forever, what is the minimum amount of money you would demand in return? If you had to name the best live musical performance you have ever attended, which would you pick? If you had to name the best speech or presentation youve ever heard, what would it be? If you had to name the one thing that most frightens you about growing old, what would it be? If you could be more ambitious in only one aspect of your life, what would it be? If you could have anyone from history welcome you into the afterlife, who would you want it to he? If you had to nominate one person you have known for sainthood, who would you choose? If you were to spend the rest of your life in the company of a single type of animal, which would you choose? If you had to constantly carry a weapon of borne kind, what would it be? If you could trade your derrire for that of someone else, whose would you want? If you had to name the one most important ingredient of human beauty, what would you say it is? If you had to give a prize for the most sexually attractive politician in U.S. beautiful, which would you pick? If you could have any view in the world visible from your bed, what would it be? If you had to name the most beautiful bed you have ever occupied, what would it be? If you could exchange work space (e.g., office or cubicle), but not jobs, with someone you presently work with, whose spot would you take? If you could have prevented any single fashion idea or trend from ever happening, which would you have stopped?