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Would you do it?

  • 16-08-2012 10:12pm
    #1
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭


    Let's say someone offers you €500million.
    To earn the cash, they put ten guns on the table in front of you and tell you 9 of them are empty and one is loaded.
    A beloved family member is in the room with you and you have to pick any gun at random and fire it at point blank range into their head.
    If you do it you get the cash whether or not you kill your family member. If you bottle it, you both leave with nothing.

    Would you risk it or walk away?

    I have terrible luck when it comes to gambling so I don't think I'd have the balls to do it. But i'd probably be tempted.

    Would you do it? 69 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    27% 19 votes
    I'd butcher my entire family for free
    72% 50 votes


Comments

  • #2
    marshbaboon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭marshbaboon


    Can I point the gun at my own head?


  • #3
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    Depends on which family member it was.


  • #4
    Tombi!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    Can I pick the family member?


  • #5
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Oh god, not this again.


  • #6
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    It must be a big table to hold all them guns and money.
    Can I keep the gun if I win ?


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  • #7
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,424 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Money cant buy happiness. So no.


  • #8
    girl in the striped socks
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭girl in the striped socks


    No.
    Money isn't everything.


  • #9
    Stompbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭Stompbox


    mattjack wrote: »
    It must be a big table to hold all them guns and money.

    I was gonna give you 'thanks' but then I realised that the OP never said that the money was also on the table.

    Close, but no cigar.


  • #10
    OMARS_COMING_
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭OMARS_COMING_


    YES

    Of course,all that cash money for that good odds?


  • #11
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    I would do my best to pick the gun with the bullet.............and shoot the prick with the 500mil

    I look better as a hero!!


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  • #12
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Nah. I could make money from the book and film deal that came afterwards.


  • #13
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I'd take my chances on scratchcards and hope I get 3 stars

    Do the lads with the guns and a tied up relative have any scratch cards?


  • #14
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Stompbox wrote: »
    I was gonna give you 'thanks' but then I realised that the OP never said that the money was also on the table.

    Close, but no cigar.

    Alas, I am not a 'thanks prostitute'.


  • #15
    FANTAPANTS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭FANTAPANTS


    oh yeah 500 million and rot in thailand with my 100 wifes :D:D:D:D


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I guess Bill Gates is getting bored.


  • #17
    LoYL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭LoYL


    OP I think you should buy a parachute and a bale of hay. Tie your mobile phone to the bale of hay and sell the parachute on ebay. With the money you make from the parachute start gambling online and leave the hay to marinate in a pool of diesel overnight. With your winnings (because let's face it you are a good poker player) you should invest in a wheelbarrow and a litre of milk. I will fill you in later on the rest of the answer to your query


  • #18
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    marshbaboon wrote: »
    Can I point the gun at my own head?
    No.
    Brutal Deluxe wrote: »
    Can I pick the family member?
    No.
    Confab wrote: »
    Oh god, not this again.
    Yes because I'm the only one who starts shít threads
    My name is URL wrote: »
    Do the lads with the guns and a tied up relative have any scratch cards?
    Yes but they're only €1 All Cash.


  • #19
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Can i use my mother in law?


  • #20
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    If I use two of the guns will I get get 500m x 2 ?


  • #21
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fcuked up question tbh.


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  • #22
    RedRightHand
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭RedRightHand


    Ten guns, jeez, have young people these days ever heard of Russian Roulette? One revolver, five empty chambers, one loaded chamber. The odds of blood being shed are greater but what did you expect for €500 million?


  • #23
    delta36
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭delta36


    Only if my family were the Kal-Els.


  • #24
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Can i use my mother in law?

    As a gun ?


  • #25
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    No.


  • #26
    marshbaboon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭marshbaboon


    Dean09 wrote: »
    No.

    Ok. Can I try all the guns until I find the one that works? Then turn it on myself?


  • #27
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Fcuked up question tbh.

    It is actually.

    What the fúck is wrong with me?! :eek:


  • #28
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Fcuked up question tbh.

    there is a short supply of intelligent, thought provoking discussions & sh1t floats to the top of the forums


  • #29
    firefly08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭firefly08


    RedRightHand wrote: »
    Ten guns, jeez, have young people these days ever heard of Russian Roulette? One revolver, five empty chambers, one loaded chamber. The odds of blood being shed are greater but what did you expect for €500 million?

    That's the sissy version. Real Russian Roulette has 1 empty chamber :cool:


  • #30
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    there is a short supply of intelligent, thought provoking discussions & sh1t floats to the top of the forums

    True.
    I got bored.
    Somebody asked me this question the other day so I thought I'd see what other people said.


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  • #31
    marshbaboon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭marshbaboon


    Also, these 10 guns. Are they the same type, model & calibre?

    What type of guns are they? Are they fully loaded or is there just a single round in the chamber?


  • #32
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Randomly pick a gun, check that there's no bullets in it, then you can safely point it at your relative. If the gun is loaded, then randomly pick a different gun. Technicalities, folks. They'll always provide you with loopholes.


  • #33
    some random drunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭some random drunk


    I wouldn't because how could I trust this random rich maniac? I mean maybe all the guns are loaded and the money's fake and this guy just gets his kicks out of watching people killing their own family.


  • #34
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    No.


  • #35
    girl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭girl2


    Well all you have to do is think about the people in the world who have a sick child or family member and would go to any lengths to save their life....and no amount of money would make it better or ease the pain of the relative dying.

    The guilt would eat the person up. No amount of money would be worth it.


  • #36
    Fuhrer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,661 ✭✭✭Fuhrer


    Id do it even if all ten guns were loaded


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  • #37
    MaroonAndGreen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭MaroonAndGreen


    tough one :P


  • #38
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,883 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    shout yolo while i line up my whole family


  • #39
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    No, I hate money, I'd set the whole room on fire instead.


  • #40
    RealExpert
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭RealExpert


    So are the guns licensed or unlicensed?


  • #41
    Palytoxin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭Palytoxin


    The stakes would be too high for me, and anyway who would want to spend the rest of their life rotting in their own obscene wealth, I'd rather earn a living for myself.


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  • #42
    Ruski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Ruski


    The odds are really in your favour. It would be more interesting if all the guns were loaded and instead of shooting a family member, you shoot the OP. And you have to fire every gun.


  • #43
    girlonfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 337 ✭✭girlonfire


    No, I wouldn't put others at risk for money.
    Wow, I'm a good'n!


  • #44
    pathtohome
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭pathtohome


    As long as they had a bag over their head and they would never find out..


  • #45
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    No. I'd look like an awful prick when some Japanese game show host jumps out with a camera crew, then my Mammy would batter me.


  • #46
    guitarzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭guitarzero


    Why do I end up coming in to these threads?!?!?!!?!

    Damn it!


  • #47
    chops018
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭chops018




  • #48
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Dean09 wrote: »
    Let's say someone offers you €500million.
    To earn the cash, they put ten guns on the table in front of you and tell you 9 of them are empty and one is loaded.
    A beloved family member is in the room with you and you have to pick any gun at random and fire it at point blank range into their head.
    If you do it you get the cash whether or not you kill your family member. If you bottle it, you both leave with nothing.

    Would you risk it or walk away?

    I have terrible luck when it comes to gambling so I don't think I'd have the balls to do it. But i'd probably be tempted.

    yeah put the spliff down why the hell are you sitting there thinking about ridonkulas hypothetical situations that only some sort of sick fvck would come up with :confused:


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