October 28, 2007
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Fire
Let me give you a hypothetical. Imagine you live in California. Imagine the fire is coming your way. In one hand you have a child. You have one free hand open with just enough time to grab one final item.
You see your wedding photos and you see your pet cat.
Do you grab the cat or the wedding photos?
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make the child grab the pics and i’ll grab the cat and JET!
but in reality, that cat would be to skittish to be able to catch anyways. so prolly the pics.
Shouldn’t you be in bed?
and this is why you post your wedding pics on the internet so you always have them forever. =).
The cat.
I’m a dog person, so yeah, the wedding photos.
I don’t like cats. I’ve been spiritually marked as their enemy because I like to throw them. Why would I have a cat? But for argument’s sake…….the cat. Pictures aren’t that important to me.
make the kiddo get my pictures (or, where’s the husband??) and I’d grab the cat. problemo solved.
lol don’t mock us pet lovers! I’d stuff the pictures down my pants, underwear and bra and grab the cat. Hah!
I, too, am a dog person.
Wedding photos.
The negatives from the wedding photos are in a safety deposit box in my bank, and I’m fairly certain safety deposit boxes don’t burn.
Cat.
cat. read my latest post.
Did Jen put you up to this?
The photos of course!
cat! especially if it’s as cute as the one in that picture
wedding photographers usually wont relinquish the negatives- so the photos are replaceable but the cat is not.
besides that kitten is too cute
plus, eff getting married. ><
I’m not married. I’ll take the cat.
i’m sure i can manage both.
i will not leave my cat behind.
the cat is much cuter than the wedding pictures.
depends on whether I’m particularly happy in the marriage.
AHAHAHAHA I LOVE SIXELA’S ANSWER!
the cat, why would I want memories of my wedding… BLEH!!! LOL… no really I would the cat since I would have a digital copy of my wedding and all pictures that I take in a separate hard drive that I could fit in my purse… no joke… but I would also take the dog as well…
Very easy, the wedding pic. I can’t stand cats.
cat, husband was stoned at the wedding
Neither one. I’d grab at least one of my guns. The photos would only remind me of my bad choices in life…and any cat that doesn’t realize that a house is on fire and that the way to get out is through an open door, deserves to burn to a crisp.
I don’t have kids. Or a husband. Looks like I’m holding the cat, with another hand free for some other treasure.
Yep, single people have it best in this arena.
MIGUEL! ahahaha, you guys are all killing me! i’m laughing so hard! who thought this could be so funny?!?
also, it seems as though many people’s “wedding photo” answers are based more on the fact that they hate cats, and less on the fact that cats are living creatures. LOL.
oh dear i’m in good humor tonight. i’m sure i’ll be over here refreshing and cracking up for awhile… thanks, guys!
I’m not married, so I guess it’s the cat’s lucky day
cat
Seriously? Probably wedding photo.
Though, practically, I’d want both hands to handle the kid. The extra bit of safety that would afford greatly outweighs the importance of either the cat or the wedding photographs.
That kitten has a cute factor of 11 on a 1 to 3 scale – my wedding photos would have to be crazy awesome for me to leave the cat.
If I owned a hedgehog the photos and the cat would fry.
Neither. I’d grab something more valuable. Laptop maybe. Or a Mountain Dew.
wedding photos.
then hold the door open long enough for the cat to run out :]
If I remember right, you hate cats!
Drop the kid, take the pics and the cat.
MY PET CAT DARN IS IT THAT HARD?
RYC: fish soup!!! tasty…
oh and, i’m photoblogging my newest addition
…cutest kitten ever.
The Cat.
Especially if you have your wedding pics online.. like a photo blog or myspace of facebook
but I guess if you have pics of you cat, then you could leave that behind too.. lol
save your computer!!! lol (kidding)
Daniel (doubledb)
I’m not married, so…THE CAT!
If it was between the cat and the dog though….I don’t know. Six months ago, I wouldn’t have said that.
Cat. Definately. Photos can be replaced, but nothing can replace the sense of loss of a pet, especially that way. Been there… Most horrible experience of my life.
We have to imagine it’s a dog instead. I’d grab my pet! Some relative probably has the wedding photo anyway.
Anything over the cat. Damn cats.
The cat is worth more to me!
Dog person here so wedding pics
this is why I would be careful to have a digital copy of my wedding pictures, but I’ll worry about that when I get married, As it is, I don’t plan to anytime soon. I think the answer has to be the cat, because it is a living being, but it is only an animal and not human, so I’m not sure. It would be easier to say if it were a dog in which case I would save the dog
if I liked the dog
digital pictures, dan. it’s all on a disk and/or memory card
cat for the win
Why do I have a cat?
Since I am allergic to cats…and thus do not own one…this question is easy: I grab the wedding photos.
Wedding photos. Only reason I’d grab the cat is if I needed something to beat out the flames.
Hah. I’d put the kid down. I don’t have kids… who was the idiot who let me hold their kid? I bet they’ll regret that decision later…
if the cat is closer, then the cat.
if the cat is in such a position that it may harm me or my child to try to rescue the cat, i’d go w/ the wedding pictures.
if the items are side by side, i grab the cat, and kick the photos as close to the exit as possible.
The Cat! It’s a living, breathing creature that needs help. Wedding photos are inanimate objects, so fucking what if they burn, they won’t feel pain, the cat will!
Definitely the cat. It’s alive–pictures aren’t.
I like the first comment
I do live in Cali.
The fire is horrible
I’m a dog person but definately, the cat. No doubt.
I would grab the wedding photos and assuming I’m still married, my wife can carry the cat (not that I’m married… hypothetically).
um, duh. the cat.
nobody should have to die for my wedding photos. we have the rest of our lives to take more pictures.
Cat’s a living being. I think I could live without a few stupid photos.
The cat. A life is more valuable than a piece of paper.
Cat of course – so many people have copies of my pictures that I wouldn’t worry about them besides a living thing always outranks memories.
the wedding photos because the cat would be smart enough to RUN from the fire.
Wedding Photos. Cat’s can be replaced.
I’m pretty creative, so I’m sure I’d be able to grab all three of those items. Or hopefully, the child is old enough to walk and can run away with me.
The cat, you sick fool.
awwww. the cat. i think i would hate myself forever if i didnt. even though i don’t really like cats.
and i would be an idiot not to keep extra copies of wedding photos someplace safe.
Hahaha, next bring in wedding photos or fish. ;]
My parents would have copies of the wedding photos and some would be digital and online, so I’d grab the cat. :]
The cat obviously. If the cat got burned up that would leave no one to talk to but the squirrels.
Is leaving the kid behind an option?
Cat.
I can ive with myself just remembering my wedding.
I couldn’t live with knowing I let Kitty burn to death.
I am a person that can do it all. Tuck the pics under my arm and grab the cat and go.
the cat… it’s a life! i would want my future wife to expect me to do the same, just as i would want her to do the same in the given scenario.
… oh, i’m not particularly photogenic anyway so no big loss there.
In reality the only cat I ever owned was smart enough and self centered enough that he would have been out of there leaving me behind waaay before I ever thought to look for him.
But answering in the spirit of the question, yes I’d save the cat, but not because I think its life has more inherent value (who am I to judge?) but because to save the photos would be doing something only for myself, a selfish act, whereas saving the cat would be for the cat’s sake, a selfless act.
Cat, most definitely.
Definitely the cat. I mean, besides the fact that I’m not married.
cat. no contest
cat, cuz by the time i get married everything will be even more digital than now, so someone else will have them saved on their computer.
Since cats land on their feet…..
throw the cat out the window, grab the pics.
(first story only, c’mon…I’m not that cruel)
If it was a nice cat, the cat. But if we’re talking about the cat I presently own, there is no effing way I’d be able to handle her because she hates being touched and would probably rip the baby a new one, so in that case the photos.
hmmmmmmmmm..
i don’t know
cat. i’m not married, but i would hope that i would choose to take a living, breathing, friend over pictures, when i have memories anyway.
I don’t like cats, but I’d still grab it. Burning is not an easy way to die for any creature.
Besides, why the photos? You still have the marriage and your memories from that day. Why so much sentimentalism about the images? Then again, I don’t keep photos at all.
The cat.
I would grab the cat because I would have already put my photos and memories on discs and stored them in safety-deposit box. (I say that with only half of the project done.)
The cat! I can always call my photographer and have him print me some more photos (for the cheap price of $6 each, gag), but my cat is one of a kind.
Where is my spouse? Why are they not assisting in the escape? Lazy bastard.
Probably the cat. Most likely, parents will have copy of the wedding pictures.
Cat.
Well…our photographer has digital copies of all our wedding photos, so they’re replacable… so, the cat.
Cat. Wedding photos are easy to make duplicates of. I guarantee you almost every member of our family has a copy. But no one has a copy of my beloved cat.
ill work it out to where i can take both.
wedding photos? that means im married….that means i have a husband. i get my husband to grab the pictures, i take the cat and we RUN!
boo cats, get the album, haha. however if it was my puppy, im letting the pictures burn
The cat
If the cat knows what’s good for it, it would already be gone.
grab the photos, call the cat. haha.
The Pet
If there was a fire in MY house, my family would be evacuated because that’s what happened to a lot of families. What I’m saying is, I would probably have time to get the cat and the wedding photos because my fammily would be evacuated BEFORE the fire even got to my house.
cat. I will always have my memories, and even his life is valuable.
My kitty, of course!
CAT !!!!!!!!!
I drop the child and pick up the cat instead- jk. o__o
I pick up the photos and shoo the kitty out with my foot.
Or I just take the cat.
I love my cat. ):
In that case I will grab the Kitten and tell someone to grab the wedding pictures.
If I were married with a baby and a cat…I would find a way to grab both. If I had to choose, I would grab the cat because enough people like my mom, dad, and friends would have at least a couple of pictures from the wedding I could eventually make copies of.
cat. i don’t particularly feel drawn to saving pictures in the place of lives.
pet cat!
cat. it’s alive and has feelings. the photos may not be able to be replaced but hell, that’s not the cats fault.
Well, my negatives are kept in a fire safe box so I’d try to grab the cat. If I had one…lol
I’d grab my photo NEGATIVES or DVDS so that I could make more….
the wedding photos. Pet cats are overpopulated and can easily be replaced. the pet cat has 4 legs and can run as well.
I grab the cat of course.
Even if you don’t like ‘em, they’re still God’s creatures. Couldn’t leave a creature to die. Can always make new memories… I can’t explain to God how I failed to take care of a living, breathing being simply because I was focused on myself.
as much as i hate cats, id get the cat. chances are a friend or my parents would have a wedding picture that i could take to walmart and make a copy of.
Cat, the photos can be replaced by the proofs!
The cat. Wedding pictures are just pictures of one day. It’s the marriage, the family that is important. The cat is part of the family, thus, you grab the cat.
Thing is, because my mom and I are allergic and Dad doesn’t believe in inside pets, our cat is an outside pet. In addition, I’m not married yet…
So…I guess I can’t really say.
Cats always land on their feet, thus they are fire resistant.
Well, I would actually kick the cat so hard that it became unconscious, so that it would burn while asleep, then grab the pics.
But, if I actually liked cats, I’d probably have my kid grab the cat and I’d get the pics.
all of my wedding photos would be online so I wouldn’t have to worry about those. I could have them reprinted… but honestly i would just think to grab my kid and pet…. i always have copies of all of my photos scanned on the computer to an online account so that nothing would happen to them… it’d def be my dogs.
As I am a cat lover and single looks like the cat wins in one hand and family photos in the other and hightail it out of the area asap
I would probably not grab either. My wedding photos would probably be in fire proof safe in a very secure location and the cat had better be intelligent enough to get itself out of the way of a fire.
the cat. I stored all of my wedding photos on an photobucket account.
neither. I don’t like cats or my wedding photos. But if they both were impotant to me, I’d pick the one that couldn’t follow me.
The cat-no doubt about it.
Of course I’m not married, but even if I were the cat would still win…
I can’t back up my cat on Photobucket.
Cat.Wedding photo’s lead to bad memories^_^
I would stuff the cat between myself and my child and grab the photos. C’mon, anyone who is a mother would know that it is possible. It is amazing how much a young mother can carry (diaper bag, purse, child, and grocery bag, and talk on cell – I have seen it!)
Just leave every door open and the cat will probably get out before you.
I have all of my wedding pictures on disk in a fire safe box anyway.
But other pictures…I would prolly grab.
#1 I am not stupid enough to build my house where there is a known fire danger ever year! DUH! But I would grab the cat if I were visiting such a stupid individual and a raging fire was coming our way. To heck with the fading and useless wedding pictures and save the living and breathing animal.
Cat, my family has a million copies of my wedding photos, and they were not done professionally.
Cat..
the cat. it’s likely you’ll be able to replace the photos.
Someone else in the family has some wedding photos grab the cat
Or how bout this the cat can run you don’t have to pick him up
The cat, without hesitation. A life is much more precious than any picture ever could be.
I would grab the cat. Copies of the photos could probably be obtained from friends.
Come here NOW kitty!!!
The cat can run for it’s own life. If it torches, they are good when they are extra crispy.
I bet the kid could run, too.
Grab the photos and your iPhone.
THE CAT!!
CAT!!
Uhm, the cat.
the cat… easily. it’s a life… photos are memories, and other folks have pictures of our wedding that we could get copies of. So, that cat it is, for sure.
i save the cat. the wedding photos are in my memory for eternity. the cat deserves life. photos are simply material and the cat will love me longer than my husband most likely
The cat is more important. Relatives will have some photos.
The wedding photos. The cat will probably find his own way out.
I think Pictures are things we dont need things
a cat however is not a thing
it is to me as innocent as a child and in need of our care
and i think only selfish people would take the photos
they arent your marriage
a marriage is a living breathing thing
and plus kitties are aweosme:]
Since I would already have an electronic copy of all the wedding photos, I’d take the cat.
However, if this was before computers/internet… I’d take the photos over the cat.
Ahhhhhhh that kitty is so cute! But I’d still grab the photos.
you’re mean! probably the cat
Hmmmmm…if it were a dog or wedding pictures, I’d definately save the dog.
Put the cat between you and the kid. Tell the kid to hold on to the cat, grab the pictures and go.
If I ever had a pet cat, I would deserve everything to go up in flames.
Dam… I would “hope” most everyone would try to save a life of a little animal..
I think my cat would have split the second it smelt something burning.
But if it was a kitten that had no fucking clue what was going on, I’d grab it.
The dog would just follow me out, he’s smart like that.
my wedding album for sure! My pics were all done in Greece and I can’t get copies!
Cat, all the way…
Photos can be replaced, memories recovered, recreated. Life is, shall we say, less so.
The wedding photos…the cat has legs & can run…my photos are priceless.
y didnt the cat leave already?
oh i got a better answer. throw the cat outta the window since it will land on its feet and then grab the wedding pics. duhhh. if not i bet the photographer will have copies somewhere.
I’d grab the cat. Who cares about wedding pictures?
I don’t have a cat. I have a dog that is like a child. If the choice were between wedding photos and the dog, I’d save the dog.
Cat. My wedding photos are up on snapfish.com. I can re-order them.
cat
Amazing how so many people here will thump a bible and violate the 6th (sometimes 5th) commandment.
Which should render obvious what my choice would be.
stuff the pictures in my pants or something like that and grab the cat.
the cat. I will never get married.
I didnt read through all of these, but none of the ones I’ve read view the question the way i see it. As a question over the value of life (even animal life) over property.
Even taking the question literally I would have to pick the cat. Its a living creature. Pictures are just pictures, no matter how special the occasion.
I would totally grab the pics, and let my cat run out the door. I can’t imagine trying to run with a baby and a freaked out cat in my arms. OUCH!
Depends. Which wedding?
man id have to grab my kitty and make it put my wedding fotos in his mouth and get the hell outta there
Well…although I would still want and miss my wedding photos…I would take the cat, because, I likely wouldn’t exactly be able to live with myself, if I were to Knowingly leave a living cat there to die, if I could’ve done something to save it’s life!