Burning House Scenario

[Raiders Army]

Here's the scenario. Your house (or place of residence) and garage is burning. You can run into the house or garage to retrieve only one item. For the purposes of this exercise, your pets and anything living is safe, with the exception of plants. You have all of your "legal" papers in the bank (to include deeds and titles to cars, etc.). You can also assume that as long as you can pick it up, it is salvageable and you do not have to worry about getting it through doorways, etc.

What item do you run into the house and get?

[Ksyrup]

My autographed copy of Gretchen Goes to Nebraska.

[st.cronin]

Nothing.

[ShovelMonkey]

Nothing.

The half drank beer I forgot on the cofee table...

[VPI97]

My laptop...too much stuff is on there that would take years to recreate. (Yes, I make backups, but those would be destroyed in the fire)

[st.cronin]

The half drank beer I forgot on the cofee table...

Whoops ... forgot about that ... on the other hand, it was getting kinda warm ...

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

My wedding photo album.

And if I had to venture a guess on what Arles would grab - I'd say his new TV.

[gottimd]

My gold bars totalling $10 Billion dollars that I keep in my Basement safe with the combination lock of 4-8-15-16-23-42.

[Drake]

My laptop...too much stuff is on there that would take years to recreate. (Yes, I make backups, but those would be destroyed in the fire)

That's my answer, too. Man, I could lose my wallet and not miss a beat, but having my laptop stolen or the HD crashing would seriously suck.

[Blackadar]

My 5 year old kid's favorite stuffed animal.

[Hurst2112]

1 thing? So a cd collection would be out of the question then I guess.

Um...probably my mac. Only because that's my work computer (shit...rules state I can't save my hard drives... :().

Still the mac because it has the most mp3s that I have converted. And, seeing as...(SHIT! no FOF...and I guess I can't get the EHM and FM2005 discs to play on the mac).

Oh hell...a clean pair of socks is my answer.

[Hurst2112]

DOLA:

or my note I left for myself on the fridge:

"get renter's insurance"

[gstelmack]

My 5 year old kid's favorite stuffed animal.
This is a great call, and I wish I'd thought of it before you posted. My only problem is I spoil the 2-year-old rotten when it comes to stuffed animals, so I'd have to run out with Nemo, Piglet, Pooh, Tigger, Fozzie, Kermit, Gonzo, Mike/Sully and as of this past week or so Dory.

[WSUCougar]

Can I throw one of the cats back inside and remove two things?

[Anthony]

my Blankie. it is the last remnants of the blanket made for me by my grandmother. i want to give it to my future child.

i'd hope my wife would get our wedding photo album too, or at least as many photo albums as possible. my wife and i have many picutres of the two of us since '97 when we met.

[gottimd]

My Real Doll.

[stkelly52]

my computer, because it has all of my pictures in it. I do make backups which are kept at another location, but I take ALOT of pictures and I don't back up every month.

[st.cronin]

My girlfriend would definitely be grabbing photo albums. I don't even know where these are kept. As long as she and the cats were safe, I don't have anything else I care about.

[Franklinnoble]

Probably my pistols.

[fantastic flying froggies]

My laptop...too much stuff is on there that would take years to recreate.
What da Man said.

(I mean, it's taken me YEARS to make my porn collection what it is today!!! :rolleyes: )

[tanglewood]

Tossup between my iPod and my guitar. Probably my iPod though as my music collection is worth a LOT and, even if I wouldn't have the CDs, at least i'd still be able to listen to it. I'd always be able to replace my guitar in quality, if not in spirit.

[Drake]

Can I throw one of the cats back inside and remove two things?

Heh.

[Professor58]

My wedding photo album.

When I saw this, this was what I was thinking, but I would add the baby pictures as well. Almost all other posessions could be replaced with the insurance money, these are almost one of a kind.

[Franklinnoble]

... Almost all other posessions could be replaced with the insurance money...

Obviously, you've never made a claim against your homeowners policy.

[mrsimperless]

My fire extinguisher

[Airhog]

My penis pump!

[kcchief19]

Well, that most practical answer would be my laptop, since if anything happened to it I would pretty much have to quit my job because I sure wouldn't want to be the one who has the clean up the mess left my computer melting. I suppose that is a lesson about backing up, but I've got 40 GB of work files on my hard drive and I pretty much only have time to make backup CDs to make more room on my harddrive without taking a week's vacation to back up the darn thing.

I would prefer to take with me a painting done by my mother. She doesn't paint anymore for a number of reasons, and this is the last painting of hers we have. It's the only thing I have that couldn't be replaced.

[jeff061]

My computer.

I'm sad.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

My computer.

I'm sad.
Ditto. My entire music collection is on it.

[JeeberD]

Easy question, my computer. How would I survive without easy access to FOFC? ;)

[weinstein7]

My gold bars totalling $10 Billion dollars that I keep in my Basement safe with the combination lock of 4-8-15-16-23-42.

That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

[Karlifornia]

My fire extinguisher

Beat me to it. Nice work.

Just for the sake of originality: Billy Joel anthology

[SackAttack]

Just for the sake of originality: Billy Joel anthology

I can't decide if that answer would drive QuikSand to actually burn your house down or not.

[Honolulu Blue]

My TCY license.

[wbatl1]

Dunno, the people and pets would be most important. probably my new clock radio(with CD player), I'm finding that I can't live without it.

[Bee]

I'd grab my wallet.

[Hurst2112]

Beat me to it. Nice work.

Just for the sake of originality: Billy Joel anthology

'we dint start the fire...'

[Maple Leafs]

My 5 year old kid's favorite stuffed animal.
Mine would be my wife's stuffed bear that she's had since she was a few weeks old. I'm fairly sure she values that thing more than me.

(God help me if I ever accidentally sit on it... she comes out swinging pretty quick.)

[JasonC23]

Mine would be my wife's stuffed bear that she's had since she was a few weeks old. I'm fairly sure she values that thing more than me.

(God help me if I ever accidentally shit on it... she comes out swinging pretty quick.)
Maple Leafs = J-Lo??

[Maple Leafs]

Maple Leafs = J-Lo??You may know me by my real-life name, Najeh Davenport.