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How would you prefer to die?

Asked by Josh Board

September 2, 2009

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Jamie Gould

From Normal Heights (Teacher)

It would have to be with no pain and suffering. Just a quick death. Maybe on an airplane, but one that isn’t falling for a few minutes and you’re thinking about it. If the plane crashed quickly and you didn’t know what was happening, that would probably be the best way to have it crash.

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Kevin Shatwell

From Mission Valley (Interpreter)

Well, I guess I’d want to go doing an extreme sport. Something like heli-skiing or skydiving. Maybe doing one of those base jumps into the Grand Canyon. Something exciting like that, where I’d go out in a blaze of glory.

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Paul Dierolf

From San Marcos (Heating and Air Conditioning)

Going really fast in my car out in the salt flats, until it blows up. I’ve spent $25,000 on my Datsun 240Z. It has an ’83 turbo engine, and if I died, I’d want it going at high speeds, with adrenaline involved; racing your car, going as fast as possible, and hitting a wall. It would be a fun way to go. And quick.

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Cari Olson

From San Marcos (Executive Marketing Manager)

I would want to die cuddling with Marky Mark Wahlberg. He’s hot as hell. I’m still upset that he didn’t get the Oscar nomination for Boogie Nights. I like him as an actor, and I thought he was cute when he did those underwear ads and dabbled in a music career.

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Kevin Thornton

From Pacific Beach (Bartender)

I guess I would want it to be nice and painless. I definitely don’t want to drown. I’m afraid of dying that way. I know how to swim and I used to surf. But I don’t go out in the ocean anymore because I’m afraid of being swallowed by a whale. I guess getting shot in the head would work, since it’s quick.

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William Ciocco

From Pacific Beach (Blueprints)

I don’t want it to be burning or in some kind of big explosion. Suffocation wouldn’t be good. I guess peacefully and being in a happy state would be the best way to go. You don’t want it to hurt too much. Perhaps peacefully in your sleep, having a nice dream.

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