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Thread: Hell: Buy Duct Tape and Plastic Sheets, and Stockpile Goods But Don't Panic?!?
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my presonal favorite all purpose stuff is dental floss. the waxed kind. amazing what you can do with it.
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I have decided that anyone who knows the second verse of the Australian national anthem is acting suspiciously, and should be reported immediately.
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Even more suspicious behaviour-knowing all the words of the first verse....
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Right, I'm off to report my children's entire school.
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"Australians all like ostriches"????!!!!
Jeez,the perversity of some people.
Speak for yourself, mate.
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Originally posted by Lots of Yay:
Australians all like ostriches
For we are young and free...
I'm a bit suspicious of this.
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Originally posted by Lots of Yay:
It's just a piece of carboard with a little magnet stuck on the back really (hence the complaints about how dodgy it is).
Oh good - my lusting after the fridge magnet has subsided after that news. Now if it were a proper fully-magnetised printed magnet, that would be a different story.
I was at a home for the elderly this morning and there was a whole pile of the letters (presumably with the "fridge magnets" still inside) on the table - it was all I could do not to stick a few copies up my jumper (not that I was wearing a jumper - it's just how the saying goes) and try to act innocent. But I restrained myself. Thank goodness, huh? All that guilt over a wannabe cardboard-stuck-to-a-magnet kinda frige magnet.
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zephirine of the roses
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Originally posted by Kyzyl:
Just got back from three glorious days "up north" along Lake Superior. Would have been perfect had it not been for four F-14's playing Top Gun over the lake. Damn noisy sons-a-bitches and really, really close to supersonic. I wonder if they set off boomers over the lake for grins?
In my past visits up there I have never seen/heard the jets. I guess they're just keeping us safe from the Canadians ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
they used to do that over lake ontario in the summer. shook the house, rattled the teacups and scared the sh*t out of the aging flowerchild puttering in the garden. i think enough people complained that they stopped creating the sonic booms.
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Imagine my surprise to find out that this pastic/duct tape thing was for real. I thought it was a sneaky way to stimulate the economy. If "they" are really serious about readying our homes for a possible attack, wouldn't you think they would have added WD-40 to the list? I mean, come on. How are we supposed to take the sticky off the windows and doors after unsealing our homes?
Can I come to the wine and chocolate party, instead?
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Well, and if you really did manage to seal off a room, that'd be good for a bit, but you'd need to scrub the carbon dioxide after a while, right?
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I was fine in Our Fair City until I drove into Virginia to get everyday groceries, and had the car radio on. By the time I got to Trader Joe's (a quick prayer of thanks from all who know the pleasures of Trader Joe's, please) I was a wreck.
It was enough for me to drop a bottle of wine in the buggy (but no water). And a box of Carr's Ginger Lemon Cremes.
And -- forget the duct tape -- I wonder, under what wrethced conditions would we cancel worship? What if the church gets irradiated? I don't even want to think about it all.
Writing sixteen blocks from the White House
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Originally posted by sarkycow:
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Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis:
Well. I count myself as EXTREMELY blessed.
Because. I got TWO whole fridge magnets. (For some reason the pack got delivered to us twice; they obviously felt we hadn't imbibed it properly.)
If you've got two, the only decent thing is to auction one off to your Shipmates.
Hey, maybe all the Aussies contingency could stockpile the magnets, then sell them off around the world? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I'm feeling generous, sarkycow. You can have mine for free.
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Ok, fellow-Aussies, I need to confess my suspicious behaviour. When I was a chaplain at a church school, we sang the whole anthem every day. I didn't want to, but it kind of got in my brain and, sadly, stayed there. So now, I can think of all the verses of the song- again sadly, without even trying.
What are you folk gonna do about that, hmmm?
PLUS- I used to know the Crocodile Man- whose family occasionally attended a church I was minister of, long ago.
Is this a worse crime than the anthem....? Like, knowing him?
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I was relieved to see on the local news last night that an area dam is being guarded by the old retired codgers who regularly fish at the lake. They assured the perky TV interviewer that they were watching for anything suspicious. Like somebody in a Lawrence of Arabia costume with a bundle of dynamite, I guess. They did report a hiker whose dog was wearing a backpack. Now that's suspicious.
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As I heard one radio commentator say, in the face of chemical or biological weapons, all your plastic and duct tape will only be useful for wrapping up your rigid corpse.
Yay's mention of wrong-way drivers has inspired me to report the guy -- well, the three guys -- who ran a red light in front of me this morning.
Luckily for us all, there are plenty of survival tips posted on Friday's edition of Something Awful.
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Nicolemr
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zepharine:
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they used to do that over lake ontario in the summer. shook the house, rattled the teacups and scared the sh*t out of the aging flowerchild puttering in the garden. i think enough people complained that they stopped creating the sonic booms.
yeah, i remember hearing one once on vacation. not nice!
had a conversation last night with the mother of one of my daughters school-mates while we waited for the bus. we pretty much agreed that the whole duct tape and plastic thing was rediculous, and if we went, we went. i suspect this is general ny feeling... we've grown fatalistic.
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Nicolemr
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oh and sorry to double post, but i should have added, even the mayor is poo-pooing the duct tape and plastic sheeting idea. here's a link:
buy metro-cards not duct tape
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Originally posted by Ken Osis:
b. be kept in Hyde Park for hours against my will by the police & military
I think they'll just buzz us low with helicopters to stop us hearing the speeches. The place to avoid is Trafalgar Square after about 16:00 - and the whole Whitehall/St. James/Picadilly/Green Park area of course.
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Originally posted by coffee jim:
isn't it interesting how the word 'terrorist' has been redefined?
It used to mean people who attack 3rd parties in war in order to intimidate them.
Then it meant people who did that as long as they weren't told to do it by their government
Now, in the USA it means "Arabs". In Britain it means "Refugees".
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I've just came back from Heathrow, Terminal 4, (not Terminal 2 which they evacuated earlier today apparently) and I am so disappointed because I did not see a single tank. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
There were the usual armed security police, and then - three camouflaged, armed with machine guns, soldiers. They walked through the arrivals area in that way of waving the guns and covering each other and looking all around.
Loads of security announcements, but everything seemed normal! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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ChastMastr
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Originally posted by boyinthebands:
By the time I got to Trader Joe's (a quick prayer of thanks from all who know the pleasures of Trader Joe's, please)
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Writing sixteen blocks from the White House
Five here. In the Old Post Office Building for those who know it.
Right, I'm off to lunch break at Filene's Basement, which is having a sale. And perhaps the ABC (liquor) shop on the way back...
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currently my car does not run, so if something happens, I'm trapped, trapped like a rat, O the humanity of it
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Originally posted by ken:
quote:
Originally posted by coffee jim:
isn't it interesting how the word 'terrorist' has been redefined?
Now, in the USA it means "Arabs".
Yet another news item I missed! I thought it referred to people who deliberately targeted civilians in their attacks. Boy, am I out of touch!
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Sheesh--and I work for a university with hundreds of Arab students. Better get on my hotline to the FBI!
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George (in Montreal)
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In today's Montreal Gazette, Aislin, our editorial cartoonist, came up with the best use of duct tape I've seen to date. Try this: web page
And no, I haven't bought any duct tape or plastic sheeting...
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Joan Rasch
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I've been using plastic and duct tape recently, but only because I live in a flat with a luke-warm-water "heating" system and swiss-cheese window frames.
Joan [chilly in Boston] Rasch
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Oh Well, Fumble Bumble Inc (FBI) has just admitted that the informant that caused the elevatiuon of the threat level was lying. Seems they released his story and got the panic started before they bothered to give the guy a lie dectector test which he failed.
So...nevermind.
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Originally posted by ken:
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Originally posted by coffee jim:
isn't it interesting how the word 'terrorist' has been redefined?
Now, in the USA it means "Arabs".
I have a Muslim surname. I suppose my telephone's already bugged, my e-mail address on file, and my home under CIA surveillance. I guess it's only a matter of time before I get shipped off to a relocation camp in the desert somewhere.
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(whispers)
**shh everybody...Elizabeth Anne is one of 'them'. I knew it! shhhh!**
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clare
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Can some-one scan in and link to their fridge magnet? Large tracks of the non-australian world are developing an unhealthy obsession with them. I know I am.
Action? Off to buy some shares in duct tape.
clare
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Originally posted by George (in Montreal):
In today's Montreal Gazette, Aislin, our editorial cartoonist, came up with the best use of duct tape I've seen to date. Try this: web page
And no, I haven't bought any duct tape or plastic sheeting...
Thanks George, very amusing.
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quote:
Originally posted by IconiumBound:
Oh Well, Fumble Bumble Inc (FBI) has just admitted that the informant that caused the elevatiuon of the threat level was lying. Seems they released his story and got the panic started before they bothered to give the guy a lie dectector test which he failed.
So...nevermind.
It figures. My taxes at work! Idiotic! ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Well at least I didn't buy plastic sheeting. Everything else can be used during hurricane season... ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Here's more silliness:
Earlier this week our local news reported on a young pilot who had completed his basic training and while returning to base (or whatever) the route took him over his home town of Geneseo, Illinois - a small town on the prairie. He decided that for laughs he would buzz his hometown. Many of the residents were terrified at the sight of a low-flying plane, went screaming into the street, general mayhem ensued, etc.
An ill-advised stunt, yes, but calm down, people!
PS: Welcome, boyinthebands, and hooray for Trader Joe's!
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I don't live in a big city, so I don't worry about terrorist attacks.
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I note that the 'Rapture Index' - as cited on the front page of SoF - had been going DOWN for the last few weeks. As the rest of the world increases its concern about war, terrorism etc, the masters of paranoia are getting less worried !
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I'd have to restart my computer to scan in my magnet however I've just taken a photo with my digital camera - fairly bad quality (after the great hard drive catastrophe of 2003 things haven't been working quite the same... I'd say terrorists are to blame) but it does the job. However I don't have a website to put it on... now what do I do? Panic!!!
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Thank-you kindly. That must be a HUGE fridge magnet (as fridget magnets go). However, I'm concerned that there are not enough lines for recording numbers for pizza deliveries, and nowhere does it ask you to specify the location of the duct tape.
clare
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David
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We don't do duct tape here. You don't need it if you've got a fridge magnet.
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RuthW
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I feel much better now. We don't have a fridge magnet, but we have a website:
www.ready.gov
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RuthW
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Here's a good bit:
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Be prepared to improvise with what you have on hand to protect your nose, mouth, eyes and cuts in your skin. Anything that fits snugly over your nose and mouth, including any dense-weave cotton material, can help filter contaminants in an emergency.
So if Saddam or OBL put some nasty stuff in the air, everybody be prepared to pull up your shirt over your nose.
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Problem is, if you do that shirt-pulling-over-the-face thing, people might think you're acting suspiciously and start yelling "Terrorist" and pointing in your general direction.
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quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:
So if Saddam or OBL put some nasty stuff in the air, everybody be prepared to pull up your shirt over your nose.
In that case I'm doing a sort through my underwear, weeding out those bras 'not suitable for exposure' in case of terrorist attack.
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heathen mama
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LOL David!
We're also advised to have in our kits a few pairs of sterile latex gloves...but in Australia, wearing gloves is considered suspicious behavior.
I'm beginning to think that the Australians are profiling us! "Kangaroo Jack" may have been the final straw.
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I'm sure we're supposed have latex gloves too! I'll just get our anti-terrorist manual from it's central location in the house (it has to be accessible) and look that up... Yes, on page 12 it states that our emergency kit should include "a torch, a battery operated radio, a first aid kit including DISPOSABLE LATEX GLOVES, and copies of important personal documents."
However if I saw someone wearing their latex gloves down the street I would call 1800 123 400 because that is suspicious behaviour. Although it could just be a literal interpretation of "Prepare an emergency kit and keep it where you can find it easily".
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Originally posted by Christine:
I note that the 'Rapture Index' - as cited on the front page of SoF - had been going DOWN for the last few weeks. As the rest of the world increases its concern about war, terrorism etc, the masters of paranoia are getting less worried !
Either that, or they think God's thoroughly sick of us.
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Those looked like tanks to me when I passed them at Heathrow on my way to the States (on the 11th), though I have only dinky models to compare them to. We also saw teenaged soldiers with machine guns (their hands must have been freezing--it was a cold morning). The airport security was fairly tight too--nowhere more so than in Minneapolis where every passenger had their checked baggage swabbed (for traces of explosives?) xrayed, and escorted to the counter by a security guy. You can imagine what the lines (queues) were like.
Among the people I met, nobody was going the plastic sheeting and duct-tape route, and everyone was curious as to whether anyone else was. The family remembered all too well how Aunt Hannah had stockpiled sugar through both World Wars, and how one grandmother had kept the various Civil Defence recommendations to the letter for fifty years, with a closet full of nonperishables kept carefully up to date. My English spouse has always been a skeptic with respect to duct tape anyway. He says it doesn't stick very well. The only hardware store I stopped at was doing a blazing business in snow shovels and salt, but the duct tape was barely moving, and they'd not bothered to order any extra plastic sheeting.
IMO this thread has a heavenly twin in the old 'Why do people stockpile toilet paper in the event of a blizzard?' thread. In the event of a terrorist attack, my guess is that people would do as they do when the forecast is for snow!
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Well, did your nude protesters make shapes, ours did bbc news
And it was the middle of winter tom shivers just thinking about it
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Yes, we had nude women spelling out "No Bush" or some such curious message in the blizzard last week in Central Park. Sorry I missed it.
As for the many practical uses for duct tape, Here is one from that always practical state of Texas.
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