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I recently stumbled upon this (http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2007/12/02/x-es-sanity-saving-altoids-survival-kit/)

and I am shocked by my lack of preparation so have decided to make a thread to see what the ordinary people of NS would put in a survival kit to live through the horrors of life!

I'm for one will be trying to go for:


a tape measure (hours of crying)
some blu tack(for making animals) (http://www.blutack.com/creative.htm)
the soul of an orphan
black marker pen


I'm was hoping to go further but I have to find a box first :(

Vibrator.

Batteries.

And a razor, to kill myself once the batteries ran out. :P

Vibrator.

Batteries.

And a razor, to kill myself once the batteries ran out. :P

at work?!

Depends what you're trying to survive, I guess. Clean drinking water would be good in most instances.

Depends what you're trying to survive, I guess. Clean drinking water would be good in most instances.

no alcohol?

"I'm all sticky"… gross.

"I'm all sticky"… gross.

have you never played with blue tack?

have you never played with blue tack?

My comment came from a darker place…

On topic:
During a summer trip once, I came across the ultimate mental survival gear. A pack of at least a hundred 4x6 sheets of graph paper, printed onto card. It was perfect! You could write on it, obviously, and it was great for sketching. If you wanted to, you could probably create a board or card game with them, too.

Here's what I'd probably do for one that's actually for surviving, though I don't have an altoids tin or most of these things on hand right now, so I'm having to just guess how much I could fit:

1. Iodine (or other water-purifying) tablets. Water is very important. Sure the tablets make it taste pretty bad, but they take up less space than a filter, and I'd have no guarantee of being able to boil water without something that won't melt that can contain the water
2. a durable plastic bag. I'd use it to store water so that I can purify it.
3. a couple water-proofed strike anywhere matches
4. a swiss army knife
5. a small mirror and a whistle-- both are useful for getting found
6. a chart that includes some of the more common wild plants, mushrooms, and such, and which ones are edible.
7. a small length of fishing line and a couple of hooks.

My main problem here is that the purification tablets will run out-- can anybody think of something I could bring that could hold the water and be able to stand the heat of the fire without melting? Any other suggestions? Trying to get it to fit is actually pretty challenging!

shall I list the items in my purse? no? k.

I don't know exactly what I would put in an Altoids tin, but I am obsessed now, so give me a few hours and I will have one made I am sure.

at work?!

Um...yeah? How do you think we survive the crushing boredom?

Vibrator.

Batteries.

And a razor, to kill myself once the batteries ran out. :P

You naughty girl. :p

Well, I certainly thought it was a different package the thread title refers to . . .

Isn't that vial of alcohol in there enough to get you arrested?

Interesting idea though. Kinda funky.

My package? Like the one in my pants?

I'll gladly show you what is in it...

I voted for: "I'm all sticky :( "

Though My actual response is: "I'm all sticky!! :D "

I recently stumbled upon this (http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2007/12/02/x-es-sanity-saving-altoids-survival-kit/)

and I am shocked by my lack of preparation so have decided to make a thread to see what the ordinary people of NS would put in a survival kit to live through the horrors of life!

I'm for one will be trying to go for:


a tape measure (hours of crying)
some blu tack(for making animals) (http://www.blutack.com/creative.htm)
the soul of an orphan
black marker pen


I'm was hoping to go further but I have to find a box first :(

Stop checking out my package! :eek:








:D

little ponies and pieces of popcorn

My package? Like the one in my pants?

I'll gladly show you what is in it...

Wouldn't you have to cut that one open in order to show us what's IN it? :eek:

My package? Like the one in my pants?

I'll gladly show you what is in it...
The one on the right?
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/f/fc/180px-Dt_211_movingon_m4.jpg

A prostate massage device and a supply of batteries.

And some water based lube.

Well why don't you come and see?

*begins to Zip down*

Oh...that package....oh....does anyone still want to see though? No....ok

Usually it's a first Aid kit with a metal pot, water proof matches, hand cranked radio, We have a Generator in the basement to keep the fridge going with a gasoline can filled up, and we have a Kerosene heater, so we're set!

I recently stumbled upon this (http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2007/12/02/x-es-sanity-saving-altoids-survival-kit/)

and I am shocked by my lack of preparation so have decided to make a thread to see what the ordinary people of NS would put in a survival kit to live through the horrors of life!

I'm for one will be trying to go for:


a tape measure (hours of crying)
some blu tack(for making animals) (http://www.blutack.com/creative.htm)
the soul of an orphan
black marker pen


I'm was hoping to go further but I have to find a box first :(

an ORPHAN? You mean it's powered by a forsaken child?

an ORPHAN? You mean it's powered by a forsaken child?

Hey Dr. Venture used a heart of an orphan to power his pleasure chamber.

Orphans: The Way of the Future in Alternative Energy! :D

What is in your package?7". :D

SNIP

looking at yourselves in the mirror?

SNIP

SNIP

so both your plans to stay occupied is to be really, really clean?

My package? Like the one in my pants?

I'll gladly show you what is in it...

make sure you don't lose it at the post office...

7". :D

fish much?

an ORPHAN? You mean it's powered by a forsaken child?

Hey Dr. Venture used a heart of an orphan to power his pleasure chamber.

Orphans: The Way of the Future in Alternative Energy! :D

Yes..um...I know.

That's sorta...where the quote came from.

A prostate massage device and a supply of batteries.

And some water based lube.

Will a lengthy religious "debate" here on NS suffice? Batteries in short supply. :p

Will a lengthy religious "debate" here on NS suffice? Batteries in short supply. :p

I suppose we need to find some solar powered sex toys. *le sigh*

I suppose we need to find some solar powered sex toys. *le sigh*

QUick! To the drawing board! *scampers off*

QUick! To the drawing board! *scampers off*

http://solardyne.stores.yahoo.net/aasolbatchar.html

A solar panel on the sex toy itself might be inconvenient :D

http://solardyne.stores.yahoo.net/aasolbatchar.html

A solar panel on the sex toy itself might be inconvenient :D

I found solar powered vibrators on Google. I think I can manage to restrain myself from posting links or pics. But know that they exist. :eek:

I suppose we need to find some solar powered sex toys. *le sigh*
This is inspiring on *SO* many levels.
I'm thinking "internal gyro" and "friction" charger!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.comedycentral.com/images/shows/drawntogether/videos/102_dt_sexed_m3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ifilm.com/video/2729364&h=110&w=200&sz=7&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=S4LLDONphAnm7M:&tbnh=57&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3DFoxxy%2BLove%2Bvibrator%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
About a minute in ... should suffice, non?

I found solar powered vibrators on Google. I think I can manage to restrain myself from posting links or pics. But know that they exist. :eek:

Wow!

I bet they suck though. I've found that you shouldn't use rechargable batteries for vibrators either, they just lack the power. Expensive lithium batteries are TOTALLY worth it.

Screw the environment. MUAHAHAHAH!

But still. It's going in my survival kit.

Wow!

I bet they suck though. I've found that you shouldn't use rechargable batteries for vibrators either, they just lack the power. Expensive lithium batteries are TOTALLY worth it.

Screw the environment. MUAHAHAHAH!

That should totally be a slogan "Lithium batteries, when you want to fuck the enviornment, and yourself, nothing else will do"

Wow!

I bet they suck though. I've found that you shouldn't use rechargable batteries for vibrators either, they just lack the power. Expensive lithium batteries are TOTALLY worth it.

Screw the environment. MUAHAHAHAH!

But still. It's going in my survival kit.

Here's a link I CAN post:

http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentId=384404

:D

That should totally be a slogan "Lithium batteries, when you want to fuck the enviornment, and yourself, nothing else will do"

You might be onto something...

and I am shocked by my lack of preparation so have decided to make a thread to see what the ordinary people of NS would put in a survival kit to live through the horrors of life!


Knowledge, manners, and sarcasm.

Vibrator.

Batteries.

And a razor, to kill myself once the batteries ran out. :P

Fingers you still have fingers!

Plastic bag filled with vodka.

Isn't that vial of alcohol in there enough to get you arrested?
What? Why would you be arrested for carrying alcohol?
Fingers you still have fingers!

To operate the razor.

To operate the razor.

Umm err yeah, sure!

Umm err yeah, sure!

Well she can't use it with her toes.

a tape measure (hours of crying)

I have to ask... hours of crying?

I have to ask... hours of crying?

For measuring his e-Peen and despairing over the results.

For measuring his e-Peen and despairing over the results.

Wow, you have 20,000 posts and I don't know who you are. I'm so out of touch with these forums now-a-days.

I suppose we need to find some solar powered sex toys. *le sigh*

Well if you can have wind up radios and torches why not a wind up clockwork vibrator?

*runs off to patent the idea*

Organises Sex Aid, the concert to send clockwork sex toys to the third world...

Wow, you have 20,000 posts and I don't know who you are. I'm so out of touch with these forums now-a-days.

I'm the new King of the forum. I overthrew Myrth is a horrifically bloody coup. Most other posters don't realise it, and the mods dispute it, but you're all under my power.

I'm the new King of the forum. I overthrew Myrth is a horrifically bloody coup. Most other posters don't realise it, and the mods dispute it, but you're all under my power.

You should be careful with that sort of thing; people don't like tyrannical rule, even if it is only in the mind of the ruler. :p

Here's what I'd probably do for one that's actually for surviving, though I don't have an altoids tin or most of these things on hand right now, so I'm having to just guess how much I could fit:

1. Iodine (or other water-purifying) tablets. Water is very important. Sure the tablets make it taste pretty bad, but they take up less space than a filter, and I'd have no guarantee of being able to boil water without something that won't melt that can contain the water
2. a durable plastic bag. I'd use it to store water so that I can purify it.
3. a couple water-proofed strike anywhere matches
4. a swiss army knife
5. a small mirror and a whistle-- both are useful for getting found
6. a chart that includes some of the more common wild plants, mushrooms, and such, and which ones are edible.
7. a small length of fishing line and a couple of hooks.

My main problem here is that the purification tablets will run out-- can anybody think of something I could bring that could hold the water and be able to stand the heat of the fire without melting? Any other suggestions? Trying to get it to fit is actually pretty challenging!

The tin itself!

You should be careful with that sort of thing; people don't like tyrannical rule, even if it is only in the mind of the ruler. :p

People will like what I tell them to like!

People will like what I tell them to like!

If they don't know you're their ruler how will they know to like what you tell them to like?

If they don't know you're their ruler how will they know to like what you tell them to like?

SOmeone who craves total chaos might find out and spread the word through a covert network of agents disguised as... oh, I don't know... clowns, for instance.

It could happen. It's happened before. *nod*

If they don't know you're their ruler how will they know to like what you tell them to like?

SOmeone who craves total chaos might find out and spread the word through a covert network of agents disguised as... oh, I don't know... clowns, for instance.

It could happen. It's happened before. *nod*

See, LG knows the score.

I guess it's good that I'm a recluse and a hermit and no longer beholden to the whims of your social scene. I'm immune to your hegemony!

LG: Have you found a way to get people to take clowns seriously when they're dicussing conspiracy theories on the internet?

Curse you, OP, for destroying what little chance I had at a productive work day. Now I have to spend the next 6 hours perfecting my Urban Altoids Tin Survival Kit (for use in the aftermath of the inevitable zombie apocalypse).

Curse you, OP, for destroying what little chance I had at a productive work day. Now I have to spend the next 6 hours perfecting my Urban Altoids Tin Survival Kit (for use in the aftermath of the inevitable zombie apocalypse).

Find a tasty recipe with zombie as the main ingredient, that's my advice. After that you've got an unlimited source of food if you can capture it without dying.

"You see, I just took an old sock, two pieces of string, and an ice pick...." *watches bad guy's HQ blow up*

I'm the new King of the forum. I overthrew Myrth is a horrifically bloody coup. Most other posters don't realise it, and the mods dispute it, but you're all under my power.

an you made some other person clean it up for too

Find a tasty recipe with brains as the main ingredient, that's my advice. After that you've got an unlimited source of food if you can capture it without dying.

Fix'd. We all know who the winning side will be, come the zambacalpyse.

Fix'd. We all know who the winning side will be, come the zambacalpyse.

Yes, the side with the hard-bitten, slightly rebellious ex-military dude and the cute girl.

People will like what I tell them to like!

*overthrows Ifreann*

Haha!

*instills anarchy*

Oh yeah the package. Food. Water. Porn

I guess it's good that I'm a recluse and a hermit and no longer beholden to the whims of your social scene. I'm immune to your hegemony!

LG: Have you found a way to get people to take clowns seriously when they're dicussing conspiracy theories on the internet?

Nobody takes clowns seriously until it's too late. :)

Yes, the side with the hard-bitten, slightly rebellious ex-military dude and the cute girl.
Nonono. See these zombies will have seen zombie movies, adn will therefore know to eat the attracive people and the children first, and leave the fat people, the ugly people, the nerds and the black people till last. Thus ensuring victory.
*overthrows Ifreann*

Haha!

*instills anarchy*
Noes! My hegemony!

Oh yeah the package. Food. Water. Porn

Why would you need the first two when you have the third?

Stuff! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8896213084482448693)

Nonono. See these zombies will have seen zombie movies, adn will therefore know to eat the attracive people and the children first, and leave the fat people, the ugly people, the nerds and the black people till last. Thus ensuring victory.

But according to the Law of Hollywood, whoever remains alive one hour or so into a zombie movie will end up at very least surviving, and usually destroying the zombies, regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, political beliefs, or (former lack of) heroic characteristics. 'Cause in more basic terms, Hollywood's Second Law states that the more awesome the bad guys appear, the less likely they are to win. And there is nothing more awesome than zombies. Therefore, they are doomed always to lose.

Stuff! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8896213084482448693)

Most hilarious use of the word stuff ever.

*adopts Eric Idle's voice from the early 70s*

"That's a rather personal question, sir!"

I recently stumbled upon this (http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2007/12/02/x-es-sanity-saving-altoids-survival-kit/)

and I am shocked by my lack of preparation so have decided to make a thread to see what the ordinary people of NS would put in a survival kit to live through the horrors of life!

I'm for one will be trying to go for:
I'm was hoping to go further but I have to find a box first :(
my Altoid Survival tin would have

2 AAA batteries (for my MP3 player/radio
MP3 Player/radio with earphones (yes, it fits)
a small container of matches
a set of dice (I have smaller ones than the article.) in a container that serves as a rolling surface
2 mechanical Pencils
1 pack extra lead.
pocket knife
post it notepad
mini flashlight
small mirror
small roll of tape
small stapler

oh, and this is in the Altoids BIG TIN. :p

a clipper
some skins
some cardboard squares
some tobacco
a block of resin
a vial of absinth

goodbye boredom.

Noes! My hegemony!

*Claims Victory!*

VICTORY!


Why would you need the first two when you have the third?

You can't be fapping constantly. You need nutrition as well!

My backpack is my survival kit. (I have ADD, so I don't want to forget anything I need.) So, it has my books, a spare comb, nail clippers, a bag with my gym suit and towel, my wallet, car keys, calculator, I think I once had a small razor in there somewhere...

Once I leave college... (10 May 2008) probably still my gym suit, towel, car keys, wallet, comb, clippers, razor, probably a lighter for making fires, a cell phone, and a gun in case of a crazed shooter running amok where I happen to be, if I can figure out how to pass a background check. (I'm a little crazy.) Not homicidal crazy, or suicidal crazy, but I'm a bit of an oddball.

Once I perfect the rocket boot, survival packs will be limited to guidance system repair kits.