Yeah, I knew there was a Trading Spaces joke in there somewhere!
The security guard at my gym today hassled me because I didn’t have a sticker on my car. “Sir, the entire nation has just been placed on Orange alert. If we need to do a sweep of the parking lot, we need to see that sticker on your vehicle.”
Um, ok.
:rolleyes:
I think you might be right…it certainly would explain the McRib Sandwich :o
Actually, I worked near Grand Central Terminal today. In the morning, normality. By lunchtime, the cops had blocked off several streets, like they had right after 9/11. And we’re talking streets with hundreds of cars and trucks and bike messengers an hour.
By the time I left work, they’d been replaced by National Guardsmen. They’re always there, a few at a time, with a friendly Labrador a-snoozing at their feet, but now they were out in the street.
And I have to take the subway. Live twelve miles from Midtown, can’t afford taxis.
And the terrorists cost me two hours pay I really could have used, as my building adjoins the terminal and my boss freaked and went home early. Fuckin’ Osama. :mad:
I wish so hard I could ignore this, or make fun of it, but…
If I may quote SNL:
"Strom Thurmond was visibly excited when he heard about the new plan, saying, ‘A colluhed alert system? I been waitin’ foah wunna them foah YEARS!!’ "
LC
The smilies are actually in cahoots with the government, part of a conspiracy to cover up the JFK shooting, falsify the moon landings, and the mass public LSD tests to brainwash people into thinking Michael Jackson is the kind of pop.
Watch out for the smilies, ancient ancestors of the dreaded tribbles from the original Star Trek series!
Just what kind of pop is Michael Jackson anyway, Monster104?
Since the nation is now on orange alert, he could be: Orange Crush.
Although, personally, I think he looks more like this these days. So I guess he’d be a cream soda.
Either way I’m confused, but not terrified or color-coordinated.
Golly Gee! Our local news is telling people to stock up on food items that will keep…just like for a natural disaster. WTF? And all the meeces at WDW are freaking! Maybe I should upgrade to this blue :eek:
I’m with you, Mehitabel.
It is…it took me 14 hours to get here (tokyo) from there (NY)…quite hellish with young kids…
living on a military base myself I am used to living with threat levels. Still I get agitated every time news talks about “heightened security” “terrorist threats” or anything similar. When I think of war or whatnot, what color would most accureatly describe my level of fear? Puke yellow.
Until yesterday I was concerned,but not as much as I am now.I have to admit I am more worried than I was after the 9/11 era.The realality of being placed on Orange Alert hit a nerve ,as well as it did most.This reminds me of "War of the Worlds"when the panic button was hit. Will there be only Panic in the Air?Certainly make a person wonder.
blue-green here.
Nothing I can do by worrying.
My son doesn’t want to travel downtown anyhow.
And our suburb is not on any terrorists list.
WHat would happen if they raised it to red?
We’ve had a so-called “safe room” for over a year now. Mostly it has made me feel that at least I have done all I can – short of moving to Canada.
With chemical or biological warfare, even the suburbs are not safe.
I’ve wondered this too. What would it take to get to red?
The city I live in has the highest percentage of Arab-Americans outside the Middle East, and there’s been a fairly consistant stream of FBI busts on people here since 9/11 (some minor, but most recently a group of people were nabbed in a cigarette sting and are suspected of having direct ties to Al Qaeda).
The feeling among people here is that we’re either in the safest place in the country or potentially the most dangerous.
Happy
Well, what am I supposed to do? Crawl under the covers? I work in Midtown, within debris-blowing distance of half a dozen major targets. Can’t afford to quit my job and move away.
So I laugh in the face of Death; drop ice-cubes down the back of Fear’s shirt.
I think your code system is a scam to offload old gov’t surplus cans of Spam left over from the 1940s. They urge you to stock up on non-perishibles and cite non specific threats. Face it, your gov’t is just trying to get you riled up, scared, and ready for the war on Iraq, using your own gov’t generated terror[sub]TM[/sub] as proof.
I just got off the phone with my best friend who’s a “neighbor” of yours Eve. She has the same attitude.
I’m in Boston, but so do I. If you are constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop you’re not living. Bullshit on that. I joke about everything, and this is not different. If something’s going to happen, I have no control over it, and I refuse to spend all my time shaking and shivering and gnashing my teeth.
Then the terrorists have won.
You knew I was going to say that, didn’t you?
I wish I’d bought something big at the gun show…