I personally would go and feel up every single hot babe I could find and play pranks on people. I would also use it as a snooze button in the morning so I can get an extra few minutes or even a few hours while the rest of the world is paused. I doubt I would steal from anyone.
As well as do a few perverted things here and there I'd read a ton of comic books without the storekeeper saying "This ain't a library!". And when I need a extra hour of free time before I go to some after school thing ,hey, no problem. Wasn't there a crappy Nickoldion movie a few years ago about stopping time?
Go back to a year ago April 11, roundabout 9 p.m., and stay there forever, or until we got really really hungry.
Brother R
watching manos and meatcleaver massacre without wasting time
I admit it, I would probably steal, though only from banks [they have insurance]and I wouldn't get excessive about it, just enough to get by without working, though I guess I'd probably still have to work just because it's hard to secure housing, especially to own real estate, with large sums of cash--even if I deposited it, that would be reported to the government, and I'd get audited--and sure, I could stop time and depants the IRS auditor but they could still get me....you really wouldn't want to get to the point where you got into so much trouble that you had to stop time permanently.
I'd probably play pranks on people who annoyed me, and yeah, I'd probably mess with hot chicks as well, at least at first--I could see the novelty wearing off after a while...sort of like playing a video game in god mode.
Stealing sounds pretty tempting, and I wouldn't mind getting into a few highly secure places the public never sees. My mind is also filling with potential pranks as I type.
In terms of honest uses, it would sure come in handy on one of those days that just don't have enough hours for all that needs to be done. You could get your whole day's work done with no pressure, and take the whole day off. You could clean the house without losing your Saturday. There would always be time to go to the gym.
Stealing sounds pretty tempting? its absolutely tempting, in fact i think its one of those things i would do for sure, clean the house?? no way, with the money of the bank i could pay someone to do it for me, and for first time in my life i could go to the cinema to watch all movies i want for free, it sounds great i will keep dreaming a bit :)
I guess what I could do is pay all non-housing expenses with stolen cash via money orders then I could use my entire salary to pay for housing and so could afford more...
Work would be easier if I could stop time, though right now i'm in retail so time stoppage wouldn't really make my job easier other than being able to humilate rude customers.
I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I would definitely be filling my gas tank for free.
The prank lobe of my brain seems to have kicked into high gear as well. You could play the ghost, the eerie vision. You appear out of nowhere, stare at somebody for a few seconds and poof, you're gone.
Better still, you could really mess with people at meetings and other gatherings. This would take a few weeks preparation, because you might need to grow a beard. Go out for a business lunch or a coffee break with someone, then whenever your companion looks away from you, stop time, go to the bathroom and shave off part of the beard. Every time he looks back, you'd have a beard, goatee with sideburns, goatee, Col. Sanders, mustache, Charlie Chaplin, nothing at all. That would really mess with somebody. Question is, would you have a chance to shave the entire beard, or would he freak out completely long before that. If you were really committed to the joke, you could also stop time for a few weeks and grow the beard back.
What do you mean "if I could" ?
>Wasn't there a crappy Nickoldion movie a few years ago about stopping time?
Are you thinking of Clockstoppers? Technically, they didn't stop time, they just sped themselves up so fast that everyone else seemed to be standing still.
Wow, the ability the stop time. The possibilites are endless!
yet all you guys wanna do is feel girls up?
Susan wrote:
> yet all you guys wanna do is feel girls up?
>
To be fair, I wanted to mess with people's minds. That and get free gas.
Hmm... so all us guys would just be going to feel girls up?
I'm sure we can be more creative than that, although I admit that it would be something to do, it's not the first thing that comes to mind when stopping time.
What, then would you do Susan, as opposed to feeling gals up?
This actually reminds me of a Simpsons episode when Bart gets a stopwatch that stops time and he and Milhouse end up doing heaps of Pranks on everyone. There was actually some funny stuff in there, but as per usual, nothing lasts forever and time is eventually stopped permanently when the watch is broken, leaving the boys in limbo with the rest of time at a standstill.
It's kinda funny how they try and stay sane by playing with the frozen characters.
Anyway, stopping time would definitely help in the essay department [time is something i have little of] and the possibilities for pranks and silliness is endless, but did anyone decide to use this power for good?
I present to you: The Bad-Movie Time stopping hero people!
They stop time and use their powers to help world peace, ease the suffering of the poor and hungry, and to find and kill all producers thinking of doing a remake of a good film and trying to make it appeal to a mass audience by "making all the characters 30 year old actors playing teenagers''
Trust me, with this power, we can all make this world a better place!
Well feeling girls up without them knowing borders on the type of people who drug them so I don't see how one could have a conscience and do that, the fantasy I can understand but realistically..i dunno.
Me? i'd have to think about the possibilities, hard to come up with a truly ingenious plan to rule the world or anything. For one i'd probably relive all my childhood fantasies..god knows when i was a kid i wanted more than anything to win one of those toys r us shopping sprees. I think it would be fun, even as an adult, to just have a whole day at the toystore! I'd also watch movies for free because theaters rip us off..that my conscience can live with ;-)
It's too bad stopping time can't come along with walking through walls, as I'd love to be able to see how all my neighbors have their home decorated - but then maybe that's just a girl thing. Tho i'd have alot of fun going to really RICH homes...say, just how long can we keep time stopped? ;-)
Practical jokes is fun, switching people's meals at a restaurant when they're eating and watching the confusion. It would be neat to incorpoerate that talent with fighting crime, wouldn't it be cool to foil a bank robbery even if it's cliche. on the dark side of my soul i'd probably stop time everytime some jerk cut me off or got hostile driving arond me. I'm not sure if i'd have all the airs slowly leak from his tires or....
if I could stop time....
This doesn't really pose the question if I could go back or forward in time, but this is probably what I would do if I could stop time:
I'd want to use the power to save people from car accidents, train wrecks, and stuff like that.
Stopping time during a cricital surgery could help doctors recuperate, and you could take a person out of a burning building or a car before it hits a telephone pole, or save a little kid from a stray bullet - the possibilities are truly endless, as Susan said.
That's the first thing that hits me as a good use for this power.
Susan wrote:
> through walls, as I'd love to be able to see how all my
> neighbors have their home decorated - but then maybe that's
> just a girl thing.
You know, I don't think it is. My wife and I have been doing a lot of redecorating and renovation to our house, and have noticed that a few neighbours are doing the same. The interesting thing is that most of the houses on our street are the exact same design with different brick, siding, roof, etc., and all are about the age that they will have gotten some work done on them. Looking at the things we've done, I'd be very interested in seeing the other houses.
Mind you, that could be done simply by getting to know those people, or even organizing some sort of neighbourhood open house event. Stopping time and snooping is actually kind of antisocial.
Now, if you wanted to go through their dressers and bedroom closets to see what kind of kinky stuff they're into, that's a different matter.
As the father of three, I'd sit down, close my eyes, and enjoy some #&^$% peace and quiet.
I work in a police department... I have SOOOOOOO many ideas... arson... murder...
The possibilities for police are intriguing. As soon as an alarm is received, you just stop time, head over to the address and catch the thieves seconds after they gain entry.
Police officers and their vehicles would need to be immune, of course.
Vandals could be frozen as they're running away, and prowlers and suspicious persons could be kept in place. That shifty asphalt salesman could be kept at the door. There would be no more responding to complaints only to find nobody around. When somebody calls, just stop time and take a look. Domestic disputes could be put on pause until somebody arrives. Missing persons wouldn't have a chance to go any farther. Violent people could be safely cuffed and put in the car before they know what's happened. It would put an end to standoffs and hostage situations.
If judges were also immune, you could also get search warrants in a jiffy, and execute them before anything can be touched.
Of course, this tool could probably only be used by one relatively small police department or time would never move. Then again, once word gets around that cops seem to magically appear at every crime, things might calm down. Or it could just be reserved for emergencies.
Come to think of it, fire departments and paramedics could also make great use of this power.
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Brother R. was that when we went to see what's her name in that play up in Wisconsin?
Wow- I can't believe how right on you are! That's pretty astounding.
I don't know,
but I'm pretty sure it would involve a big yellow jacket and all the throwing knives I could carry...
;D
I'd find people who I didnt like and repeatedly punch them in the face, or I'd get them in mid stride and perch them on the edge of a cliff then start time up again
seeing this topic revived today another thought comes to mind much more sinister and evil and would probably involve me making my supervisors life a living hell as she does mine...