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Do you have any good hypotheticals that you would like to have included in our rotation? If so, please send them to admin [at] linkworth {dot} com. If we use your submission, we’ll reference who sent it and a link to your website, if you would like us to.

If sending a hypothetical, mention the word ‘hypothetical’ in the subject. In the email body, after your hypothetical, give the name you’d like to be published and the website address you want published. If you are unsure how to make a hypothetical, it is real simple, present a situation and give two solutions. The idea is to make both solutions gratifying but with some sort of consequence.

Ok, back to the hypothetical at hand: Hitchhiking or UFO Riding.

You are in dire need to get on the other side of the world for a serious family matter. You have just a few days to get there but only have 2 options of transportation. Both will get you there, but what happens while in transportation is unknown. Which would you choose:

• You can reach to your destination by hitchhiking in cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats or any other land/water based vehicles. Flying is not an option. You will arrive in time, but the people you will come across will be some of the shadiest characters you’ve ever met in your life.
  
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• You can reach to your destination being abducted by a UFO. No one knows what or who is in the UFO..violent, happy, peaceful, hungry, a complete mystery. You will be pulled into the spacecraft and leave the planet, maybe even the galaxy. You could be gone a million years, but they know how to time travel and will get you to your destination in time.

Which risk sounds more appetizing?

And don’t forget to send in your hypothetical if you want to participate!

Here’s a good survival hypothetical. I’m a huge fan of Survivorman and Man vs. Wild, which made me think of this one.

Would you rather be stranded in the middle of the hot Amazonian forest for a minimum of one month, but you are stranded without any food or water? You would have to live off of the land around you, which is full of food and water.

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Would you rather be stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean where you are not rescued until a month into it? You would have enough water and food to get you through the entire ordeal, but you will have to ration yourself to ensure it will last the full month.

We’ve been on more of a bi-weekly hypothetical Wednesday’s lately, so my apologies if you’ve missed them.

Today’s hypothetical revolves around something that goes on here at the office. I realized that when it comes to being healthy (eating and exercise), there are those that are good at it and those that are not. Which one are you? Which one would you want to be?

The hypothetical:

Would you rather be extremely healthy, in shape, basically in the best health possible and have a clean living, however, you have the unhappiness of never being able to eat all of the things you absolutely love to eat? You could only eat mulch from the mower, few fruits, shaved wood and dry baked potatoes, as an example. You’re just never happy with what you’re eating and find it difficult to deal with most of the time, but the important thing is, you are as healthy as you can be.

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Would you rather be out of shape, eating anything you want, whenever you want, unclean living, however, you have the unhappiness of always wanting to be an extremely healthy person? You would not be to a point of life or death, more like 20-25 pounds overweight, maybe a bad habit, but the important thing is you eat whatever you want, whenever you want.

Pick your unhappiness

This hypothetical has to do with Reality Shows. We’ve all seen them, loved them, hated them or just flat out ignored them.

You have the chance to be in a reality tv show. The outcome could make the rest of your life financially comfortable. If you chose to do it and actually win the grand prize, you would never have to worry about money again.

The flip slide would be that the world may view you in a negative way and your life would be hell due to the amount of negativity received from the reality show. There would be nothing you can do about it, once it’s done, it’s done.

Would you take that chance of possibly ruining your reputation with the opportunity of winning and making your life financially stable, or would you pass the entire thing up and keep things as they are right now?

Quick hypothetical this week.

You have the chance to pick 5 human beings in the world and end their lives by any method you feel is necessary. It would be the perfect crime because authorities are on board with what you’re doing and will clean the scene up after you’re done and make it all go away. Would you take this opportunity and take out people you think are bad for the world, someone you just hate, someone due to religious beliefs or maybe someone that is suffering and it could be a gift? The only catch is, you have to write a personal letter to each family explaining why you terminated someone from their family.

I think it’s safe to say all of us would love to have a fortune. Crappin’ on solid gold toilets that wipe your ass for you, sleeping on mattresses stuffed full of one hundred dollar bills for comfort or having the ability to buy ANYTHING in the world you wanted. We’ve all heard it before, money does not buy happiness, but I think we all agree it makes life more comfortable.

The hypothetical today deals with the type of filthy rich people that exist, well known and unknown. Everyone has heard of Bill Gates who’s worth $56 billion, but not many of us have heard of David Thomson who’s worth $22 billion. If you had the chance, which would you be?

1. Receive $25 billion and have absolutely no life or notoriety in society, but you obviously live a comfortable, yet lame life.
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2. Receive $50 billion and be the most famous and most recognized names in the world. You live a high profile life with everything you do being monitored by reporters and paparazzi. You really have nowhere to go for privacy due to your fame.

A friend forwarded me a link to a wiki site. As I was looking, I realized that females are often hit with a lot of options that men never will and it gave me the idea for this weeks hypothetical. Male or Female?

Let’s say you have the opportunity to experience life as the opposite sex. You would become an extremely blessed male or female in all areas that are possible; looks, personality, wisdom, brains, perfect body and all of the opportunities that typically come to these people. This would be for a minimum of one month.

Would you take this chance and if so, which sex do you think would be the most fun?

First, my apology for missing last week’s hypothetical. I figured it was inevitable I would eventually miss one, but no excuses, just slipped by. Which leads me to the hypothetical I have for this week. It deals with the old saying, “If I only knew then, what I know now!”

If someone gave you the option of taking all of the knowledge you have right now and starting your life all over at the age of 18 would you take this chance, even though you have just as much of a possibility of failure as you do success?

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Would you take what life has dealt you to date and continue on the current track, but you’re given the guarantee that you will live a happy and comfortable life?

Happy Wednesday everyone. I have a pretty simple hypothetical today that has to do with the monopoly of search, Google. I know, define monopoly and they’re not quite there “yet”, but well on their way.

With that being said, we all know how important Google is if you’re doing anything online that involves driving people to your website. But let’s not forget the other search engines out there that make up the rest of the search. There could be a “millionairesearch.com” out there that only millionaires search. (Update, this site really exists! HA) Why would you forget that group of people? You could own that one market and make more money than trying to compete in Google with the 10’s of thousands of other advertisers in your market.

Anyhow, you get my point. So here is the hypothetical for today:

Would you be willing to give up all of your listings in Google, but in exchange, your website listing will appear in the #1 position for all of your keywords in every other search website on the net. This includes Yahoo, MSN/Live, Ask, AltaVista and many others.

Basically, you have the chance to be seen by 35-40% of all searchers online or take what Google gives you naturally, plus all other engines.

Would you accept this offer?

Today’s hypothetical has to do with flying and being invisible.

You are awarded with either the ability to fly or the ability to be invisible when you want. Of course, this is a hypothetical, so they don’t come without a catch.

If you choose the ability to fly, you also will become horribly afraid of heights and getting more than 10 feet above the ground will give you an instant stomach ache that only goes away when you’re back on the ground. It’s something that you’ll never get over and will often cause violent nauseous episodes.

If you choose the ability to be invisible, the minute you become invisible, you also lose the ability to see anything. All other senses still work, but as soon as others are unable to see you, you cannot see anything.

Which would you choose?