Monday, December 26, 2005

 

Virtual ventricumbent vampire?

For $50 million tax free, would you become a virtual vampire? This means you must stay in your home during daylight hours for the rest of your life -- never to leave except in cases of medical emergencies and doctor visits.

Comments:
I call it the night shift, only i dont get payed that well.
 
nope. and i'm a night owl.
 
Oh boy, sign me up.

My circadian rythms have been knackered since my sophomore year of college. Add that to the fact that most of retail/service America is 24/7 brick & mortar or on-line, vitamin D suppliments are plentiful and sun-lamps are readily available. And no, I don't have to leave my house in order to receive UPS shipments.

Expect quite a few applicants from the Wal-Mart overnight stocker demographic as well.
 
I could do it for a year, but I couldn't promise the rest of my life.
 
Sure. At least chances of skin cancer would decrease, right? I'd just move to one of the poles and become a 'hypochondriac' with doctors in exotic locations.
 
on second thought, i could use that money to take care of my family. i've never been a morning person. and Hawaii is just as beautiful at night, so i might do it after all.
 
No. You can't put a price on a gorgeous warm spring day right after a long gloomy winter. Well, I can't, anyway.
 
No.
 
yes, because a) i'd use the money to build a home filled with huge windows and skylights, and open-air ventilation. and b) i'd schedule all my doctor's appointments like i order food at expensive restaurants: what kind of flavor/weather have i been craving the most?
 
yes!

i would do the same as justin. i'd build myself a great big ol' bright home or rather several of them that i'd move back and forth to during the evening. 50 mil is a lot of money.
 
What's the point of having all that money if the whole world is sleeping when you can spend it? Why would anyone rather have money than spend the rest of their lives making a name for themselves, accomplishing the unknown, traveling, and loving people? Money is just something to keep one temporarily satisfied but in the end it will never be enough. $51 million would be even more lonely than $50 million.
 
Define "home."

On some beautiful tropical islands a "home" might be simply a leaf roof structure open on all four sides.

Besides, with 50 mil I could make a home entirely of invisible glass, and then simply open the windows.

Or I could make a home I wear on my back, like a turtle's, but out of super light materials, and be free to roam wherever I want--a mobile-home, one size fits all.
 
stay inside a building or specifically "my home". I enjoy moving around. Vampires move around, they just avoid sunlight.
 
Sure. I don't have that many years left anyway. My family would be well taken care of, & I would spend my nights in my Ferrari cruising with my wife.
 
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