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Post by halfbreed on Sept 15, 2007 10:32:00 GMT -5
I'd be kind of curious to see what, if anything, lay ahead.
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Post by avax on Sept 15, 2007 10:43:02 GMT -5
Eh? Cryptic bastards. Do I have a purpose elsewhere? I don't think I would tell anyone. I wouldn't want them to wrestle with the same questions I have. I might leave a letter with as much or as little as I know myself and tell them everything is all right, that I had to go and we'd see each other again. And that they should go on with their lives - I'll be doing the same somewhere else. It'll be like being unable to catch the same long flight somewhere. We'll reach the same destination eventually and go on holiday together! If they don't go on with their lives I might come back as a poltergeist and beat their buttbutt.
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Post by morningstar on Sept 15, 2007 11:08:24 GMT -5
At least you know that it will be pain-free etc, it would be worse if said spirit said - you are going to die in 24 hours, and leave you with the (un)happy task of guessing how it is going to happen.
The one thing to avoid is trying to find a way NOT to die, because it could mean that you waste the whole day, and die anyway, but if there is some loophole that you can use to avoid dying, and if there is some chance to get this to work, then maybe spending the whole day looking for that would be the thing to do. Have to quickly assess the situation and decide which to do, and not regret the decision made later.
Not much time to do anything very much in 24 hours - i suppose the thing to do would be to stuff all kinds of wonderful food, play lots and lots of football, while listening to music, and since you know your going to die in 24 hours, it means you cant die before(?), so can do death defying stuff like runinng on a highway, which would be very exciting.
Then that night, as you sit on your bed nursing the terrible stomachache you have from stuffing your face the whole day combined with death defying tricks, and feeling like throwing up, which, as you tell yourself, is a feeling that is worse than dying, you proceed to pass away!!
However, as it is a spirit, it also means that there is a possibility that not believing in god could have been major folly....
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Post by morningstar on Sept 15, 2007 11:38:15 GMT -5
The fella who brought the news would have to be very convincing - a doctor would be, but just some stranger, i dont think so, wouldnt think about it i at all.
If there was a supernatural element to it, then i think i would be pretty much convinced, especially as i dont believe in the supernatural - so sudden proof that there WAS spirits, etc would turn me into a believer on the spot!!
Depends on the bearer of the news i guess!
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Post by morningstar on Sept 15, 2007 11:46:55 GMT -5
Seriously? Relieved? Why?
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 15, 2007 16:47:06 GMT -5
I'll start writing my will. I agree that death is a relief - a relief from all the b.s. of life and hopefully an eternal peace at somewhere.
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 15, 2007 17:09:49 GMT -5
^ you don't need 24h to write your will. What will you do w/ the rest of the time. Feel happy that you're going to die? Some of us do, because we want to think and write very carefully - with some time for food, rest and bathroom breaks .
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Post by Ajeno on Sept 15, 2007 17:12:20 GMT -5
I would be pissed off to say the least.
First i would probaly get superloaded so i can stay up for the full 24hrs.
Get revenge on some people,like ransacking the house of one of my ex's and break everything..
Maybe try and rob a bank like curlytop said.
Try to visit all my family and friends.
Party with loads of women.
When i have 10 minutes left ill end it all with a highspeed chase with the cops in a stolen lamborghini.
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 15, 2007 17:20:29 GMT -5
It would be a relief that you can stop worrying about anything and everything. All your problems will just evaporate because in 24 hours you won't be alive to experience them any more. As ea observer said, relief from all the bs of life and time to look forward to a good long sleep. Exactly. I mean, I'm definitely not suggesting a suicide to escape from the problems and challenges of life, as life without a challenge or struggles isn't a life worth living, imo. But, death itself is a part of life and perhaps even an ultimate reward for a hard life. On the other hand, a tragic death is an regrettable one, I must admit.
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Post by morningstar on Sept 16, 2007 1:24:43 GMT -5
But really, to face your own mortality just like that, and then still be able to have fun would take a good deal of guts. Contrary to my earlier post, im sure i would be curled up in a ball of self-pity trying to find a way to get out of my impending doom - frustrating myself with the many, many, many, many things i never had the guts to do in normal life because 'the right opportunity will come later'.
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Post by ...austhai/... on Sept 16, 2007 16:50:34 GMT -5
Call everyone and tell them I love them.
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Post by tbw on Sept 16, 2007 18:06:24 GMT -5
I wouldn't be going to work, nor would I be sleeping Just tie up loose ends (will etc) will be first thing to do. Rest of the time will be dragging my friends and family out for a good laugh. I've given my best at anything I have done and that has made me happy and lived with no regrets, I wouldn't start breaking that trend in my last 24hrs
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Post by cjsdad on Sept 17, 2007 12:46:43 GMT -5
I'd be SO sad.
Don't get to see my wife and kid(s) anymore. Don't get to see them grow up. Go to school. Go thru all of life's challenges.
I'd feel cheated.
But it wouldn't stop me from holding my girls the whole day. (This reminds me of the Simpson's episode when Homer eats the pufferfish BTW)
When they fell asleep, I'd just write and write and write to them how much they meant to me, and how even the short time I spent with them was SO worth everything, all the tough stuff life offers.
I don't believe in heaven/spirits/supernatural stuff....but I'd like to think that thru my kids some part of me will live forever thru the generations.
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Post by hapalicious on Sept 18, 2007 7:32:02 GMT -5
i d think of all the people who mattered and write their name/what i remember of them/ down. (a LOT of people mattered, from my japanese guitar instructor whom i had the hardest time communicating with as a kid, to the retired couple who got me a bottle of water and a tofu burger at the airport for translating something for them...basically, anyone who impacted me. you d be surprised i d practically copy paste all of ean members, highlight quite a few, and mention a couple in a letter under the heading-friends ) apologize to those i forgot to mention, apologize in general, especially for not responding and being such an unreliable friend at times. it never meant i forgot anyone. only that the more i waited to respond the more it became paralysing and stopped me from responding at all. but the more i waited the more i thought about them... i d write those i love the most (sister, parents) a long letter. write another letter for those i love (friends, family) and a few post-its for some people in particular. ask that i be cremated with a few of my possession, and that they throw my ashes in the south china sea with a lily flower... i d drink bubble tea, eat a carrot (raw), morning glory, rice, a mangosteen, a vietnamese dessert and ice cream. would probably go for a swim, paint a bit and ironically try to stay away from those i love.
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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 22, 2007 16:08:51 GMT -5
I would go to the zoo, jump in a lion pit, and start a fist fight. That way people will say, "Man, that guy lasted 24 hours against an entire pride of lions."
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