I almost forgot!! Today's Thursday Twiddler:

1. You are in charge of 100 people in imminent danger of death. The best way out will still mean that 10 of them will be left behind, to die in a fairly ghastly manner. Would you make the choice as to who those ten would be, or would you draw lots. And, in either case, would you include yourself in those who (possibly) would be left behind?

Now this is a hard one. I'd like to think that I would remain behind as one of the doomed 10 (the others would, of course, be volunteers, or chosen by lot if necessary), keeping a stiff upper lip and bucking up the spirits of those who are to die with me. A movie of the week would follow... However, I'm going to get all semantical (is that a word) here and point out that the question makes mention of the best way out, not the only way out, and therefore I'd keep looking for an escape plan that could, even if it was a remote chance, allow everyone to survive.

2. You fire an incompetent employee, who then files a hefty wrongful discharge suit. The charges are bogus, but the court case will be long, time-consuming, and expensive. Would you settle out of court? If you knew that you were eventually certain of (costly) victory if you didn't settle, would you anyway?

I'd just shoot him. Who would suspect?

3. What is something you enjoy that is a chore for most people?

Oddly enough, putting things in alphabetical order. I don't know why I enjoy it (probably a wee touch of OCD), but I do.