death

[peanut]

If you had in front of you an envelope containing the exact date and time you were giong to die, would you open it?

[vinny200]

Your not an Assasin are you Peanut?Your not getting my Address!!

[Scarlett]

God what a question. No, I wouldn't. I can't imagine anyone would!! What if it was in 5 years? 50 years? 80 years? All of those would be depressing!!

[brawburd]

no, cos it would probably be a typo

[RevShirls]

I think curiosity would get the better of me. I'm pretty much a Carpe Diem (Sieze the Day) sort of person but if I discovered that I wasn't going to live till my 70s, 80s or 90s I think I would be trying to do all the things I wanted to.

[peanut]

no vinny200 i am not an assasin. It is kind of a warped thought to ask a question like that and i think i would probably end up in a looney bin if i knew exactly when my number was up. I really dont know why I even came up with this thought but I thought Id get more opinions.

[SC00BY]

Not sure i would be able to help myself!

it it was in say 1yrs time. I would have one hell of a last year. If it said i would live to 85. Then i might take it a bit easier. Or would i feel invincible errrrr

[TomTom]

Strange.... I was thinking this today! and the answer is NO would I ****!

[rod]

Sealing letter box up. No way!!!

[magicdice]

yes; then i'd stop looking before i cross roads, smoke & drink as much as i damn well want & know that it's all inevitable anyway, that nothing i do today will affect the length of my life, as it's predetermined

then, for curiousity's sake, when i get bored i'd try to screw things up so it's wrong

[Morrisonker]

no, I don't think I would.  I don't think I'd want to live the rest of my life waiting for that date and time, it would hang over me and take all the spice out of the remaining years

[secretspirit]

No, I would destroy it. What it said would probably change the way I lived my life anyway. Half the fun in life is making plans and looking to the future so wouldn't it be depressing to know when you had to stop planning for? It also raises the question of would being told the date make you subconsciously influenced to die on that date whereas if you didn't know you might have lived longer?

[smudge]

No I wouldn't open it - I'd tear it up into little pieces & throw it in the bin!

To me, that would be like wanting to know the sex of an unborn baby. I prefer to leave things to the imagination. But everyone to their own.

Must add, my sister was told by a 'fortune teller' that she couldn't see life for her past 25! This played on my sister's mind until she reached her 26th birthday. Thankfully she's now 62!

[El D]

How strange - of course I would. Facing your fears removes any power they have over you.

[purplefish]

i wouldn't open it because whatever it said it would be tripe =P

[blueeyedlass]

i would have to open it my nose would get the better of me.and then you could arrange everything depending on that date and it would mean that no one would ever feel bad about not getting to say goodbye to anyone or guilt because you never got to make up after an arguement etc...

[Robinia]

No I wouldn't.  Imagine getting to the week (or day) before your demise & finding youself fit, healthy & happy.  You'd go mad wondering what was going to happen.

[tartanwiz]

No way!!!!

[Marvin84]

how could you not resist??? :-)

[landie]

I agree, how could you not have a look?

[smudge]

No, no, no, I absolutely couldn't!