This is topic You're given 24 hours to live....what would you do, eat, or experience? in forum Letterhead/Pinstriper Talk at The Letterville BullBoard.
....I'm still thinking, you go first. Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Grape Nuts & Disneyland
CrazyJack
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
no you go...i'm still thinking too Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
go kill todd......hehehehehehehe
Posted by Checkers (Member # 63) on :
Too easy! First, BBQ with the entire family - we have a big one. Then go out with a bang while fufilling every guys favorite fantasy.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I'm still thinking too (since I hope to have many many years to figure that one out) ...but one thing I know already... I don't think I have a fantasy you could fulfill Brian Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Not necessarliy in this order: *Go thru the house and tag all the family heirlooms with post-it-notes listing a brief history & saying who they go to *Tell everyone to come to the house & bring a covered dish (I have 3 brothers, 3 sisters, a Mom, 9 great-nieces and nephews and 17 nieces and nephews) *tell everyone I love them, especially my 3 kids *get right with The Big Guy upstairs... FAST! *paint SORRY CHARLIE! across my shop sign with a foamie * log on to Letterville & IM everybody "Guess what! No more pesky Jillbeans IMs!" *give away all my sign equipment *give away all my clothes *eat ladylocks and drink beer *call Stevo and tell him to get on a plane NOW *make sure to line up a bagpiper for my funeral and a party the next day *tell folks that I DON'T want laid out or embalmed and to bury me in bare feet .......that's all I can think of right now! Love...Jill
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Hmmmmm....24 hours......I think I'm going to agree partially with Checkers....big family gathering for cookout with all the favorite grill goodies, relatives, friends...
A quick call to OP to see if he, too, has 24 hours to live. If he does, then a quick trip to the local meat market. I'll buy about 2,000 packages of hamburger and line them up around the perimeter of my property. I know OP wouldn't dare breach a meat barracade...thus ensuring he doesn't cheat me out of my 24 hours.
A quick spiritual consultation with the pastor to make sure I haven't forgotten anything important,
Rent a Ferrari convertible (Scent of a woman?) and see how fast I can make it to Detroit and back, taking pleasure in the beauty of the design, both physical and mechanical.
Then, I'd make a video of myself expressing my love and admiration of my wife and kids...taking special care to point out their very individual and special attributes....offer advice to the kids on what to avoid, and what to embrace in life. I'd describe to my kids the personality traits of mine that they don't want to emulate...and the one's that I would consider honorable and life enriching (there are a few).
As the final moments tick away, I'd be laying in my bed and watching Andy Griffith Show reruns...like I always do after a stressful day...it puts me in a good mood as I harken back to the simpler times. Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
With my luck.. I'd win the lottery in hour 23.......
Posted by Joe Endicott (Member # 628) on :
Not sure what I would do exactly...but you can be sure that a couple days later there would be a lot of bounced checks.
Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :
I know what I wouldn't do...I wouldn't get anywhere near anything to do with signs!!
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
I'd go to the local airport and find a pilot to take me up.
Then I would fling the door open and jump out over the lake without a parachute.
I just like a challenge. If I'm given 24 hours, I'll try to make it in 2. Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
gee mike why not wear a chute and keep jumping all day?
Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
If I had 24 hours left, I can guarantee you I'd only make to to hour 8! I know myself well enough to know that I would stress out over who is going to take care of who, who will do what and of course I think I am the only one who can do it! I would have a major stroke by hour 8.
As far as relationships go, my Mom taught me many years ago to live each day as though it were your last. So I have a habit of telling people I love them. Appologies and acts of forgiveness or not something we should put off.
There are lots of places I want to go, but how much fun would it be to have to hurry? I'd just stay home. That is where my life and loved ones are.
And...if you won't be here tomorrow, why worry about a possible hangover? Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
Checkers you will enjoy your threesome
Me? I would take a long walk on the beach and stare up into the heavens taking deep breaths of fresh air into my lungs. I would relish in all the wonderful memories of my life and wonder what lies beyond. Just the normal stuff that people do towards the end.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Drink beer for 4 hrs..switch to Rum...all while flying to Mexico.
Once there, eat Tix n Chix and all the ceviche I can find.
Give Shirl a kiss and thank her for putting up with me all these years! Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Vacation in Hawaii!!!
Posted by Mike Lavallee (Member # 320) on :
what the HELL are ladylocks??!!
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Ok, Mike.... You've been to Butler and you've never had a Ladylock? I admit these are a pale substitute for the real thing. Next time you're in town, stop by. I'll get you the regular kind AND the chocolate kind with sprinkles! MMMMMMmmmmmmmm! Love...Jill
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Probably get drunk and screw. Rapid
Posted by Delzell (Member # 1965) on :
Go see the brand new great nephew, give my sister my cat back, give T. my cockatiel after I watch all three "Lord of the Rings" again, and read "Proud Spirit" by Rosemary Altea again to get ready. No way am I going to sleep until my time is up! Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Ray..Wasn't that a Jimmy Buffet tune?.."Let's get drunk and screw"?
I assume he was talking about getting drunk and then srewing drywall/sheetrock to the walls on the new shop, OF COURSE!!!
Posted by Jeff Poitevint (Member # 4740) on :
I agree with Ray, but it must be after I said goodbye to all of my family members, however I probably couldn't reach them all within 24 hours. So, I would contact the ones that answered, and leave a message for the rest that I was dying doing what I love. (With my wife of course)
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
First thing I'd do? GET A NEW DOCTOR!!!
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
still thinking....
the difficult part is whether you let anyone else know you have just 24 hrs left or not. Do you try and ignore fate, or hide it, or announce it? You don't want sympathy or regrets. Do you do something humourous, or memorable? Memorable to whom?
Jilly,tagging the bits & pieces here with a little history will take longer than 24 hrs, so I'd need a rain check on that!
I'd not have thought of it so quickly but I like the family gathering & the video tape idea of Todd's.
Todd,what's up? Do you know something that we all don't know which will happen to you at 6:17am on the 23rd of July? You haven't just fallen in a vat of frog juice by accident have you-hope not!
Posted by Steven Girard (Member # 3931) on :
ok!! 12 hours to try to teach Doug a couple of french words ...so he gonna be able to understand my banner in portfolio section and 12 other maybe in hawaii too Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
todd....264 magnum, 24x scope, at 650 yards....you wont hear the bullet that takes out you left eyeball.....heheheheheheheheh meat bracade wont help........that stuff is nasty......heheheheheh and its gona kill ya....hehehe
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
I would hold my 7 month old daughter until she went to sleep, Have a nice dinner with my wife, and go through old photos of our lives.
If you really want to know what someone who may have a limited time to fight might do, check out a brave lady in my family we affectionately call "Sis".
They (she and her husband) are sharing thier thoughts.
You can read her story here. Some things just don't matter to me anymore
[ July 22, 2004, 02:10 AM: Message edited by: Mikes Mischeif ]
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
Help Mike Boone spend a million dollars in one hour.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
OP...agent orange is a terrible thing. I wonder about you sometimes...hehehehe.
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Todd, the only agent orange Joe had ever seen was made by 1-Shot
I live like I've only got 24 hours left everyday of my friggin life.
Posted by Eric Humphreville (Member # 4762) on :
I'm a procrastinator, I'll think of something the next day.
Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :
i am going to live to be 200 so i can aggravate everyone then get shot by a jealous husband. Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
just messin with ya todd...i never went to nam, i knew that one was wrong too.
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
Finish remodeling the Bathroom so my wife would have a door on it when I was gone.
And if there was enough time. Find a local Space Agency and go into space and experience a Space walk. (Hey its a Fantasy Right)
[ July 22, 2004, 12:23 PM: Message edited by: William DeBekker ]
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Hehehe...I know you're messing with me OP But what's this "too" stuff?! Nope....nevermind...rules are rules...I'm not going there buddy. Hahahaha.
Have a good one.
Posted by Ron Costa (Member # 3366) on :
I definately would invite as many letterheads as possible to a "quickie" meet. We would all get to panel my box. I would do the inside.
Joey: Amen to that
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Think about all the thing I've already done. Call everybody I could just top ask :"W'Yat"
Posted by goddinfla (Member # 1502) on :
I've already done it.
Watched my Lightning win The Stanley Cup.
Might watch the dvd a few more times.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
ok..1st i wana do christian agular, stuff myself with CAJUN FOOD, meat included, then for the last 2 hours....i want the purest OPIUM i can find to smoke.....and from there i could care less......
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
OP:
You truly are one in a million!
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
After you guys have had a little fun with this post, go back and click on the link Mike Duncan (Mikes Mischief) posted. Truly inspirational Mike. You're lucky to have such good people for family.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Some interesting answers. My only comment is: why not live every day like it is your last? Maybe we would be a lot happier.
I don't always agree with Joey, but he may be on the right track on this one. We seem to always be waiting for "tomorrow" to do something that is right and that could be done today.
My focus is what is going to happen after that last 24 hours. To me, that's the good part.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Ok, Raymond, ya talked me into it. I'm off to Butler for some Ladylocks! Love...Jill
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Raymond,
THAT WORKS FOR ME!!!!!!
Of to get a keg and a case of Viagra....hahahahahahaha Rapid
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
"Come on people, Let's have us some fun, You only live once, and when you die you are done, So let the good time Roll. Let the good Times Roll." ---Unknown
Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :
HELP as many people as possible,while fasting
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
OP...do you mean christina aguilera the popstar princess with the bod??? as in your grand daughters age?....you go guy! Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Thank you Ray Chapman for agreeing with me, lets forget death for a moment and dwell upon life. I see older persons who say things like, I can't leave here I'm too old to move and others on a different scenario saying its just a cheap job, it doesn't have to be perfect. Well my reputation takes on a different perspective as I always try to do it perfectly whatever the price and on the other hand I've experimented in all aspects of my life. A few years ago, my sister and I went to Maui for a vacation where I dove off a cliff into a swimming hole in which case some Hawaiians told me they couldn't believe their eyes, an Anglo. My sister would'nt talk to me the whole day after she said I was trying to kill myself, who me, gimme a break. I truly believe that life is all we have, so why not go for the gusto and thats one of the reasons I have to leave this place in one piece. I been a snapper all my life and just because of the computer age, some think that thats a thing of the past, well it ain't. I miss the glitz of NYC, the warm waters of the Keys and Fall in New England and hopefully will get to stripe all over again in those places plus a whole bunch more.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
yes karen....that might shorten my 24 hours....but hey i get to go doin somethin i like....hehehehehehehehehhe
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Raymond, I'm definately in agreement with you ... especially your last sentance.
Maybe "Live today...for your eternity" works here. I'd like to live every day, including the last 24 hours making the best of the senses God gave us for our enjoyment...in a way that is pleasing to him and his goals.
I'm personally glad that I don't think that "when it's over....that's it"....now that would be a futile, depressing thought.
I too, am thinking Joey is on to something....
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
For those who know, my name is Joey, the most high pinstriper and they shall see, the grass is always greener on the other side and much more potent too Posted by John Deaton III (Member # 925) on :
Lets see... Two hours with Britney Spears, Two hours with The Girls from CHarmed, Two hours with Pamela Anderson and the twins, Two hour break Two hours with Kirsten Dunst, and the rest Id spend thinking about what I did in the last 10 hours. Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Joey, we said we think your on TO something....not ON something....let's hope your not ON something. Posted by James Rheaume (Member # 4681) on :
hehehe,
1) I'd pull lots of pranks on kids that aren't my pals...lol. Like, putting whip cream in a can into their hair, or throwing water balloons into their lockers during school...lol. 2) Go to the Rocky Mountains, and go biking till I sweat all of the liquid out of my body. 3) I'd go UAT (University of Advancing Technology), and check out what the people at that college learn about, not what is on the website. 4) Then, I'd go to Mount Everest to go sky diving. Hopefully not getting killed in the process. 5) Last but not least, I'd go see my sister who i don't get to see much, seeming how she's in college, and say goodbye. 6) There is no 6) =) *Gump*
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
Get my butt to Jill's!
Posted by Dan Streicher (Member # 4515) on :
Either get on the sailboat or Harley and just go and soak everything around me in, just like I do with every spare moment I have, life is great if you make it so
Posted by Dan Streicher (Member # 4515) on :
woops and to eat, rotini pasta topped with chopped roma tomatoes (remove the guts) green onion, fresh basil, parsley and garlic, extra virgin olive oil and great balslamic vinegar salt and pepper to taste top with real parmessiano try it you'll like it
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
I'd lock Todd and Joe in a closet with a glass ceiling and charge admission.
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
I'd buy tickets.
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
My kids could go to college!!
[ July 24, 2004, 08:59 AM: Message edited by: Terry Baird ]
Posted by DONALD THOMPSON (Member # 3726) on :
I'd go home to be with my wife and three girls. Make sure that all things happen for a reason and that I love them dearly.
I would call Ryan and tell him to meet me at my house to pick up the keys to my shop and old house. He could move to Clinton or move them both to Rock Hill.(If he moved here he could show some folks around here how to paint!!)
I would have my friends finish the house that we are in the process of building so my family would have a place to live.
I would eat fried pork chops, mashed potatoes, corn, macaroni and cheese, homemade biscuits, and devils food cake for dessert.
After we ate, and our girls were in the bed, I would write them all letters for my wife to give them on special occasions like high school graduation, college graduation, their wedding day, and when there first child was born. Just to let them know that even though I may not be there in person, I am there, and how proud of them I am.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Terry and Jon...
Jeesh, how this topic got sidelined into some kind of weird, kinky fanatasy....complete with voyeurs willing to pay.... I'll never know. But to each his own.
Donald...now that's an honoroble "what would I do..." Posted by Jeremy Paul Taylor (Member # 4441) on :
Wow what a thought ! Think I'd be to upset to do anything..(mind you its a fantasy for the day right) SO..if i had Julia roberts to myself for the day i might just look forward to it,mind you thats maybe not such a good idea!..what do they say when your having fun TIME FLYS..HELP
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
dude..she's knocked up with twins...might wanna pick another babe. Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Pregnant women are the most beautiful kind, IMHO. However, Julia doesn't shave her pits! Now that's just GROSS. Love...Jill
Posted by Jeremy Paul Taylor (Member # 4441) on :
Karyn I'm talking 12 months ago ...She looked alright then did'nt she ?
Jill,I've heard that too! but would'nt that big lump prove to be a bit of a handfull.. Its true that they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder! but when they look like a hippo beauty flys out of the window...
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Uh oh...I see a man/woman war brewing. When my wife was pregnant...I told her all the time how good she looked ... and especially that she "didn't look fat" when she said she did.
Diplomacy in action....saves your skin and your sanity every time.
Julia Roberts? She doesn't do it for me but you go guy...it's your fantasy.
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