What would you do?

This thread is sparked by a conversation I had with a coworker on the way back from lunch today. We were talking about Bernie Madoff's jail sentence and this guy brought up that someone was in jail for 20+ years for a crime he didn't commit, got exonerated and was awarded something like $5 million per year of incarceration for their mistake. Then my coworker asked me if I would go to jail for one year if I was guaranteed $5 million tax-free when I got out.

I thought about it and decided that yes, for one year, I'd totally go to jail, if I had a signed contract agreeing to give me that money when I got released.

So, here are a couple of "What would you do?" questions:

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Feel free to add more questions....

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

Sure. Gimme a prison library and some shitty coloured pencils, and I'm entertained. And I know you can get some crappy art supplies in jail, cause my homie in prison sends me drawings



2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

Depends on what the subject is. I feel strongly, and passionately, about a lot of things, and, as anyone else, I feel that my opinions are pretty spot on. An impassioned debate can be quite enjoyable, but if, say the debate were on a subject like racism or something else I feel quite personally about, then I may get offended and that won't end well. I don't want people lying to me, though, so I guess the answer really is I'd rather have someone challenge my ideas, but that doesn't mean it's gonna end well for them if I take it personally. lol But as long as it's a subject I can remove myself from? shit, bring on the debate, it'd be fun.



3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

Favorite meal. I spend a lot of my time being thirsty as a mofo, so a good, refreshing drink (alcoholic or non) is a godsend to me. Besides, I don't really have a favorite meal so I'm good. hahaha



4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

Single. Cause then you can at least date people. I've had a horrible spouse, and I'm not going back there ever again.



5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Between the toes, cause at least I can put some ointment on that ho. Not to mention, pain under my fingernails is one of the most annoying things in the world to me, since I use my hands so much.

 

Answers:

1. Where I'm from, you get points for staying OUT of jail. No amount of money could EVER motivate me to EVER want to go there. I don't chase money, I'd rather send a message.

2. I'd much rather have somebody who challenges me and my ideas because I'm not always right, I'm only human so I'm gonna make mistakes.

3. I could give up my favorite meal (chicken tenders & fries w/ honey mustard sauce) because my favorite drink is just water.

4. I would rather be single the rest of my life then be with someone that I obviously can't stand. You can't put a price-tag on peace and happiness.

5. I really wouldn't care where the paper cut was because physical scars will heal very quickly with neosporin.

 

I would absolutely go to jail for one year if i was guaranteed 5 million per for every year that i was in there. But, i would only agree to this if my safety was guaranteed. What's the point of going in there if i probably don't even make i out alive lol.

I hate dishonesty more than anything, so i would much rather have someone tell me the truth and challenge me than just tell me what i want to hear.

Favorite drink without question. I can't go without pizza for longer than a few days.

Be single. Having a horrible spouse would have me on suicide watch.

LOL.....probably between my toes, because i type a lot and need my fingers.

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1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

I think I could not pass that up

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

Easy! Challenge me baby, I cants stand when people arent honest, regardless of what they have to say. Im a stickler for honesty and respect people that have the guts to stand up for what they think.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

As I just drink water most fo the time, it would be giving up my favorite drink.

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

Easy again, be single for the rest of my life, hands down.

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?


Between my toes:smt091 - hate papercuts..

Feel free to add more questions....

Hmmm.. have a few, will weed a bit and get back

 

That's what I was telling my coworker. I think it would be easier for a woman to spend a year in jail/prison, than a man. I could be wrong though. Maybe I've seen too many movies. LOL.

Great answers all. I'll answer them when I get out of work. :smt023

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

Have you ever been? -Never I would go to jail.

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

I like different ideas, different opinions. The best chance for best solutions.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

I would give up the meal

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

Prefer to be single

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Between fingers

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

No thanks, I couldn't handle missing a year of my kids lives, no amount of money is worth that. It's hard enough missing out on a day of their lives so forget a year!

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

There's nothing better then a good debate especially when two people are very passionate about what they are debating. So I'd rather have someone challenge me.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

It doesn't matter I'm not stuck on any one thing so either/or.

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

Who would want to have to live with someone who is horrible? I'll take single thanks!

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Paper cuts suck in general so just get it over with and we can move on, regardless of where it is, it still sucks!

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

I wouldn't do it. Going to jail would mean losing my CPA license. I've worked to hard to let that go. Plus, I would never want my family to have to deal with that. Regardless of what you are in jail for, there is always a stigma attached to it. I wouldn't want to deal with that the rest of my living days.

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

Challenge me any day of the week as long as you have a good argument as to why you feel the way you do. I like knowing why people believe the way that they do on issues. I may or may not agree, but I'll still respect you for your convictions.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

I'll say meal. I have a glass of tea every day. I don't think that I could give it up.

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

Single for the rest of my life. I would rather be single and happy than to marry someone just to say that I was married. I can make it on my own.

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Definitely under my fingernail. I know too many foot fetish men. I just can't take that chance.

 

GO TO JAILLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

yes, i would go to jail for a year...can i bunk with magic...he is already there...lol

challenge me please...challenge anyone...everyone...all the damn "co-signing" to boost post counts around here drives me fucking crazy

i have lots of favorites on both sides so it would be simple to give up either

single...single...single...

toe...a little liquid bandage and i will be all set...i use my hands all the time so it is harder to have a hurt finger

:smt061

 

1. Yes, I would go to jail for one year. Being away from my daughter for that long would suck big ass donkey balls, but I'd sacrifice one year if I knew that we'd be financially set for the rest of our lives. That I wouldn't have to worry about money for her college, and we could live in a nice (yet modest) place would help to sustain me for a year.

2. I'm with everyone else: challenge me! Make me work for my opinions, or make me see the light. I don't want a "yes" person with me. I want someone to help me keep my brain alive and kicking. A good debate is definitely something I strive to be involved in whenever possible.

3. Since I gave up soda when I found out I had gestational diabetes, I'd have to say, give up my favorite drink. I can do it, if there's a time limit on it. LOL.

4. Been there, done that. I have no interest in being with someone I'm not compatible with in any way and who makes me miserable. Life is too short and precious for that. I'd rather die happy, and if that means I'll be single doing it, so be it.

5. I hate paper cuts. But, I'll say inbetween the toes. I have enough issues with my fingers in the winter :cry: that I don't want a paper cut under a finger nail. Plus, I type all day at work. The less injuries to my fingers, the better. :smt023

And again, feel free to add to the questions!!

 

- As long as there is an asshole protection clause. I'd definitely do a year at 5mil.

- Someone who challenges me and my ideas, as long as they truly understand how a conversation works (ie., take turns talking and listening). I having conversations with people who jump down your throat as soon as they think you're going to say something they disagree with.

- Meal

- Single

- Finger nail

- Ok

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

-I wouldnt go because I would be divorced and (in my best Pulp Fiction voice) I dont wanna get divorced.

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

-Rather have the challenging unless it resorts to insults, which usually does online,

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

-Givin up food cause I cant go without Tea.

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

-This question I dont get at all. You are supposed to be offering two bad things. Being single is a good thing and having a bad spouse is a horrible thing...what is there to even think about?

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

-between my toes.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Which is why when I saw the question, I decided to ask it. I guess it's a question to gauge how people want to spend their lives? Are they happy to just be with someone, just to say they are married? Being with a shitty spouse will make it worth it, just to say you're married? That's how I took it.

I wanted to see the responses. They've been interesting. :-D

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

We live in a country where opportunity abounds, you can make millions on your own without sacrificing your freedom for a year.

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

A wise person knows that they have much still to learn, challenge.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

Gotta have my salmon and lemon glazed rice.

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

Life is tooooooo short to be around negative people, single please.

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Toes, easier to treat and bandage.

 

I think it would depend upon the jail.

But I don't think I would. I don't think I could handle being vulnerable like, that, I'd go crazy with out the hubby for that long, and I'd rather just stay on the outside for a year and make as much money as I can with my own brain & two hands.

I want one of both. That way the agree-er can bolster my ego enough that I can be super unguarded & open to what the more challenging person is saying, so I can better learn from their arguments.

I'd give up the favorite Drink. I'm not sure why.

Definitely rather be single.

Toes. I don't have to type with them.

 

No, I have children and grandchildren, they will always need their mother, I would not want to be totally unavailable if they had an emergency and no amount of money could change that.

I like challenge, if it is what that person TRULY believes, I don't like someone to agree just to agree.

I could give up my favorite meal, but please don't ask me to give up my COFFEE ever!!

Definately single!!

Toes, I can't stand anything under my finger nail.

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?
Yes, I would, without question. Like Bryant said, I would like my safety to be guaranteed and of course I would want a written contract to say that I would get this money, but I would go for a year. Five million guarantees a very good life if you invest a good portion of it wisely, and I've had enough money problems in my twenty one years of living already. I know I have plenty more to come so if I could make it easier, I would.

2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???
Challenge my ideas! I don't like conversations with a doormat. I find it quite patronising when people agree with you just to shut you up, anyway.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?
I could give up my favourite dish without question. However, I couldn't give up my favourite type of food, which is meat. So it would have to be my favourite drink - coffee. I'd be a zombie for a year but would probably get hooked on tea instead.

4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?
It depends on what you mean by horrible. Horrible in the sense that he's abusive, then I would rather be single. Horrible in the sense that we're simply living together as friends in a house without any romance, but aren't hateful towards one another, then I'd probably stay.

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?
Between my toes.


I don't know why that angry face came up there!! I'm not angry at all

 

1. Would you go to jail for a year (or more) if you were guaranteed $5 million tax-free for every year you were in jail, when you got out?

Would I receive the money AND have my record wiped clean? Would all of my loved ones know why I was in jail? How safe would I be...would I have to kill someone?



2. Would you rather have someone agree with you and tell you what you want to hear, or have someone challenge you and your ideas???

Challenge my ideas...but most people say that until they meet someone that actually does challenge them...and then they run away from that person.

3. If you had to give up one of these for a year would you rather give up your favorite drink or your favorite meal?

I can't give up orange juice...so I'd give up my favorite of spaghetti


4. Would you rather have a horrible spouse you can't divorce OR be single for the rest of your life?

How about "removing" your horrible spouse and then going to jail for a year...afterwards, I'd receive the five million dollar payout!

5. If you knew it was about to happen and there was nothing you could do about it, would you rather get a paper cut EITHER beetween your toes OR under your finger nail?

Between the toes 100 times out of 100. Talk about takin' it between the toes...that would not feel great at all