Would You??

[Clopin]

No I don't think we have, but yes I've read Tales From Watership Down and seen the movie as well, it's definitely one of my favourite books as well.

[Pompey Bum]

I liked it, too, although it's been 30 years since I read it.

if you could make one cartoon character come to life and be your friend, which one would you bring to life?

Oddly enough, maybe Sherlock Holmes. You can't make anyone be your friend, though. Not even fictional characters.

What's the worst physical accident you've ever suffered without losing consciousness?

[bounty]

I like hazel...

I crashed my motorcycle going about 50 mph, and came away very unscathed compared to the possibilities.

lemme give another shot at my cartoon character question.

if you could make one cartoon character who is not also a fictional literary (should i include comic books in that?) character come to life so you could be friends with him, which one would you bring to life?

[Pompey Bum]

I liked Bigwig, especially his song about crapping.

A cartoon character, huh? How about the blue lady from X-men? She looks like fun.

Same question (since it sounds like you've got someone in mind).

[bounty]

laughs...I think the blue lady from x-men is mystique, the character played by Rebecca romijn and Jennifer Lawrence (in the "first class" movies). that might also be a good answer to "which x-men's mutant abilities would you like to have?"

hmmm...id say a toss-up between underdog and bugs bunny...

would you back pack around the world if you had good company and the financial means?

[Pompey Bum]

And someone to carry the backpack? You bet.

What would you want to do or where go if you were shrunk down to 1 cm in height for a day?

[Clopin]

I don't know... girl's locker room? I would probably be cowering in a corner though, for fear of being stepped on or eaten by a rat or something.

Would you push someone out of a lifeboat to secure a spot for your wife/child?

[Pompey Bum]

If the guy had pushed his way into the boat and didn't 'to belong there, of course. Otherwise I'd give my wife my seat if I had one, and if not, we could wait for another lifeboat boat (or die together). If you throw one person out, then the next guy is going to throw you out. It's like driving. You get what you want more if everyone plays by the rules.

Would you enter a professional boxing match tomorrow for a guaranteed $300 million net?

[Dark Muse]

There was a time when I wanted to be a boxer and I used to be a huge boxing fan, so yeah I would fight one match for that money.

You find a duffle bag with 500,000 dollars which you know probably came from something illegal. Would you keep the money or turn it over to the police?

[Pompey Bum]

I'd turn it over. Not declaring it would be a crime in any case, and I'd rather not have to live trying to cover something up when it's just more money than I need.

Would you?

[Dark Muse]

Keeping it could be complicated. I would probably need an off shore account, and well if it was mob money or cartel money someone might want it back. If I was certain that there was no one or any cameras that could identify me I might take like 500 as extra chunk change and leave the rest to be someone else's problem.

If a teenage offered you 50 dollars to buy them a six pack beer would you do it?

[Pompey Bum]

Nope. They can commit their own damned crimes, however--teeny!

Would you still take a really expensive prescription pill (say $85 a pop) even though you dropped it on the floor and couldn't find it for 15 minutes, until you noticed it peeking out of a really scary-looking dust bunny?

[Iain Sparrow]

Yes.
I've put much worse things in my mouth than a dusty pill.

If you won a multi-million dollar lottery, would you take the entire lump sum... or yearly payments?

[Clopin]

I'd turn it over. Not declaring it would be a crime in any case, and I'd rather not have to live trying to cover something up when it's just more money than I need.

Would you?

! Jean Valjean over here. Of course I would keep it in a heart beat. Actually your answer reminded me of the scene in Les Miserables where Montparnasse attempts to pick Valjean's pocket and when Valjean catches him at it he gives him a stern talking to, let's him go and then throws the money over a fence into Mabeauf's yard; who promptly delivers it unopened to the police despite the fact that he's so poor he had to sell all of his books and plants and lives off of one potato meal a day!

Now would you do that?

[Pompey Bum]

IS: That decision would require consultation with a reliable tax/investment lawyer (which I could now afford), but in principle I wouldn't have a problem with managing the whole thing at once. I mean, I wouldn't worry that I would spend it all in a month on women and cheesecake,

Clopin: Yes, I would give him a stern talking to about how obtaining money does you no good if someone takes it right away from you and chucks you in prison (and that money itself is a curse if you have to worry about that all the time). I wouldn't throw my own money over a fence, of course, but if I were a poor man in that society (I never read Les Mis or saw the show, so I can't comment on the character directly), I think I would want to bring someone else's money to the police before they found it in my possession.

You, and Lykren, and Dark Muse (I think, although I'm old fashioned enough not to ask) have this huge financial edge on many of the rest of us because you are young and could start low risk investing now that would gain you all the money you could possibly need without finding someone else's money in a duffle bag (which ain't gonna happen anyways). All it would take would be to sacrifice what you normally spend on money pits like music (including going to concerts), fashion, recreational substances, and spectator sporting events; and having nothing to do with suckers' games like gambling, whoring, and watching ladies hump poles.

Now would you do that?