Re: It's Donald Trump : Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:38 am  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

I fondly recall one Sunday morning, back in the day, when the siren went off (obviously a malfunction or human error, probably the second) but I rushed into the room to see if there was anything on the telly, but the short time it took me to realise Armageddon wasn't happening that day, it was forever engraved in my memory.

I grew up in North Manchester, my parents' house overlooked the city from a hill about 6 miles away. I vividly recall hearing the siren going from time to time, clearly drills of some sort, but spooky as hell and a little confusing as I'd only ever heard that particularly haunting form of siren in black & white WWII movies.

I also recall at about age 7 being absolutely terrified by a news report which explained the various degrees of damage if a typical Soviet device were to detonate over Manchester.

And yet I still handled it better than Generation Snowflake handles anything.

Re: It's Donald Trump : Sun Dec 25, 2016 12:36 am  

I Remember the man from the "Barrats" advert informing us what to do should a nuclear bomb fall.

"Get in the bath"

"Hide under the stairs"

"Tag the dead and leave them outside"

They dont make adverts like them anymore

Re: It's Donald Trump : Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:02 pm  

If ever there was such a war. I'd rather be outside smack bang next to the explosion. There's no way I'd want to be alive for the aftermath.

Re: It's Donald Trump : Fri Jan 06, 2017 5:13 pm  

LifeLongHKRFan wrote:

If ever there was such a war. I'd rather be outside smack bang next to the explosion. There's no way I'd want to be alive for the aftermath.

Yes but being from East Hull you're already familiar with ' Armagedon '

Sorry I couldn't resist

Seriously though as that clever Mr Einstein pointed out

" I know no not what weapons WW3 will be fought with , but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones "

He's right anall

Re: It's Donald Trump : Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:58 pm  

Zulu01 wrote:

I Remember the man from the "Barrats" advert informing us what to do should a nuclear bomb fall.

"Get in the bath"

"Hide under the stairs"

"Tag the dead and leave them outside"

They dont make adverts like them anymore

Now it would be:

"If you feel comfortable doing so, get into the bath. Please do not fill the bath with water. Remain clothed. See app for details."

"If you feel comfortable doing so, move beneath the stairs. If your local housing authority has not provided you with stairs, you may be entitled to compensation. See app for details."

"If a member of your household has passed, please call our Grief Helpline. If our Grief Helpline is unavailable due to thermonuclear conflict, you may be entitled to compensation. Please do not touch the deceased for fear of infection. See app for details."

Re: It's Donald Trump : Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:55 pm  

Zulu01 wrote:

Tag the dead

That would confuse today's youth.

Maybe hashtag the dead? #dead #deadhairdontcare #deadgoals #lolz

Re: It's Donald Trump : Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:52 am  

Zulu01 wrote:

"Tag the dead and leave them outside"

Because I've over-watched The Walking Dead, I would prefer to stove their heads in with a blunt instrument - just in case they rise again.

Re: It's Donald Trump : Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:05 am  

So the US has all but declared war on Russ... I mean Syria. That didn't take long. A supposed chemical attack with many of the victims being children is being used as the smoking gun. It's like 92 all over again.

It also makes no sense that Assad would do this, given that he's winning the war, and the US recently suggested they weren't considering escalating military action. Why would he choose to incur the wrath of the world by doing this when he doesn't have to?

Re: It's Donald Trump : Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:24 pm  

Did a chemical attack not happen ?

Re: It's Donald Trump : Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:57 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Did a chemical attack not happen ?

Apparently, but they've said that before and it turned out that it wasn't the Syrian government. It just strikes me as odd that it's an almost identical narrative to the apparent attack that occurred in Kuwait prior to the first Gulf war.