# In tribute to Heston: What will they get when they pry it from your cold dead hands? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302 "2008-04-07T12:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/1 "2008-04-07T12:37:22Z")
I’ve kept a diary every day since I was eight years old. They will get my diaries when they pry them from my cold, dead hands. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/2 "2008-04-07T12:44:42Z")
Fingers. Definitely my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/3 "2008-04-07T13:05:48Z")
My collection of Chinese fingertraps. ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/4 "2008-04-07T13:08:34Z")
My trackball, unless somebody comes up with an implantable computer pointing device. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/5 "2008-04-07T13:13:49Z")
I’m a man of simple tastes… so, Nova. Just Nova. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/6 "2008-04-07T13:22:07Z")
My [C Band](http://www.videointerchange.com/images/Big-Dish.jpg) satellite dish. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/7 "2008-04-07T13:39:20Z")
My 16 dead pool points from Charlton Heston. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/8 "2008-04-07T13:53:19Z")
My Dwarf-crafted, Elven-reforged, rune-engraved mythic longsword, Anduril. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/9 "2008-04-07T14:07:13Z")
The throats of my enemies. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/10 "2008-04-07T14:14:29Z")
Nothing I can say in polite company. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/11 "2008-04-07T15:14:20Z")
My CD collection. I may be a technological dinosaur, but I’m an _audiophile_ dinosaur. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/12 "2008-04-07T20:12:02Z")
My DVR. In fact, I’ve said that exact sentence within the last few months. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/13 "2008-04-07T20:16:59Z")
My slowly growing Hello Kitty collection and my still growing Def Leppard memorabilia collection. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/14 "2008-04-07T20:20:58Z")
Penis? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/15 "2008-04-07T20:51:41Z")
My Mac. And my sketchbooks. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/16 "2008-04-07T21:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Penis? [/QUOTE] Came in just to make this joke. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/17 "2008-04-07T21:32:51Z")
[QUOTE=BaneSidhe] My slowly growing Hello Kitty collection and my still growing Def Leppard memorabilia collection. [/QUOTE] Def Leppard and Hello Kitty? What a combination. I think my head’s going to explode. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/18 "2008-04-07T21:34:49Z")
My wedding ring. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/19 "2008-04-07T22:00:33Z")
**Autolycus** ’s penis. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/20 "2008-04-07T23:56:07Z")
My grandmother’s engagement ring, the silver hand mirror that belonged to HER grandmother, and my collection of _Star Wars_ books. Pretty much all of my books, in fact. And yes, before some wag says it, my computer. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302.md?page=2)