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[not_graveling]

(Charlie insists I amuse him, so I pose a public question.)

If you were sentenced to execution for any crime, but the sentencer let you choose your own way of dying, which way would you choose?

I know what I'd say, but that would be telling.

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[rasiah]

Old age.

[not_graveling]

You are either:

a) a riddle buff
b) incredibly intelligent
or c) both.

I'm May.

[rasiah]

More the former than the latter, I'm afraid.

Thomas Rasiah.

[sorrow_nor_fire]

A public execution, attended by the entire population of the nearest city with a population over 100,000; featuring dinosaurs, rabid wolves, fire-eaters, professional mourners, The Lesbian Conspiracy headlining, and S&M public demonstrations.

[not_graveling]

That, actually, sounds fun.

Well, until the whole dead part.

[sorrow_nor_fire]

No, see, that's the beauty of it!

I'm scrawny, so it's real easy to slip out of the ropes, and while everyone's all distracted by the spectacle, it's a cakewalk to escape and be free.

Besides, I have a glittery electrostatic Get Out Of Death Free card. I think.

(The trick, you see, is to ask for The Lesbian Conspiracy instead of The Lesbian Oligarchy. TLO is a much better show, but then you wouldn't want to miss it.)

[not_graveling]

That must be worth more than a soul, a foolproof way out.

But that's a good point, if everybody is distracted. I probably wouldn't be allowed in, because I bet the attendees would have to be over 21.

[juilliard_vichy]

Thomas of course has the correct answer. Barring old age -- that is, assuming the executioner is of common intelligence -- I believe that last time I was confronted with this option I chose Antigone's asphyxiation, brought the handheld "to send my last goodbyes," and was out of there before the candles went out. It was relaxing, truly.