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milestogo

(16,852 posts)
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:10 AM Jul 2023

You can win $100 million if you survive for 20 minutes with one of these




Which do you pick?
18 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Grizzly Bear
3 (17%)
Tiger
4 (22%)
Hippo
3 (17%)
Crocodile
5 (28%)
I wouldn't know what to do with that much money.
3 (17%)
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You can win $100 million if you survive for 20 minutes with one of these (Original Post) milestogo Jul 2023 OP
I'll pass. Keep the money. EYESORE 9001 Jul 2023 #1
If you're not gonna be around to spend the money, why bother? Blue Owl Jul 2023 #3
The money is for the medical bills after they put you back together. milestogo Jul 2023 #4
I couldn't decide which appendage(s) I could do without EYESORE 9001 Jul 2023 #5
Lots of tiger votes milestogo Jul 2023 #2
Would it take 20 minutes... rubbersole Jul 2023 #6
What are the rules? Like is evasion possible? Docreed2003 Jul 2023 #7
I believe the cat would provide the quickest, cleanest death. Runningdawg Jul 2023 #8
A healthy human can outrun a croc on dry land. They can't outrun the other three. highplainsdem Jul 2023 #9
Excellent point. milestogo Jul 2023 #10
Or you could fall while running away and be hurt too bad by the fall to highplainsdem Jul 2023 #12
If you have a friend with you, you just have to be faster than the friend. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #15
In water, the hippo might as well be a grizzly bear. Iggo Jul 2023 #11
Hippos can outrun humans on dry land. highplainsdem Jul 2023 #13
That, too. Iggo Jul 2023 #16
Tigers can and do hunt in water. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #14
I choose the tiger. Niagara Jul 2023 #17
I picked bear because I could play dead or make like I'm real big Maraya1969 Jul 2023 #18
I'll settle for $100,000 to spend 20 minutes with one of these... BluesRunTheGame Jul 2023 #19
Wowzers! Niagara Jul 2023 #20
I feel like I can relate to the hippo? Phentex Jul 2023 #21

Blue Owl

(52,449 posts)
3. If you're not gonna be around to spend the money, why bother?
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:44 AM
Jul 2023

And also, maybe spare yourself some intense pain...

EYESORE 9001

(26,565 posts)
5. I couldn't decide which appendage(s) I could do without
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:50 AM
Jul 2023

No amount of money could provide more than a prosthetic limb - although you could afford a really nice one

Docreed2003

(17,165 posts)
7. What are the rules? Like is evasion possible?
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 11:32 AM
Jul 2023

How close are we talking and do I have a tree to climb?

If that's the case, give me the croc all day every day!

highplainsdem

(50,287 posts)
9. A healthy human can outrun a croc on dry land. They can't outrun the other three.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 01:47 PM
Jul 2023

Otoh, the croc would definitely have the advantage in water, and probably in mud.

highplainsdem

(50,287 posts)
12. Or you could fall while running away and be hurt too bad by the fall to
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 02:12 PM
Jul 2023

continue running.

Someone who thinks they can get close to a croc or gator and easily run away is just one slip away from finding out that was a mistake.

Ocelot II

(117,877 posts)
14. Tigers can and do hunt in water.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 02:15 PM
Jul 2023


You aren't safe anywhere from any of them, except in a tree if you're being hunted by a hippo or a croc.

Niagara

(8,452 posts)
17. I choose the tiger.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 06:16 PM
Jul 2023

I have the ability to put all types of cats into sleepy mode.



I even put Mufasa into sleepy mode in 2016, a few years before he passed away.

Maraya1969

(22,831 posts)
18. I picked bear because I could play dead or make like I'm real big
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 06:29 PM
Jul 2023

and scream at him. Or he could eat me.

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