{"id":33128,"date":"2013-04-11T17:50:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T23:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/so-which-would-you-pick.html"},"modified":"2013-04-12T06:26:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:26:01","slug":"so-which-would-you-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/so-which-would-you-pick.html","title":{"rendered":"So which would you pick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">And, just to stop the sort of commentary I&#39;ve seen elsewhere, no, you can&#39;t use them to kill all the other owners and get the rest &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As for me &#8230; I&#39;d be probably most tempted by the sonic. \u00a0There&#39;s no indication that a wizard&#39;s staff (or magician&#39;s wand) actually convey any powers themselves if you&#39;re not already of the right blood. \u00a0A light saber would be cool, sure, but what would you do with it? \u00a0And doubly so for a sword stuck in a stone, even if it belonged to some &quot;watery bint.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The sonic screwdriver, assuming I could figure out how to use it &#8230; <i>that<\/i> would be useful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/113868205724013776634'>Grace O&#8217;Connor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I would pick the sonic. 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