Treppenwitz recently posted on his blog a list of 50 binary choices, indicating his preferences. I found the list interesting, and at times, amusing. I found it a very personal list (as personal as the choices themselves), and masculine to boot. I have compiled my own (more feminine) list, using his as a jumping-off point. (Between Wilma and Betty or Ginger and Maryanne, I have no preference.) As on Trep’s list, my preferences are in bold. I have reserved my woman’s prerogative not to choose and, being a person of manifold opinions, I have included commentary where applicable.
1. Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate (Note that there is no White Chocolate here. That’s because chocolate cannot be white.)
2. Elite or Vered HaGalil
3. Scotch or Bourbon (Neither; Port.)
4. Treadmill or Elliptical Trainer
5. American Literature or English Literature
6. Soccer or Basketball
7. Ketchup or Mustard (Except on french fries; then salt and vinegar.)
8. Ice Cream or Sorbet
9. Downhill or X-Country
10. Mac or Windows (I understand there are people who switch from Windows and learn to love Macs. But I fear change.)
11. Horns or Synthesizers
12. Beer or Hard Cider
13. Aisle or Window (I actually prefer the light and view of a window seat, but I’m also claustrophobic.)
14. Republican or Democrat (Neither. Democrats think Republicans are greedy and evil, and Republicans think Democrats are stupid and naïve. They’re both right.)
15. Root Beer or Cream Soda
16. Florida or California
17. Smoking or Non-Smoking (You know how I feel about this.)
18. Plane or Train
19. Rowing or Canoeing
20. Fall or Spring (Both are wonderful.)
21. France or Italy
22. Dog or Cat
23. Teriyaki or Sushi
24. Massage or Facial
25. Tea or Coffee
26. Sugar or Splenda (What’s Splenda, Precious?)
27. Fiction or Non-Fiction (Why choose?)
28. Burned to a Crisp or Bloody as Hell (Neither: carbon is carcinogenic and raw carries salmonella.)
29. John or Paul
30. Flats or Heels (A woman should always be able to run in her shoes without looking like a sissy.)
31. Pants or Skirts (This includes kilts for men.)
32. Army or Navy (All the girls love a sailor, and their uniforms are so much smarter.)
33. Dark Meat or White Meat
34. Seattle or Portland
35. Youth or Middle Age (The latter is MUCH more interesting.)
36. Flooring or Carpet
37. Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig
38. Dressed Salad or Dressing On The Side
39. Fitzgerald or Hemingway
40. Long Hair or Short Hair
41. Driver or Passenger
42. Coder or WYSIWYG (I asked the Cap’n, “What’s wussywig?” He says it’s what I am.)
43. Crossword or Sudoku
44. Day-trips or Camping
45. Thongs or Bikinis (I’m not discussing underclothing on a family blog. Besides, I can’t understand anyone purposely giving herself a wedgie or worse, in the case of a bathing suit, displaying her butt in public.)
46. Clean-As-You-Go or Throw-All-the-Dishes-In-The-Sink
47. Indoors or Al Fresco (I love fresh air, but not bugs in my drink.)
48. Arwen or Eowyn
49. Saturday Night Live or Monty Python
50. Israel or America (Surprised you, didn’t I?)
Shimshonit 
I love what you have chosen to be respective and alternatives. For example, “Root Beer or Cream Soda” – my goodness, these really are apt alternatives! Kudos.
I love 42, “Coder or WYSIWYG”. You most likely are indeed WYSIWYG, but in an unconventional sense, band so this is a brilliant pun and/or double-entendre by the Cap’n.
Michael: This is definitely a fluff post. The alternatives I have chosen to include are anything but earth-shattering. I’m glad you were at least entertained. I think the Cap’n meant his statement at the time in a literal sense, though with men one can never tell.