A family "prepared" for economic meltdown

Buy_It_Now

Are you prepared for economic meltdown? Meet George and Karen Shaw, who have enough food and water to last them a year, stored in their garage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075371/Stocking-Doomsday-As-economists-predict-meltdown-meet-families-ready-worst.html#ixzz1gmMQX1pv

nearlynew

Great minds think alike

PasturesNew

Rule 1: If you have a stash, don't tell ANYBODY.

nearlynew

PasturesNew wrote: »

Rule 1: If you have a stash, don't tell ANYBODY.

that's what I said on "my" thread.

chewmylegoff

I like the picture of them standing proudly next to their fully stocked freezer, with the caption "middle class idiots are stocking up on non perishable food" or whatever it is. Ha ha!

I'm not sure the huge amount of fairy laundry detergent is going to help much once the power goes off either. Good to see they got loads of essential champers and a crate of becks though. Not sure about the dry weetabix though - maybe they'll smear it with some of the mayonnaise from those huge jars which will go off in about a day once opened with no refrigeration. I'm sure the raw onion salad will be nice too.

Basically they're either idiots or this isn't real. As this is from a well known right wing comic I'm guessing both apply.

Tinned pilchards, that's what you need.

drc

Asheron is older than I thought he was .

Cleaver

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Good to see they got loads of essential champers and a crate of becks though.

Wife: "Husband, come and look at the TV! There's been a global banking collapse and people have gone feral! The army can't cope and a state of emergency has occurred!
Husband: "I knew this day would one day come. Wife: go to the garage and get our emergeny supplies of Bollinger. We'll be just fine."

I like the bit in the article about how us Brits don't do this type of thing, but it's considered normal in America. That's because Americans can often be a bit mental.

drc

Cleaver wrote: »

Wife: "Husband, come and look at the TV! There's been a global banking collapse and people have gone feral! The army can't cope and a state of emergency has occurred!
Husband: "I knew this day would one day come. Wife: go to the garage and get our emergeny supplies of Bollinger. We'll be just fine."

I like the bit in the article about how us Brits don't do this type of thing, but it's considered normal in America. That's because Americans can often be a bit mental.

I noticed the Bollinger too. I wonder if it is on a list of "essential" items for the middle classes;

"gas masks - tick"
"baked beans - tick"
"iodide tablets - tick"
"two bottles of Bollinger - tick"

Cleaver

drc wrote: »

Asheron is older than I thought he was .

Asheron won't need food and supplies, he'll have some silver to help see him through.

thescouselander

Perhaps a better strategy would be to buy a enough gold to buy a couple of tickets out of the country should the worst happen. Maybe a shot gun would be handy too.

chewmylegoff

2 bottles? There's at least another 10 in the wine rack below and probably more behind the 7 tons of onions. Maybe that's just tattinger though...