Preserved Topic: Your final moments... (Page 1 of 4)

Was watching Almost Famous today before work and they went through that plane scare, where it was just about this close to come hurdling towards the ground. Everyone started freakin' and saying things they wanted to get off their chests... so here's my question to the whole lot of ya; imagine you're in that situation, and you are sure the plane is going to crash and you'll be dead in no more than five minutes from now. What would you do?



njuice42
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*censored*

Well, yeah. Pretty much what VP said.

try to learn to fly?

I second that 'try to learn to fly'



Koan 63:
Those who Believe
Can
Those who Try
Do
Those who Love
Live

1) cast "fly"
2) cast "teleportation"
3) laugh at those that didn't play daggerfall

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Definately a quote.......

"Now I'll see if you're really there"

And by that I mean God/Satan, because I don't believe in either of them and people tell me all the time that I will go to hell for that.

quote:

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. . . and you are sure the plane is going to crash and you'll be dead in no more than five minutes from now.

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Since I have fear of flying, I would probably die, . . . without having to wait 5 minutes.

Sasha »

[This message has been edited by Sash (edited 04-29-2002).]

In this instance I don't think I would do anything but wait...what else is there to do? Even though I have the normal fear of dying, I'm pretty satisfied with my life so far so...maybe a bit of excitement, or thinking, of what comes next...if anything.

VP - so, what would you do with the other four and a half minutes?

i reckon i would jump out of the plane - at least i'll get a better view, and perhaps end up with a lower terminal velocity.

prayer definitely would be an option...
and apart from that, i dunno, i'll let you know if i ever find out though.



- - r e i t s m a - -
(tifkab)

Oooooh! Reitsma!!! BURN! I love it...

I know exactly what I'd do; grab the drink cart and try to make the best of that little amount of time left... I guess I'd also confess my deepest secrets to strangers next to me as well, just to, you know, freak em out. Hehehe... yeah... that'd freak em...

njuice42
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reitsma -

What I do would depend completely who was on that plane with me. I'd given this one some thought before I came to reply - then I read reitsma's reply and almost fell on the floor laughing lmao

So if those closest to me were on the plane, I'd thank each of them.. separately, for being there for me when I needed them most, and telling them how much they truly meant to me. I would also tell them what a pleasure it was meeting them, and how great it will be to see them after the plane crashes. If they weren't there with me, then I would wish the very best for each of them, and hope that each one of them found true happiness in their life - isn't that what we're here for anyway?

I would try to bum some crack or some other super potent drug off of people so that I could enjoy the remaining few moments of my life free of anxiety and not have to worry about crashing (well ... in the drug related sense) or future side effects of the drug. Truth be known though, I'd probably shit my pants, then i'd spend the next 4 mins crying because not only am I going to die, but I have to spend the last 4 mins of my life in pants that I shat in.

I would definitely pray. What else could you do?

(You might even catch God in a merciful mood and get some divine intervention )

'in pants you've shat in'

Oh man... this thread is gold, baby, puuuuure gold...

njuice42
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Yes, but not in those pants...unless he's the proverbial 'golden goose'.

'First you say it, then you do it'.

Man, that's killin' me!

After returning from the toilet (who wants to go out with dirty pants like SB - I think he quite liked the idea of going out high and dirty) I'd probably do what reitsma suggested and jump. I will have lightened the load and people do occasionally survive falls without a parachute (they usually break every bone in their body but thems the breaks!!) and you are far less likely to survive a plane hitting the ground (if it was the sea I might go with the plane).

At some point I'd like to think I'd have had a go at the drinks trolley and (at least one) airstewardess - although given the time constraints I'm not sure I could fit both in the toilet with me (although I'd have a go).

Emps

Lol!!! Now I can just imagine that!! 'C'mer Baby *gulps alcohol* Ahhh! Gimmme kiss! Damn door, won't budge! Whew! What stinks in here? And who's prayin' out loud?...' I would hope that the end comes quickly...wouldn't want to spend the last minutes of my life under such circumstances...

Wait a minute, are we all on the same plane going down together?

Now that would be a sight to see

Yeah, and you were there, dude...too bad there wouldn't be a chance afterwards to tell anyone about it...

A question for you crazy nuts that are gonna jump. Would you jump face down or face up. Face down you see your doom coming, face up It'll be a surprize.

SB: As I'm not an experienced jumper I doubt I'd have much of a choice.

Face first:
You'd get a really cool view
You'd have more of a chance of getting rid of the drinks trolley (and airstewardess) in time for hitting the ground (you don't need the extra weight).

Back first:
You'd be able to keep drinking on the way down
You'd probably be more relaxed when you hit (you wouldn't be able to see the ground coming and see the point above).
It might be strangely relaxing falling backwards just listening to the wind whistle in your ears.

[edit: and it when depend if SB jumped before or after me. If he jumped before (while I'm struggling to get a drinks trolley and stewardess into a toilet) then to avoid the filth trailing from his soiled pants I'd try and go backwards - I wouldn't want to spend my last moments plummetting towards the earth with a face full of SB's movements - no offence SB!!]

Emps

[This message has been edited by Emperor (edited 04-29-2002).]

Good point, Emps. Backwards it is, me and Captain Morgan be kissing the ground hello!

njuice42
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you guys are sick.

. . .

eyezaer: Blame SB's loose bowels.

I should say if I'd been flying the plane my last moments would have been spent going 'it wasn't me' and 'I never pressed that button'.

Emps

I don´t know if you guys will have the time enough to decide if you´re going to jump face first or back first, but surely I would spend my last moments sticked to my seat yelling and shouting until my throat bleeds or a fat lady crushes me trying to reach the emergency exit first!!!!!!!!

Hey! Big girls need lovin' too...

njuice42
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maybe I'd try grabbing a towel, sticking my thumb out the exit and THEN jumping.

'as observer, camly noticing all the events taking place in the last minutes before death'...beam me up scotty (potty?)....please?

Man, I still can't stop laughing! Emps said 'loose bowels'. Lol!!!

I think I would wait until they both jumped out...and then go face first...just to see if Emps could avoid being 'shat on' before impact...hope there is more bottles of Capt. Morgan on that plane...pass the bottle...on the way down...and try to 'avoid' the 'loose clumps'...

I would probably jump after the fat lady. She would be my shield from SB's shitte and I would have something softer to land on than just the cold hard ground.



'I'm not crazy; I'm just a sane person trapped in the body of a lunatic.'
WolfenMedia

okay, lemme run this by ya'll then...

We got SB jumping out first, crack pipe in mouth and feces trailing.
Recieving said feces is Emps (unfortunately), though his back is turned.
Then there's the fat lady...
...and me dry humping her on the way down...
Then WebShamen complete with bottle of rum
And finally Wolfen, happy to be above the whole mess of people.

Really, someone ought to contact John Gleese with this, it'd make the most amusing comedy I've seen in years.

njuice42
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Oh man. I'm dying. I'm dying!!!! LooooL!!! Four point landing on the fat broad. Just hate to see the coroners report 'seems that they all jumped out of the plane...kinda hard to tell who jumped first...the fat lady kinda 'squished' all the evidence...well, except for this pair of underware...whew! *holds nose*'

Well, what the heck. I'm on Wolfen's tail ( ), still praying up a storm. Although at this point I'm pretty much praying I don't get sprayed by any excrement or bodily fluids (and that you'll all break my fall ).

My checklist now involves: drinks cabinet, air stewardess and umbrella - if I can float to earth like a nightmare version of Mary Poppins it might make for a cleaner landing (well fall at least). I'm also aiming to be last out of the plane - it looks like th ground will be so covered in bodies it should guarantee a soft landing (although not too soft - I'll be avoiding SB). In fact with all that weight gone I might just be able to to pull the plane out of its nose dive and land the plane with a bottle of Tequila in one hand and an airstewardess on my knee (thanks guys your sacrifice wasn't in vain).

Emps

I would just confess I am gay. Saved the plane in Almost Famous, why can't it save our's?

DigitalUbiquity

Actually, you would all probably be sucked into the jet's engines as soon as you jumped out of the door.

Well now that all depends on the plane we were all in. It would have to support the whole bin here, plus a drink cart, a pilot, a stewartess and a fat lady. I mean, hey, if it were a learjet or something we'd be pretty safe... I think. Except for the crashing and dying part, of course. That wouldn't be safe. It would be unsafe. Deadly even.

njuice42
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Hahaha, I agree with njuice42, he should make a comedy of all this: "Crashing Plane Extravaganza"

You know thinking about this now, how come your seat cushion can be used as a floataion device but they don't issue parachutes? I've never parachuted before but I'm sure if the plane was on fire I put forth a college try. What goods a floatation device gonna do you after a belly flop from fifteen thousand feet? What goods it gonna do you on a trip from LA to NYC? Theres no ocean between LA an NYC.

You could always land in a really deep lake... or a swimming pool even...

njuice42
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