Comments on: WFME’s You Decide: Walking Around With A Ziploc Bag Filled With Water or A Severed Left Arm

By: Jeff E

Jeff E — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:22:30 +0000

The way this title read to me first was a choice between the bag and having your own left arm severed. Even with the clarification, the severed arm seems like a smellier choice.

By: cinekat

cinekat — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:50:55 +0000

I think it all depends on the deco - is the arm tattooed? The hands manicured? The nails painted? Cause all of the above are great conversation-starters.
Also, having recently flown via Heathrow, I think the police are more likely to arrest you for carrying unknown fluids than for severed limbs these days…

By: Julia Farley

Julia Farley — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:52:36 +0000

Oh…I think it woudl be the water. But….I would put Paulies action figure doll in there. With some goldfish. Now THAT would be worth essplainin’.

If I were to do the severed arm, I would stick in some vegetables, like carrots and onions and tell people a was making a New England Pot Roast, Dahmer-style. People would seriously move away from me on the train, thus garnering me a nice seat with lots of space.

Well, except for that drunk drooling on the seat in front of me, but, hey, still…

By: Gaby

Gaby — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:00:21 +0000

Screw using it as a weapon, a severed left arm is the ultimate deterrent to crime. No one will mess with a person carrying around a severed left arm. It provides a whole new visual image to the whole “you should see the other guy thing”.

Therefore: left arm. Totally!

The only question now is: where can I get one?

By: brooke

brooke — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:57:11 +0000

I agree. You can use the arm as a weapon.

By: susan

susan — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:30:59 +0000

It went down like this: Freak accident, your buddy’s arm got severed. You brought him some ice in a ziploc bag to ease the pain. It melted of course, severed arm stubs are warm. He asked you to carry the ziploc bag and the severed arm, cuz he needs his only remaining hand for all those tasks James Cooper listed. What a good friend you are to handle all those nosy impertient questions on his behalf!

By: Alex Fayle

Alex Fayle — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:48:53 +0000

I’d go for the water - it makes a great water balloon and water balloons are fun and frolicksome, whereas throwing a severed arm at someone might be fun for the person throwing it but not for the person being smacked upside the head by the (likely slightly rotten) appendage.

Plus then there’d be the whole police thing to deal with. And I try to avoid the police whenever possible. Prolonged contact with the police provides more opportunities for the government to insert tracking chips in your head.

By: James Cooper

James Cooper — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:28:01 +0000

The hand would be pretty damned useful too.

I mean, you have an itch on your back that you can’t quite reach? Use the hand.

Or a scratch on your bum and you don’t want stinkfinger - use the hand. Or in any other potentially unsanitary situation - flush the toilet with it, push elevator buttons with it, slap your coworker’s ass with it — the possibilties are endless!

By: better safe than sorry

better safe than sorry — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:05:07 +0000

i’m left handed, i’ll go with the bag of water.

By: nic

nic — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:58:07 +0000

“Why am I carrying this severed arm? Do you wanna meet the last guy who asked me that?”