# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/21 "2008-04-07T23:57:39Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Nothing I can say in polite company. [/QUOTE] Is it your own penis? That would be mine, unless I was clutching my porn stash. Damn, and I see I was late with this one. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/22 "2008-04-08T04:04:14Z")
My grandma’s wedding ring. And my slide rule ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/23 "2008-04-08T04:08:10Z")
Well… I’d like to say “airplane controls”, but lack of employment seems to have managed that without my demise… ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/24 "2008-04-08T04:12:31Z")
My credit card. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/25 "2008-04-08T06:23:26Z")
My ankh ring and Charlton Heston’s gun (and, regrettably, probably my Marlboro Ultralights). ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/26 "2008-04-09T00:52:31Z")
My laptop and internet connection. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/27 "2008-04-09T02:52:57Z")
Oh definitely, my Kate Bush and Happy Rhodes CDs. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/28 "2008-04-09T03:03:03Z")
My DivaCup and motorcycle keys. Oh and the guns. Right. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/29 "2008-04-09T03:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] Came in just to make this joke. [/QUOTE] Goddamnit, me too, once I saw the OP. Probably my laptop. I’ve actually fallen asleep with it. (Although I think that was an artifact of me being very tired, surfing the Internet, then “resting my eyes”) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/30 "2008-04-09T04:00:35Z")
All that stuff you listed (I plan to die last) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/31 "2008-04-09T04:39:55Z")
Chee-tos. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/32 "2008-04-09T13:04:02Z")
My trombone. I haven’t touched it in years, but giving it up is out of the question. I’ve had it since 6th grade and I feel like we’ve lived everything together. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/33 "2008-04-09T13:20:57Z")
An empty bottle of pills and a note. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/34 "2008-04-09T16:34:16Z")
My cameras and laptop. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/35 "2008-04-09T18:23:02Z")
My iPod, and a favorite sweater I’ve had since I was 18. I will wear that thing until it unravels. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/36 "2008-04-09T18:55:06Z")
Guns, computer, car. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/37 "2008-04-09T19:37:28Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] Came in just to make this joke. [/QUOTE] Who’s joking? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/38 "2008-04-09T20:18:33Z")
The panties I stole off \*\*Annie-Xmas’ \*\* clothes line. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/39 "2008-04-09T20:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] My trombone. I haven’t touched it in years, but giving it up is out of the question. I’ve had it since 6th grade and I feel like we’ve lived everything together. [/QUOTE] If I didn’t know better, I’d say that’s a euphemism for a very interesting and sad turn of events 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tribute-to-heston-what-will-they-get-when-they-pry-it-from-your-cold-dead-hands/444302/40 "2008-04-10T12:13:17Z")
My [Estwing](http://www.estwing.com/product.php?product_id=5000). I call it _Mjolnir_. [Previous 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=1) [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=3)