Out of Pod Experience

Destroy myself and there is no longer a "me" for him to take anything away from.

One sees it as trolling while the other just views it as an answer out of the box. As the saying goes, "give the devil an inch and he'll be your ruler." Thus frankly, there is no right answer within the list, it's a lose all proposition. With good intention, that's my answer to any entity dropping me the short list.
Now about that bridge I'm selling ;)

Pleased to meet you hope you've guessed my name.


edit: it's not your list, it's probably your question. How about: if your house were burning down and you only had time to save one thing or person/s. Maybe provide a list of things. Then you don't wind up crashing into something already predefined like teh debil (sort of removes credibility to the intention of the question).

Even the list, it can be items associated with this list. Like an irreplaceable locket of your love one or of a long lost loved one etc. Items of association to your list, not necessarily real items. I mean if you are actually trying to determine a persons value to an object, person or ideal, rather than just making a joke as some would (not necessarily you). In other words taking the readers focus off of the question and to the list. Let the list be profound rather than the question, I think you would receive better results.

Or maybe not even your house, maybe a (e.g.) rental vacation cottage on some wonderful tropical island beach where the reader is not profoundly pondering the loss of their own rl house or whatever, just focusing on the list.