Foo - What would Foosters do?

A friend and I were discussing this, and we both have different opinions.

If you were to have a chance at having something you really really want, but know you can only have it for a day, but have to return it, would you take it? Know that the experience will be once in a life time but also keep in mind that you will yearn for it forever after that because of what you had.

Or~

Would you not even take it for the day, keeping in mind that if you don't experience it, you won't long for it again?

Does this guy have a name?

I'd take it. I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life wondering would I could've had.

I think I would take option 2.

Its hard to explain why.

Take it and thrash the hell out of it ;)
Then you can kick your feet up and say..Yup I had that.

Does this guy have a name?
+1 and is it illegal in the United States?

Seriously though. I would just be disappointed. Things never live up to their hype.

I'm not big on the whole coveting gig, so I'd take it for the day I think.

I drove a Countach once, and I'm not going crazy trying to figure out how to drive one daily. At the time, it was something I wanted (hey, I was 17) but it's all good. Itch has been scratched.

Depends on what it is. If it was a girl I was head over heels for, I would do it. You only live once. Regretting what could have been is horrible. Always wondering... that would drive me crazy.

A friend and I were discussing this, and we both have different opinions.

If you were to have a chance at having something you really really want, but know you can only have it for a day, but have to return it, would you take it? Know that the experience will be once in a life time but also keep in mind that you will yearn for it forever after that because of what you had.

Or~

Would you not even take it for the day, keeping in mind that if you don't experience it, you won't long for it again?

Oh. So you want to rent Gigli? Go to Hollywood Video (http://www.Hollywoodvideo.com), they have 5 day rentals.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2003/gigli/p-gigli.jpg

This is a hard question to answer really...
If what you are talking about is pertaining to "sins of the flesh" then I say go for it! We are animals after all.
If this is an item, a thing, a luxury thing that you'd like to experience then I'd also say to go for it
but if it is something that will have an emotional attachment then I'd try to avoid it. the old saying "It's better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all" was coined by someone who never had experience with loss.

Is this about the ice cream thing???

Jen alone is gross.With Ben...We need a barf button :(

Jen alone is gross.With Ben...We need a barf button :(

They airbrushed the junk out of the trunk.

You only live once. You gotta go for it in life. I don't care what it is, you gotta go for it in life.

Things usually never live up to what one expects them to be. If you think or if you generally find this to be true then I'd say no. There are some things where it is better to want then it is to have. However if you do not find the forementioned mantra to be true then go for it. I mean you only live once right? Hopefully it will be one heck of a story, regardless of whether it lived up to or not.

If I'm already dying to have it, of course I'd take it. I'd count it as a life experience, not fantasize about it being a lifestyle change.

Is this like the 40 year old virgin in Las Vegas worrying that he'll become a serial murderer if he buys his only sexual partner dilemma?
Cause if so
This **** got real serious.

It becomes really important to know everything about the situation.
Lots of women "buy" dresses only to return them
People rent expensive cars for the day to impress old friends at reunions
Then there is the more serious with possible lasting consequences if the person doesn't choose wisely


ME
There is nothing that I want only for a day.

Me/We
If true happiness can happen and end within the course of a day
I/we would need 365 things every year to keep me/us happy cause obviously nothing else in my/our life/lives is getting me/us there -to happy land

That sounds pretty superficial to me given my belief that life in general has to be an enjoyable thing no matter what comes bundled with it
Happiness -to me- is finding the beauty in everything
It doesn't take anything in my pockets or bank account
Happiness isn't the family vacations, parties with friends or the marriage
It's just the day.
I don't allow anything to become so important to me that if held for just one day my life somehow seems fulfilled

True happiness is sustainable

I'm an option one kind of guy in most cases. Is it potentially lethal or would it hurt someone else? Will it potentially harm you irreparably? If these answers are no, then yeah, grab it and enjoy!

I wouldn't take it. If I lived my life just fine without it, I can keep on doing so. Besides, most things seem better in my head than what they really are so I'd try out this thing and be sadly disappointed forever. I'd rather live with my embellished hopes.

I'd go for it !!! No question about it! Then your memories with "it", regardless of how short, will be more enriching and enjoyable than without. Have fun!!! :)

BTW - this type of question is commonly used in personality/character-profiling. I'll tell you about the particular trait it points to once you've gone through this...

If I could define "it", I'd probably have "it" be some very expensive manufacturing process or machine (I need to do some research on what... maybe use of a very high end CNC machining plant.)

Then after 24 hours of use, I'd have some high quality stuff I can sell and make lots of cash. =)

I believe that you don't miss what you've never had.

If a person were to have an unfullfilled desire for something they would never know what it was like to experience it.

However, if that same person were to have that same something for just a short time, only to have it taken away from them then they know what that experience is like. Never being able to experience it again will set you up for terrible angst and agony.

Putting it in a religeous perspective, yet not wanting to get the thread booted: The atheist never has "god's love" and misses nothing. While the theist having "god's love" for however long would be destroyed if they could never have it again.

some very interesting points depending on what it is, if it was a once in a lifetime thing i would be happy with that

I'd go for it. Maybe I wouldn't, in fact, miss it once I separated the fantasy from the reality. And anyway, life is about living, not about wondering "what if."

Hmmm... I really want a Brooks saddle, but a day isn't enough to break it in.

Other than that, I've had a bunch of amazing experiences that were much more fleeting than 24hrs. I don't think having an amazing experience means you will yearn for it forever -- you can look back on that experience as one of many that enriched your life. I'd probably go for it.

ack! you people have got me all confused! My first response was "yea, take it"...then I had to go and read the posts, and there are some valid points. So now, I don't know how to answer the question. My life is pretty good without "it", do I really need "it", is it worth the energy and angst of having "it" for one brief day in time?

I would go for it. What the heck I have nothing to lose and once you experience it then you know what its like. I will say it again. I don't want to die with regret. :)

To star in Porn for a day! Yes.......yes......yes! I would take plenty of pics. and video to last a lifetime.

I tend to view things from a point of view of does it improve me or weaken me? I know so many people my age that as soon as they have anything, they spend it.

Even though I am pretty well off - I have never had an expensive car. Our luxury was buying new ones about every 10 years and driving them until they died. We just tried not to focus on all the nice things to buy. I always found it a bit odd to drive into work and see people who made a third of what I did driving cars that costs twice as much.

If it is something I just want, but doesn't improve me in anyway, I usually pass. There is an UNLIMITED number of things I could want - where do you stop? I tend to only have hobbies that either improve me, or make money (my kids tease me about this).

But, because of this, I am 47 years old and can live a life that many people envy. I prefered in my life to build momentum with my resources, so when I was in my forties, I had that thing I wanted more than anything.

Freedom. Freedom to work, or not. Freedom to choose where to live and what to do with the rest of my life. There are very few things I would be willing to trade for that freedom. I have also managed to create a way for my kids to have the same freedom when they get into their 50s. (serves them right to have to wait longer... put some grit in them!)

Without knowing what this thing is - it is hard to judge. But, I tend to focus on the future, not today.

There are many things I have not done that I could regret if I let myself - but the truth is, I have nothing to complain about. My life has been very rich, and I have probably lived more at 47 than many people at 80.

just my dos colones

What Tom said. :)

Like when the LBS let me test ride the new system6. It was a nice experience, but I know I'll never ride one again. I'm fine with that.

I would not take that "second chance."

I would constantly have my eye on the clock, feeling the weight of the impending 24-hour deadline, and be unable to truly enjoy the moment. What some would think would be joy for me would be nothing but bittersweet anxiety. It would rip just too much to have to let go and accept the loss a second time.

For me, better to accept that there are just always going to be unanswered questions, and way too many things left undone....

I would not take that "second chance."

I would constantly have my eye on the clock, feeling the weight of the impending 24-hour deadline, and be unable to truly enjoy the moment. What some would think would be joy for me would be nothing but bittersweet anxiety. It would rip just too much to have to let go and accept the loss a second time.

For me, better to accept that there are just always going to be unanswered questions, and way too many things left undone....

+1

If you were to have a chance at having something you really really want, but know you can only have it for a day, but have to return it, would you take it? Funny that when no matter how much I think over this question all I come up with are cars. So, would I take a WOO Sprint Car, an F-1 car, an Indy car or a NASCAR car or an NHRA top fuel or funny car for only a day. In a heartbeat. Hopefully I'd have a track handy.

You only live once. You gotta go for it in life. I don't care what it is, you gotta go for it in life.

+1. I'm with Michigander, there's absolutely no two ways about this. I'd go for option one. Life is unsatisfied longings. There's no such thing as absolute contentment, to my view, so what's one more thing to long for?

Id run for it and never look back!

Go listen to that song by some band i dont know the name of,
"you go higher and higher and higher, straight up to the sky."
And when you're done listening to it, and maybe if you're lucky watching the video cause if i recall correclty the video is pretty bad ass, then ask yourself what you want to do.

go ahead Sui buy the TV and take it back after the Superbowl.

Hee hee. That wasn't it, silly.......:rolleyes: .

Hee hee. That wasn't it, silly.......:rolleyes: .
I have to remind you Siu....I'm already taken and the whole long distance thing........;) (Teasing!)

Hee hee. That wasn't it, silly.......:rolleyes: .I think your choice to go for "it" really has to be based upon what "it" is. And the aftermath as well. Will you really be able to get rid of "it" and be back to ground-zero afterwards like nothing happened? Or will you be better off? If so, then go for "it"!

However, if you can't get back to zero afterwards or will be worse off, then don't do "it"!

Go listen to that song by some band i dont know the name of,
"you go higher and higher and higher, straight up to the sky."

I believe that's Dreams by Van Halen with the Blue Angels.

For me? In most cases, I'd go for it. I'm with the crowd that believes you can savor the memory rather than anguishing over not having whatever it is any more. I'd be more likely to anguish over what I missed by passing on something.

I believe that's Dreams by Van Halen with the Blue Angels.

For me? In most cases, I'd go for it. I'm with the crowd that believes you can savor the memory rather than anguishing over not having whatever it is any more. I'd be more likely to anguish over what I missed by passing on something.


Sometimes the memory is sweeter when spiked with the pain of remembrance.

Holy ****, where did that come from?

Never pass up an opportunity to drive a Lamborghini

I'd do it. I'd take one 24 hours day with "her" and cherish it for the rest of my life. At least I'd know what I was missing. I'd do it. No regrets about the things I've done..only those I haven;t had the chance to.

I would bust a cap in it.






















......ok fine, I wouldn't bust a cap in it....I'd go for it though. Having an opportunity and passing it up is often worse than having it for a day, knowing full well you won't have it tomorrow.

No regrets. Either way I go. No regrets?
Not so, from my point of view. I need more info. PM?

I believe that's Dreams by Van Halen with the Blue Angels.

For me? In most cases, I'd go for it. I'm with the crowd that believes you can savor the memory rather than anguishing over not having whatever it is any more. I'd be more likely to anguish over what I missed by passing on something.
Yes! that video r0x0rz the b0x3n

As for the savoring. I can't recall one thing I've yearned and obtained that was as good as i ever imagined it would be. Between that and the number of times i've been cut down for doing something or ridiculed for doing something or wanting to do something I would just have the dream. And if it is for somebody, then I wouldn't even dream.
But that's just me.