Veer:

One last thing – a quick game of hot or not.

Marian:

You have to take into consideration that I live on an island and I don’t have a TV, so I might be completely out of it. Although you can say Deadwood: hot.

Veer:

Burning Man

Marian:

Oh god. Oh shit, I would’ve said not except that I think Stefan Sagmeister was there this summer, so that makes it hot, doesn’t it?

Veer:

I suppose it would have to. Or alternately, Shambhala, which happened right by you.

Marian:

I’m going to go with not.

Veer:

Sagmeister didn’t go to that one. How about skateparks?

Marian:

This is so outside of my cultural realm. I’m going to say not.

Veer:

Text messaging

Marian:

Not.

Veer:

So You Think You Can Dance

Marian:

Never heard of it.

Veer:

It’s a reality show about dancing. People compete and get voted off the dance floor.

Marian:

Oh, for god’s sake. What can I say? I’m going to say not. Horribly not.

Veer:

Everything on our list is not. How about tanning?

Marian:

Tanning? As in with the real sun? Hot.

Veer:

And fake tanning?

Marian:

Not.

Veer:

What about that orange rub stuff?

Marian:

I think that’s stupid.

Veer:

Highlighted hair?

Marian:

Not.

Veer:

The Simpsons. Season 18.

Marian:

I think The Simpsons will always be hot.

Veer:

Chuck Taylors

Marian:

I have no idea. That’s a city thing.

Veer:

John Hughes

Marian:

Who’s John Hughes?

Veer:

Sixteen Candles. Breakfast Club. Uncle Buck.

Marian:

I’m going to say not. I don’t know who he is.

Veer:

Super Mario

Marian:

Not.

Veer:

Iceland

Marian:

HOT.

Veer:

thesaurus.com

Marian:

Thesaurus.com?

Veer:

It’s an offshoot of dictionary.com.

Marian:

I think I was there maybe once a year ago. I’m going to go with not.

Veer:

The devil

Marian:

The devil? Hot. You can put two h’s there, too. Hhot.

Veer:

Food courts

Marian:

Not.

Veer:

Family portraits, such as Sears Portraits

Marian:

Oh. Hot.

Veer:

Vegetarians?

Marian:

Mmmm. Uhh …

Veer:

I can feel your moral dilemma here.

Marian:

Some vegetarians are yummy. Can we put that?

Veer:

Warm?

Marian:

Warm. Lukewarm.

Veer:

Archie

Marian:

As in the comic?

Veer:

The life experience

Marian:

Not not not not.

Veer:

Do you want to think about that for a second?

Marian:

You know it’s religious, don’t you? It’s got a kind of smarmy, smarmy Christian overtone to it that kind of manages to seep through even if it’s not mentioned.

Veer:

Segways

Marian:

Oh, the little driving things. I thought you meant the literary meaning. Literarily, hot. As a product, not.

Veer:

Cops

Marian:

Cops are hot. You can put four h’s in front of that.

Veer:

Are there any cops on the island?

Marian:

Yes.

Veer:

Is it like The Beachcombers?

Marian:

A little bit.

Veer:

So, Beachcombers: hot?

Marian:

Yeah.

Veer:

Alcohol?

Marian:

I’m going to go with not.

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