Y’know, I watched the first part of The Stand last night, and I was thinking about this the whole way to work today. I’d find a Viper. Then, I’d loot BB for CDs, DVDs, and home theater equipment. Then, I’d loot one of the local car audio places for, ta-da, car audio. Then, I’d put the best damn system in the world in my car, and the best damn home theater in the world in my house. I’d loot Aldi’s for all the frozen pizzas they got, and loot BB for a huge frickin freezer to keep the pizzas in. Then, I’d make frozen pizzas and watch DVDs till my eyes rotted out. Then, I’d go travelling in my Viper trying to find some chicks. Don’t worry, with almost NO power being used, the power plants would probably be operational for a long, long time. I’d just gas’n’go from all the stations, shit, who’s there to pay? I’d take a long, long road trip, but I’d always come back home. And VB, you’re right. A MAJOR case of the willies would cause me to gank a backhoe and do a mass burial of anyone within 5 miles of me, and tow their cars to a remote location so the roads would be open. That is, if people’s bodies were around, and they hadn’t just dissappeared or something.
I think about this too much. This, superpowers, and winning the lottery. I should concentrate more on being happy with the life I DO have, I guess.
What’d ya do? Burn up Old Lady Semple’s check?
How was the nut house your stepfather the sheriff brought you to for shock treatments?
You workin’ in a car wash now?
Cibola! Cibola!
::Falling into the Caesar’s fountain::
'Me? I guess I would have to drive my 911 porsche off the showroom floor, load it up with asti spumante
and caviar then cruise over to that factory that makes the lifelike female rubber dolls. ’
You wouldn’t be able to get gas, there would be no one to turn on the power plants, that give electricity to the gas pumps. Plus, the showrooms would probably have the keys in a vault, which you couldn’t open. Next, the caviar would have spoiled without electricity to keep it fresh in the store refrig. Assuming you could get in the store since the doors are usually electrically opened…
To establish energy, I would probably try to scrape up solar panels and the like, download survival info, and gather up some boyscout books, canned goods etc. I don’t know what I would do for fun, though
I’ve actually been thinking about this a lot lately, mainly because about a month a go, I was working on my English Final. 5 comprehensive essays on The Stand and Stephen King. I think what I would do is stock up on all my fav foods, and all the food I could never afford, and move into a nice large library. Then I would get a nice car…I’m not sure what kind. I think I’d track down a 57 Chev or a custom hot rod. THen I would commence watching every movie I never had the time to watch, and then I would read every book I never had time to read. Then I would scavenge to stock up on my contact lenses so I can see everything. Oh, and I would travel all over the country, depending on the weather. Of course, I’d probably be incredibly lonely, and I’ll probably break my leg or have my appendix burst a la The Stand, and I won’t know what to do.
I’m sorry but being the ONLY person left one earth sounds TERRIBLY boring. I would rather be one of just a FEW living people left, than THE only one. That would make it more challenging and exciting. The movie “The Omega Man” comes to mind. aka a novel by Richard Matheson titled, “I am Legend”… either that scenario, or a world overrun with the living dead as in “Dawn of the Dead”
First thing I would do is go pick up a brand spankin new Dodge Viper GTS, a fully loaded gasoline tanker truck, and a Humvee.
Take Humvee to nearest military armory and load it with as much firepower as it can possibly contain…also pick up gasoline powered generators
Then I would hole up in a fully stocked Walmart store, and bobby trap it to the hilt…
Anyone/thing comes after my food, nuke it with rocket launcher or 50 cal machine gun!(except normal hot human babes of course) Running down zombies with a Humvee would be a blast! The more “un-dead” they are, the more points I get for running over them! Paint little caskets on the side of side of the Humvee, like pilots do, for each deadhead I squish.
(Note: I would only be killing zombies & hostile thieves, not normal people.)
“This is my BOOM-stick! Now, who wants some?” Ash - Army of Darkness
You may have nothing against Hindus, Coldfire, but what’s that got to do with an Islamic mausoleum? Of course, you’re right, no one’d be there to see it.
Jeff_42, I saw The Quiet Earth and liked it. Pretty trippy ending.
What would I do? Learn how to farm right quick, since that’s probably the only way to even try to survive more than a few years. But I’d go crazy thinking that somewhere, someone else might be alive. And she’d probably think the same way. Oh, and I’d wave hi to the six kids on Ray Bradbury’s rocket.
For fun, I’d get a skateboard and play around in a trashed house.
panama jack
“It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine …”
Knowing me, i’d probably try to bring back to life a few males to “amuse” me, and to have stimulating conversation with. Also, i think I’d probably wander to someplace lovely and just roll in the grass and stare at the stars.
Like many who posted here, I’d skip the fun stuff, and head straight to setting myself up to live out the rest of my natural life, alone on this great planet of ours.
Basically I’d dig in for the long haul. I’d need energy, which might come from solar panels, wind, or water. I might have to move to a more hospitable place, since the desert is not a good option. A lake front property sounds nice. Of course I’d get liftime supplies of clothes, water, weapons, ammo…etc. A few books on survival, hunting, building would come in handy too. No doubt I’d need a boat as well. A car won’t help much, since I’d eventully run out of gas…but in the short run it would be essential in gathering my supplies for life.
Yea, I’d make it. Wow, talk about being lonely though.
