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Old 12-08-10, 04:04 AM   #1
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If all expenses would be paid I would blow the damned thing up, then walk onto the highest area of the pile and get 10 billion bucks.
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Old 12-08-10, 09:00 AM   #2
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Not a shabby idea Penguin.

Nah, ten billion is nice, but climbing Everest in the winter by myself = suicide.

So, basically the question is - Would you commit suicide for ten billion dollars?
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Old 12-08-10, 09:05 AM   #3
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So, basically the question is - Would you commit suicide for ten billion dollars?
Absolutely. Sure, you go through a few minutes of pain, but then you get $10 billion, which you can spend any way you want and never have to work again.......oh, wait.
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Old 12-08-10, 09:12 AM   #4
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well, if you commit suicide you can at least build 40 pyramids for that amount of money - one for each body part : http://history.howstuffworks.com/anc...mid-today1.htm, maybe even 50 if you get mass discount
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Old 12-08-10, 09:25 AM   #5
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well, if you commit suicide you can at least build 40 pyramids for that amount of money - one for each body part : http://history.howstuffworks.com/anc...mid-today1.htm, maybe even 50 if you get mass discount
In related news:

http://www.theonion.com/video/oprah-...-buried,18443/
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Old 12-08-10, 02:03 PM   #6
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brilliant! "that the souls [of the audience] can recieve her wisdom even after death" lmao

I didn't expect that theonion's video's are so well made, this was actually the first time I watched moving pics by them. Only the foortage from the construction site could have been better done (nitpicking German )
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Old 12-08-10, 02:16 PM   #7
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Oh. My. God.

Tell me this is a joke.

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Okay, I just got to the burning orphans bit. It's a joke. Thank goodness.
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Old 12-08-10, 02:47 PM   #8
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I voted no, but then reconsidered my position whilst seeking clarification on the terms proposed.
If by 'mount everest' you mean 'my hotel roof, by way of internal air-conditioned stairs' and we are to take 'climb in winter' to mean 'piggy back on a sherpa during the height of equatorial summer in a tropical paradise' and by '$10bn' we actually mean 'an unrestricted expenses, fees and bar tab at the previously alluded hotel (recipient of minimum of 4 stars rating)', then my answer is yes. Emphatically.

I will be expecting my airline ticked within the week, and upon arrival, at least a half dozen tropical beauties to attend my needs - though not specified in the agreement, such expectations are implicit in the current understanding of 'tropical paradise'. We've all seen those adverts for 'bounty' and such like, so I don't think we have to name the particulars which we must all (by now) be thoroughly familiar with.

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Old 12-08-10, 09:20 AM   #9
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Absolutely. Sure, you go through a few minutes of pain, but then you get $10 billion, which you can spend any way you want and never have to work again.......oh, wait.
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Old 12-08-10, 09:25 AM   #10
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Not a shabby idea Penguin.

Nah, ten billion is nice, but climbing Everest in the winter by myself = suicide.

So, basically the question is - Would you commit suicide for ten billion dollars?
I'd rather slide down the sharpened edge of a samurai blade using my scrotum as a skateboard.
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Old 12-08-10, 01:37 PM   #11
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I'd rather slide down the sharpened edge of a samurai blade using my scrotum as a skateboard.
The thought and image of that just made me think.." Oweee "
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