# If you had 24 hours to live , what would you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312 "2016-09-18T22:59:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hbk4894](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/1 "2016-09-18T22:59:47Z")
If you had 24 hours to live , what would you do? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/2 "2016-09-18T23:52:43Z")
Just be with my family, call some people, go to church. Try to have a regular day. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/3 "2016-09-19T00:10:38Z")
Spend the day reading Wodehouse and drinking a really good porter. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/4 "2016-09-19T00:24:45Z")
Eat at the the best BBQ place in the area, have a good beer, play with my dog, and have one last roll in the hay with cwPartner. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/5 "2016-09-19T00:28:33Z")
At this point, probably try to take out a certain presidential candidate. If you’d have asked me in April, my answer would have been different. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/6 "2016-09-19T00:33:58Z")
Rent a car and start driving. Stop only to refuel self and car. Pull over when my sight starts failing. By this time, I’ll be on a mountain and have a really good sunset. Oh yes, I’m a responsible grown-up, so I would snail-mail letters to concerned individuals. I carry plenty of ID, and the car can be traced to the rental operation. Or, load the thing with lots of cans of gasoline, take lethal dose of drugs and go out with a bang. I am conflicted… ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/7 "2016-09-19T00:57:29Z")
Not go to work. Stay home with my wife and kids. Eat something nice. Sign a couple a legal documents just to make the transition easier. Call a priest. Kiss my wife. Die in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/8 "2016-09-19T01:00:37Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Rent a car and start driving. Stop only to refuel self and car. Pull over when my sight starts failing. > By this time, I’ll be on a mountain and have a really good sunset. > Oh yes, I’m a responsible grown-up, so I would snail-mail letters to concerned individuals. > > I carry plenty of ID, and the car can be traced to the rental operation. > > Or, load the thing with lots of cans of gasoline, take lethal dose of drugs and go out with a bang. > > I am conflicted… Or both at once, and recreate [Firefall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Firefall)? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/9 "2016-09-19T01:17:55Z")
hookers n blow ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/10 "2016-09-19T02:45:17Z")
Lots of love. Everything else would be secondary. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/11 "2016-09-19T02:59:32Z")
Vibrate around the room in abject terror. ETA: Oh - go buy a few packs of cigarettes and probably smoke them all. (I’m seven years quit). ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/12 "2016-09-19T03:10:42Z")
what **Ají de Gallina** said, with the addition of run out to the shooting range and send a few rounds down range. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/13 "2016-09-19T03:12:07Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > hookers n blow I don’t use illegal drugs, so for me, hookers and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/14 "2016-09-19T07:28:51Z")
Get drunk as shit at a Irish themed pub, and pass the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/15 "2016-09-19T09:09:25Z")
just stay with my husband and do whatever we both want to do. It’s not just about my last 24 with him, but also about his last 24 with me. And be extra nice to the kittehs. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/16 "2016-09-19T09:37:52Z")
Two chicks at the same time. That’s a punchline to a different joke. No, really I’d probably watch one of my favourite movies, eat one of my favourite meals, and if possible be at one of my favourite locations. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/17 "2016-09-19T11:06:21Z")
How do any of us know this _isn’t_ the case? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/18 "2016-09-19T11:23:56Z")
Drink irresponsibly. Put a mess of meat in the smoker. Crank the stereo up to 11, maybe ZZ Top to start. Buy a ton of fireworks and set them off all at once. Ride a motorcycle again. Fuck outdoors. Go to a Red Sox game in Fenway. Punch Trump in the dick. At the 23rd hour, OD on heroin and cheat whatever death had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/19 "2016-09-19T11:48:35Z")
Write it all down so I could have _something_ published before I die, goddammit! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/20 "2016-09-19T15:35:04Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > > [@snfaulkner](#): > > > > hookers n blow > > I don’t use illegal drugs, so for me, hookers and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. I don’t either, but I’d start since I’d have no fear of ODing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312.md?page=2)