NationStates Jolt Archive

The advent of thermonuclear weapons... has presented us with a new and much more difficult set of food defence problems.

It would be wrong to consider that even 1oz per head per week could be ensured.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7382750.stm

What would happen in the first two weeks of a nuclear war? Well, five million people would be dead for a start, but, more importantly, the attack would decimate tea stocks.

A secret government report from 1955, just released by the National Archives, shows that officials feared that there wouldn't even be enough for 12 cups a week.

So, your country has been attacked, lots of people are dead. But you're not worried about them. What is the one thing that you will miss the most in your post apocalyptic world?

Daytime television...!

Haha I saw this story earlier today, absolutely hilarious! You know us Brits, can't do without a good cup of tea!!

tea has magical powers, it makes you feel better so i think it's quite sensible to worry about not having enough at a time when people would need something to make them feel better

tea has magical powers, it makes you feel better so i think it's quite sensible to worry about not having enough at a time when people would need something to make them feel better

if you think tea is magical, you should try gin :)

EDIT: AND OMAD!!! TINKZ ONZ TEH NACHUNSAITS!!!

tea has magical powers, it makes you feel better so i think it's quite sensible to worry about not having enough at a time when people would need something to make them feel better

Perfect!

if you think tea is magical, you should try gin :)

EDIT: AND OMAD!!! TINKZ ONZ TEH NACHUNSAITS!!!

there's no drink in the world better than tea!
and OMGWTF?! L/-\PS0R5 0N T3H N5!!!!!!!1111!!!!eleventyone!!!!111!!!!111111:fluffle:

Of course. Back then wars were waged over tea.

there's no drink in the world better than tea!
and OMGWTF?! L/-\PS0R5 0N T3H N5!!!!!!!1111!!!!eleventyone!!!!111!!!!111111:fluffle:

please... gin>tea anyday... Plus it will exist after our nuclear war :)


OMGZLOLWTFBLARGLES!!!!TEHTINKZEXSISTZAGENZROFLIHAVDAG37OTMOOOOOR!!!! :mp5::sniper::gundge::headbang::mp5::upyours::upyours:

please... gin>tea anyday... Plus it will exist after our nuclear war :)


OMGZLOLWTFBLARGLES!!!!TEHTINKZEXSISTZAGENZROFLIHAVDAG37OTMOOOOOR!!!! :mp5::sniper::gundge::headbang::mp5::upyours::upyours:

NOOOOES!!!1!! TE/-\ p\/\/N5 A|| !!!11!!! :gundge::gundge:

NOOOOES!!!1!! TE/-\ p\/\/N5 A|| !!!11!!! :gundge::gundge:

BUT GIN=WIN!!!! TEHY EVEN SHARE THE SAME LETTAHS!!!!

:eek::mad::rolleyes::cool:

What would happen in the first two weeks of a nuclear war? Well, five million people would be dead for a start, but, more importantly, the attack would decimate tea stocks.

A mite conservative estimate wot?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7382750.stm

What would happen in the first two weeks of a nuclear war? Well, five million people would be dead for a start, but, more importantly, the attack would decimate tea stocks.

A secret government report from 1955, just released by the National Archives, shows that officials feared that there wouldn't even be enough for 12 cups a week.

So, your country has been attacked, lots of people are dead. But you're not worried about them. What is the one thing that you will miss the most in your post apocalyptic world?Actually, the tea thingy fits surprisingly well to how the British are portrayed in the American World War II educational films I've been watching: "So it's nuclear war/the German bombers, is it? When's tea?"

BUT GIN=WIN!!!! TEHY EVEN SHARE THE SAME LETTAHS!!!!

:eek::mad::rolleyes::cool:

But all the best things in the world begin with T! like Tink...and......Trousers....and.....Tomatoes!

there's no drink in the world better than tea!Ginger ale. Followed by tea. Without milk.

In a post-apocalyptic world, meatpacking industry would most likely not exist...which means I would have to hunt for my food. :eek:

But all the best things in the world begin with T! like Tink...and......Trousers....and.....Tomatoes!Baldrick: Breakfast!
Edmund: What?
Baldrick: My breakfast always begins with tea, and I have a little sausage, and a egg with some little soldiers.
Edmund: Baldrick, when I said it begins with "T," I was talking about a letter.
Baldrick: Nah, it never begins with a letter; the postman don't come 'til 10.30.

Ginger ale. Followed by tea. Without milk.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:WITHOUT milk?!?!?!?!?! that's just not right!!

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:WITHOUT milk?!?!?!?!?! that's just not right!!

I concur, If for some reason I was to lower my self to the level of drinking tea, there must be milk in it...

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:WITHOUT milk?!?!?!?!?! that's just not right!!Only commies* drink their tea with milk.

*Members of the British Commonwealth

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot!

12 cups a week!!? :eek:

During the Second World War the only thing on the British menu that wasn't rationed was fish and chips. The point of this was to maintain national morale by allowing the population to continue to eat something that defines Englishness.

I read this up in a fish and chips shop in Covent Garden. Don't know how true it is.

During the Second World War the only thing on the British menu that wasn't rationed was fish and chips. The point of this was to maintain national morale by allowing the population to continue to eat something that defines Englishness.

I read this up in a fish and chips shop in Covent Garden. Don't know how true it is.

It's more of a practical thing. Fish is pretty much not reliant on long distance shipping and local agriculture, while potatoes can grow almost anywhere where the climate is suitable, of which practically all of England is, and where there's a bit of dirt. Everything else had to come from somewhere where the supply chain had problems.

It's more of a practical thing. Fish is pretty much not reliant on long distance shipping and local agriculture, while potatoes can grow almost anywhere where the climate is suitable, of which practically all of England is, and where there's a bit of dirt. Everything else had to come from somewhere where the supply chain had problems.

Just as well as your national food doesn't need imports!

This is entirely speculation but I wonder what the quality of tap water was back in the day, when did it become drinkable?

My thinking is that tea is a convenient way of needing to boil water to drink so the concern is less that people will die from lack of tea and more about health concerns.

It doesn't sound particularly logical when I think about it but it feels like a reasonable thought.

Tea and gossip.

What will I miss most in a post-apocalyptic world? Convenient access to limitless cheeseburgers.

This is entirely speculation but I wonder what the quality of tap water was back in the day, when did it become drinkable?

My thinking is that tea is a convenient way of needing to boil water to drink so the concern is less that people will die from lack of tea and more about health concerns.

It doesn't sound particularly logical when I think about it but it feels like a reasonable thought.Define drinkable. I can barely tolerate American tapwater, and us spoiled Western Europeans and Americans will get Montezuma's revenge from drinking tap water in plenty of places in the world simply because our immune systems aren't used to the different things swimming around in it.

Define drinkable. I can barely tolerate American tapwater, and us spoiled Western Europeans and Americans will get Montezuma's revenge from drinking tap water in plenty of places in the world simply because our immune systems aren't used to the different things swimming around in it.

Fair enough - toleration in terms of taste doesn't really come into it, I meant drinkable in terms of not being a health risk - certain bugs don't care too much for immune systems and in places where tap water isn't clean, people don't drink it too much either unless poverty means there's no alternative.

We used to drink mead in the UK before tea became prevalent, I'm just wondering when tap water was clean enough that it didn't need to be boiled first.

come to think of it I could live rather happily in a world that still has tea and some form of alcohol...I may top myself if the internet goes down for an afternoon though ;)

also do you think eggs can survive a nuclear war? (http://uploads.ungrounded.net/190000/190465_egg_song_English_2.swf)

come to think of it I could live rather happily in a world that still has tea and some form of alcohol...I may top myself if the internet goes down for an afternoon though ;)

also do you think eggs can survive a nuclear war? (http://uploads.ungrounded.net/190000/190465_egg_song_English_2.swf)

Frightening...

I loved this though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCclgQF6Ps&feature=related

I, for one, welcome our new radioactive Tea Bush Overlords.

Well if people are dead why do we have to worry about them?

We should be focusing on ensuring that the survivors are looked after, that includes ensuring they have enough tea.

Feh. Screw the Brits and their tea. I drink coffee. :p

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/00b9a680/702f8b8b

Feh. Screw the Brits and their tea. I drink coffee. :p

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/image.phpi/702f8b8b/coffee.gif?cb=1117585564
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Edited. Try again, please.

i think we'd be okay...id miss my Car...or if it came to it, electricity...

but,other than that, id say we're pretty self sufficient on the MS Gulf Coast, and i seriously doubt we're on the list of Potential Nuclear Attacks, itd be a waste of a good bomb...

unless of course id become more of a nuisance than i thought, lol...

i hate most tea anyway, only good tea is Green Tea...

Edited. Try again, please.I did. It's funny, but it would be funnier if I didn't hate coffee :p
Have you ever thought of getting a photobucket account for the simple purpose of linking images like that?

I did. It's funny, but it would be funnier if I didn't hate coffee :p
Have you ever thought of getting a photobucket account for the simple purpose of linking images like that?
Yes, I think about it often, and then forget it when something more interesting (or shiny) distracts me.

Yes, I think about it often, and then forget it when something more interesting (or shiny) distracts me.Yeah, Firefly will do that to you.

The big three sources of ultimate comfort - coffee, tea and chocolate - I would miss these. Oh, and bacon.

A mite conservative estimate wot?
It's from the article.

12 cups a week!!? :eek:
I know, how could anyone be expected to survive? :eek:

I for one will miss my Victory Gin sweetened with cloves.

Damn right. Need to keep morale up, and tea is Very Important for this in the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCclgQF6Ps&feature=related

that is more upsetting than the holocaust for me :(

Damn right. Need to keep morale up, and tea is Very Important for this in the UK.

how else will we eat are bikkies?!

So, your country has been attacked, lots of people are dead. But you're not worried about them. What is the one thing that you will miss the most in your post apocalyptic world?

Well obviously Tea would be a great loss, but i think what i would miss in a post apocalyptic world includes:
Hot chocolate,
Rain,
Sunshine,
swimming,
and,
sleep.

how else will we eat are bikkies?!
Quite. A trillion digestives in the underground stores, but no bloody tea to dunk them in, leaving the remaining taste buds of Britain utterly disgusted with the mediocrity of the biscuit on its own.

Frightening...

I loved this though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCclgQF6Ps&feature=related

You monster!