# Let's play death is not an option **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553 "2003-05-11T21:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/21 "2003-05-12T06:13:19Z")
hellllllloooooooo— disqualify phaser??? when that dude hiking in Utah just did EXACTLY THAT? (maybe it wasn’t rusty) And Prometheus was still alive, correct?? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/22 "2003-05-12T06:30:04Z")
Share every thought. Toss a salad in prison –or– Marry Liza Minelli (you _must_ have sex with her) ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/23 "2003-05-12T06:40:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doctor Goo Fee \* > \*\*hellllllloooooooo— disqualify phaser??? when that dude hiking in Utah just did EXACTLY THAT? (maybe it wasn’t rusty) > > And Prometheus was still alive, correct?? \*\* Even if you were alive when the disembowelment and consumption by wildlife started you would die as a direct result of that choice, and death is not an option. Unless you know of a mortal man that could survive that? ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/24 "2003-05-12T07:11:50Z")
Toss a salad in prison. Be paralyzed from the neck down OR Life In Prison without possibility of parole ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/25 "2003-05-12T10:15:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Even if you were alive when the disembowelment and consumption by wildlife started you would die as a direct result of that choice, and death is not an option. Unless you know of a mortal man that could survive that? The original poster didn’t say you had to survive the experience by any specific amount of time (we’re all gonna die _someday_), just that death was not an option, which is why I specified a la Promethius, where you’re alive while it happens. However- I’ll take Life In Prison… I hear the girls are cute. -================ Be unable to comprehend human speech OR Experience a divine/scientific/whatever revelation about life, the universe and everything, but be told that you may not communicate this to anyone else (and have some kind of vocal paralysis to enforce this as a result of your experience). ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/26 "2003-05-12T12:45:33Z")
Unable to comprehend human speech (although this is cheating coz I’ve had both… I had aphasia when I was younger and I’m sure I’ve had revelations aplenty whilst meditating!) ========== Be unable to move a muscle for 72 hours or Be unable to relax at all for 72 hours? ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/27 "2003-05-12T13:35:43Z")
Unable to move a muscle for 72 hours (provided that essentials like respiration, gag reflex, blink etc are unaffected) ================ Give up chocolate forever or Give up coffee forever? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/28 "2003-05-12T17:02:19Z")
Give up coffee - I rarely, if ever, drink it. * * * Lose all your teeth, and wear dentures for the rest of your life OR Chop off the pinky finger on your dominant hand. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/29 "2003-05-12T17:40:22Z")
## Chop off the pinky finger on your dominant hand. , I’d blame it on Yakuza connections and scare people. Eat Steak and Kidney Pie OR Eat Toad in the Hole ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/30 "2003-05-12T18:36:56Z")
# Eat Steak and Kidney Pie. At least I’ve heard of that one. View everything upside down in black and white. OR Walk backwards and not be able to hear anything. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/31 "2003-05-12T18:44:41Z")
# I’ll take upside down/b&w… at least I’ll have tunes. slide down a 6ft cheesegrater into a pool of alcohol or hang out in a public restroom with PeeWee Herman and George Micheal ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/32 "2003-05-12T18:46:04Z")
## View everything upside down in black and white. – getting technical, the brain will compensate within a few days, and you’ll be left seeing everything the correct way round (though loss of color will be a shame Feltch the SDMB Goat, OR Be feltched by the SDMB Goat? ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/33 "2003-05-12T21:39:41Z")
# I’m gonna go with BE… not a pretty picture either way… slide down a 6ft cheesegrater into a pool of alcohol or hang out in a public restroom with PeeWee Herman and George Micheal ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/34 "2003-05-12T21:56:22Z")
Hang out with Peewee and George- I’m a girl. They can’t, or won’t, touch me. 🙂 * * * Biting off the head of a chicken (like the geeks in freak shows) Or getting your genitals pierced? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/35 "2003-05-12T22:26:13Z")
Genitals Have sex with your GF’s father watching, OR Have sex with GF’s mother… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/36 "2003-05-12T23:15:05Z")
## Have sex with GF’s mother. (You didn’t say what you would be watching whilst having sex with your GF’s father? It could be Survivor, yuck!) Stick your tongue in a paper shredder. OR Have your ears nailed to an office door. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/37 "2003-05-13T01:56:07Z")
## gonna hafta go with the ears on that one… Sex with Barbara Bush, George Sr., Bill Clinton, Manuel Noriega, Janet Reno and Rupaul… All-Skate. or go to your next High School reunion naked ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/38 "2003-05-13T02:02:34Z")
High School Reunion - I’ll even organize it * * * Forget everything you know every five minutes OR Loose the ability to enjoy ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/39 "2003-05-13T02:15:37Z")
## Ears nailed to office door. At least that can be fixed with judicious use of a crowbar. Only be able to sleep one hour a day OR Only be awake one hour a day ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553/40 "2003-05-13T02:16:53Z")
Argh, damn my slow response times… Forget everything I know every five minutes - every new experience would be enjoyed 🙂 * * * Only be able to sleep one hour a day OR Only be awake one hour a day [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-death-is-not-an-option/174553.md?page=3)