if i could only take one thing it would have to be a pack of durex.protetcion is paramount, plus those alien bastards might have all sorts!!

well, i guess ill just keep it real, id take a large zip lock bag of e-pills to help with the depression of not being able to hold my family in my arms. or play video games or go to the movies, or hit up the beach board walk, or get pissed at traffic, playing at the park with my dog, paying off my debt JK,... all brain damage would be fixed to start the process all over. e-pills people thats right i said it.

Hmmm, good question.

I suppose I would take my wife....for a couple of reasons.

1. It may get a little lonely there if you catch my drift. Greys aren't the most attractive of species.

2. someone to share the experience with as well as validate the proof of the trip if we were ever to get back home.



unless of course the planet is only populated by a race of beautiful females needing me to help continue their species on........then I guess I would just take my laptop.

This has been a fun romp of frivolity....but really?

What WOULD you abandon, or would you abandon, anything here, for the offer to go off-world?

My take is loved ones come first, anything else is just stuff.

Interesting thought experiment....but that's all.

I agree, a laptop, however I would buy the best that money could buy with the hugest optical and HD possible, and load it up with visual and auditory records. Pictures and Vids of family and their voices, Highly compressed copies of my three favorite movies (Casablanca, Citizen Kane, and Caddy Shack). Some classic literature and Poetry as well as Earth Cultural Histories (Lest we soon forget). My favorite music and certainly a video documentary of the important places, cities, monuments, and cultural records of earth. And since we don't need batteries i would remove the laptop battery and fill that compartment with the finest 50+ year old vintage Cognac I could buy. I would also put my deceased wives wedding ring and my kids first tooth in there.

An oxygen tank,

Sorry had to, I know it was lame.

Really though, probably a camera and wearing an ATS TShirt with 'I told you so' logo on it. Just to rub it to the skeptics on earth.

Peace

sunglasses ! some of those planets with two or more suns would be rough on the eyes.

second choice would be a warm coat...for obvious reasons.

I guess it would have be the return ticket Or I would grab the biggest book at the spaceport duty free.

I'd take my computer with high speed internet included. It's the all in one package!!! You can keep up on news, talk and chat...even have video conferences with family. You can play video games and play music. I can't imagine not going anywhere with out music. Also, you'll need the internet porn since you won't be getting any for a long long time...lol

I'd bring a journal. Hey, it worked for John Dunbar in Dances with Wolves...

Some rope, a red piece of stiff plastic 6"x15" and a nice stout, wooden stick.

I know that's 3 items; but if I cant take them; Im not going!!!

[edit on 8-8-2008 by whaaa]

Well, given that we're not allowed to take our mate, and also given that we're not going for good (because if we're not coming back, I'm not GOING!)

First choice -- my pellican case. 10" X 8" X 5", sturdy, padded case. Within it is my camera, two spare batteries, charger, extra mem. cards, mini-tripod and an array of lenses. Is that cheating?

Second choice - Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. If nothing else, the aliens can flip through it and laugh, and maybe I'll get an idea of what they think is wrong with the ol' fat book.

Third choice - my guitar. I place it last, as for all I know, the sounds I make with it produce the opposite effect for the aliens as it does for me, so I'd play it with caution.

Great thread, sort of a palate cleanser for the rest. Thanks, OP!