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Question for February 19 - April 2:

Which would you rather be trapped in a gymnasium-sized room with...

A fast, maneuverable car being driven by a maniac who's trying to run you down

OR

An angry lion, with no claws or teeth?

 

Details:

  • This question revives the old, classic "Which Would You Rather Be Trapped With" question feel.
  • Let's say that the doors to the car are sealed, such that he (or she) can't get out, and you can't get in. And the maniac is not afraid to run into walls. I think that was pretty obvious given the definition of maniacs on this page, but I had to say it.

RESULTS:

Lion: 14
Car: 2

Name: Allison
Choice:
Lion
Comments: I would hope that the reason for my choice is obvious. Plus, I like cats much more than I like cars. Or maniacs, for that matter.
Name: spautz
Choice:
Lion
Comments: What could the lion do? Sit on you? I guess that could hurt, but the lion prolly wouldn't realize that biting/clawing didn't work and it wouldn't be smart enough to think to sit on you. I think it'd be kinda neat to have an angry lion that couldn't hurt you. I bet they're warm at night. Kinda like big cute angry teddy bears who're trying to gum you to death.
Name: Cleophus T Jenkins(Taylor)
Choice:
Lion
Comments: Well obviously I would choose the Lion. All I would have to do is sing "What's New Pussycat?" to him, and he'd calm right down. Once I sang for an auditorium full of cats & they loved it. In fact every single one purred after the performance. It was quite calming.....or was that a dream?
Name: McDave
Choice:
Lion
Comments: [When reading the following, please command the voice in your head to use a bad British accent for the full experience:]

An angry lion with no claws or teeth!?! What's he gonna do? Gum me to death!?! Kevin, I must say, you've really left a wide hole in this "trap," old boy.

[You may now return the voice in your head to its regularly scheduled accent.]
Name: Ryan
Choice:
Car
Comments: who wants to be gummed to death by a lion?
Name: Mike Fritz
Choice:
Lion
Comments: I might be able to kill the lion.
Name: Louie Decena
Choice:
Lion
Comments: The Lion is probably angry that he does not have any claws or teeth. I choose the lion to try to console him. Who know's? Maybe I'll call him Simba . . .
Name: Mike Clark
Choice:
Lion
Comments: wouldn't that be like a clemson tiger?
Name: Jeff
Choice:
Lion
Comments: All he can do is knock you around a little
Name: Charlie Berman
Who: Amy's friend from a MUD
Choice:
Lion
Comments: WHy the hell would you wanna get run over when you can be mauled to death?
Name: Kyle Brown
Choice:
Lion
Comments: I figure that after several fruitless attempts at devouring me, the lion would realize that violence was only a defense mechanism that prevented him from allowing anyone to really get to know his inner child. Then we'd play chess.
Name: Noremac
Choice:
Lion
Comments: I think it would be easy to pummel the lion in the head and eye balls whilst he/she is trying to gum you to death. That would make them let go (or maybe just make them angrier...oh well)
Name: Jamie Mills
Choice:
Lion
Comments: Because the lion has no teeth or claws with which to mangle and crush my head or rend my flesh his sharpening instrument. Plus, there's no way to get into the car, so why bother flirting with death.
Name: jack the ripper
Choice:
Lion
Comments: an angry lion with no teeth doesnt exsist. all angry lions have teeth. so he must be imaginary, in which case the danger would be rather nominal.
Name: Becca B.
Who: your new "ol buddy ol pal" from CCC!!!
Choice:
Lion
Comments: ummm.....i'm good with animals?!?!?! and i think it would be more thrilling and i would get a better adrenaline rush from taming a tiger than continuously getting hit by a maniac driven car :)
Name: Kevin
Choice:
Car
Comments: Saying that the lion is not dangerous is kind of like saying that Mike Tyson would not be dangerous, if he was much stronger and weighed 3 times as much (and also had no teeth.) Anyway, the point is this: A maniac with a car is like a mule with a spinning wheel: Nobody knows quiet how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it.

 

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