# For 24 hours you're INVINCIBLE, now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159 "2008-02-18T20:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/1 "2008-02-18T20:54:59Z")
Okay tonight you’re visited by space aliens who love a good laugh and using their wild and whacky space alien superpowers make it so that starting tomorrow at midnight you’ll be invincible … nothing can harm or kill you … absolutely nothing. But then 24 hours later BAMO (space aliens like to use the term BAMO) you’re back to normal. Just for the record, your clothes and anything you’re carrying are not invincible just your body (i.e. if you jump into fire or a volcano, you’d exit unharmed but naked) Strangely this idea came to me while watching CNN. Oliveritaly ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/2 "2008-02-18T20:58:12Z")
Sadly, I would sleep until 6am, wake my SO up so he can get ready for work, roll out of bed myself about 640 and get ready, go to work, come home and either play EVE Online or LOTRO and then go to bed. The invincibility would be totally wasted on me. Good grief, I’m boring. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/3 "2008-02-18T20:58:45Z")
I’d buy a good watch. Maybe two good watches. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/4 "2008-02-18T20:59:51Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Sadly, I would sleep until 6am, wake my SO up so he can get ready for work, roll out of bed myself about 640 and get ready, go to work, come home and either play EVE Online or LOTRO and then go to bed. The invincibility would be totally wasted on me. Good grief, I’m boring. [/QUOTE] I loved LOTRO and wanted to love EVE but couldn’t _get_ it … maybe I need to try again … still stuck on EQ darnit! ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/5 "2008-02-18T21:16:13Z")
I’d go on scary amusement park rides with my son. I’m the wimpy mom who, at Disney World, goes to the International Showcase at Epcot while the menfolk are on Test Track or whatever and it would mean so much to him if I went on some of this stuff with him just once, because I knew nothing bad could happen to me. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/6 "2008-02-18T21:22:33Z")
[QUOTE=Oliveritaly] Okay tonight you’re visited by space aliens who love a good laugh and using their wild and whacky space alien superpowers make it so that starting tomorrow at midnight you’ll be invincible … nothing can harm or kill you … absolutely nothing. [/QUOTE] But would there be pain, that’s the million-dollar question. If no pain, I’d probably try skateboarding, that trick bike stuff the kids are doing nowadays, and some aggressive skiing and snowboarding. If there’s also legal immunity after the fact, then we can take this to a whole new level. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/7 "2008-02-18T21:25:08Z")
I’d start making wild bets. Someone out there must be gullible enough to take the “I bet a thousand bucks I can jump off this skyscraper and get up and walk away after” bet. Repeat for 24 hours. Either that, or I’m guessing the US Government would have some amazingly profitable use for me. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/8 "2008-02-18T21:25:20Z")
I think I might have to take on a city bus face-first just to give everyone something to talk about. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/9 "2008-02-18T21:25:36Z")
Nope sorry should have added that … nothing hurts. You could walk in lava, bottom of the ocean, anything … nothing hurts. No legal immunity … but if you MUST add in legal immunity sure, that could be a fun twist as well … ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/10 "2008-02-18T21:25:47Z")
I would go sky diving and deep sea diving and see the sharks. No WAY am I doing that stuff without invincibility. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/11 "2008-02-18T21:39:57Z")
Man, too bad I couldn’t find any above-ground nuclear tests. Jump out of a plane, no parachute. Demolition Derby, no car. Pick a fight- With an entire platoon of Marines. Fun stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/12 "2008-02-18T21:48:14Z")
I suppose you could (assuming a political bend here) bust prisoners out of GITMO … not sure how much good that would do AND there’d be hell to pay after 24 hours AND you’d likely get a lot of prisoners killed … Charter a ship to a known ship wreck site? Fullfill some really wild sexual fantasy without thought to STD? Do something crazy and try to capitalize on your strange ability to just ‘walk away’ the next day? hummmm … ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/13 "2008-02-18T21:52:38Z")
Hmmm…24 hours isn’t much time. I’s probably just douse myself in gasoline, light it and go on a flaming rampage. Problem is I wouldn’t be super strong, right? Like if I jump in front of a truck, I won’t crumple it like The Thing or a Terminator robot. It’s just knock me up the street a hundred yards? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/14 "2008-02-18T22:14:17Z")
Assuming I could get down and back quickly enough to not die in transit while still having enough time to make the trip worthwhile, I’d get me a mondo-powerful flashlight and go explore the wreckage of the Titanic. I know it’s not part of the deal, but elevated strength would quite likely be indispensable to avoid being trapped by falling wreckage. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/15 "2008-02-18T22:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] I’d start making wild bets. Someone out there must be gullible enough to take the “I bet a thousand bucks I can jump off this skyscraper and get up and walk away after” bet. Repeat for 24 hours. Either that, or I’m guessing the US Government would have some amazingly profitable use for me. [/QUOTE] My answer almost verbatim. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/16 "2008-02-18T22:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=spooje] I would go sky diving and deep sea diving and see the sharks. No WAY am I doing that stuff without invincibility. [/QUOTE] I assume you could still be swallowed whole by a shark and remain imprisoned, invincibly alive in its stomach, until the 24 hours were up. That would suck. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/17 "2008-02-18T22:44:29Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I assume you could still be swallowed whole by a shark and remain imprisoned, invincibly alive in its stomach, until the 24 hours were up. That would suck. [/QUOTE] That’s why you take a knife, so you can make your own exit. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/18 "2008-02-18T22:53:15Z")
Do you _know_ you’re invincible? “I dunno, man, I just feel strange this morning. Maybe it’ll go away when I wake up.” “Bob! You’re sitting on the stove!” :: the smoke alarm sounds :: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/19 "2008-02-18T22:59:23Z")
Well, alien abduction and all…I’d like to think that the anal probe was for SOME reason. At least buy me a dinner with that kind of probing, you alien bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159/20 "2008-02-18T23:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] That’s why you take a knife, so you can make your own exit. [/QUOTE] I’d use dynamite [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-24-hours-youre-invincible-now-what/438159.md?page=2)