Week 7 Results

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This is the first situation: You are in the passenger seat of a car (for the sake of argument, a Buick Skylark) on a busy highway and the guy at the wheel is a total maniac. Remember the guy who had the chainsaw? (If not then go to the archive.) Well it's the same guy. He's spending most of his time looking at you and laughing maniacally and saying maniacal things like "I'll show them! I'll show you all!" and very little time looking at the road. And just when you think you've persuaded him to let you have the wheel for a second, you find out his hands are super-glued to it. And also, the accelerator is stuck.

This is the second situation: In the same type of car, with a normal driver - it doesn't matter who it is, it just matters that they're not going to stop the car for you (they are a conspirator, working for the hypothetical situation.) And in the back seat of the car, there is an angry bear. There is a shatter-proof encasement around the driver so that neither you nor the bear can reach him.

In both cases, you are armed with a hammer.
There are no additional items in the car to help you (i.e. chainsaws).
The car doors are permanently locked and the windows won't roll down.

p.s. when you read the word "maniacal" please pronounce it correctly in your head

There are now actually people voting whom I don't know! I suspect they are all fifth floorers, though. There were a few misconceptions that I would like to clear up: Ryan, his foot isn't stuck to the pedal, I just said that the accelerator was stuck. And Jess: You're not in the back seat, you're in the front and the bear is in the back. To get to the trunk you'd have to get past the bear.

The Most Humanitarian Response award goes to Bonnie Apgar, and the Least Humanitarian Response goes to Rachel Robinson.

Name: Kim (aka Bonnie's roomy)
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: Because if you were to get into an accident with the driver you would be safe because the skylark is built like a tank, much like my four-by-four. I would not want to be in the car, or be the pedestrain, you would hit though. The bear also would have no problems smacking you around for no reason.

Name: Scott Hardister
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: You could probably make the bear fall asleep by telling him a story. Once he's asleep, you could break the window open with the hammer and jump out into the median

Name: Dayna
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: Because I think that I could just crack him over the head with the hammer and that way even though his hands were glued to the wheel I could gain some kinda control. If it had just been a bear I might have picked that but this bear is already mad so he would probably eat me.

Name: Joe Slack
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: I am scared to death of maniacal drivers and I would be able to beat up the bear with the hammer.

Name: Phillip Riblett
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: bears are mean

Name: rachel robinson
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: At least with the manianical driver, if you die, he's probably gonna die too. However, the little #$%@^& who is driving under the shatter-proof encasing gets off home-free while you serve as the main course for an angry bear.

Name: JOHN CLIVER
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: I would say the bear because even though he is angry, I don't deal with people too well (per the other scenario). And Insanity isn't something to take lightly while the bear (although angry) can't be insane. can he? anyway, even if the bear did eat you, at least you died of natural causes (i mean, how much more natural can you get). And you provide a little nourishment for the bear. Which is more than i can say for being a victim of "road rage."

Name: devang
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: I've been in the car with pilker and taylor, nuf sed

Name: ryan
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: this is really the only chance i would have, with the driver, i could knock him out, but his foot is still stuck on the gas, so i would take a chance on the bear

Name: Jessica
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: On a Buick, the seats in the back fold down so that you can get into the trunk, so therefore I would wait until the bear is distracted and then climb in the trunk, and wait until the car stops, which, I guess, is when this situation is over. And the bear would not think of going into the trunk, but if he did, so much time would have passed that the car would have lulled him to sleep like a little baby.

Name: Bonnie
Choice: Angry Bear
Comments: I picked this one because the bear is really only putting my life in danger. The maniacal driver is apt to get in an accident, kill me and lots of other people as well.

Name: Scott "Maniacal" Galbraith
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: Well, it's an easy choice. This is based on the fact that I can really relate with a lot of people. I'll show him that I can be a maniac, also. I'll break both my kneecaps with the hammer and pry my ears off with the "prying" end of it. This should win the admiration of the maniac driver and he won't feel that he'll have to show me anything. Well, you know, after thinking about it, this doesn't improve my situation at all. By the way, what radio station are we listening to?

Name: Judith
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: The manaical driver b/c I could A)knock him out with the hammer and be able to steer the car until it ran out of gas or B)just buckle up, close my eyes, and pretend it's my brother at the wheel. Please Note: Being mauled to death by an angry animal in the back of a Skylark is not the way I want to go.

Name: Josh Branham
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: With the maniacal driver, the only way that you are going to be hurt is in the inevitable crash. It's a one-shot deal and at least you might have a chance of surviving the crash. With the bear, however, you constantly have something to worry about (the bear). Since the guy driving you and the bear is not going to stop the car, you have a very long and uncomfortable trip ahead of you. Also, some might say that you could play dead with the bear and he wouldn't bother you. Since the car isn't going to stop, you'd have to play dead until you actually die of starvation, dehydration, etc.

Name: Kevin
Choice: Maniacal Driver
Comments: The maniac himself is not dangerous to you - just the fact that he is in control of the car. So logically, if you take control of the car away from him, the threat will be eliminated. I would just hit him over the head with the hammer, knocking him out (but not killing him), and take control of the wheel. Smooth sailing. The bear is just too dangerous, and harder to deal with.