[LMB] OT: if civilization fell

Laura Gallagher celticdragonfly at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 06:24:04 GMT 2008


> >> This brings up an interesting question: what would you have to offer
> >> if civilization fell?

Mark Allums wrote:
> Alas, I'd be dead by now.  I am a bit of a programmer, and not much
> else.  I could help with the heavy lifting, I suppose, and commit
> plagiarism by retelling a ghost story or two, but then I would go blind
> and eventually die of kidney failure as my diabetes got out of control.
>   Depending on when civilization fell, I might have died young, from a
> burst gall bladder.

Oh, so would I.  And yes, if civilization fell, I'd be under a death
sentence once I ran out of drugstores with lootable synthroid
supplies.  But hey, if I was helpful enough, bigger stronger people
would help find drugstores for me for a while...

Laura Gallagher


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