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You are in a bomb shelter following a nuclear war. In several months time, background radiation levels will have dropped to a safe level. There is enough food and water stored for nine people to last this amount of time. Unfortunately, there are ten of you in the shelter.

How to you justify your continued existence to the group? What skills do you have that you feel are important and will prevent you from being cast aside?

(try and be serious ;))

I'd go fetch the water chip!

Um seriously... I have some first aid skills and I've done two and a half years of med school so providing that there are no other healthcare people in the shelter, I could help out medically.

HA. Well I know one thing I would have you beat out already. Your reasoning is horrible. I would instantly judge the person who looked the weakest and most likely to be disliked by the others on outward appearence alone. I would then proceed to get a heavy item and kill them with it as quickly as I possibly could. I would worry about justifying it to the others afterwards, my skills are persuasion and risk assessment. :D

Unless there is a totally useless complete rat bastard in the shelter I'm pretty much bone. I'm not handy, I don't have survival skills, I don't even conserve my supplies all that well. Nope, I'm out on my ass, unless I can make the case that on my own I have the least survivability and someone more resourceful in the group could survive on thier own. But then it would be a very uncomfortable couple of months waiting to see if I sent a better man to his death...

You are in a bomb shelter following a nuclear war. In several months time, background radiation levels will have dropped to a safe level. There is enough food and water stored for nine people to last this amount of time. Unfortunately, there are ten of you in the shelter.

How to you justify your continued existence to the group? What skills do you have that you feel are important and will prevent you from being cast aside?
Simple, I'd wait until they were all asleep and kill one of them, thereby making it so that there was only 9 problem solved

(try and be serious ;))
nah

I would recommend redividing the rations into 10 shares and toughing it out together.

How to you justify your continued existence to the group? What skills do you have that you feel are important and will prevent you from being cast aside?

I know how to operate the geiger counter which tells us it is safe to move out ;)

HA. Well I know one thing I would have you beat out already. Your reasoning is horrible. I would instantly judge the person who looked the weakest and most likely to be disliked by the others on outward appearence alone. I would then proceed to get a heavy item and kill them with it as quickly as I possibly could. I would worry about justifying it to the others afterwards, my skills are persuasion and risk assessment. :D

LMAO! :D I'm with that guy....

Hmmm. Interesting. Two people are so obviously insecure in their own abilities that they would resort to killing another in cold blood to preserve themselves.

I would recommend redividing the rations into 10 shares and toughing it out together.

Let's assume that nine people is already pushing it.

Hmmm. Interesting. Two people are so obviously insecure in their own abilities that they would resort to killing another in cold blood to preserve themselves.
No, its just that the only skill that I have that would be applicable in a post-apocalyptical setting is the ability to kill people, that plus I was joking

Let's assume that nine people is already pushing it.

I would still say redivide and trust the Lord to provide.

Hmmm... seeing as how I can no longer reproduce being a breeder is out. I don't think it will really matter that I know Excel. My storytelling abilities probably have no true value in a life or death situation. Thinking... thinking... ah to hell with it. Just kill me now.

No, its just that the only skill that I have that would be applicable in a post-apocalyptical setting is the ability to kill people,

Exactly my point. ;)

that plus I was joking

I know, I know :)

I would still say redivide and trust the Lord to provide.
Like the Lord provided for the billions who died in the war? :p

I would still say redivide and trust the Lord to provide.

Interesting. What if you volunteered to go outside and trusted your God to protect you?

Like the Lord provided for the billions who died in the war? :p
Yes, exactly like that

Like the Lord provided for the billions who died in the war? :p

Put that way, it would be likely that we were in the middle of Armageddon meaning we would all be doomed no matter who gets the food. Pool it all and have one last "See You in Hell" party?

Interesting. What if you volunteered to go outside and trusted your God to protect you?
Then I would be out the door right behind him to snap his neck :eek: thusly cutting the number down to 8 :D

My skills... humm.. plenty. I could justify it in a noumber of ways. I actually know how to use tools and build things, I know a ton of stuff from books, I know how languages work, I know how to use fiberglass, I can cook, hunt, make traps, fish, and navigate by the stars. I'm fairly good with biology and medical stuff, and I know my way around most technical stuff.

But I think the main reason they'd keep me is because I would be the one with the gun.

John's 12th rule of Nuclear Warfare: If you have to be in a bomb shelter with other people, NEVER be the one without a gun.

Put that way, it would be likely that we were in the middle of Armageddon meaning we would all be doomed no matter who gets the food. Pool it all and have one last "See You in Hell" party?
I see religion and logic don't mix very well. :p

Hmmm. Interesting. Two people are so obviously insecure in their own abilities that they would resort to killing another in cold blood to preserve themselves.
That was my first plan........

I have done a first aid course and can cook.


Besides that i am a wealth of useless information so i could bore everyone to eath that way i don't actually kill them.:D

My skills... humm.. plenty. I could justify it in a noumber of ways. I actually know how to use tools and build things, I know a ton of stuff from books, I know how languages work, I know how to use fiberglass, I can cook, hunt, make traps, fish, and navigate by the stars. I'm fairly good with biology and medical stuff, and I know my way around most technical stuff.

But I think the main reason they'd keep me is because I would be the one with the gun.

John's 12th rule of Nuclear Warfare: If you have to be in a bomb shelter with other people, NEVER be the one without a gun.

If you're female you can live, otherwise I'm taking your gun and :sniper:

well we're probably down to 7 now :)

Interesting. What if you volunteered to go outside and trusted your God to protect you?

It is written, "You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test." -- Matthew4:7

;)

If you're female you can live, otherwise I'm taking your gun and :sniper:

well we're probably down to 7 now :)


No, you THINK you're taking my gun.
Trust me, you're not the only one who can kill without mercy or care.

Oh, and I'd have killed anyone who looked at me 'funny' so as to assist in the length of time we can survive.

Hey, if enough of you kill each other off can I still live? You know, process of elimination and such.

No, you THINK you're taking my gun.
Trust me, you're not the only one who can kill without mercy or care.

Oh, and I'd have killed anyone who looked at me 'funny' so as to assist in the length of time we can survive.
either way we're down to 7 :p :sniper:

I have a fairly slow metabolism, and therefore do not eat much food. I can also cook good grilled cheese sandwiches and tacos.

either way we're down to 7 :p :sniper:

In my bunker, we're down to 4. And 3 of them are female.

There's very few people I wouldn't kill just for the fun of it if this happened.

either way we're down to 7 :p :sniper:
Hurray, humanity is really going to survive if we keep killing one another. :p

Hey, if enough of you kill each other off can I still live? You know, process of elimination and such.
Sure, Augustino, and either me or Dostanuot Loj are out of the picture, so the food stores for 9 can now be split up between 7 people

Personally I'm going to run on the supposition that I took Dostanuot Loj's gun away from him when he was sleeping and :mp5:

In my bunker, we're down to 4. And 3 of them are female.

There's very few people I wouldn't kill just for the fun of it if this happened.

I'm left to wonder how many people seriously would start killing in a situation like this.

Hurray, humanity is really going to survive if we keep killing one another. :p :D

If there were a way to do it, there might be some advantages to weeding the homicidal sociopaths out of the gene pool first. ;)

Sure, Augustino, and either me or Dostanuot Loj are out of the picture, so the food stores for 9 can now be split up between 7 people

Personally I'm going to run on the supposition that I took Dostanuot Loj's gun away from him when he was sleeping and :mp5:


I don't sleep. Or rather, I can go long periods without sleep.
And one of those who would be with me in my bunker (Or else I'm not bothering to be in one with people) would watch my back, she's cool like that.

Hurray, humanity is really going to survive if we keep killing one another. :p

Well.. it *IS* what we have been doing for the past few 1000 years. And arguably it also caused quite a lot of our advances...

I don't sleep. Or rather, I can go long periods without sleep.
And one of those who would be with me in my bunker (Or else I'm not bothering to be in one with people) would watch my back, she's cool like that.
hmmmm, so either I'm fucked or I've gotta take out one of the chicks?
that's harsh

Is she insanely attractive?

Well.. it *IS* what we have been doing for the past few 1000 years. And arguably it also caused quite a lot of our advances...
It wouldn't really do our chances much good if there were only TEN people left, now would it?

Sure, Augustino, and either me or Dostanuot Loj are out of the picture, so the food stores for 9 can now be split up between 7 people

Personally I'm going to run on the supposition that I took Dostanuot Loj's gun away from him when he was sleeping and :mp5:

Yay! I live! *goes back to being useless*

hmmmm, so either I'm fucked or I've gotta take out one of the chicks?
that's harsh

Is she insanely attractive?


Of course. How do you think she gets in the bunker with me?

It wouldn't really do our chances much good if there were only TEN people left, now would it?
Our chances would be nil with only 9/10 people anyways

Yay! I live! *goes back to being useless*
roflmao

It wouldn't really do our chances much good if there were only TEN people left, now would it?

Well.. you have to start sometime ;)

Of course. How do you think she gets in the bunker with me?
OK, I'm pretty good with a gun so I'm I'm going to have to go with I kill you :sniper: , and in a fit of rage :mad: she kills me :(
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

OK, I'm pretty good with a gun some I'm going to have to go with I kill you :sniper: , and in a fit of rage :mad: she kills me :(
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

No worries. *pulls out sniper rifle and takes out insanely attractive woman*


Carry on.

My reason to live? I'd probably be the only alternative thinker who wouldn't be trying to institute a thight scheme of rules and hierarchy. In other words, I would be trying to create a utopia:p

(with beer, loads of beer)

OK, I'm pretty good with a gun so I'm I'm going to have to go with I kill you :sniper: , and in a fit of rage :mad: she kills me :(


It wouldn;t have mattered. You're not on my list of 3 hot chicks I'd let in my bunker, so you'd be shot before the door was closed.

Then rations for 10 spread between 4!
And on to several months of enjoyable nuclear winter. :fluffle:

Our chances would be nil with only 9/10 people anyways

Depends.

You have shelter already provided for. Flora and Fauna can survive higher radiation levels than we can (have a look at what has happened around Chernobyl). And if those 9 people have a diverse enough gene pool, the effects of inbreeding might not be so drastic. Those 9 people might be able to establish themselves fairly well.

It wouldn;t have mattered. You're not on my list of 3 hot chicks I'd let in my bunker, so you'd be shot before the door was closed.

Then rations for 10 spread between 4!
And on to several months of enjoyable nuclear winter. :fluffle:
lol :D

So why is there only 9 people and which place would be the highest chance of surviving?
Antarctica?

No worries. *pulls out sniper rifle and takes out insanely attractive woman*


Carry on.

smell of jealousy offa that post :p

smell of jealousy offa that post :p

Nah. In any other situation I'd be trying to get her in my bed, but I don't want to die!

No worries. *pulls out sniper rifle and takes out insanely attractive woman*


Carry on.
Yay, my plan works because I said Grainne Ni Malley could live :fluffle:

You are in a bomb shelter following a nuclear war. In several months time, background radiation levels will have dropped to a safe level. There is enough food and water stored for nine people to last this amount of time. Unfortunately, there are ten of you in the shelter.

How to you justify your continued existence to the group? What skills do you have that you feel are important and will prevent you from being cast aside?

(try and be serious ;))


hmmm, thats a toughy. i'm pretty smart but nothing that would be really helpful in the situation. and since i don't think i could kill someone myself (maybe in self defense), i'd spread doubt tbetween two people, one would kill the other and we'd be down to 9. simple

*whispers to Kanabia* Harlesburg said your fat, you should kill him

Nah. In any other situation I'd be trying to get her in my bed, but I don't want to die!

that post pleases me greatly, you can stay in my bunker anytime ;)

Nah. In any other situation I'd be trying to get her in my bed, but I don't want to die!
* walks up to Grainne Ni Malley takes rifle, shakes hand, walks away













































































turns and :sniper: Grainne Ni Malley













































































In the hand, what the hell, you're useless anyways, right? ;)

Why can't you just draw straws?
After all, you're with 10 in a bomb shelter and no-one really knows each other or their capabilities, everyone will immediately start lying about what they can and can't do.

*whispers to Kanabia* Harlesburg said your fat, you should kill him

Well, Harlesburg is obviously blind. And therefore useless. No need to kill him. *points to door* :D

Well, the sun will be rising soon, so I ought to head off to bed
g'night all

Oh well. I'm no worse off than when I started.





























*pulls out knife and disembowels Baran-Duine before last breath*

Well, the sun will be rising soon, so I ought to head off to bed
g'night all

*kills him in his sleep*

now, thats another down :D

Well, Harlesburg is obviously blind. And therefore useless. No need to kill him. *points to door* :D
I said you were PHAT!!!
Not Fat.

Lousy Deaf Drunk Deaf Irish!:mp5:

You aren't Fat enough to keep around to eat so.....

*Points to Door*

Well, Harlesburg is obviously blind. And therefore useless. No need to kill him. *points to door* :D

hehe, thats even better

Oh well. I'm no worse off than when I started. <snip> *pulls out knife and disembowels Baran-Duine before last breath*
roflmao

I said you were PHAT!!!
Not Fat.

Lousy Deaf Drunk Deaf Irish!:mp5:

You aren't Fat enough to keep around to eat so.....

*Points to Door*

sorry man, i don't speak your "lingo"
i'm only in the bumper for a bit of a craic, i can actually leave and survive, so is the power of the Irish :D

Well I am a trained solider so I know I would be useful SOMEHOW. Of course I would have no problem taking someone out inorder to survive. :sniper:

sorry man, i don't speak your "lingo"
i'm only in the bumper for a bit of a craic, i can actually leave and survive, so is the power of the Irish :D
Please your lot are so Drunk you would forget to eat!

You are in a bomb shelter following a nuclear war. In several months time, background radiation levels will have dropped to a safe level. There is enough food and water stored for nine people to last this amount of time. Unfortunately, there are ten of you in the shelter.

How to you justify your continued existence to the group? What skills do you have that you feel are important and will prevent you from being cast aside?

(try and be serious ;))
good one.

i know first aid.
i'm a good leader (some business experience and been on leadership training days yadda yadda, but there's bound to be a more experienced person in the group)
i'm pretty good for morale (strangely enough my mood lifts in crappy situations like this scenario lol)

so if any of the other people in the shelter have me beat on those, looks like i'll be "just stepping outside for a while" :(

Please your lot are so Drunk you would forget to eat!

ya, thats exactly it, us Irish are such drunken louts we'd forget to eat
*cracks Harlesburg over the head with a liqour bottle*
how you like that?
someone drag his body outside :D

ya, thats exactly it, us Irish are such drunken louts we'd forget to eat
*cracks Harlesburg over the head with a liqour bottle*
how you like that?
someone drag his body outside :D
You are also too poor to afford bottles!

You are in a bomb shelter following a nuclear war. In several months time, background radiation levels will have dropped to a safe level. There is enough food and water stored for nine people to last this amount of time. Unfortunately, there are ten of you in the shelter.

How to you justify your continued existence to the group? What skills do you have that you feel are important and will prevent you from being cast aside?

(try and be serious ;))

I am quite intelligent, witty and crafty, but that's about it. I would probably be cast out to die unless I could do some serious fast-talking. Maybe, if the level of supplies was right, I could re-work the ration levels enough that the lot of us could survive and nobody would have to be cast out, but that would be a dangerous process, and even if it worked, we might not be in the best health when we emerge into the world outside.

Failing that, I like to think I would have the ability to die with some dignity. I'd just walk outside, locate a quiet place to sit, and just wait for the inevitable. I would also leave my valuables in the bomb shelter with the others, as they might find some use for them at some point.

~ Kensingtonford.

You are also too poor to afford bottles!

:mad: fine i'll use my legendary Irish fighting skills, everyone knows they are amplified by ten times when an Irishman has been drinking

:mad: fine i'll use my legendary Irish fighting skills, everyone knows they are amplified by ten times when an Irishman has been drinking
You mean nulified...........

Kiwi's fight better.

You mean nulified...........

Kiwi's fight better.

erm....no
now, thats it, out of my bunker, don't you have homes to go to?

erm....no
now, thats it, out of my bunker, don't you have homes to go to?
This is my Foxhole not your Bunker!

This is my Foxhole not your Bunker!

sorry mate, foxholes next door
SECURITY!!!

Well, I can cook/bake/otherwise prepare food in interesting ways, I'm pretty good at giving therapy and cooling over hot tempers, even if I don't have any "professional" training to that effect, and I'm female, not carrying any genetic defects I know about, intelligent, and (if I might say so) pretty good-looking, so the human race is almost definitely better off with me. Am I in? ;)

sorry mate, foxholes next door
SECURITY!!!
I think i know my foxhole when i see it!

sorry mate, foxholes next door
SECURITY!!!
I'll have him removed fot a bottle of your famous Irish whisky

Que Sera Sera - whatever will be, will be...

Well, I can cook/bake/otherwise prepare food in interesting ways, I'm pretty good at giving therapy and cooling over hot tempers, even if I don't have any "professional" training to that effect, and I'm female, not carrying any genetic defects I know about, intelligent, and (if I might say so) pretty good-looking, so the human race is almost definitely better off with me. Am I in? ;)

only if you have a twin sister

I'll have him removed fot a bottle of your famous Irish whisky

deal :D

I'll have him removed fot a bottle of your famous Irish whisky
FOOL!

Irsih Drink Whiskey!
If you want to be a suck up do it right.;)

Heck, I'm already pretty much gone, if you'll look at Post #72, so there's no need to remove anybody else.

~ Kensingtonford.

deal :D
Charlatan!:mp5:

FOOL!

Irsih Drink Whiskey!
If you want to be a suck up do it right.;)

Whatever. that stuff tastes great, however it may be called:D

*runs of to kick Harlesburg out*

Like the Lord provided for the billions who died in the war? :p

Exactly, the odds are on your side - he's got to provide for someone.

Whatever. that stuff tastes great, however it may be called:D

*runs of to kick Harlesburg out*
*Lays down suppressing fire*

*Mines outer perimeter with Bouncing Bettys and claymores*

I think i know my foxhole when i see it!

you can barely stand, how do you expect to know a bunker from a foxhole?

*Lays down suppressing fire*

*Mines outer perimeter with Bouncing Bettys and claymores*

*drinks a bottle of Jamesons*
Git outta my bunker!!!

*drinks a bottle of Jamesons*
Git outta my bunker!!!
NEB+VAR!

*Lays down suppressing fire*

*Mines outer perimeter with Bouncing Bettys and claymores*

Damn, I wish I had paid attention when they thought me how to dismantle Bouncing Bettys and claymores. Better still, I wish i had paid attention when they told me what those things are!

*throws empty whiskey bottle at the suspected traps*: take THAT you empty bottle!!

you can barely stand, how do you expect to know a bunker from a foxhole?
I am well dug in thank you very much!
-I don't need any unnessacary Artillary round fragments slicing me up.

Damn, I wish I had paid attention when they thought me how to dismantle Bouncing Bettys and claymores. Better still, I wish i had paid attention when they told me what those things are!

*throws empty whiskey bottle at the suspected traps*: take THAT you empty bottle!!
Yay for Trip wires!

Yay for Trip wires!

Fukk, off mmmmann, Thherrre wasshh ssshtilll whiskey innn thhhat botttlle
*wanders of to get the bottle back* hheyy, thhherressshh wireshh here. Wonderrr what they do *pulls wire*

Yay for Trip wires!

i said gait outta me bunker
*throws whiskey bottle*

i said gait outta me bunker
*throws whiskey bottle*

Nooo, not the whiskey, NOT THE WHISKEY!!

i said gait outta me bunker
*throws whiskey bottle*
*Catches & Drinks*

*Catches & Drinks*

hahaha, the wiley Irish man catches you out, i slipped some cyanide in it
goodbye Hooch

hahaha, the wiley Irish man catches you out, i slipped some cyanide in it
goodbye Hooch
I never said i drank the Whiskey.......
All i said was i had a drink.....

I never said i drank the Whiskey.......
All i said was i had a drink.....

*runs to Harlesburg* Quick, gimme the bottle. *empties whiskey bottle* hmm, that had a funny taste to it.

*runs to Harlesburg* Quick, gimme the bottle. *empties whiskey bottle* hmm, that had a funny taste to it.

oh for God sake, can't get good help these days

oh for God sake, can't get good help these days

Yeah? well, well... uhh...you aren't so... stuff *falls down on florr and dies*

*runs to Harlesburg* Quick, gimme the bottle. *empties whiskey bottle* hmm, that had a funny taste to it.
Oh how sweet.
*Bats eyelids*

ISLO you loose by default!
-Killing people for you to survive in the group wasn't allowed!

*Resurects self*

Let's assume that nine people is already pushing it.
then make it simple kill the man who knows how to operate the giger counter after his reassurance it will be safe after that period of time then just to be safe eat his corpse to last a little longer
alternitevely spread out the rations for 10 an the first to die gets eaten for the rest of the group regaurdless of ability i baggie the fingers an toes apparently the meat is sweet but tough!

So... I'm alive now? can I do all the things I allways wanted to?

*runs of to the liquor store before realising it's an atomic winter out there and opening the door of the bombshelter*
"Damn"

So... I'm alive now? can I do all the things I allways wanted to?

*runs of to the liquor store before realising it's an atomic winter out there and opening the door of the bombshelter*
"Damn"
See how can i loose?
Sandbagged Foxhole in a Underground Bunker.
MWhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Well, I've read the SAS Survival Guide, so if anybody gets something stuck in their throat such that they can't breath, I'll be the only one able to perform an emergency tracheotomy. (Assuming nobody else is a doctor or has read the SAS Survival Guide) :cool:

Well, I've read the SAS Survival Guide, so if anybody gets something stuck in their throat such that they can't breath, I'll be the only one able to perform an emergency tracheotomy. (Assuming nobody else is a doctor or has read the SAS Survival Guide) :cool:
well i watched one of them turn urine into drinkable water.......