The Coming Fall of Civilization

Griff · 10-16-2005, 07:19 PM

Let's see, the media is pimping terrorism, global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, pandemics, and an energy crisis now. Since civilization is about to fall

what will you miss the most? Is it the Cellar, chocolate, the Glenlivet, affordable shoes, stinky cheese, new books, medicine..? Name your global economy must have or something else...

10-16-2005, 07:47 PM

A hot shower. If things ever became so bad that civilization fell apart, there would be no more public utilities. No water pumped right to your house, no natural gas or electricity to heat it. Yeah, you can boil water over a fire, but you're not going to be able to manage a shower with it. You miss the little things the most, I'm telling ya'. Just ask those folks who were stranded in NO after Katrina.

God · 10-16-2005, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Since civilization is about to fall

Yes, the boy's lacing up his jump boots now. Prepare yourself for round 2.

God

dar512 · 10-16-2005, 08:37 PM

Medicine. Without modern medicine, I'd be pushing daisies sooner rather than later.

I'm hoping this is a passing thing.

wolf · 10-16-2005, 10:33 PM

High Speed Internet and Cheese Curls.

My needs are actually relatively simple.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-16-2005, 10:51 PM

Miss? Why youze guys, of course.

Tonchi · 10-17-2005, 01:22 AM

Hot running water and flush toilets. After all, that is what always separated civilized people from the rest of the world

Sundae · 10-17-2005, 06:06 AM

Food shopping.

I hate to think of having to chase a chicken up & down my road rather than popping into the local supermarket and to buy a fillet neatly wrapped with a printed label telling me when to eat it.

I just have this notion that I'm not a natural forager, unless poncing food off other people's plates counts.

I suppose its one way to lose the weight though.

Elspode · 10-17-2005, 05:11 PM

I would miss not having to post an armed guard while everyone else slept, being able to pay someone else to bring hot pizza to my door when I'm hungry, and not being dead because I can't get my meds.

10-17-2005, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I would miss not having to post an armed guard while everyone else slept, being able to pay someone else to bring hot pizza to my door when I'm hungry, and not being dead because I can't get my meds.

Sly, Patrick! So, you'd miss your pizza delivery job, eh? I'm gearing up for the annual phonebook run, myself!

Lost Soul · 10-17-2005, 09:28 PM

I would miss nothing

Trilby · 10-17-2005, 05:28 PM

Hot water, definitely. And jewelry.

lumberjim · 10-17-2005, 05:44 PM

football, new shoes, light switches, REFRIDGERATION, air conditioning,....

ok, 3 of the first 5 things i picked were electric. so i'll say electricity......and toilet paper

darclauz · 10-17-2005, 11:23 PM

diet coke machines and fans at night. i can't sleep without a fan at night. of course, if i was dead, it wouldn't matter of course.

bury me with a fan.

lheene · 10-18-2005, 02:36 AM

the chaotic life per se. the nerve racking mankind.

10-16-2005, 07:19 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The Coming Fall of Civilization Let's see, the media is pimping terrorism, global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, pandemics, and an energy crisis now. Since civilization is about to fall what will you miss the most? Is it the Cellar, chocolate, the Glenlivet, affordable shoes, stinky cheese, new books, medicine..? Name your global economy must have or something else... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-16-2005, 08:37 PM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Medicine. Without modern medicine, I'd be pushing daisies sooner rather than later. I'm hoping this is a passing thing. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-16-2005, 10:33 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	High Speed Internet and Cheese Curls. My needs are actually relatively simple. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-16-2005, 10:51 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Miss? Why youze guys, of course. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-17-2005, 01:22 AM	#7
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Hot running water and flush toilets. After all, that is what always separated civilized people from the rest of the world __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

10-16-2005, 07:47 PM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	A hot shower. If things ever became so bad that civilization fell apart, there would be no more public utilities. No water pumped right to your house, no natural gas or electricity to heat it. Yeah, you can boil water over a fire, but you're not going to be able to manage a shower with it. You miss the little things the most, I'm telling ya'. Just ask those folks who were stranded in NO after Katrina.

10-17-2005, 06:06 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Food shopping. I hate to think of having to chase a chicken up & down my road rather than popping into the local supermarket and to buy a fillet neatly wrapped with a printed label telling me when to eat it. I just have this notion that I'm not a natural forager, unless poncing food off other people's plates counts. I suppose its one way to lose the weight though.

10-17-2005, 05:11 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I would miss not having to post an armed guard while everyone else slept, being able to pay someone else to bring hot pizza to my door when I'm hungry, and not being dead because I can't get my meds. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-17-2005, 09:28 PM	#11
Lost Soul Sleeping Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	I would miss nothing __________________ Live long, hate more, find a room, shut the door

10-17-2005, 05:28 PM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hot water, definitely. And jewelry. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-17-2005, 05:44 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	football, new shoes, light switches, REFRIDGERATION, air conditioning,.... ok, 3 of the first 5 things i picked were electric. so i'll say electricity......and toilet paper __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-17-2005, 11:23 PM	#14
darclauz Breathing into a paper bag Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 334	diet coke machines and fans at night. i can't sleep without a fan at night. of course, if i was dead, it wouldn't matter of course. bury me with a fan. __________________ Taking up smoking to lose weight.

10-18-2005, 02:36 AM	#15
lheene Resident Denizen Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 60	the chaotic life per se. the nerve racking mankind.

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