Previously: “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data”
Currently: The Only List of Icebreaker Questions You’ll Ever Need (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)
Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.
If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.
What is your favorite magical or mythological animal?
Manticore, because my brother owned that one Emerson, Lake, and Palmer album.
Also, whatever critter poops the gold coins that make socialism possible.

Literally Hitler. It has the power to terrify people and influence politics decades after the first Hitler died.
The critter that poops gold coins that make socialism possible is the American taxpayer.
The Griffin.
How can you not think a flying lion with an eagle’s beak is awesome?
Harvey, even in fairy-tale land nothing could make socialism work.
The closest would be the amazing skittle-crapping unicorn.