Hypothetically Speaking, If Your Gas Were Cut Off

...and it was 38 degrees outside, and you didn't get paid till Monday, and your heat, hot water, and stove/oven were ALL gas, would it be terrible, hypothetically speaking of course, to turn it back on yourself until you could get it paid?

And, theoretically, of course, what would be the likelihood of getting caught and the hypothetical punishment for doing so, aside from possibly blowing one's self up?

And how would one hypothetically go about doing so, if one were familiar with how to relight pilot lights and all that...


[Edited on Feb 16, 2005 by Keith]

I ask purely out of curiosity, of course.

I like the one about killing baby Hitler better...

And I'd try to get someone to let me stay at their house until I could get the heat back on legally.

No can do. Work at home, have to be here. Have two ferrets, 7 fish, and a hairless rat. Etc.



[Edited on Feb 16, 2005 by Keith]

Maybe This will work in reverse. From a public utility site.

We... *ahem* Sorry.. I mean this hypothetical couple (I'm assuming the dumbass who forgot to pay the bill is miraculously married) could just keep each other warm.

Yikes. If you don't turn your heat back on, are your animals gonna be okay?

stick it to the man if you can, stan.

Yeah, I mean, uh, the hypothetical couple has 2 ferrets, 7 fish, and a hairless rat. And I'm not a dumbass! I mean, HE's not a dumbass.

We're really bad at this, honey.

Turning your gas back on is much more complicated than relighting pilot lights.

Please, do not fuck with your gas lines, I'd like to see your "Electroclash 101" music sampler in 15 years.

There's no "we" about this entire situation, Captain "I can't pay the gas bill" .

Hypothetically speaking....get a better paying job, or manage your finances a little better. On a side note, if you do get caught it's a pretty hefty fine. So in the end you're only hurting yourself worse. Take your pets to a friends and wear warm clothes for a couple of days.

See! Your scorn has forced me to this life of hypothetical crime.

I was going to suggest cuddling up with someone you love, but from this post, it looks like that is out too.

I guess there's always the (hypothetical) ferrets.

We're all going to pile into the bed and share sweet sweet furry body heat.

I'm not sure the fish will much care for that.

And guess who's not going to bail your ass our of jail when you're in hypothetical prison with Bubba Sue.

Did the hypothetical person try his or her hypothetical wrench to turn the gas main hypothetically on?

Move to chicago, they're not allowed to shut off anyone's heat during the winter months.

[Edited on Feb 16, 2005 by PsychoMagnet]

I've had my electricity turned off in the past. It sucks. Can you stay with friends? Also, see if you can drain the pipes or something before you leave for the weekend so they don't burst.

I think we're just going to tough it out. The temperature'll be rising every day till Monday, and I think we'll just go shower at someone else's house or something till Monday. If I do try it I'll turn it on after business hours.

I doubt they could take our meter, since it's 4 separate meters attached to each other for the 4 apartments in my house/building. Not a complex, just two old houses divided into 4 apartments.

[Edited on Feb 16, 2005 by Keith]

If you still have electricity, maybe you can beg, borrow , plead yourself some space heaters for the weekend.

You'll blow your damn eye out, kid.

My wife's bringing home a space heater from her work tonight.

The ferret's are fine, they don't care. They're furry and they can't even live above 80 degrees, so they like it a bit nippy. The fish have an electric water heater in their tank. The rat I'm worried about, but she's just nestled into her hut and seems to be taking it okay. The low last night and tonight was "only" 32, so yeah, technically freezing, but not so cold as to worry about hypothermia or pipes bursting. Low tomorrow and the next two or three days is rising.

By the way, my wife is the Noah of the house.