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Boom or no boom

  • 15-06-2013 11:29pm
    #1
    MrPain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭MrPain


    You have the option to walk into a room with 100 boxes on the floor.

    99 of them contain, €500,000 cash. 1 randomly placed box contains a bomb that will explode and kill you and your puppy if you select it.

    How many boxes do you pick up?


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  • #2
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    1


  • #3
    Pj!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭Pj!


    4


  • #4
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    I don't have a puppy.


  • #5
    Joe10000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    Good question !

    I would pick up none and I don't even have a puppy.


  • #6
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    42


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  • #7
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    I'd have a blackcurrant jam sandwich and think about it.


  • #8
    apollo8
    Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭apollo8


    Where is this room OP?


  • #9
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    I'd have a blackcurrant jam sandwich and think about it.

    Fcukin blackcurrant?!

    Ew


  • #10
    Magnolia Faithful Stance
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Magnolia Faithful Stance


    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Fcukin blackcurrant?!

    Ew

    No, eating it


  • #11
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,034 ✭✭✭Wossack


    'fetch that box, puppy'

    'now fetch that one too...'

    >.>


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  • #12
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Fcukin blackcurrant?!

    Ew


    It's like the best jam ever, like. Hope you pick the bomb box :mad:


  • #13
    Ace Attorney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Ace Attorney


    MrPain wrote: »
    You have the option to walk into a room with 100 boxes on the floor.

    99 of them contain, €500,000 cash. 1 randomly placed box contains a bomb that will explode and kill you and your puppy if you select it.

    How many boxes do you pick up?

    were you playing minesweeper while watching deal or no deal ?


  • #14
    coolhull
    Registered Users Posts: 49,731 ✭✭✭✭coolhull


    I probably wouldn't pick any of them up, just open them up on the floor


  • #15
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Pick up one box, hope it's not the bomb. I would use the 500k to pay someone to go into the room and pick up boxes until he picks the wrong one. Then I'll go in and take the rest of the 500k boxes and be 49 million euro richer.


  • #16
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Fcukin blackcurrant?!

    Ew

    Blackcurrant is the best kind!

    GTFO! :pac::P


  • #17
    Joe10000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    I misread the question, I would open 1 and hopefully be around to tell the tale.


  • #18
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    bluewolf wrote: »
    No, eating it

    Bluey, your fingertips ooze dirt for eternity!

    Never change please.

    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    It's like the best jam ever, like. Hope you pick the bomb box :mad:

    Like, well like,that's just like your opinion maaaaan!

    Mango jam is not bad........oh and I like my odds with the box.

    I usually get a bang off a box.


  • #19
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Blackcurrant is the best kind!

    GTFO! :pac::P

    The only good blackcurrant is a ribena blackcurrant


  • #20
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    When do I get my puppy?


  • #21
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    99

    I wouldnt touch the one with the bomb in it, for obvious reasons.


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  • #22
    soap1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 723 ✭✭✭soap1978


    I pick up 99 and leave the bomb there.


  • #23
    Hill runner
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭Hill runner


    I would walk in the room with a bomb dectector and out with boxes.


  • #24
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    3 boxes, that's enough money to do me.....BOOM... Dead, all for being greedy.

    My real answer is 1 box is all i would pick up :D


  • #25
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Joe10000 wrote: »
    I misread the question, I would open 1 and hopefully be around to tell the tale.

    Dude, there is half a mil in 99 boxes. Picking one means death or a lousy 500k. If there is a chance I'm going to die. I'm going all out. I want to get into at least 50 boxes.

    It really is a jam alright.


  • #26
    mcpaddington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭mcpaddington


    I bring a metal detector in with me and single out the box with the bomb, then I exit the room with a cool €49.5 million.


  • #27
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    What type of explosive used? Knowing that I could hire a puppy trained to detect the bomb and open all the rest.


  • #28
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Dude, there is half a mil in 99 boxes. Picking one means death or a lousy 500k. If there is a chance I'm going to die. I'm going all out. I want to get into at least 50 boxes.

    It really is a jam alright.

    Very greedy, 1 box is grand as the chances that that one is the Bomb is highly unlikely....Well that is if you are me, my luck stinks, my first box would probably be the Bomb unfortunately.


  • #29
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    Wouldn't attempt it, my life is worth more than the risk.


  • #30
    jobeenfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,443 ✭✭✭jobeenfitz


    Definitely try one box and just hope it ain't the bomb. If it is a bomb then hope it a good one.


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  • #31
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    I'm not sure but please don't get that absolute bastard Noel Edmunds to present the show.


  • #32
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Clandestine wrote: »
    Wouldn't attempt it, my life is worth more than the risk.

    We all take risks every day of the week so it's just 1 more risk that can make life that bit easier imo. Go on...pick up that box :o


  • #33
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Boom Boom Boom Boom

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llyiQ4I-mcQ


  • #34
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Muthafucka say wayo!


  • #35
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Boom, boom, boom, boom I want you in my room...........


  • #36
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    I have a cunning plan that involves 101 dalmatians and a fire extinguisher.


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  • #37
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    is noel edmonds there too?


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