all easy choices...
The safe
the dog
the wedding dress
2nd
ex-spouse
Picasso's studies
On May 5, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Michael Brady wrote:
On May 5, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
A house is burning, and all you can rescue is either the
Rembrandt on the
wall or the kitten on the floor. Which would you choose ?
Your house is burning. Everybody is out, and you still have time to
retrieve a few items--probably no more than five trips, if you take
small things, or four trips if you decide to save a large item.
Which things on this list do you save, and in which order (in case
the fire burns faster than you thought it would)?
Your wife's wedding dress, which your daughter wants to wear next
month for her wedding
An Arshile Gorky painting
A disputed work of an artist in the studio of Titian
Your son's golden retriever, which you got for him on his eighth
birthday
A first edition of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
The fire safe with your important family papers and financial
documents (heavy--counts as two)
Or here's another scenario, which doesn't involve burning:
You're on a desert island. You can leave with two things in the
boat with you. Which will you take, and which leave behind?
One of Picasso's studies for Guernica
Your ex-spouse, with whom you have only cordial but decidedly cool
contact
An aboriginal sculpture, which no one in the West has seen before
and which, being made of wood, might perish if it's not rescued and
stored in an air conditioned building.
Five small reptiles which you are sure are also unknown to science
--- but they might carry swine flu or worse.
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Michael Brady
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