Some ones been spying on us

Discussion in 'Humor - Jokes - Games and Diversions' started by monkeyman, Dec 25, 2005.


  1. monkeyman

    monkeyman Monkey+++ Moderator Emeritus Founding Member

    You Might Be A Survivalist If...

    - You've ever baked a turkey in a home-made, cardboard solar oven.

    - You've ever found yourself saying "dust bunnies.... hey, I could save those
    for pillow stuffing or insulation if TSHTF...."

    - You can't put your groceries in the trunk of the car because its already
    jammed full with emergency kits, first aid supplies, and fully-stocked BOBs.

    - You have emergency rations for your pets, and view your pets as potential
    emergency rations.

    - You know the news three days before it hits the mass media.

    - You have back-up plans for your back-up plans.

    - You're convinced you've been exposed to so many chem-trails, you consider it a
    form of birth control.

    - You've ever repressed the urge to bleat "BAAAAAAAAAA" as your neighbor
    earnestly asks, "What war? Where?"

    - You've ever bought antibiotics for human use through a vet, or grains for
    human consumption through a feed store.

    - You've got more than one grain mill.

    - You've ever wondered how you might filter the used water from your washing
    machine to make it fit for human consumption.

    - You have a kerosene lamp in every room

    - Your living room coffee table is actually a board with pretty cloth over it to
    disguise your food storage underneath.

    - Your box springs are Rubber Maid containers filled with rice and beans.

    - You save dryer lint to make fire starters.

    - Your most commonly-used fuel additive is 'Stabil', instead of 'Gumout'.

    - You automatically choose the heavy duty flatbed cart upon entering Sam's or
    Costco.

    - If you know the shelf life of tuna fish, but don't know how long you've had an
    open jar of mayo in the frig.

    - Your basement walls are insulated with crates of toilet paper, from floor to
    ceiling, all the way around.

    - While other people are saving money for new furniture, or vacations, you are
    desperately saving to get solar panels put on your house.

    - You were excited beyond all reason when they came out with cheddar cheese in a
    can.

    - You've ever served MREs at a dinner party.

    - You can engage in a spirited debate on chemical vs. sawdust toilets for hours
    on end.

    - You've ever considered digging an escape tunnel from your basement to the
    nearest stand of trees.

    - You know how to use a vacuum cleaner in reverse to filter air in your
    designated bio-chem attack safe room.

    - You've ever considered buying an above-ground pool for water storage purposes.

    - You know what things like 'TSHTF', 'BOB' and 'TEOTWAWKI' mean.

    - You have different grades of BOB's.

    - You know the names, family histories, locations, and degree of readiness of
    over a thousand fellow doomers on the net.... but you've never met your
    neighbors.

    - The best radio in the house is a wind-up.

    - You have better items in storage than you use everyday.

    - When the SHTF, you would eat better than you eat now.

    - Your significant other gave you a sleeping bag rated -15 degrees for
    Christmas.... and you were moved beyond words.

    - You've sewn a secret mini-BOBs into the bottom of your children's school
    backpacks.

    - Local food pantries have come to depend on donations from your larder when you
    rotate stock in the spring and fall.

    - You're still using up your Y2K supplies.

    - You have enough army surplus equipment to open a store.

    - The local army surplus store owner knows you by your first name.

    - You fill up when your gas tank is 3/4 full.

    - You call Rubber Maid for wholesale prices.

    - You have several cases of baby wipes and your kids are all grown.

    - Bert from 'Tremors' is your favorite movie character.

    - You carry a pocket survival kit, a sturdy folding knife, a SureFire flashlight
    and a small concealed handgun on you to church every Sunday.

    - You start panicking when you are down to 50 rolls of toilet paper.

    - You keep a small notebook to write down any edible plants you happen to see
    along the road.

    - You shop yard sales, store sales, and markdown racks for barter goods for
    ATSHTF.

    - You own a hand-operated clothes washer and a non-electric carpet sweeper.

    - You have at least two of every size of Dutch oven (the ones with the legs on
    the bottom), and 20 bags of charcoal, although you have a gas grill.

    - You have rain barrels at each corner of your house, although you have a city
    water hookup, and a Big Berkey to purify the water.

    - You have sapphire lights, survival whistle, and a Swiss Army knife on every
    family member's keychain.

    - The people in line at Costco's ask you if you run a store or restaraunt.

    - You require a shovel to rotate all your preps properly.

    - You no longer go the the doctor's because you can either fix it yourself, make
    it at home, or know and understand the physicians desk reference better than he
    does, and can get the goods at the vets or pet store for MUCH less moolah
    anyway.

    - You know that a 'GPS' has nothing to do with the economy.

    - You track your preps on a computer spreadsheet for easy reordering, but have
    hardcopies in a 3-ring binder 'just in case'.

    - You've thought about where the hordes can be stopped before entering town.

    - You start evaluating people according to 'skill sets'.

    - You view the nearest conservation area as a potential grocery store if TSHTF.

    - You know *all* the ways out the building where you work.

    - You have enough pasta stockpiled in your basement to carbo-load all the
    runners in the New York marathon.

    - You know that you have 36 gallons of extra drinking water in the hot water
    tank and your 2 toilet tanks.

    - You know which bugs are edible.

    - You have a handpump on your well.

    - You have #10 cans of 'stuff' that the labels fell off of, but you won't throw
    it out or open it because it 'may be needed later', even though you haven't a
    clue as to the contents.

    - You know where the best defensive positions and lines of fire are on your
    property.

    - You've made a range card for your neighborhood.

    - Your toenail clipper is a K-BAR.

    - The Ranger Handbook is your favorite 'self help' book.

    - You've numbered the deer romping in the yard by their order of consumption.

    - You must move 50 cases of food for the plumber to get to that leaky pipe, but
    you have your own hand truck in the basement to do it.

    - You own more pairs of hiking boots than casual and dress shoes combined.

    - You have more 55gal blue water drums than family members.

    - Your UPS system has more than 6 Deep cycle batteries.

    - You have a backup generator for your backup generator, which is a backup for
    your solar system.

    - You go to McDonalds and ask for one order of fries with 25 packs of ketchup
    and mustard.

    - You have ever given SPAM as a serious gift.

    - You've had your eye out for a good deal for a stainless steel handgun to
    conceal in the bottom of the magazine rack next to the toliet.

    - You are single male over 40, but you still have an emergency childbirth kit,
    just in case you have to deal with that possibility.

    - You have two water heaters installed in your basement, but one is a dummy
    that's been converted to hideaway safe.

    - You've made bugout cargo packs for your dogs.

    - You have a walking stick with all sorts of gadgets hidden inside.

    - Your koi pond is stocked with catfish.

    - As a stand-in scoutmaster, you taught your son's troop to set mantraps and
    punji pits, and haven't been asked to stand in since.

    - You're on your fifth vaccum sealer, but you keep at least one of the worn out
    ones because you can still seal up plastic bags with it.

    - You haven't bought dried fruit in years, but you buy fresh bananas, apples,
    peaches and pears by the case and have three dehydrators.

    - Your UPS man hates you because of all the cases of ammo he's had to lug from
    his truck to your front door.

    - You have duplicates of all your electronics gear, solar panels and generator
    parts in your EMP-shielded fallout shelter.

    - You have set aside space for your live chickens in the fallout shelter.

    - When the power goes out in your neighborhood, all the neighbor's kids come
    over to your place to watch TV on generator power.

    - You must open the door to your pantry *very* carefully for fear of a canned
    goods avalanche.

    - You have a 'Volcano', you know you can cook anything, and you cast evil
    glances at your neighbor's annoying, yappy poodle, muttering "your day will
    come, hotdog" under your breath.

    - You've learned to knap flint, make twine from plant fibers for snares and use
    an atl-atl, because you fear that all of your preps and hard work will be
    confiscated by FEMA troops or destroyed by earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear
    blasts, ravening hordes of feral sheeple or reptiloids from 'Planet X' ATSHTF.

    - You've jotting down some ideas from this post for actual use in your
    preparations.
     
  2. E.L.

    E.L. Moderator of Lead Moderator Emeritus Founding Member

    I like Bert too!

    [tf] [tinfoil101] o_O [shiftyeyes]
     
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