Hedgecutter Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 ...and other nations effectively quarantined the UK from that or any other real nasty deadly contagious disease (e.g. another outbreak of plague), how much would you be kacking it and what the hell would you do? Stay where you are, run away to your auntie's in Shetland for a short-notice holiday, run to the hills with the tent and a rucksack of baked beans? What about if you were around during the plague? It mystifies me why people back then not only thought that they'd be safer staying at home in the cities, but why people flocked to them in their thousands to die a grim death. I'm not expecting anyone to come to the UK from Uganda and then suddenly develop signs over here, spreading it all over the Glasgow subway and infecting half of Glasgow but I always remember a documentary at the end of my 28 Days Later DVD. The general gist was that we're well overdue a massive outbreak virus, especially more so with the ease of travelling around the world these days and that's always kind of had me a bit edgy seeing as my generation has had a pretty easy ride compared to those before me. If the news even mentions there's a chance of a petrol strike / shortage (i.e. something tiny in comparison), the country goes into a mass panic... then there were the North London riots after one shooting. Would British society crumble within days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboMikey Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Go down to Curry's and steal shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I do have an auntie in Shetland Sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC Mitchy Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Head to The Winchester and let everything blow over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobeylarone Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I live close to the harbour up here so i would just jump on one of the oil rigs or on a boat and wait for it to bloe over, sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killie_lad Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 pray mage is in scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy85 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I'd demand a pay rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 I live close to the harbour up here so i would just jump on one of the oil rigs or on a boat and wait for it to bloe over, sorted! Hmmm, risky. What if one of the infected got on board with you. What you gonna do when the chopper leaves, swim?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Probably just get pished and hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Probably struggle to notice the difference, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 A couple of paracetamol and an early night should be enough for me to get over the worst of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Head to The Winchester and let everything blow over. f**k that, I'm gathering my blunt objects and going zombie infected hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I'd probably subscribe to as many porn channels as possible and w**k myself into HD oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Lock myself in the house with enough tinned food and only move myself from the telly/xbox to take a dump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Probably wonder why no one had mentioned Sevco were playing in Forfar that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magee84 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 pray mage is in scotland You edited that post and still managed TWO spelling errors in my username ! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 f**k that, I'm gathering my blunt objects and going zombie infected hunting. this although where the f**k do you find red and green herbs in glasgow to combine together, and the last i checked i needed a sword key to get out my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 ...and other nations effectively quarantined the UK from that or any other real nasty deadly contagious disease (e.g. another outbreak of plague), how much would you be kacking it and what the hell would you do? Stay where you are, run away to your auntie's in Shetland for a short-notice holiday, run to the hills with the tent and a rucksack of baked beans? What about if you were around during the plague? It mystifies me why people back then not only thought that they'd be safer staying at home in the cities, but why people flocked to them in their thousands to die a grim death. I'm not expecting anyone to come to the UK from Uganda and then suddenly develop signs over here, spreading it all over the Glasgow subway and infecting half of Glasgow but I always remember a documentary at the end of my 28 Days Later DVD. The general gist was that we're well overdue a massive outbreak virus, especially more so with the ease of travelling around the world these days and that's always kind of had me a bit edgy seeing as my generation has had a pretty easy ride compared to those before me. If the news even mentions there's a chance of a petrol strike / shortage (i.e. something tiny in comparison), the country goes into a mass panic... then there were the North London riots after one shooting. Would British society crumble within days? Top of Saline Hill for me. I still have an axe up there, and I would rather take my chances with the Saline Hill Puma than Ebola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 With human rights issues so sensitive and PC, could the government get away with a 28DL-style cull of the infected? I wonder how long it would take for something like that to be eradicated in a nation of 60million, even if this was allowed. As for me, I'd stock up the flat, top up the phone, keep the windows shut and take my chances where I am. It's no time to be a hero. ETA: It's actually probably the perfect time to be a hero. I'm just not the man for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboMikey Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I suppose the bad news in the event of some kind of Ebola outbreak is that you can't really make a heroic last stand and go down swinging. If its some zombies you can opt for a cool as shit death where you charge a pack of them selflessly, wielding a fire axe. What's the Ebola equivilant to that. Rub your bell end round the rim of an Ebola filled Petri dish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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