burning down the house

[Polar Bear]

Your house is on fire!!!

What's the first thing you grab, assuming you'll only get to make one trip?


..go go go!!

[Titty]

Underwear.

[Scabman]

My jacket.
It's expensive.

[KommieKat]

Passport

I need it most.

[Polar Bear]

I have this rubbermaid bin full of photo albums. I think I'd take that. The rest can be replaced.

[Scabman]

Marshmallows.
No reason wasting a perfectly good fire.

[Jenn]

My son. Material things arent important.

[Negativecool]

Fire extinguisher, duh.

[JackBlack]

Beer, bag of chips

[Blood]

My animals, but first i'd probably put some pants on real quick, it would suck being left pantless when you forgot to shave your legs.

[Josie]

Well, you say I can make one trip... I'm grabbing multiple things. My phone, my wallet, my kid, and a bra. I'll leave the door open for my stupid (this isn't an insult) cat and the hub.

[Saucy]

The beer.

[Bunnee]

My computer, and I suppose the children, if they're being good.

[Hardwood]

My dogs and my server.

[Celtic Crusher]

The family. But if they were already outside, I'd probably grab photos and any devise holding photos.

[DaKine]

Just my cigarettes

[Titty]

Just my cigarettes

Which probably started the fire in the first place.

[Polar Bear]

Which probably started the fire in the first place.

No, it was me. I was lighting my farts to impress Violet.












...........what!?

[Hardwood]

No, it was me. I was lighting my farts to impress Violet.


Does that impress Violet?
I could build/weld a battleship with mine.

[Amythist]

My toys.....Gotta have my bed time toys....fuckers can get expensive! ( My kids are a given)

[Violet]

My toys.....Gotta have my bed time toys....fuckers can get expensive! ( My kids are a given)
ATM card. Buy more!

ATM card and photo albums. The boy has two legs, so he can run.



Ugh. Car keys.



...Do I have time to snag the Sea Monkeys? Camera.. laptop...


I hate this game. I bet I've burnt to a crisp already.

[badutahboy]

Since this happened to me 3 years ago, I know my answer....

My pets, my wallet, and my phone. I have very little that I'm terribly emotionally attached to, and my "stuff" is all insured... let it burn, and let the insurance company buy me brand new shit to replace all my old used junk.

[mcsmc]

My house won't catch on fire. End of story.

[Stickman]

Since the question is first thing. I'll say one item only unlike some other people who are deciding to ninja through the flames for five minutes. Simple really my wallet.

I think this may be a sad reflection on my personality but I don't really have any personal belongings as such. No photos of family. No special item from a relative. Not any thing I consider of emotional value. I've only just realised this. I have one photo in my room and it is of me at age one or so. I like the photo but have no emotional attachment to it. I like my computer but i'm not going to risk my life for it. I have insurance to cover all my stuff so it's fine if it goes up in flames. I think the most impacting thing would be to lose my wallet. It has pretty much all I need to survive in the meantime. Access to money therefore food, water, shelter. Has my drivers license so I have a decent form of ID to save time on insurance stuff and getting back things lost in the fire like passport, birth certificate, tax file number.

So yeah my wallet is my choice.

[Polar Bear]

my wallet.

I think this may be a sad reflection on my personality.

No, I think that's a fucking good answer. To be honest, I carry my wallet so closely that when I asked the question, it didn't even dawn on me to think that I'd have to make that my first item to pick up.


Someone mentioned keys as well...another good one.


While I CAN replace most of what's in my walllet, it would be a humongous ass pain to do so and I'd be left fucked until I did. The wallet is SO vital to me that I'd likely already have it on me and not have to get it. It's like my glasses. I wear them all day and only take them off to sleep.

But I totally agree...were that not the case, Id grab the wallet first, too.

[Scabman]

I don't have a wallet.
All my neat little cards (ATM, drivers license, travel insurance, credit card, etc) are in a shiny little box that I keep in my pocket, or when it's cold outside, in my fucking expensive jacket.

So... still my jacket because my important plastic cards and keys are always in either the jacket or my pants, depending on the weather.

Edit: Always(!)

[Celtic Crusher]

My house won't catch on fire. End of story.

Is your house an igloo?

[Pinkslit]

A packed lunch.

[mcsmc]

Is your house an igloo?

No. My house and its occupant(s) simply aren't unsafe. I don't have an outdated heating system, leaking LP gas lines, unsafe electrical wiring, etc. Those kinds of things, and human stupidity, are what causes fires.

[CrAnIuM]

Bump from the dead becuase ..

Absinthe has a friend from the "old country" that lives in Ohio with Husband and kid and assorted animals ....

Just a couple days ago their house burned to the ground and it looks as if they have lost everything.


Something to think about, if you have kids and are truly a responsible person, is to provide a solution for the unforeseen bad shit that can happen.


I mean, the above seems to have played out like this :

Family gets up on Thanksgiving day and all packs in the car to go a few miles to in-laws house to do the holiday thing...

Hours later they are notified that their shit is now a smoldering heap of coals ..


See how easy and fast one's world can change. Only to be exacerbated by NOT having a plan?

We're they packed for a week, did they have food for the kid, checkbooks, CC insurance policies and phone numbers handy?

^^^ I'm betting NO. Yeah .. sure they have family to stay with, but its not the same as having a short term solution at the ready .. always.


Parents .. be responsible for fucks sake. At least call your insurance bastards ASAP and ask them if they provide IMMEDIATE (same day) funds for lodging and sundries.< --- A GOOD plan will do this.



Sure does suck to be in a position of utmost responsibility and be completely unprepared for even basic emergencies.... sad even.

[KommieKat]

Did you ask them what did they grab on the way out of the house?

[CrAnIuM]

Did you ask them what did they grab on the way out of the house?

I did not.

Have not spoken to them.

Thanks.

[Gravy]

GIO's phone number so I can renew my insurance before the firefighters arrive..

[Mamba]

Just a couple days ago their house burned to the ground and it looks as if they have lost everything.

Family gets up on Thanksgiving day and all packs in the car to go a few miles to in-laws house to do the holiday thing...

Hours later they are notified that their shit is not a smoldering heap of coals ..


How did it happen?

[CrAnIuM]

How did it happen?

Dunno.

Just saw the pics today and its a 100% write off.

[Absinthe]

How did it happen?


No idea. They are living in a camper for now. Just saw the photos. There is nothing left. They were lucky that they weren't home when it happened. Apparently the little girls room collapsed first.

[Mamba]

No idea. They are living in a camper for now. Just saw the photos. There is nothing left. They were lucky that they weren't home when it happened. Apparently the little girls room collapsed first.

Bloody hell. But there will be an investigation?

[Absinthe]

But there will be an investigation?


The insurance adjuster will be there tomorrow. They said the fire marshall couldn't determine the cause.

[Scabman]

Ooooh, I can update my answer!

I'd grab my coat, since it witholds my wallet, and probably leave my fucking expensive jacket.
And I would throw my canned pussy into the flames to make sure it burned up and wouldnt end up as a half burned shame in the debris.

[Gzus]

My house won't catch on fire. End of story.
+1
Nothing flammable / inflammable in my house.

But if it was, I'd invite my ex-girfriend over just as the fire starts. I'll then tell her: "I'll be back in a jiffy hun, just going to the shop quick!"
Lock all doors.
Go to shop
Buy celebratory beer.
Wait for fire to deliver karma.
Pretend to be sad when authorities rock up.