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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:52 PM Original message |
Would you spend a year in prison for $400,000? |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. no |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. pay 50% up front, to take care of my family during my absence... |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. The experience and risk probably wouldn't be worth it to me. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I had it at a quarter million |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. oh yeah? what other way? you can PM if you don't want to share in public |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. So $40,000 in the corporate world, every year, before taxes, is less painful? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:43 PM Original message |
well one year in prison is 24/7 so if you work 8 hr days, u need a min. 3 yrs income to break even |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. I totally would |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. I would think about it. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. hell no |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maybe |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Exactly. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. It ain't that bad. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hell no. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'd do it if the stay was in a federal pen. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes... maybe |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Maybe we could go in on a buddy system and |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. No way, no how. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yep. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hell yes. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. That was the first thing I thought too. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, I Think I Would. (n/t) |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not just no, but HELL no. No way no how. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. For $400,000? No way. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. yes who's paying this? the mob? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Let's say it's some new reality show. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. well it wouildn't be tax free if it's reality teevee but i would still totally do it |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. No. I won't miss a whole year of my kids growing up. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. I might. |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hell no! |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Never, no question. nt |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. I already did for far less than that. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yes as long as I get to stay in solitary. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. No. |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
31. where do i sign up??? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. No. I don't need the money, already put up with too much shit in my life |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. No, my freedom is worth more money than that. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. I've already tried marriage twice and it isn't my gig. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. need more definition |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Give me lots and lots of books |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. are you offering? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes. So long as Rhythm and LyricKid got the money immediately upon my incarceration. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. yep. In a heartbeat. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. $400k would go a long way where I live too. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. No, not at my age and circumstances. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. No |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. If I get to be in solitary, then without a doubt. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. 750,000 |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes, and I would choose solitary confinement. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. i'm curious to know why so many choose solitary |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. "Isolation" was my specialty growing up. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Am I missing something? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Bad things happen in solitary. No witnesses. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. ptah that's news because it's rare |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. From the experiences of a family member I conclude that |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. oh ptah i didn't know that and please let me send out a hug |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Even knowing the brutality that occurs? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Jail is not that bad and not that brutal. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. I'm scared of that Bubba guy I always hear about n/t |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Guess what? |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'd have to think about it |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. NO!!!!!!!!!! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. it would take a little more than that...say 1.5 mil? |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. I have to shake my head at some of the answers here. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I can't get this thread out of my mind. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. ptah if i was rich and could afford it i'd PAY $400K to miss all the fucking baby showers & weddings |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Well that just goes to show that our experiences are different. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. that's one of the interesting things abt these threads, the different stories |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. We are of the same thinking here, Ptah. n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. i am a woman in louisiana, the risk of being beaten/killed/shot is just part of life |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. The danger aspect aside, have you ever been locked up...jail or otherwise? n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. otherwise EOM |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
63. I would go to one of those federal country club |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. Yes, I think so |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. Robert Downey Jr. says you'll come out a conservative like him |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
69. i've spent enough time in a white man's jail |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
75. Not just no, but HELL no. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
77. Fuck no. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm mostly surprised that only one person has mentioned the consequences: |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. i've been unemployable for 25 years, since the early 80s |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. To me, no matter what your personal circumstances, |
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