# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/21 "2016-09-19T16:01:27Z")
Put a couple of bottles of good red wine in the car, drive down to my favourite spot by the sea and walk along the beach till I find a quiet place. Sit where I can watch the sea and the sunset and drink my wine. Maybe the moon will come up and make a path for me. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/22 "2016-09-19T20:52:21Z")
Turn on CSPAN. Twenty-four hours of that would feel like a freaking lifetime… ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/23 "2016-09-19T21:34:59Z")
Eat my fill of steak and chocolate. Spend the rest of the time hugging my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/24 "2016-09-19T21:45:31Z")
Go to confession, play with my dog, spend time with my mom, have lots of chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/25 "2016-09-19T23:08:09Z")
Arrange for homes for my pets, spend most of the day saying goodbye to them. Make good-bye phone calls. Try to find a horse to hug one last time. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/26 "2016-09-20T00:05:18Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > hookers n blow …n meth n heroin n crack n all of it! Why not? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/27 "2016-09-20T00:14:03Z")
Say goodbye to everyone I love, but don’t tell them what’s happening, so it’d be tricky. I’d let them have a normal 24 hours without worrying about me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/28 "2016-09-20T03:45:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > How do any of us know this _isn’t_ the case? Exactly. We all only have 24 hours to live, we just don’t know when it starts. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Drink irresponsibly. … 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… 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. I call that “Wednesday”. Except for the Red Sox stuff. I off-road with the dogs instead. And I’ll pass on the heroin, 'cause I’ll be drunk off my ass on homebrew by 7pm. And I’ll tell ya, Trump’s security is much stronger since last Thursday. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/29 "2016-09-20T20:07:38Z")
Tell everyone I love them, make love one more time, try to score some good blow, then try to finish writing (or painting) my latest project before the reaper shows up. Order might vary. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/30 "2016-09-20T20:14:20Z")
Write out everything - here’s the different retirement plans and their passwords, my company provides 3X my salary as life insurance, be sure to get that. Write out what the animals are currently eating and how much. Make sure a copy of my will is updated and in everyone’s hands. Mass and confession. Good meal, die snuggled with the dogs and _Pride and Prejudice_ on TV. I’d rather not have my sibs around me making me uncomfortable. If the whole world is ending (massive asteroid hit), I’d skip the planning for the future. StG ---
**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 20, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/31 "2016-09-20T22:14:37Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Turn on CSPAN. Twenty-four hours of that would feel like a freaking lifetime… …and you would welcome death not long after you started watching. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312/32 "2016-09-20T23:43:32Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Turn on CSPAN. Twenty-four hours of that would feel like a freaking lifetime… > [@snfaulkner](#): > > …and you would welcome death not long after you started watching. Correct. You wouldn’t live forever, it would just _seem_ like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-24-hours-to-live-what-would-you-do/766312.md?page=1)