Sydney Residents 'Must Carry Survival Bags'

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 7-18-2007 | Mark Chipperfield

[Revolting cat!]

All you ever need, dude!

[bannie]

torch = flashlight

I should have read first.

[Grizzled Bear]

Only if you carry a pitchfork at the same time.

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Well of course! You need both when you have the monster trapped in the Church Tower!

[Revolting cat!]

A TORCH?

[doc1019]

Expel all Muslims, and the need for carrying these “survival bags” would disappear (America take heed).

[Unknowing]

The backup gun(s); the primary is always with you, right?

And please don’t forget the 250 rounds of ammunition; the 25-mile-range walkie-talkie(s); $350 - $1,000 cash in mostly 5’s and 1’s; 2 rolls of quarters; improved first-aid kit; thyroid anti-radiation tablets; carton(s) of cigarettes; pint(s) of scotch or Rebel Yell bourbon; water bag and container; very good knife; space blanket, et cetera, et cetera.

[bannie]

I was wondering where to keep my can of gasoline to soak the head of the torch in...and I was worried about burning up the pillow cases! The poor cats!

;-)

[Oztrich Boy]

Urban Dictionary: bag of cats

[Revolting cat!]

I suspect they mean this on your iPod!

[singlemomofone]

Oh, yeah, that’ll work real well! You’re trying to flee from disaster (wearing those running shoes you packed in your Go Bag), while you’re clinging to wiggling sacks of cats...(What if you’ve got more than one cat? Throw ‘em all in one pillow case? Riiiiight!)
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Hey...it worked for those folks that were going to St. Ives... :)))

[Calvin Locke]

Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

- Major T. J. "King" Kong

[blam]

I'll be taking my torch...for sure.

[bannie]

so...we can take our iPods too???

Whew!
Good thinking, then: THAT’s where I’ll keep the torch!

[theBuckwheat]

The article contained some suggestions for the Go Bag, but I wonder what the anti-suggestions list includes? Would I be going to far to guess the first forbidden item (in the minds of these elites) would be NO SELF DEFENSE EQUIPMENT and above all NO WEAPONS?

[KarlInOhio]

A council website suggests that in the event of a bombing, earthquake or flood residents should carry their cats in "a cotton pillow case".

Do NOT keep your cat in a polyester pillow case. I case of leaking gas, the static discharge from a cat in a polyester pillow case could ignight the gas and kill hundreds.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

The race for Lord Mayor : Does Clover Moore deserve another term? No. The city needs a change of direction - 66%

[Oztrich Boy]

When duck tape isn't enough

[Byron_the_Aussie]

by the end of the day the Lord Mayor Clover Moore was being dubbed a Scrooge, who was taking "cultural correctness" to an extraordinary level

[metmom]

Bloke for flashlight, I believe.

[theBuckwheat]

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$350 - $1,000 cash in mostly 5’s and 1’s; 2 rolls of quarters
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In a Real Emergency, it may be better to also have a small number of 1/10th and 1/4 th ounce gold pieces. Gold is far better palm grease than paper money anyday.