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Feb 21, 2020
1:34:23pm

mudpupper All-American

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mudpupper

Bio page: mudpupper
Joined: May 13, 2003
Last login: May 3, 2024
Total posts: 43,081 (148 FO)

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POLL: Your wife and child are in a critically life-threatening situation, and you have time to rescue one but not the other. The one you rescue will surely die. Which one do you rescue?

chilango

2/21/20 1:18pm

Am I really that bad at rescuing?

2/21/20 1:20pm

Exactly my thought...so the one I "rescue" will die?

BYUFam1

2/21/20 1:21pm

Eventually. Everyone will.

GatorCoug

2/21/20 1:23pm

I assume you mean the one you DON'T rescue will surely die

LiveCoug

2/21/20 1:21pm

Pole fale

ocho quatro

2/21/20 1:22pm

Spelling FAIL

RH84025

2/21/20 1:54pm

Correct.

chilango

2/21/20 1:23pm

If the one I rescue will surely die, I don't rescue anyone

Mikey

2/21/20 1:21pm

Poll Fail. Yes, the one you DON'T rescue will die.

chilango

2/21/20 1:22pm

My wife would want me to rescue the child before her. And vice versa. So that’s what i would do.

Cougar-Duck

2/21/20 1:23pm

Teenage child?

Goliath

2/21/20 1:25pm

I will always choose my spouse over my children.

DJROSS

2/21/20 1:26pm

you can always make another one amirite?

Cougarclaw

2/21/20 1:27pm

And then you get to live with the spouse that is mad you let one of your kids

WhirleyPop

2/21/20 1:28pm

If she lets you hang around.

fbguru

2/21/20 1:31pm

This, my wife would never let that go and would blame me

Cougar Geek

2/21/20 1:35pm

Fur real?

BYUNITED

2/21/20 1:30pm

Easy choice

2/21/20 1:39pm

<< Deleted >>

2/21/20 1:27pm

Another example of why I hate nonsensical polls.

ManicBlue

2/21/20 1:31pm

As parents we are responsible for our children. They come first.

mudpupper

2/21/20 1:34pm

What about the rest of your kids that are now motherless? You are entitled to

BYUFootballisBack

2/21/20 1:39pm

My wife and I see it as we are responsible for their safety. If that means

mudpupper

2/21/20 1:42pm

You do you of course, not posting to argue just sharing my perspective and quote

BYUFootballisBack

2/21/20 1:54pm

My point doesn't really hold up though cause if it wasn't a choice but was do

BYUFootballisBack

2/21/20 1:58pm

Wife & I have talked about this. We decided that we save the kid.

rebelCoug

2/21/20 1:35pm

If I saved my wife she would kill me.

2/21/20 1:35pm

And plus, my wife is insured.

2/21/20 1:36pm

Then depending on the age of the child, if they were rescued knowing that it meant their mother was going to die —

lightmann

2/21/20 1:38pm

Who is buried in Grant’s tomb?

2/21/20 1:39pm

A commercial airline with 234 passengers crashes smack dab on the Utah/Arizona

2/21/20 1:43pm

RE: A commercial airline with 234 passengers crashes smack dab on the Utah/Arizona

Y_Mountain_Magic

2/21/20 2:26pm

None. Given saving a kid would leave my other young kids motherless, I'd save

unctoothman

2/21/20 1:44pm

Both!

Cougar TD

2/21/20 1:57pm

Can I “rescue” any cougarboard members?

Zaphod

2/21/20 2:09pm

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