Would you cut off a limb to save your life?

YellowFeather

Let's imagine:

Your bed has collapsed because you were jumping on it too vigorously. You fell through the springs and got your arm caught.

In the meantime, the cheese sandwich that you were toasting has touched the grill and caught fire.

Your arm is trapped inside the former bed, and the fire is spreading all over your home. You can see the smoke coming into the bedroom, and the temperature is rising.

You can't get free - but - there is a glass nearby that you can reach with your non-trapped arm. You could cut yourself free...

Myself - I would stay stuck and hope for the best.

admiralofthefleet

been watching 127 hours recently have you?

YellowFeather

Nah - Saw.

frozenfrozen

i'd probably end up chopping off the wrong one

shopaholic01

Would glass cut through bone? A lot of mess and pain for nothing if it wouldn't.

Quandary

It's pretty unrealistic for a 5 year old to be using the grill all by themselves...

But I'd definitely lose a limb as opposed to dying in a fire.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

I'd just wait for Lassie

Ruu

I'd burn alive anyway before managing to cut myself with a piece of glass, I'll stay put so.

Fr_Dougal

Sounds like that movie with Will Smith...The Shawshank Redemption...

Remmy

I glanced at the poll and thought the first option was "did it before once".

shopaholic01

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Would glass cut through bone? A lot of mess and pain for nothing if it wouldn't.

Surely it'd cut through a mattress more easily

spankysue

I keep my phone in my pocket so I'd use my free arm to get that and call the Fire Brigade

Schism

bluewolf wrote: »

Surely it'd cut through a mattress more easily

There's always another option.

kowloon

bluewolf wrote: »

Surely it'd cut through a mattress more easily

It's one of those Kryptonite-Duratanium composite mattresses, not very comfy but much good for back.

bluewolf

bluewolf wrote: »

Surely it'd cut through a mattress more easily

Stop ruining things with your logic :mad:

Choose. Your arm or your life.

Probably my arm considering I'd freak out and then die of smoke inhalation before working myself up to it, or while trying to call 999 and cutting the bed

Seaneh

I've no idea if I could cut off a limb to save my life.

I had to give myself anti-coagulant injections for a months while I was waiting for surgery while I was on warfarin (was meant to be a week but the surgery was put back for 3 more weeks). Warfarin takes days to get out of your system but Clexane is out in less than 12 so they switch you to clexane injections pre-surgery and stop it 18 hours before surgery so you don't bleed out on the table.

Anyway, I couldn't even bring myself to give myself the fecking injections without a 45 minuts struggle and minor panic attacks most days.

I couldn't imagine how I'd cope having to saw my arm off...

kowloon

This is why celebrating an impending cheese toastie is the cause of so much death in our culture.

Self injecting is something that gets normal Seaneh, the trick is to not mind that it hurts.

>.>

<.<

Capt'n Midnight

Pro tip : if you cut off your arm, take it with you so it can be sewn back on.

Finnt

I cut some one else's off no problem to safe myself!!

Seaneh

Seaneh wrote: »

I've no idea if I could cut off a limb to save my life.

I had to give myself anti-coagulant injections for a months while I was waiting for surgery while I was on warfarin (was meant to be a week but the surgery was put back for 3 more weeks). Warfarin takes days to get out of your system but Clexane is out in less than 12 so they switch you to clexane injections pre-surgery and stop it 18 hours before surgery so you don't bleed out on the table.

Anyway, I couldn't even bring myself to give myself the fecking injections without a 45 minuts struggle and minor panic attacks most days.

I couldn't imagine how I'd cope having to saw my arm off...

I know exactly how you feel. I'm the same when I'm waxing my eyebrows.

Dwork

Glass is for cissies. I'd chew it off and spit out the splinters of bone.

real answer: I'd p1ss myself so bad the fire would go out.

GottaGetGatt

YellowFeather wrote: »

Let's imagine:

Your bed has collapsed because you were jumping on it too vigorously. You fell through the springs and got your arm caught.

In the meantime, the cheese sandwich that you were toasting has touched the grill and caught fire.

Your arm is trapped inside the former bed, and the fire is spreading all over your home. You can see the smoke coming into the bedroom, and the temperature is rising.

You can't get free - but - there is a glass nearby that you can reach with your non-trapped arm. You could cut yourself free...

Myself - I would stay stuck and hope for the best.

Why would you jumping on your bed in the first place? what height are you 4ft?

YellowFeather

kowloon wrote: »

This is why celebrating an impending cheese toastie is the cause of so much death in our culture.

Another cheese related death. *Shakes head sadly.*

dodderangler

This reminds me of Charles hawtree ( carry on films)
Big smoker and got a disease called peripheral vascular disease caused from smoking like a trooper
Doctor told him they'd have to amputate his legs to save him and He refused, allegedly saying he preferred to die with his boots on, and died almost a month later, aged 73.

YellowFeather

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Why would you jumping on your bed in the first place? what height are you 4ft?

Why wouldn't you jump on the bed? We're all adults here - we're allowed to do this now.

Sound of Silence

I would die of smoke inhalation long before I was able to cut through my arm with a piece of broken glass.

kowloon

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Pro tip : if you cut off your arm, take it with you so it can be sewn back on.

But use the wet end to beat out the fire first.

A little charred, but still good.

Sunnyisland

I would have to cut my arm of as if I broke the toaster me ma would kill me :P

admiralofthefleet

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

I'd just wait for Lassie

the only actress that never changed her costume in a film

YellowFeather

realies wrote: »

I would have to cut my arm of as if I broke the toaster me ma would kill me :P

The toaster has already gone up in flames. It's you or the arm.

Clandestine

Limb or life? I choose life, I could live without an arm

But, I'd be concerned about bleeding out too

Sunnyisland

YellowFeather wrote: »

The toaster has already gone up in flames. It's you or the arm.

I would have to die so, no toaster no life.

Clandestine

realies wrote: »

I would have to die so, no toaster no life.

could always just buy another one.....

Mayoman911

Mayoman911 wrote: »

But, I'd be concerned about bleeding out too

That's ok, you can just cauterise it with the fire :pac::pac:

mattjack

YellowFeather wrote: »

The toaster has already gone up in flames. It's you or the arm.

Arm , no toaster , me , hold on Mrs Mattjack is the sammich maker ....

What was the question again ?

Truncheon Rouge

Its tricky to cut your arm
to cut your arm and right on time is tricky

its tricky.
its
tricky.
tricky.
tricky.

--LOS--

I'm just gona go right ahead and ignore the cheese scenario here. But ye I would cut off my own limb to save my life.

I've a better one though....at the start of 'vertical limit', a brother and sister are climbing with their father, the son has to sacrifice the father and cut him loose in order to save the lives of himself and his sister, there's no time to really think about the situation, it's do or die........I don't think I could do that.

Mysteriouschic

I don't think I could cut my arm off I'd be too squeamish about cutting it and think about how much it would hurt and the amount of blood you'd lose it's not worth it.
I'm more likely to just leave it and not cut my arm off if such situation would occur.

Capt'n Midnight

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

the only actress that never changed her costume in a film

you can do that when you've the lead role

StewartGriffin

I would cut off a limb to save my life.

But not my own.

Victor

YellowFeather wrote: »

Would you cut off a limb to save your life?

Yes.

Yours.

kraggy

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

the only actress that never changed her costume in a film

Eh, I've seen plenty of pornos where there was no costume change. Unless you count wearing a white mask towards the end?