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30 July 2005

WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!

post by: quonsar at: 11:43 | 17 comments

Apparently if one does not have a fortified basement in which to hide and chooses instead to stand outside and watch all the pretty colors, a well-tailored jacket and jaunty collar is essential.

posted by DeepFriedTwinkies 30 July | 12:08

I'll just take this opportunity to share a post I did about the Nuclear mania of eighties Britain.

posted by dodgygeezer 30 July | 12:08

nothing about ducking and covering? I hear that's the absolute best way to protect yourself. ; >

posted by amberglow 30 July | 12:54

Shouldn't this have been posted in the potted meat thread? That sounds like an imminent explosion to me.

posted by mr_crash_davis 30 July | 13:05

how many crash davis' are there? because i still count at least two

posted by ethylene 30 July | 13:16

anyway the wind blows i suppose

posted by ethylene 30 July | 13:18

time to make out our last wills and Testament ?

posted by amberglow 30 July | 13:23

I skimmed through it, but I couldn't find what they told us in grammar school in the 70s: That part about putting your head between your legs and kissing your ass goodbye....

posted by Doohickie 30 July | 14:57

the day after is now a testament?
i'm calling pope benny--

posted by ethylene 30 July | 14:57

Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble. If I stay there will be double...

posted by mudpuppie 30 July | 15:04

thanks for the killer game of crisco twister.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 30 July | 15:34

oh dear. such an eventuality would probably require me to update my wardrobe.

posted by madamjujujive 30 July | 16:43

Yeah, with my luck I'd get in my Escape Pod and the guy guarding the door would be named Hal.

posted by wendell 30 July | 17:30

My secret plan for surviving the nuclear holocaust was always to first break into a gun shop and get a bunch of guns and ammo, then break into a library and get a bunch of books on things like gardening, wilderness carpentry, wilderness health-care, etc. Maybe the other way aroung, as I think the latter is more important.

posted by kmellis 30 July | 19:25

kmellis - you never watched the twilight zone did you

posted by dodgygeezer 30 July | 23:24

thanks for asking
i really wanted to ask that.
laser surgery, baby

posted by ethylene 30 July | 23:51

Well, yeah, I did, but I must have missed an episode.

posted by kmellis 31 July | 02:00

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