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Preparing For Emergencies

 
 
Grey Area
09:33 / 30.07.04
Take a look at the official UK Preparing for Emergencies site. Looked? Yes? OK, now go and look at this site. It's much funnier.

Note for Americans and other foreigners outside the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland: Preparing for Emergencies is a lovely leaflet that is being sent to every household in the UK, containing useful information about what to do in case of a national emergency (terrorist attack). The last time the government did something like this, it was at the height of the cold war. Advice on what to do if you were caught outside in a nuclear bomb blast included 'lie down'. I'm afraid the standard of advice has not improved since.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
09:51 / 30.07.04
I saw the spoof site the other day, it's brilliant. Shame the fact that it contains advice relating to dealing with attack by zombies didn't stop some humourless government drone from laying into the creator on the grounds that people might confuse his site with the real thing.
 
 
sleazenation
09:56 / 30.07.04
Don't joke around Mordant - the threat we face from terrorist zombis is real and it is extremely foolish to mock it - why even former president Clinton was bemoaning his lack of ninja hoards to deploy against terrorist forces...
 
 
Axolotl
10:00 / 30.07.04
Weekly World News (I think) had a great story a while ago in which it explained that islamic terrorists had joined forces with Voodoo practioners in Haiti to unleash a zombie army upon the US. I've always said the zombie is an underused WMD.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
10:59 / 30.07.04
I had a conversation (not drunk but half-asleep- 'twas late night and I was on my way to work) with my mum about this the other day. She didn't seem to get it when I said "Look Mum... it doesn't matter WHAT the emergency... DON'T HIDE IN THE CELLAR, okay? Cos you're my mum and I love you, and if there's any zombies they'll always get you there. Make sure you have exits!!!" And I meant every word.

Sometimes I wonder why she ever answers the phone if it's me.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
11:13 / 30.07.04
Duck & Cover, that is all you need to know.
 
  
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