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    • xlinzymmm thinks What Would You Take If Your House Was... is Sweet  about 9 months ago ×
    • crystalc8   What Would You Take If Your House Was... and thinks it’s Timeless-Sailor Jerry & Win  about a year ago ×
    • multichampion a year ago

      i would try to save it and die a horrible death

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    • lynne benoux 2 years ago

      my pets and my ass. done.

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      • Suzanne Richard a month ago

        Same here.

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    • themassakr 2 years ago

      My awesome Zune. Yes, I said ZUNE!

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    • themassakr thinks What Would You Take If Your House Was... is WTF  about 2 years ago ×
    • aj thinks What Would You Take If Your House Was... is Cute  about 2 years ago ×
    • ac 2 years ago

      My shirt and a picture of my shirt. Definitely.

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    • your mom 2 years ago

      2 cats. Purse. Cell phone. Computer. Photos. A change of clothes. A pair of shoes.  Things that would hurt to lose but I probably wouldn’t think of: My books. My yearbooks. My cosmetics. My jewelry… especially stuff like my wedding rings and the ring from my grandmother… actually kinda hope I would remember those.

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    • LYLAS 2 years ago

      WTF clothes? Who cares?

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    • christav thinks What Would You Take If Your House Was... is Fail  about 2 years ago ×
    • Captain007 2 years ago

      The people with androids must be saving their family instead of trying to be a hipster when they firetruck arrives.

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    • foxyray   What Would You Take If Your House Was...  about 2 years ago ×
    • thewaitisogre 2 years ago

      My wallet, my phone, my glasses, my family and pets. Everything else is replaceable.

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    • ClaudiaJAJA   What Would You Take If Your House Was... and thinks it’s Cute  about 2 years ago ×
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    • Aaron Murray 2 years ago

      This guy.

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    • rainbowcrab   What Would You Take If Your House Was...  about 2 years ago ×
    • Shay S. 2 years ago

      My phone, My laptop with my drawing tablet, my xbox hardrive, and squirtle pillow from when i was a kid, baby blanket, and my picture of my deceased friend.

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    • Sigourney C. 2 years ago

      What do these pictures say about their subjects?  That they’re all terrible people. I would grab my cat and my hard drive. Everything else is just stuff and can be replaced.

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    • Shay S. 2 years ago

      My phone, laptop, my drawing tablet, xbox hardrive, my pokemon pillow i’ve had since i was a kid, picture frame with a photo of my dead boyfriend inside, and probably my baby blanket.

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    • velocilott thinks What Would You Take If Your House Was... is Fail & Get Real(old)!  about 2 years ago ×
    • VZkim   What Would You Take If Your House Was... and thinks it’s Fail  about 2 years ago ×
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    • itsburkie   What Would You Take If Your House Was... and thinks it’s Get Real(old)!  about 2 years ago ×
    • k94 2 years ago

      I’d grab a fire extinguisher or a bucket of water and put out the bloody fire or die trying. Otherwise, I would die while trying to decide what to take with me.

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    • whitezephyr 2 years ago

      Reality is much different…

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    • whitezephyr   What Would You Take If Your House Was... and thinks it’s Get Real(old)! & Fail  about 2 years ago ×
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    • whitezephyr 2 years ago

      This is so stupid. Really, you would grab a pair of loafers? How pretentious are this people? “I will save a kilt a denim jacket and a small purse full of baubles.” FFS!

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    • sams15 2 years ago

      Computer and box of photos.  Who is packing up clothes!? Shit’s replaceable!

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    • brittanyleighb thinks What Would You Take If Your House Was... is Fail & Get Real(old)!  about 2 years ago ×
    • Ryan G 2 years ago

      Stuff I gotta save in case of fire:
      cool burnt out candle, old bottle, old cool tire pressure gauge, cool meter thingy I found, old hat (don’t tell, I got it from Old Navy) cool old measuring cup. Bottle Caps. Bottle of India Ink. Oriental rug mousepad. and Godzilla.

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    • ambrosiak 2 years ago

      Hmmm,purse, cell phones, grabs the backpack of important papers & meds, grabs the kid’s backpack of essentials (fruit boxes, pediasure, apple sauce, ramen noodles, & xtra clothes) & GRAB THE KID! (hee - relax, I got her first) I’ve actually been the survivor of a fire, you learn to disregard possessions, although keepsakes are always missed.

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    • ambrosiak   What Would You Take If Your House Was... and thinks it’s Get Real(old)!  about 2 years ago ×
    • gorilla glue 2 years ago

      I thought 2 and 3 were for people from the 1920’s until I noticed the apple products.

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    • gorilla glue 2 years ago

      immediately run outside, and feel terrible when I realized I forgot my cat. This kinda happened once.

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