Life's Important Contemplations
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118606)
Gainesville, Florida
August 27, 2017 2:51pm CST
With all of the crazy things going on in the world today--wars, pretentious politics, angry rhetoric, eclipses, catastrophic hurricanes, it really got me thinking about the important things in life, the things that matter most to us. As I sat here contemplating life, something odd struck me, a question that needs answering before I exit this planet someday.
If you choke a Smurf, what color does he turn?
Anybody know? I really want to get to the bottom of this.
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Aug 17
The Smurfs were a popular cartoon show many years ago. The Smufs were little blue creatures. When you choke someone, they turn blue. But if a Smurf is already blue, what color does he/she turn when you choke them?
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
27 Aug 17
@moffittjc If he's blue through and through, he'll stay blue. If his blueness is only superficial, he'll adopt the colour of your innards which isn't very attractive I'm afraid.
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Aug 17
@MALUSE No telling what color their innards were! That would be pretty gross is their innards caused them to change a weird color like green or orange of something!
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Aug 17
@DianneN Our faces will turn red first, then go pale, and then turn blue from lack of oxygen. I'm talking about choking, not tequila! haha
Hmmm...I'm not sure what color I turn after drinking tequila. Maybe I turn orange, as in the orange prison jumpsuit I'll be wearing when the cops haul me off to jail public intoxication!
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
31 Aug 17
@DianneN It's always nice to have connections with lawyers!
And when you're watching my face to see what color it turns, make sure you record it on video so we can post it all over social media for the world to see. Because I would just love that! haha
@DianneN (247219)
• United States
28 Aug 17
@moffittjc Well, you can obviously tell I'm not into smurfs or the color purple. Does you face turn purple when you are choked? Does it turn purple after a tequila? 
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Aug 17
The Smurfs were BLUE?? We used to watch it on the black and white telly upstairs whilst Mumsy cleaned and tidied downstairs. It always surprises me that I remember watching programmes in colour as we didn't have a colour tellybox until I was ten. :)
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
Haha, yes, the Smurfs were blue!
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
27 Aug 17
I'm trying to remember what colour our smurfs turned. We choked them and annihilated them before anyone in North America knew what a smurf was.....
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Aug 17
If you look at Sabrina's comment below, she found the answer for us! Pretty hilarious!
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Aug 17
@Morleyhunt Wow, that's going way back in time! I can't believe they were around back in the late 70s!
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
27 Aug 17
@moffittjc my children had two Smurfs back in 1978. I think they disappeared in a move in 1980. They came to North America in 1981.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
27 Aug 17
Ha! I'm betting on a healthy pink if he's always blue--good one!
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
The correct answer would be purple.
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
@MarymargII I believe so, according to an actual episode in which they addressed this issue.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
28 Aug 17
@moffittjc Is that the official Smurf choking colour?
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
They turn purple. It happened in one of the episodes!
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@AmbiePam (85734)
• United States
28 Aug 17
@moffittjc Now, has that been scientifically proven?
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
@AmbiePam Well, it hasn't been scientifically disproven!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
28 Aug 17
I don´t know let me guess would he turn purple?
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
Good answer! You are correct. I didn't know the answer until after I posted the discussion!
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@Juliaacv (48614)
• Canada
28 Aug 17
@moffittjc How do you know......did the smurf choke?
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
@Juliaacv Because it happened in one of the episodes! Except that he turned purple from trying to hold his breath too long!
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@LadyDuck (459538)
• Switzerland
29 Aug 17
@moffittjc So you are not curious to know more. I like to search to see what comes up. I even found images of the "purple Smurf".
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
So I I've heard from many myLotters! The funny thing is, I remember watching that episode, I just couldn't remember what color he turned!
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
28 Aug 17
Oh boy, yeah, that is a tough one. Now, allow me to seriously contemplate this...Well...why would you want to choke a Smurf? Like, what did it ever do to you? Did you trip over one going down the stairs? Lmao! Uh, maybe it would go a delightful shade of orange?
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 Aug 17
@moffittjc lmao! I knew you had to be falling over 'em! Oh, icky, you vicious male you! But, Uh, maybe a shade of violet? Lol!
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Aug 17
@bluesa If the Smurfs would leave me alone and quit darting in and out around my feet, I wouldn't have to get vicious and squash them! I'm a reasonable guy...if they leave me alone, I'll leave them alone! haha
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
Those little buggers are always tripping me up! It just makes me want to run around and squash them all!
Maybe my question should have been: what color is a Smurf's guts when you squash him under your shoe? Haha
Sorry, that's mean! Lol
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
White? Is that because you squeeze all the color out of them?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Aug 17
I laughed so hard I think I blew a vein in my head! Please when you find out let me know.
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
The answer is purple, similar to the bruise you probably have on your head now from the vein you burst!
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
If you put a "deep" choke on them, they turn purple!
@Freelanzer (10744)
• Canada
28 Aug 17
Here it is I thought I would escape the crazy violent world for a minute and then more violence like choking those cute little smurfs. 
Well I have a huge collection of smurfs I'll dig them out and carry out my own experiment I guess.
Well I have a huge collection of smurfs I'll dig them out and carry out my own experiment I guess.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
I should have prefaced my discussion with a disclaimer that I in no way advocate choking those cute little Smurfs!
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@Happy2BeMe (99390)
• Canada
28 Aug 17
I see Sabrina got you the right answer. I actually knew the answer to that one. One of those useless facts that stick I your head that you may need to know someday. 
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 17
A lot of myLotters knew the correct answer. A pretty savvy bunch we have here!
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@obgonzales (73)
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28 Aug 17
More importantly, when flies die, do other flies fly around it and feast? :-p
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