A tornado is headed your way! Asuming you don't have kids to worry about, can you name the three most important things you would grab to take in the basement with you?
It happened to me the other night. I grabbed:
1) My tennis shoes
2) My camera
3) My photo albums going back over the last 20 years, w/my kids and all
4) Matt Brownes copy of “The Future Happens Twice”
5) Not Rick, my husband, because he can grab himself, right?
OK Matt, Benny and all you brianiacs. I feel you gearing up to crack on me about my math, but it is all very logical, I assure you.
1=0pts BECAUSE my tennis shoes are NOT important to me—I just didn’t want to go down into The Dutchess’s Cellar without them! Dirt floors, low ceilings…no telling what spiders and snakes I might find! Oh shudder! Oh dear…I have several wisdmrs I need to let out of there, don’t I??!
2=1 pt
3=2 pts
4=1pt (Sorry Matt—I love the book!! Srsly!!)
5= -1, because Rick grabbed himself, I didn’t. Therefore it’s quite simple: 0+1+2+1+ -1=3. Somebody get Benny a graph, please!!
And yes, this is a true story, and yes, it was hairy for a while that night. And yes, these are the things I grabbed.
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My pets (all six of them).
pets fer sher ^ lap top, purse(contents), book bag(contents). everything else can be replaced easily.
p.s. cant forget my stash
@syz—If they’re cats…that could be quite interesting!!
1. My dad’s guitar, a 1963 Gibson Hummingbird autographed by B.B. King for obvious reasons
2. My cell phone to call for help.
3. My hydrocortisone injection kit in case I get hurt. I could go into shock and die. Not pretty.
No kidding. Three cats, one dog, and two birds. I’ll be running around, dragging them out from under furniture…I’ll never make it in time.
1. My dog
2. Cell phone
3. Picture of my 97 year old grandmother.
1. The accordion file folder (with handle) I have which contains important papers (insurance policies, birth certificate, marriage license, etc.) that I always keep on the direct route from the bed to the door, for exactly this reason.
2. The box of old family photos that is currently on the couch near the back door anyway, as I’m in the process of scanning them in to share with relatives.
3. The external hard drive that I use to backup everything on the internal hard drive, since I’m unlikely to take time in a tornado to dig the internal one out.
Other similar answers here.
1. cellphone – for obviouss communication
2. lord of the rings – i’d probably get bored and need a distraction
3. flashlight. i don’t like the dark.
All 12 of my pets…and I’ll try to remind my husband to get himself down there, too ;D
1. My pets no question
2. My cell phone
3. My jewelry boxes b/c I have a lot of priceless pieces from my grandmother’s estate
the crank radio…water…my dog.
I would so take more than three things. You know that right.
my 2 dogs, a blanket, cell phone, and emergency kit.
First I’d have to build me a basement, but that would be counterproductive, wouldn’t it, if it’s all gonna burn down anyway?
@Milladyret it doesn’t burn down! It blows away to smithereens!!!! LOL!!
1. Junior Asparagus, for my daughter, who has already been grabbed by my hubby, because some kids have blankies and she has Junior.
2. My cat CindyCat, but I’m reconsidering because she has had some smelly toots lately…maybe I’ll rename her Smelly Cat.
3. Lots of blankets because I don’t like being cold.
Guitar, camera, and a radio.
Blankets, most definitely. And water + food.
Thankfully, I live in the midwest so all of my important things are already in the basement.
huzzah!
except my laptop, but it’d be the first thing i’d grab on my way to the basement. in fact, i’d probably be looking at the radar in the basement before the tornado even got close enough for the sirens to start going off.
I can’t choose 3 things.
Condoms (don’t know how long I’ll be stuck and hubby would be with me…)
photo albums
cell phone
first aid kit
blankets
water
chocolate (hello, did you SEE my name?)
@WillWorkForChocolate Oh dear! I believe I just asked you to marry me because you read my last question with clear eyes! Uh…sorry, I’m not the girl for you! (Too funny! Especially since someone just asked if you had ever mistaken the gender of an online person!!) BTW…have you met JellyB yet? She LIVES for chocolate! She’s from South Africa…
@Dutchess12 I replied to your proposal with “I believe I’ve proposed to you before, but I was brutally denied.” Don’t worry though, I didn’t take said proposal seriously…
BTW, did you notice your other question is MIA? You got modded because you used a nasty word. “wis.dm” apparently won’t be tolerated here. Apparently it’s worse than using the F word….. Don’t let the schmucks get to you.
@WillWorkForChocolate Ya! It was getting hits AND we were on the way to maybe working out some misunderstandings…and it disappeared….what is wrong with “wis.dm”?
@WillWorkForChocolate Oh, and sorry I was so brutal in my denial! I had a bad day! ;) But I have a new friend now (you) and a new job, so things are looking up!
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