I think you should take them hostage in a public building
wire the whole place with explosives and wait until the TV crews have arrived and the police are about to stage a rescue attempt and then blow the place up killing not only yourself and the people you love, but huge numbers of innocent bystanders and rescue workers.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 9:23, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

This works even better if the building you choose is the Nakatomi Plaza
and you have a german accent.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 9:24, Reply)

and you don't kill yourself, but only make it look you have
and meanwhile you escape with millions of dollars worth of bonds
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Don't forget the airport/unspecified but vaguely South American option,
which is frequently overlooked. Although, in these days of heightened terror awareness, it does carry the additional risk of getting PUNCHED IN THE FACE by an angry baggage handler.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Sheiss dem fenster!
Shoot. The. Windows.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 9:41, Reply)

I'm not sure why I know this but...
Isn't it: "Shoot. The. GLASS!"
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:10, Reply)

nein fenster
means window, hence fenestration, or defenestration or any of that other stuff relating to windows
(Bret Mong Keys Eggs has wet his weapon, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:22, Reply)

Don't get all etymologistical on me man
It's a Monday morning, and besides, I'm quoting the film.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:23, Reply)

Look it's on IMDB!
Hans Gruber: [during a shootout with McClane, who is barefoot] Karl, schieß auf das fenster.
[Karl gives Hans a puzzled look. Exasperated, Hans repeats it in English]
Hans Gruber: SHOOT the GLASS!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:24, Reply)

don't care
fenster still means window.

Up yours wankface!
(Bret Mong Keys Eggs has wet his weapon, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:27, Reply)

/kills himself

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:28, Reply)

do it, do it HARD

(Bret Mong Keys Eggs has wet his weapon, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:31, Reply)

That would be like Dying Hard.
Which is nearly a title of a famous film.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Quite right old bean
my brain did a literal translation of the Deutsch
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 10:28, Reply)