i have two essays to write. can you tell?

[itsonlyamodel]

If you knew you were going to die by spontaneously combusting in a most spectacular conflagration and you could choose where and when, where and when would you do it?

(For some reason I imagine myself doing it on a battlefield in the middle of a battle during World War I. Dunno why exactly.)

Comments

[greeneggs_ham]

hmm this is an interesting question. i would do it in the middle of an epic battle fighting the forces of evil. of course supernatural powers are involved, and the only way i can save my love, friends and the world is to spontaneously combust to take out the evil guy and his weapon of mass distruction!

[itsonlyamodel]

sweet. yeah, for me it was a toss-up between WWI and a LoTR-style battle.

[hwbourre]

A huge warehouse rave. Everyone is there. The music's fast, the lights are keeping pace, the vibe is electric, everyone is having the time of their life.

I actually thought about this quite a bit during a rather mundane class tonight. If it's for the project I can elaborate. If it's just to procrastinate shame on you.

[itsonlyamodel]

wait - you're in a class? please exaplain.

and of course this is just to procrastinate, which is why you should definitely elaborate.

[hwbourre]

International Sommelier Guild Wine Fundementals 1.

This was sort of fun ask more questions.

[itsonlyamodel]

i figured it had to have something to do with alchool. are you learning lots?

i don't have the time right now to write down any more questions like that one but trust me, my head is chok-a-block full of them. they just seem to come out randomly.
maybe you should come up with some.

[zanzibar_mcbean]

I'll have to ponder my response further but I have a related question:

Now, with spontaneous combustion we don't know what the ignition is, correct?
Here's the question: Is spontaneous combustion extinguishable? Could someone just throw a bucket of water on you? or is it like a grease fire? If you dampened the flames would it just start again right away like trick candles or is the ignition a one shot deal. And why is spontaneous combustion always described as someone's whole body going up in flames? Why doesn't your finger just light and then you stick it in your mouth to put it out?

Food, no Fuel, for thought! Ooooh, SNAP!

[itsonlyamodel]

when a person spontaneously combusts the people around him/her don't think of trying to extiguish the flames, they just stand there in awe.

[zanzibar_mcbean]

But what if you spontaneously combust while falling into water?

[itsonlyamodel]

why the fuck would anyone do that? now you're just wasting my time with your silly and completely unrealistic "what-if"s.

[accio_agrona]

I would choose to combust during a final exam.

Just so the shock would momentarily distract the profs, giving the students a chance to cheat off the people beside them.

If I'm going to combust, I might as well help some people in the process.

[itsonlyamodel]

i like how you think that students would actually be thinking about their exams instead of the burning human sitting next to them.

[accio_agrona]

of course they wouldn't think to save me. clearly you have never taken a physics final!

[itsonlyamodel]

and for good reason.

[conquesoysalsa]

As lame as it is....I immediately pictured myself under the sparkling Eiffel Tower at night, and I hate myself for it. Although I'm sure it would give the crowd of Japanese tourists who are bound to be there quite the show.

I'll think of something cooler, then I'll get back to you.

[itsonlyamodel]

no no. i wanted people to give me the first thing they thought of. that's what i did. i guess i should have rephrased the question.
wow, that's a really wierd spot to pick.