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Old 01-23-2011, 02:10 PM   #46
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This has been a surprisingly interesting thread to read.
curiouser and curiouser...........
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HarryT was right when he said that it is perverse to offer money to hit someone in the belly.

I never disagreed with this. I do think that everyone would be willing to let this happen for a price. You can say never, but a billion dollars in cash before you all legal and crap would be a hell of a motivator. And if not a billion then how about a trillion? There is always a price.


This is a reason why in most places it is illegal for people to sell their bodies for organs or for sex even if both parties are willing. Exploitation of any person regardless of social class and poverty level is wrong in all forms, willing participants or not.

But that doesnt mean we all dont have a price. A billion dollars for the next 20 generations of my family to live the rich life...sure I would give a kidney.
When I was a teenager I was hanging out at a pizza place a friend of mine was managing. The typical what-would-you-do-for-a-billion-dollars discussion came up, and the price was for having sex with someone of the same gender (keep in mind, these are teenage/early 20s guys doing the talking). Naturally everyone said "Nope, not for a billion" except one, who said "I dunno, a billion dollars buys a lot of soap."

Friday night at a pizza place, and you could have heard a pin drop.
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I'd be willing to say that if someone didn't do it for a billion then they aren't going to do it for a trillion either.

Me, I'd take one for a $500. That a car payment and one heck of night out for me and my wife!!
I have what I call the billion-dollar briefcase principle. Many people (and I have to say I'm impressed with the honesty I've seen in this thread so far) grouse about ethics and say they wouldn't do something for a billion. They've never seen the money, and likely never will, so it's all academic; you might as well discuss what you would do if trapped on Mars. Hence, whenever the "Big Bill" question comes up, my answer is always the same regardless the task being requested*:

Show Me The Money.

*This means me specifically...none of that Indecent Proposal stuff.
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Old 01-23-2011, 02:46 PM   #48
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would you take a check?
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Old 01-23-2011, 05:59 PM   #49
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would you take a check?
He wants to know if it's coming from a chinese bank? (He'd answer himself, but his computer is in pieces on the dining room table at the moment.)
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Old 01-23-2011, 09:08 PM   #50
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For a billion dollars, you could cut off my legs, an arm, and an eye. Then I could spend $6 million to rebuild me better than before, and I would still have nearly a billion to spend. And speedy slo-mo running legs.
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For a billion dollars, you could cut off my legs, an arm, and an eye. Then I could spend $6 million to rebuild me better than before, and I would still have nearly a billion to spend. And speedy slo-mo running legs.

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@happy_terd
on the kidney I disagree
  1. I could later be in need of it myself, or
  2. someone of my own family and I'd have no "spare" to donate then
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Old 01-24-2011, 05:07 AM   #53
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Man at bar to extremely beautiful woman.

MAB: I have been watching you all evening. You are the most fascinating, beautiful woman I have ever seen. Would you go to bed with me for a million dollars?

BW: Seeing as I'm dead broke; sure ofcourse I would.

MAB: Would you go to bed with me for $20.00?

BW: No!! What do you think I am, a hooker?

MAB: We have already established that..now we're talking price.
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Old 01-24-2011, 08:52 AM   #55
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on the kidney I disagree
  1. I could later be in need of it myself, or
  2. someone of my own family and I'd have no "spare" to donate then
You cant disagree with that....its my kidney. lol
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Thanks for the clip, Betty!
I knew exactly what you were talking about! Loved the slo-mo running!
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I knew exactly what you were talking about! Loved the slo-mo running!
And the cool action sound it makes when ever he does something bionic, don't forget that!!
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happy_terd, how much to get in the ring with Mike Tyson for one round?

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Does H_T get to keep both his ears? Just curious
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