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ElRigo I'm freezing! Send help! from Baja Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
I'm freezing! Send help!
#26: Apr 13th 2012 at 1:27:14 AM

[up] And darwin wins.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#27: Apr 13th 2012 at 1:50:25 AM

Not funny if OP really did die D:

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#28: Apr 13th 2012 at 2:06:54 AM

[up][up] Darwin always wins.

Smug, beardy git that he is.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
Vorpy Unstoppable Sex Goddess from from from from from from from from from Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Two-timing
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#30: Apr 13th 2012 at 3:04:23 AM

Just because shme hasn't posted yet doesn't mean shme's dead.

It just means they aren't on the internet anymore, and are like, outside. Not suffocating/drowning to death.

That or getting one of the most amazing blowjobs ever and lost their ability to type due to the sensations behind it.

edited 13th Apr '12 3:05:03 AM by Vorpy

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GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
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#31: Apr 13th 2012 at 3:24:24 AM

Well yeah, if my carbon monoxide alarm had gone off I'd be out the door.

The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#32: Apr 13th 2012 at 4:02:22 AM

If mine went off, I'd fling open all doors and windows, turn off anything that's burning, then try to figure out how to get the critter to stop making noise.

But yeah, hopefully OP didn't die painful death of CO

Death by carbon monoxide is anything but painful. You just start feeling sleepy, pass out, and die. Which is why I think it's a horrible way to die - I'd prefer my death to be quick and violent, not slow and gentle.

edited 13th Apr '12 4:04:16 AM by MidnightRambler

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#33: Apr 13th 2012 at 4:26:41 AM

[up]That can be arranged.tongue

Seriously, though? Posting on the forums in the face of a CO alarm? This is like the setup for a bad CSI Miami one-liner. You know, that phrase that the site's so frequently associated with...

edited 13th Apr '12 6:16:58 AM by Pyrite

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ElRigo I'm freezing! Send help! from Baja Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
I'm freezing! Send help!
#34: Apr 13th 2012 at 4:53:58 AM

[up] Not really, please enlighten us.

MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#35: Apr 13th 2012 at 5:03:00 AM

[up][up] Please don't - the one thing I'd prefer most about my death is that it will be far, far into the future. (My target age is ninety-three).

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#36: Apr 13th 2012 at 6:13:15 AM

[up][up]I potholed it. (No idea if you're being sarcastic on that one. Doesn't carry over too well on the internet.)

[up]Yeah, I was just kidding. Oddly specific target, though.

edited 13th Apr '12 6:17:08 AM by Pyrite

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#37: Apr 13th 2012 at 7:15:54 AM

[up] Yeah, I just came up with that number one day and decided that that would be a good age to go. But it's really just a way of saying, 'I love life, I want to live life to its fullest, and I want to live pretty damn long!' Anything over 90 is fine with me.

What I'm more specific on is the time of year. I'd like to die in September or October, because that's the time of year when I'm least excited about the coming season. If I died in March, it would be 'Yay, springtime's here aga- Gack!' In December, 'Hmm, let's see if we'll have a nice snow-and-ice winter this ye- Urgh!'

edited 13th Apr '12 7:16:07 AM by MidnightRambler

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#38: Apr 13th 2012 at 7:20:46 AM

Damn right; I want mourners standing around in freezing rain on a cloudy October morning. It'll serve them right for outliving me, the bastards.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Zahaele Getting dunked all day from Omaha, NE Since: Jan, 2012
Getting dunked all day
#39: Apr 13th 2012 at 7:20:54 AM

[up][up]I'm kinda hoping for at least 106. That's probably aiming pretty high, though. I want to live to see 2100, that'd be fun. If I do the right things like exercise or Tai Chi or whatever, then that and scientific advances would probably put 106 into the realm of possibility.

edited 13th Apr '12 7:21:05 AM by Zahaele

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spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
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#40: Apr 13th 2012 at 10:48:02 PM

My friend's dad passed away last year from carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator, and he and his mom were put into a coma for weeks. Please everyone if your alarm goes off get the heck out. Please.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#41: Apr 13th 2012 at 11:06:54 PM

I'm not sure if I even have one o-o

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#42: Apr 13th 2012 at 11:51:52 PM

Do you have gas? If not then you don't really need one, but if you do it's essential. It should be easy enough to spot; they look a bit like this.

edited 13th Apr '12 11:53:39 PM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#43: Apr 13th 2012 at 11:58:18 PM

Cooking gas is not carbon monoxide, though*

— it has a very distinctive smell (I think they put additives in it to make it more easy to notice) and you'd definitely notice it if you left it open.

Hopefully before it saturates the room to the point that the heat of the lightbulb makes everything explode...

I used to have a smoke detector which went off whenever I cooked bacon. That was mildly irritating.

But yeah, carbon monoxide is dangerous business.

edited 13th Apr '12 11:58:54 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#44: Apr 14th 2012 at 12:14:32 AM

Cooking gas is not carbon monoxide, though

Er...

Take your seats, kids, for Basic Chemistry/Basic Plumbing:

'Cooking gas' is mostly methane (which is why it smells strongly of, er, methane). Having a gas cooker isn't the problem; having gas central heating is.

CO is a by-product of the combustion of natural gas in a gas boiler (as used for heating in old or cheap houses). This usually goes out through a flue, but if the flue becomes obstructed it can back up into the house, filling your living space with a cloud of deadly gas.

Houses with electric or oil central heating do not have this problem.

edited 14th Apr '12 12:16:20 AM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#45: Apr 14th 2012 at 12:18:17 AM

a gas boiler (as used for heating in old or cheap houses)

Old or cheap? This side of the North Sea, every house has gas heating.

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#46: Apr 14th 2012 at 12:47:01 AM

Really? Huh. Well, you learn something new every day.

I'd have thought the continental types would have moved on to something a bit more eco-friendly and a bit less explodey by now.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#47: Apr 14th 2012 at 7:40:40 AM

Yeah, I would think so too. What with the fact you guys are progressive and stuff.

#48: Apr 14th 2012 at 9:03:03 AM

Depending on what is generating your electric, it's not necessarily any more eco-friendly than gas.

Of course, my house is heated by a wood-burning stove so I'm not necessarily the best one to talk about eco-friendly...

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#49: Apr 14th 2012 at 9:13:06 AM

Wood-burning stoves are waaaaay better than fossil fuels, provided the wood comes from a sustainable source.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Grimview Catalytic from British Columbia Since: Mar, 2012
Catalytic
#50: Apr 14th 2012 at 11:24:16 AM

We have two fireplaces and a gas heater for backup. Rarely is more than one necessary at any given time; we can usually keep the entire house heated for the day just lighting the basement fireplace.

"Lock up your girlfriends, lock up your wives, Grim's on the loose so run for your lives." - Pyrite

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