# A hypothetical question. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 23, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912 "2016-03-23T01:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/21 "2016-03-23T13:07:13Z")
Save the one with the biggest boobs. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/22 "2016-03-23T13:40:47Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Save the one with the biggest boobs. > > Regards, > Shodan Fat Albert will be eternally grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/23 "2016-03-23T14:01:51Z")
I’d check to see whether the OP was **Skald**. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/24 "2016-03-23T14:05:41Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > If you were in an hypothetical situation, what do you think you’d do? 😕 > > 😉 I’d recognize that since “hypothetical” is accented on its first syllable with an aspirated H, it calls for “a” rather than “an.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/25 "2016-03-23T16:56:01Z")
Opine vigorously on the 'Dope about it. Or not. Meh. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/26 "2016-03-23T17:28:51Z")
Fortunately, no one in Real Life has asked me one of those “What would you do if?” questions. E.g., the red button saves you and your family from certain doom but kills everyone else. I _hate_ those. So, hypothetically, if I were asked one of those hypothetical questions, I’d back out of the rabbit hole very slowly. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/27 "2016-03-23T20:18:54Z")
Hypothetically, I’d get underneath the thet, and take from there. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/28 "2016-03-23T20:34:33Z")
I would befriend the hypothetical. Then, I would stab it in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/29 "2016-03-23T20:34:40Z")
Shoot the hostage! ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/30 "2016-03-24T13:52:11Z")
Depends on who was watching… ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/31 "2016-03-24T14:03:41Z")
More drugs. Or fewer. Depending if which led to the situation. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912/32 "2016-03-24T14:10:39Z")
I only answer Skald hypotheticals. No… I would do exactly in the hypothetical what I would do in real life, UNLESS the real life action was easier said than done, in which case I would do the easier thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-question/749912.md?page=1)