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Aug 16, 2004, 01:04 AM
 
And don't you dare arguing
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:07 AM
 
People will try to make a buck off anything.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:14 AM
 
Originally posted by Mastrap:
And don't you dare arguing
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I want one of those
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:18 AM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
People will try to make a buck off anything.
Since buying one, I feel safer already! Mine comes specially equipped with a nuclear radiation shield. I can survive a 10 megaton blast all while being asleep!
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:28 AM
 
But what about the "chemical attacks" from within the "bunker"???

     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:33 AM
 
I bet some people will feel like asses if we're ever attacked.
My crazy socialist dad says the same stuff about terror warnings.
Thankfully, a piece of paper has his statement on it so he can feel like an idiot in the next couple weeks, if the suspicion is correct.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:37 AM
 
Fear sells.
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:39 AM
 
�But who's buying.

Couldn't help myself. Megadeth joke.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:45 AM
 
what a dumb invention...

Sad thing is I can see many Americans buying that crap....

Wait 'till this product gets its own infomercial...
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:46 AM
 
I'LL TAKE TWO!!!


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Aug 16, 2004, 01:48 AM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
�But who's buying.

Couldn't help myself. Megadeth joke.
God no!
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:50 AM
 
What? Don't like Mustaine?
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Aug 16, 2004, 01:57 AM
 
Reminds of the huge increase in fallout shelter sales, when I was a kid in the 50s, and Joe McCarthy was telling us that the Commies were going to take over.
Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 02:00 AM
 
And USSR wasn't a threat, either.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 02:08 AM
 
I wish they could make Starbucks to be that safe.
     
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Ahh! Smith!
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Aug 16, 2004, 02:53 AM
 
Originally posted by _?_:
But what about the "chemical attacks" from within the "bunker"???

Beans are not allowed.
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Aug 16, 2004, 03:06 AM
 
Anyone seen the price?

"Quantum Lite Sleeper is a scaled back version of the original Quantum Sleeper and is aimed at giving customers a variety of options as to the design and use of the of the unit apart from plating it with 1.25� polycarbonate and fitting it with diverse sensors.

These units would be priced at about one eighth to one half of the cost of the Quantum Sleeper (The average cost of the Quantum Sleeper is estimated at about $160,000.00) depending on what features is selected. Thes Lite Sleeper units would have limited purposes and capabilities compared to the fully armored and equipped Quantum Sleeper. The features will still include many of the aspects of the Quantum Sleeper and provide a level of security and privacy during normal sleep periods. "

     
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Aug 16, 2004, 03:40 AM
 
Wow. Does it float?
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 03:44 AM
 
Originally posted by _?_:
Anyone seen the price?

"Quantum Lite Sleeper is a scaled back version of the original Quantum Sleeper and is aimed at giving customers a variety of options as to the design and use of the of the unit apart from plating it with 1.25� polycarbonate and fitting it with diverse sensors.

These units would be priced at about one eighth to one half of the cost of the Quantum Sleeper (The average cost of the Quantum Sleeper is estimated at about $160,000.00) depending on what features is selected. Thes Lite Sleeper units would have limited purposes and capabilities compared to the fully armored and equipped Quantum Sleeper. The features will still include many of the aspects of the Quantum Sleeper and provide a level of security and privacy during normal sleep periods. "

WHY, I'D PAY $160,000 FOR THAT, BOB. THAT'S A STEAL!
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 03:46 AM
 
Originally posted by Sealobo:
Wow. Does it float?
Yes.

Like a brick.


With a heavy lead weight attached.


Glug.
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Aug 16, 2004, 06:14 AM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
... My crazy socialist dad says ...
Ah! that explains much about you...

did you report him yet for his ideas?
These people are Americans. Don't expect anything meaningful or... uh... normalcy...
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 06:58 AM
 


Now, for a LIMITED TIME ONLY SO ACT NOW!, at half the price of a Quantum Sleeper, I'll express mail the... QUANTUM BLANKET!!!

More portable, more shiny and more reflective against alien and government radiation experiments and telepathic mind control.

4 out of 5 doctors agree that they've never heard of it before, but screw them, who cares what they think because they'll be wishing they had a QUANTUM BLANKET!!! when the time comes.

ACT NOW and I'll include QUANTUM WRAP



It's perfect for protecting sandwiches, pets and small children at a fraction of the cost of the quantum sleeper.

So what are you waiting for? The terrorists/aliens/kidnappers/Masons aren't.

Act now! And remember QUANTUM!!!!

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Aug 16, 2004, 07:02 AM
 
Originally posted by Randman:


Now, for a LIMITED TIME ONLY SO ACT NOW!, at half the price of a Quantum Sleeper, I'll express mail the... QUANTUM BLANKET!!!

More portable, more shiny and more reflective against alien and government radiation experiments and telepathic mind control.

4 out of 5 doctors agree that they've never heard of it before, but screw them, who cares what they think because they'll be wishing they had a QUANTUM BLANKET!!! when the time comes.

ACT NOW and I'll include QUANTUM WRAP



It's perfect for protecting sandwiches, pets and small children at a fraction of the cost of the quantum sleeper.

So what are you waiting for? The terrorists/aliens/kidnappers/Masons aren't.

Act now! And remember QUANTUM!!!!
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Aug 16, 2004, 07:03 AM
 
LOL, got to laugh at all this fear-mongering. My poor mum just got a pamphlet through the door on how to survive a terorist attack. She said to me 'Oh, are the Iraqis in Britain now?'. I said, 'No'. She then said 'Oh, I thought the Al-Qaeeda threat was gone now since the war on terrorism had begun' I said, 'No, mum, we were actually safer before this war on terror'.

Fear, propoganda and the rightwing donkeys are pushing this crap into our faces. Hell, they need some excuse to go a bombing around the world.
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Aug 16, 2004, 07:06 AM
 
Cash preferred, but Visa/MasterCard accepted. And remember, without the right protection, THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON!!!

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Aug 16, 2004, 07:30 AM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
People will try to make a buck off anything.
Anything? No they just cash in the fear propagated by your president and his clique.

Like... wake up or something.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 07:33 AM
 
Originally posted by ambush:
Anything? No they just cash in the fear propagated by your president and his clique.

Like... wake up or something.
True, Zim's post implies that there really is such a massive threat, but that this advert is just playing on it. Whereas the reality is that there is very little threat and these people are just adding to the paranoia perpetrated by the upper echelons of the Bush clan, and his media-controlled outlets, like FOX blews.
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Aug 16, 2004, 07:46 AM
 
Just think-- with a catheter, a Powerbook and a microwave, you'd just about NEVER have to come out of there. Quantum Life!

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Aug 16, 2004, 08:29 AM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
And USSR wasn't a threat, either.
I think it'd be a good idea to go back to your 10th grade history books. And stop making a fool of yourself.

Edit: You could have been sarcastic but.. what's the point.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 08:31 AM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
I bet some people will feel like asses if we're ever attacked.
My crazy socialist dad says the same stuff about terror warnings.
Thankfully, a piece of paper has his statement on it so he can feel like an idiot in the next couple weeks, if the suspicion is correct.
Now we get to know a bit more about your right wing fanboyness.

Maybe you should report your dad to the government?
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 08:40 AM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
I bet some people will feel like asses if we're ever attacked.
My crazy socialist dad says the same stuff about terror warnings.
Thankfully, a piece of paper has his statement on it so he can feel like an idiot in the next couple weeks, if the suspicion is correct.
So you're hoping for a terrorist attack, just so you can prove your dad wrong.

Try therapy instead.

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Aug 16, 2004, 08:46 AM
 
all that bed needs is some kind of endorsement!!
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 08:54 AM
 
In my old Apartment in SE Washington DC, I would have LOVED to have owned one of those considering I already had bars on my windows.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 09:30 AM
 
Originally posted by chris v:
So you're hoping for a terrorist attack, just so you can prove your dad wrong.

Try therapy instead.


As others have duly noted; that explains a lot.
Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 10:06 AM
 
I smell vampires...

remember when Frost had one of these in Blade?
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Aug 16, 2004, 10:28 AM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
People will try to make a buck off anything.
There seems to be a market.
Stupid American's

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Aug 16, 2004, 10:39 AM
 
Company I work for used to sell Bomb Shelters, but that was 30+ years ago. I came across an ad for them going through the archives for the 40th Anniverary of the company.
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Aug 16, 2004, 10:47 AM
 
Originally posted by ambush:
Anything? No they just cash in the fear propagated by your president and his clique.

Like... wake up or something.
Fear and Propaganda aren't things that just happen in the US.

It's human traits to act out and do these things.

Wake up or something.

There are ripoffs being sold on all parts of the Globe. And suckers are buying them.

You Anti-American monkies are funny.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 10:50 AM
 
Originally posted by version:
True, Zim's post implies that there really is such a massive threat,

Where does my post imply that version?

I was MAKING FUN OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS. That is all that my post implies.

but that this advert is just playing on it. Whereas the reality is that there is very little threat and these people are just adding to the paranoia perpetrated by the upper echelons of the Bush clan, and his media-controlled outlets, like FOX blews.
Now who is being irrationally paranoid here?
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 11:34 AM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
I bet some people will feel like asses if we're ever attacked.
My crazy socialist dad says the same stuff about terror warnings.
Thankfully, a piece of paper has his statement on it so he can feel like an idiot in the next couple weeks, if the suspicion is correct.
I think your dad has nothing to fear and neither do you - except feeling like an 'idiot' as per your bargain
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Originally posted by Mastrap:
And don't you dare arguing
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Aug 16, 2004, 12:12 PM
 
A friend of mine's father built an underground bomb shelter in the early 60's - you reached it through a little sealed door in the basement, and it was quite elaborate. Excellent place to party.

I visited another friend of mine in Moscow a few years ago. They lived in the old Communist Party compound outside the city, which is now leased to American firms doing business there. Among other things it includes Kruschev's old dacha, an elaborate tunnel system, and its own power plant - completely self-sustaining in case of attack.

But here's the ultimate in bomb shelters:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/bunker.html

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Aug 16, 2004, 12:19 PM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
People will try to make a buck off anything.
What...I've already ordered 3.

Wave of the future!
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 12:20 PM
 
Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
�But who's buying.

Couldn't help myself. Megadeth joke.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 12:33 PM
 
Hmm yes, but can it alert you when the terror level reaches goldenrod?

I'll wait for the v2.0 model.
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 12:35 PM
 
Quantum Sleeper $5000
Quantum Blanket and Sandwich wrappers $500

Quantum Shoes...



PRICELESS!
     
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Aug 16, 2004, 12:54 PM
 
Originally posted by demograph68:
Since buying one, I feel safer already! Mine comes specially equipped with a nuclear radiation shield. I can survive a 10 megaton blast all while being asleep!
Yeah, you didn't know wood panneling does that? Every home built in the 1980s is already safe from 10 megaton blasts.
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Too funny...

Thanks for the morning chuckle.
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