"The Book of Questions"

[libby]

Wonder if any of you are familiar with the above? I bought the book for my son, who passed away suddenly several years ago.  He had penned in some answers, but not the following:

"A cave in occurs while you and a stranger are in a concrete room deep in a mine shaft. Before the phone goes dead, you learn that the entire mine is sealed and  the air hole being drilled will not reach you for 30 hours. If you both take sleeping pills from the medicine chest, the oxygen will last for only 20 hours. Both of you can't survive; alone, one of you might. After you both realize this, the stranger takes several sleeping pills, says that it is in God's hands, and falls asleep. You have a pistol; what do you do?"

[Locutus]

I don't think there's any right or wrong answer.  It's all about the reader.  What would you do? 

[libby]

 I need some more time to think about it. 

[Palehorse]

Wonder if any of you are familiar with the above? I bought the book for my son, who passed away suddenly several years ago.  He had penned in some answers, but not the following:

"A cave in occurs while you and a stranger are in a concrete room deep in a mine shaft. Before the phone goes dead, you learn that the entire mine is sealed and  the air hole being drilled will not reach you for 30 hours. If you both take sleeping pills from the medicine chest, the oxygen will last for only 20 hours. Both of you can't survive; alone, one of you might. After you both realize this, the stranger takes several sleeping pills, says that it is in God's hands, and falls asleep. You have a pistol; what do you do?"

The solution I came up with:

Shoot the cowardly bastard thusly extending the air supply via the elimination of the cowards consumption of the remaining air supply. While sleeping reduces the use of the air supply, overdosing could potentially increase its consumption due to hyper-ventilation.

Hang onto the pistol . . . Just in case. . .

[libby]

LOL!

Palehorse, only you could make me laugh at your answer to such a serious question. I sure do enjoy your posts.

[Locutus]

Actually, shooting them was the answer that first crossed my mind too. 

[Palehorse]

LOL!

Palehorse, only you could make me laugh at your answer to such a serious question. I sure do enjoy your posts.

😬 My work is complete here then. 😬

[The Troll]

😬 My work is complete here then. 😬

  I think I would wait for god's boy to go to sleep.  Take the pistol and place it in sleeping boy's hand.  Put the gun in his mouth, pull the trigger sending him to heaven quickly and for his own good.  Wash my hands really good, find a good place to go to sleep  and wait for the air tube.      

  Why did I wash my hands?  To make sure there is no gun powder on them and the police investigation will think he committed suicide.   

[libby]

Here's another question:

"Would you rather spend a month on vacation with your parents or put in overtime at your current job for four weeks without extra compensation?"

I'll start this one: No. I would give just about anything to see both my parents again. Just one more time. I'd ask so many questions.

Daddy died of lung cancer in his early 40s,  five months before his first grandchild -- my son -- was born. I knew he was close to death before my mother or anyone else knew because I was working in the hospital x-ray department, sitting beside the doctor who read the x-ray. I helped take care of daddy -- my mother and I gave him shots for pain -- but he and I never talked about it. And, I was not with him when he died, in the hospital, and did not go to his funeral. (I shut down emotionally when things get too bad or painful.)

My mother lived a lot longer. but we never really talked about anything other than current events -- family, etc. It took me maybe 10 years after she died to start wondering about her, thinking about her background. Like daddy she never talked about herself. Funny thing was, after she died, I took some time off and took a trip back to where she was born and grew up (far southwestern VA/North Carolina border. And learned a lot about her from one of my cousins I'd never met. I did the same for daddy. 

[AbbyTC]

Here's another question:

"Would you rather spend a month on vacation with your parents or put in overtime at your current job for four weeks without extra compensation?"

I'll start this one: No. I would give just about anything to see both my parents again. Just one more time. I'd ask so many questions.

Daddy died of lung cancer in his early 40s,  five months before his first grandchild -- my son -- was born. I knew he was close to death before my mother or anyone else knew because I was working in the hospital x-ray department, sitting beside the doctor who read the x-ray. I helped take care of daddy -- my mother and I gave him shots for pain -- but he and I never talked about it. And, I was not with him when he died, in the hospital, and did not go to his funeral. (I shut down emotionally when things get too bad or painful.)

My mother lived a lot longer. but we never really talked about anything other than current events -- family, etc. It took me maybe 10 years after she died to start wondering about her, thinking about her background. Like daddy she never talked about herself. Funny thing was, after she died, I took some time off and took a trip back to where she was born and grew up (far southwestern VA/North Carolina border. And learned a lot about her from one of my cousins I'd never met. I did the same for daddy.

Good question. I would do the overtime.  I love my job and the people I work with.  We have very different personalities, yet we all mesh well with each other. If I need help, someone is ready to lend a hand. Do we have problems?  Sure, but on the whole, I love it.  My boss is understanding, especially through the last two years of my divorce. It is seriously the best job I ever had.

Spend an entire month on vacation with my parents?  You mean the ones that turned their back on me and embraced my ex through my divorce? My father told me, "I'll listen to your ex, but I don't want to hear what you have to say". That was two years ago and I remember it like yesterday.  I thought my dad had my back, but I was wrong. Maybe  a week with them, but that would be it.  My parents have decided to let me back in their lives, but they have hurt me so much, and I am pretty sure they still talk to my ex, that I am no longer close to them or desire to spend much time with them.  They act like they have never shut me out; they have never apologized for it, but pretend it never happened. My mother sent me a letter questioning why we were no longer close (!) and then played the martyr.  I always wished for a normal relationship with them, but since going through my divorce, I see them as they really are.  My father can be a bully and my mother a passive/aggressive false martyr.  (There is a lot more to this, but it is a long long long story starting with abuse by my mother when I was a child and my father turning a blind eye to it.) A woman I work with is more of a mother figure to me and I appreciate her so much. 

[Anne]

No problem choosing on this one, definitely spent d time with my parents. My dad died when I was 23, he was 52. My mom died at 68 so I had more time with her, but I still miss them a lot, some days more than others. I regret my children did not know their grandfather and that I never had the chance to have adult conversations with him. I wish I could have taken care of them in their old age.

[Palehorse]

Here's another question:

"Would you rather spend a month on vacation with your parents or put in overtime at your current job for four weeks without extra compensation?"

. . .

First and foremost let me make one thing perfectly clear: I will never spend more than one nanosecond longer than necessary to uphold my responsibilities to the position I hold at work, at work, ever again. With or without being compensated for same. Ever. . . I have spent decades putting in time and effort with and without being compensated for it; and at the end of the day it was time spent ill advised and I regret every single second of it.  It is not appreciated by Korporate Amerika and serves only their purpose. You will still be cast aside like a steaming pile of excrement when it serves their worship of the bottom line. (/rant)

That being said, my choice is a clear one. Month with my parents and longer if it were possible.