stupid or insane?

[mraynrand]

That, my friends, is the "Seaview" with the "Flying Sub", if one looks closely, one can see Richard Basehart in command.

Freak, you are a Geek after my own heart.

[mraynrand]

How exactly is a glass floating city supposed to survive in a hurricane? The only hope is if they can move it and that doesn't look very mobile... come to think of it, how do they avoid baking like a greenhouse?

[Iron Mike]

Did somebody say "Hurricane?"

[mraynrand]

Skipper, time to get out of here!

[Freak Out]

Hey little buddy!

[swede]

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

I really like this thread.

I really hate that quote. It is fundamentally inaccurate on many levels. A lack of resourcefulness is not insanity. Nor is it accurate to impugn the intellect that has calculated that many multiple exertions of some actions will yield only a small ratio of positive results, the intellect already having decided that it can proceed with certainty if it deems the rewards worth the efforts.

Nevertheless, if I am a poor slob and I turn off Cartoon Network long enough to discover that a Cat 2 hurricane with a twelve foot storm surge is heading my way I will put my grandma in a shopping cart and push her six miles north and look for a nice dry high school gym manned by the Red Cross and see if they have put out the ham sandwiches yet. If I leave at ten a.m. I should make it there by three p.m.

Or I could steal stuff from my evacuated neighbors and climb up on the roof later, but I wouldn't think that insane is the word that would describe me then.

[mraynrand]

where dya get that shopping cart? You didn't build that!

[mraynrand]

...I will put my grandma in a shopping cart and push her six miles north ....If I leave at ten a.m. I should make it there by three p.m.

It depends (pun intended) how big Grandma is...

[mraynrand]

geesus! I did an image search for 'obese grandma' (safesearch moderate) and this came up in the first line... (caption this

[swede]

where dya get that shopping cart? You didn't build that!

Good point!

Now I feel like a moral relativist.

Is it morally sound, in the face of a natural disaster, to steal a shopping cart from the Food Lion to transport a loved one to safety?

If yes, then is it still morally sound to steal the red lingerie from your neighbor's house to protect your head from flying debris?

(I just realized why red lingerie popped into my head as the first absurd thing I rummaged for and I curse you mraynrand for the damage your image search has done to my brain.)

[cheesner]

How exactly is a glass floating city supposed to survive in a hurricane? The only hope is if they can move it and that doesn't look very mobile... come to think of it, how do they avoid baking like a greenhouse?

When the hurricane is coming, they just float to Brazil for a week. A couple of outboards and they should be mobile.

Gosh, I want to live there.

"Hey, I won't be in this week boss. I woke up in Brazil."

[MJZiggy]

Did somebody say "Hurricane?"

That's what we did in NOLA in '98 waiting for Georges. (except that I was pregnant and couldn't drink. But the gay pride parade as the winds kicked up was a good time as well)

[MJZiggy]

When the hurricane is coming, they just float to Brazil for a week. A couple of outboards and they should be mobile.

Gosh, I want to live there.

"Hey, I won't be in this week boss. I woke up in Brazil."

That would seem nice until you realize that a floating city would have to be connected to some sort of infrastructure or you'll be taking all your shit with you. Literally.

[George Cumby]

And just why the fuck didn't we have a Moon-base in 1999?

[Little Whiskey]

That would seem nice until you realize that a floating city would have to be connected to some sort of infrastructure or you'll be taking all your shit with you. Literally.

just send it on a barge to canada. they have plenty of room up there. problem solved.