What would you do?? ICBM's are being launched

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notfred

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Feb 12, 2001
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Nothing. As soon as the news was public, there'd be mass panic, and there's no way I could get out of town because all the roadway would be clogged.
 

y2kc

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Originally posted by: notfred
Nothing. As soon as the news was public, there'd be mass panic, and there's no way I could get out of town because all the roadway would be clogged.

winner.

if you live in or around a major metro error you might as well "party like it's 1999" cause you are toast. i'd lock the door, make love (really quick). kiss the kids then play monopoly with them. should be painless.
 

CVSiN

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Jul 19, 2004
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Originally posted by: FFactory0x
WHat would you do is ICBM's got launched.

Example you sitting on you computer and CNN posts that ICBM's are being launched at Russia and over seas and they expect retaliation in 1 hour

Find the fallout shelter from "blast from the past" and get enough beer and porn to last the rest of my life... NO INTERNET OHHH NOOOOZ
 

Modeps

Lifer
Oct 24, 2000
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I'd just laugh when they fell out of the sky on Leningrad, then continue on with my life.



(PS this was a subtle jab at the fact that Russia is poor and their old ICBMs are most likely barely functional)
 

ATLien247

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Well, knowing my luck, the alert would come while I was at work. Since I work so far from home, I would try to make it home to be with my wife and family, but inevitably end up stuck in traffic chaos. Since my home is relatively close to what I would assume to be on the list of primary targets, my family would be annihilated. I would get to see the explosion while sitting in my car, my view partially obstructed by the mountains. I would eventually end up in a fall out shelter of some sort, where I would live my last days dying of radiation poisoning, hunger, grief, and despair...
 

Phoenix86

Lifer
May 21, 2003
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Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: paulney
No time for two chicks nor booze. Get my geiger counter and drive into the hills :)

You can join me in my shadow puppet show.

If you don't get there fast enough, you will BE the shadow puppet. ;)
 

xEDIT409

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May 17, 2003
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Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
Head to the mountains after going home first to get my Tivo.

Oh, and my wife & child.

HAHAHAHH! That made me laugh.

Tive before family. lol. :D
 

Pohemi

Lifer
Oct 2, 2004
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Probably loot the liquor store or pharmacy first- in case I'm not going to survive, might as well go out feelin' fine! Second, loot the nearest gun shop in case I do survive. :beer:

P.S. Maybe I'd share some of the drugs with my G/F....maybe :laugh:
 

Hayabusa Rider

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Jan 26, 2000
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Fill every bloody thing with water, and sit tight in the basement. Not likely to get hit where I am, but just in case.

Figure the power is going to go out, so no pump or lights. Load the gun and get ready for looters.

Then just sit tight with my shortwave and ham radio.
 

K1052

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Aug 21, 2003
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Go up to the roof of my building with the following:

1. Best Vodka in the house
2. Cuban cigar
3. Folding Chair
4. Sunglasses

I will likely be living a couple thousand yards from a primary, non-military, soft target (read: large city center).
 

AmigaMan

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Oct 12, 1999
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If i was at work, I'd go to the underground vault at the bank I work at after calling my wife and telling her to get her butt over here. If I was at home, I'd make love no matter what my wife says. "dammit woman, we're gonna die! You ARE gonna put out!" :p
 

MetalMat

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Jun 14, 2004
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Go get a haircut
Watch a 3 stooges short while doing lots of drugs and drinking alot
Piss on a baby
Then do a backflip off a building, while on fire, while doing a guitar solo, and shocking myself as the missle hits
 

flxnimprtmscl

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Hide under my desk. That's what they tought us to do in school right? Seems like a pretty sound theory to me.