# What would you do if you had 3 months to live? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397 "2014-05-14T01:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/21 "2014-05-16T13:10:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Sounds like my current situation, other than having no clue what a lambo might be. I Googled it: Lamborghini–I think it’s some particular automobile. Probably from the '30s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/22 "2014-05-16T13:36:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Don’t leave it at that! You did get better, right? You’re not still dying? Oh goodness, no. I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to be vague. That was almost 30 years ago now. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/23 "2014-05-16T14:48:37Z")
I’d quit my job and go to Venice again, see some more of Europe, then pull my eldest out of school for the last month of the 2.5, and spend every waking minute with my family. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/24 "2014-05-16T15:03:24Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Oh goodness, no. I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to be vague. That was almost 30 years ago now. Whew! That’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/25 "2014-05-20T12:34:49Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Oh goodness, no. I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to be vague. That was almost 30 years ago now. Dayum. So you’ve been dead for a quarter century??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/26 "2014-05-20T13:20:55Z")
_/me checks bank account_ Okay, hookers and blow every night it is. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/27 "2014-05-20T13:31:04Z")
I’d sell cheap stuff on the internet and give a 90 day warranty. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/28 "2014-05-20T13:43:02Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Dayum. So you’ve been dead for a quarter century??? 😃 I was a zombie before it was cool. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/29 "2014-05-20T15:45:46Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Find a nice, isolated spot out in the wilderness where I could die in peace, and remain unfound and undisturbed. Just me and the cold wind and stars. And the buzzards. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/30 "2014-05-20T16:00:28Z")
Although the temptation to take the Holland&Holland and find some asshole who really needed removal from the gene pool would be strong my hope is that I would do like my Dad did ---- not tell anyone but pass on the things and “tricks I learned” that really mean a lot to me to the people who mean a lot to me. ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/31 "2014-05-27T01:14:47Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Sounds like my current situation, other than having no clue what a lambo might be. An Italian sports car. [http://www.lamborghini.com/en/home/](http://www.lamborghini.com/en/home/) By your current situation do you mean that you are seriously ill? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/32 "2014-05-27T10:41:56Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > By your current situation do you mean that you are seriously ill? No, my health is ok. I just live like I have a short time because I’m 56 and a realist/cynic.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/33 "2014-05-27T11:47:28Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > And the buzzards. 'All depends on how high I climb. Besides, I like birds. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397/34 "2014-05-27T15:09:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > No, my health is ok. I just live like I have a short time because I’m 56 and a realist/cynic.😃 That’s only half your life, man! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-3-months-to-live/688397.md?page=1)