hellllllloooooooo— disqualify phaser??? when that dude hiking in Utah just did EXACTLY THAT? (maybe it wasn’t rusty)
And Prometheus was still alive, correct??
Share every thought.
Toss a salad in prison
–or–
Marry Liza Minelli (you must have sex with her)
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?
Toss a salad in prison.
Be paralyzed from the neck down
OR
Life In Prison without possibility of parole
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.
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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).
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!)
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Be unable to move a muscle for 72 hours
or
Be unable to relax at all for 72 hours?
Unable to move a muscle for 72 hours (provided that essentials like respiration, gag reflex, blink etc are unaffected)
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Give up chocolate forever
or
Give up coffee forever?
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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
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?
Genitals
Have sex with your GF’s father watching,
OR
Have sex with GF’s mother…
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.
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
High School Reunion - I’ll even organize it
Forget everything you know every five minutes
OR
Loose the ability to enjoy
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
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