# If you knew for 100% that you wouldn't be caught, what would you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440 "2003-03-06T06:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sidewinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sidewinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sidewinder)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/21 "2003-03-07T02:19:39Z")
I would steal so much money that I could pay other people to do the unspeakable things I want done to my foes… Oh, and I’d be a porn star… but that defeats the purpose of not being caught if you want people to see it, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/22 "2003-03-07T02:19:47Z")
I’d frame a number of high-ranking political and religious leaders for child pornography. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/23 "2003-03-07T02:25:34Z")
I would go from car to car ripping off jesus fish, antiabortion license plates, antiabortion bumper stickers and have a really big bonfire in hopes of my upcoming trip to hell. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/24 "2003-03-07T02:36:20Z")
Can you imagine the warehouse full of MATTRESS TAGS that I could amass? And no one would be able to stop me! _NO ONE!_ Live in nurse approaches with syringe 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/25 "2003-03-07T02:42:32Z")
Piss on my former boss’ face. ---
**Author:** ![plain\_jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@plain\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plain_jane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/26 "2003-03-07T02:44:52Z")
You know what’s funny? My morals would prevent me from doing what I’d like to do (like being able to take home for free whatever caught my fancy during shopping trips, for example.) I’m a wimp, I guess, but my morals are very, very strongly tied into my self-esteem and I’d feel horrible. But! If I could get away with it, I’d miss much time from work, even if it meant reduced paycheques. I’d love to just get up and leave when I like without it being held against me, or just call in sick and spend the day home reading. Oh! And I’d be rude to the customers who are mean to me while I’m at work. Yeah, that I could definitely handle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hepcat421](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hepcat421](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hepcat421)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/27 "2003-03-07T02:48:41Z")
Smack this girl I know up side the head. She’s earned it. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/28 "2003-03-07T02:53:56Z")
I’d go to our local & state newspapers about the behavior of some of the University’s regents. Also a certain professor. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/29 "2003-03-07T02:57:28Z")
Spend sometime contemplating the morality of the situation. After about 3 milliseconds, it would go on a drunken binge and see how long I came make a continuous trail of vomit. Oh, and I’ll find every member of every extremist racist/religous/management group and kick them hard in their squishly sensitive areas. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/30 "2003-03-07T03:12:00Z")
Let’s just say Fort Knox would be empty. ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/31 "2003-03-07T05:18:47Z")
Everything that moves. ---
**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/32 "2003-03-07T06:06:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > \*\*Morals that are based on the fear of getting caught worry me. \*\* Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/33 "2003-03-07T07:40:24Z")
I’m actually sort of laid back, so I wouldn’t do anything violent. Coups don’t have to be violent, right? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/34 "2003-03-07T09:27:07Z")
Score a Hayabusa, and max it out on the A1 motorway between Amsterdam and Almelo. Uh, and I’d have the road closed for all other traffic, just because I could. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/35 "2003-03-07T12:16:21Z")
On top of Portsdown Hill (near where I work, in Portsmouth, UK), there is a very large cannon (display only), pointing out to sea on a grassed area by the roadside outside one of the historic forts. If I _ **knew** _ I would never be caught, I would make a large white flag with a red star-shaped splash and the word BANG! in huge black letters and insert it on a pole into the open end of the cannon. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/36 "2003-03-07T12:47:47Z")
I’d steal Bill Gates’ identity. [wistful reminiscence] _I’ve always wanted to rule the world…_ [/wistful reminiscence] ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/37 "2003-03-07T14:18:43Z")
> [@](#): > > I would break into Barnes and Noble, and load a semi-trailer with as many books as my greedy little heart desires. I would do this once a year, to keep my library up to date. You and me both,Lissa.😃 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/38 "2003-03-07T14:20:11Z")
**Mangetout** , I like your style!! But what would I do? Kick some serious ass. Such as my best friend’s soon-to-be-ex-husband who has no respect for people in general and hits her whenever she doesn’t please him. _Don’t make me angry… You won’t like me when I’m angry…_\* and this woman would then teach him some respect! I’d hit him upside the head with a wet squirrel! I’d… :: going to my happy place now :: _calm blue ocean - calm blue ocean_ ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/39 "2003-03-07T14:34:05Z")
Nothing I do not currently do: my own morality does not allow for cuaght/not caught. Of course, if I could also acheive any results I wanted then… Kill the leaderships of Burma Zimbabwe Iran China Iraq North Korea Cuba oh hell, anywhere where personal freedom is held back by government. Hmm…that would be everywhere then. maybe I ought just concentrate on the worst of them ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/40 "2003-03-07T14:42:21Z")
I’d go hunt down all the enemies from my past and get my revenge. While I would never kill any of them, I’d surely beat the crap out of them. Then I’d have a lot of fun tying them up or chaining them to the wall and then destroying their property and looting their belongings for anything of theirs I might want. I’d loot the computer superstore and the bookstores for all the goodies that I have been wanting but haven’t been able to afford. I’d also add a lot of titles to my CD and DVD collections while I was at it. I’d take a drive through town at about 80 mph late at night just to experience it. On the freeway I’d drive as fast I felt my car could handle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440.md?page=3)