OK! during the recent little bout of weather we had here in Michigan, while watching the news yesterday they were interveiwing people who live down in the city by us about how they were coping.

Here are some actual answers: When asked about what she thought her biggest concern would be while the electric was off,this woman answered, I hope my food in the refrigerator doesn't go bad!,HELLO,it is 30 degrees outside, get some boxes and plastic bags and put your food outside.

Another one: When asked how this guy was coping without electric he had to guts to say on TV that he hoped the electric would be restored soon because with a electric garage door opener he could not get his car out! HELLO STUPID!, just pull on that little ropy thing that hangs down and free the door from the chain/track and lift the door up.

But the winner was when they interviewed people who were lined up at the super market and a couple said that they were thankful that the store was open because if the store didn't have food they wouldn't know what they would do.

PEOPLE! PEOPLE! PEOPLE! They just are not going to make it when the big one comes some day. Oh and these people were all from the looks of it about mid 30's.

-- TomK(mich) (tjk@cac.net), February 02, 2002

Answers

City slickers dont know what a generator is for?

-- ron bulinda (rvbulinda@yahoo.com), February 02, 2002.

Reminds me of the guy in California who was extremely upset because the water was off one morning and he couldn't shave. If he had turned off the hot water heater, he could have drained hot water from there. He could have dipped water out of the toilet tank (not the bowl; however, our dogs drank it for years without apparent problems) and heated it. Duhhhhhh.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), February 02, 2002.

When the "big one" hits these people will be foodstuff for wolves so the rest of us will have less to worry about :>)

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), February 02, 2002.

Makes you kinda wish that the big will hit, doesn't it?

-- dave in ohio (dr43147@yahoo.com), February 02, 2002.

My city-slicker feelings are hurt! LOL Just kidding. You guys are probably SOOOO right. With ONE exception. ME!! At least I know where to come for ALL the advice I'll EVER need! Right here among friends!

:o) Blessings

-- Greenthumbelina (sck8107@aol.com), February 02, 2002.

Where do they get these people they interview??? I, for one, was born in "the city" and just got out to the country last year. I wish I had been interviewed by these people when I lived in the city because it drives me crazy to listen to the responses these people give. I have to attribute it to editing. They (the network people) must not want educated people on T.V., wouldn't be entertaining. I pray to God the whole population is not that stupid. I always knew I belonged in the country but I know there are others of us "country folks" who originally came from the city.

-- Jenn H. in MI (jhammer@systime.com), February 02, 2002.

When I was a city slicker and worked for a big corporation my boss had just gotten married. He was bragging about the cruse he and his new wife were going to take. They were renting a sailboat and sailing all over the islands in the Carribian. I expressed suprise that his wife would enjoy such a trip as she didn't seem to be the type to like to rough it. He stated that she was fine with it now because she had been able to find and order a butane hair curler so her hair would always be perfect. Go figure!

I know I can survive even if it is well below zero and the electricity goes out.

Susan

-- Susan in Minnesota (nanaboo@paulbunyan.net), February 02, 2002.

I can't watch things like "Survivor" on TV or wilderness movies. They always get in such fixes it makes my tummy hurt. Maybe that's the whole idea? Interesting, watching others fail or at least blunder around. BTW, I have never seen a Survivor episode 'cause I just know they screw everthing up. Yuppies. Worked too long with and for them. You should have seen the looks (or blank nothingness) when I happened to talk about the real world. It was like trying to have a baby at home in the 1970's and 80's...no way Jose. No help, nohow, noway. Do not collect $200 and go directly to jail.

-- Susan in Northern Michigan (cobwoman@yahoo.com), February 02, 2002.

Here's a thought for ya.....What else has done more to Dumb down the huddled masses of America than the inane offerings of the t&v???????

-- Jim-mi (hartalteng@voyager.net), February 02, 2002.

I know it jim-mi...wow, you hit that nail on the head. People believe or want to believe or pretend to believe that stuff. It's easier? than faceing the real world? Guess they are too timid to deal with the wind and the rain and the seasons and the earth and the bugs and the sun and the moon . . The real stuff is really scary, not make believe scary. Maybe they don't trust in God? Maybe they don't even trust the Earth (God with another name)? Good grief, everyone's AND everything's time comes. Can't get away from that, so make the best of whatcha got. Right? Is that really beyond most people's comprehension?

-- Susan in Northern Michigan (cobwoman@yahoo.com), February 03, 2002.

Yes.. Susan you need to simplify that last paragraph if you want to get to the sheeple?

-- Jim-mi (hartalteng@voyager.net), February 03, 2002.

HEHEHE! a Canadian show came down and "Interveiwed" us oh so smart Americans... Of course they took out the smart answers as it was intended as a funny show (Like a candid camera)

But they were asking folks if they should re-open the polar bear hunt in Toronto? Worse, if they should let saskatchan(?SP?) have a rhino hunt! Folks heard hunt and started off on "noo, can't hunt the poor animals" DUH!

They even had several of them convinced that the capital building was a giant ice sculpture and that with global warming they were going to need a big dome to cover it so it would not melt. People were ready to do t.v. spots to raise awareness and funds for this!

-- Novina in ND (homespun@stellarnet.com), February 04, 2002.

jim-mi, Sheeple.....LOLROF. Love it. BTW, my paragraph would have been WAY too long if I explained it all. Keep 'em thinking: "what on earth does THAT mean?" I was a Composition Teacher's nightmare. hee hee hee.

-- Susan in Northern Michigan (cobwoman@yahoo.com), February 06, 2002.

I work in the cafeteria of a large local hospital. People who work here cannot understand why the salad bar costs a little more in the winter than it does in the summer. The company that runs the food department tries to buy local produce, but when you need 50 lbs of cukes a week, it's gotta come from somewhere, like California, which the dept. has to pay for somehow. I know this. You all know this. But people with DEGREES don't know this? I was rhapsodizing over the fact that I could have homegrown/baked bread this summer, when my little wheat patch grows up, and one woman looked at me like I had lost my mind. She asked if I knew how to bake bread. I said yes. She asked how I was going to turn wheat berries into bread flour. I said grind them with a mortar and pestle. She asked me if I knew what that was. I said yeah, it's the thing pictured on your shirt! (She works in the pharmacy.)If I had a nickel for every dumb question I'd gotten when I had my seed catalogs out this past winter, I could have bought my forty acres already.

Wolves are too good for some people.

But the best compliment I've ever gotten came a few weeks ago. A friend dropped by to chat while I was looking through my pile of books hunting up some info. He thumbed through my catalogs while we chatted, and said, "When the big one comes, remind me to stay on your good side. At least my family will eat!"

-- Connie L (MykellSilver@aol.com), February 07, 2002.