View Poll Results: What would be your first question?

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  • How are the pet?

    17 26.98%
  • How are they doing?

    45 71.43%
  • How's the house?

    0 0%
  • How's the weather

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Thread: What would be your first Question......

  1. #1
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    What would be your first Question......

    If you where just informed that a friend's home, where she, her husband, their cats and dogs lived was severely damaged? From lets say a fire or something of that nature.

    What's the first question that you ask? Your first concern is..no thinking it out split second responces, just you first responce off the top of your head.
    How are the pet?
    How are they doing?
    Hows their house?
    How's the weather?



    Just a study of people, my neice is doing for school because of some recent events. This same question has been asked on 2 other non-pet forum.

    Please if you can, take the time to vote. I would really like to be able to give her seveal responces for her report.
    Last edited by Fox-Gal; 10-26-2004 at 04:30 PM.

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    I voted for How are they doing? That would be my first question assuming you mean the people that lived in the household because you can't replace them, I mean who cares about the weather at the time and the house can always be replaced. My second question would be how are the pets? considering you can't replace them either!
    Katiesmom(Crystal)

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    Originally posted by Katiesmom
    I voted for How are they doing? That would be my first question assuming you mean the people that lived in the household because you can't replace them, I mean who cares about the weather at the time and the house can always be replaced. My second question would be how are the pets? considering you can't replace them either!
    Ditto- I would first ask how they are, then how are the pets would be my second question.
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    First question is how are they doing and then the pets. I agree, stuff can be replaced, people and pets cant be!

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    I looked at the question a different way. I voted I would ask about the pets first because I assumed the people were still alive. I imagine if they had died, the person informing me of the situation would have told me. My next question would be how they are doing though.
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    First I'd ask how they are and then I'd ask about the pets.

    From Decker with Love

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    Originally posted by Katiesmom
    I mean who cares about the weather
    The weather was more put in there as a haha thing. But needed to be there just in case that's how some people think. You never know now days.



    Remember she wanted off the top of your head answers, no thinking it out just split second first responces. Pets? People? House? or weather?

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    I think I'd also ask how they were doing as a first instinct..

    “I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running
    from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you.
    I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
    - Jack Kerouac; On The Road

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    well if if were my best friends place, I would probibly ask is shadow was OK, and immedietly afterword ask if they were all OK, just because I have known shadow for 8 years and only known the family for 5 years lol
    Shayna
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    Misty-10 year old BC Happy-12 year old BC Electra-6 year old Toller Rusty- 9 year old JRT X Gem and Gypsy- 10 month ACD X's Toivo-8 year old pearl 'Tiel Marley- 3 year old whiteface Cinnamon pearl 'Tiel Jenny- the rescue bunny Peepers the Dwarf Hotot Miami- T. Marcianus

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    I'm not sure how to answer that, if I just received a phone call and one of them was telling me this, I think my first reaction would be "OMG how is everyone?" And that would include the whole family with pets, but I suppose the second response would be the most accurate.
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    Generally when people call someone and give them news about what happened, they leave out the pets.


    So, i'd probably ask "How's ?"

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    I would probably ask how they were doing first, and then ask about the pets.

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    I voted for "how they are doing" but really the first thing I
    would ask a friend is "is there anything I can do to help ".
    I know all my close friends would do the same in a situation
    like that.
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    I immediately thought "how are you doing"........hopefully the majority will think the same way!

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    I would say "How are they doing" ...but meaning like, how is EVERYONE doing, though they probably wouldn't see it like that.

    -thank you Poppy for the avatar.


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