"Finish this sentence" re: nukes, exams, and Cabell's post

[perldiver]

So, I was reading Cabell's post about exam dreams and nuclear bomb warnings and it made me think of the following game.

Complete this sentence in a way that is true for you:

 

I am a school principal, final exams are happening now, and I receive a call saying that there might be a nuclear bomb in the city.  I would....

Here's my completion:

....kick back and surf the net.  If the bomb is real and goes off, none of us will ever know.  In any other case, why panic?  Besides, I had to sit through sixteen friggin' years of exams.  This crop of school kids should share my pain.

Comments

[avram]

Are you sure? My city's big enough that a 100-kiloton nuke in Times Square would probably just break my windows here in Brooklyn. A full megaton in Times Square might do some damage to my building, but I doubt it would kill me outright, and might not even injure me. A lesser bomb, like the 10- to 20-kiloton nukes Iran is said to be developing, would do even less -- figure it would wreck most buildings in a half- to one-mile or so radius.

Here's a simulation tool you can play with.

[docorion.livejournal.com]

See, that would have been my answer. Sit down and finish your exams; either it's nonsense, or ohgodohgodwe'reallgonnadie, and there's nothing you can do about it. This works almost everywhere except NYC or Los Angeles, which of course are also the cities you're gonna bomb. Let's face it, if a terrorist blows up my town, here's him reporting to Osama:

Clueless Terrorist: "Oh, great Leader! My cell has blown up Boston!"

Osama bin Laden: "Boston? Where the hell is that? I specifically told you to blow up one of the homes of the Great Satan."

CT: "But revered one, Boston is one of the greatest educational centers of the Satanic Empire! Seventeen colleges and universities are now monatomic dust, including Harvard and MIT! Have we not struck a great blow for our cause?"

OBL: "Everyone knows the Great Satan lives in NYC, vacations in LA, and works in Washington DC. Did you blow up one of those places? No! And Harvard?! My great-nephew goes to Harvard! If you have harmed him, I swear, you won't have to wait for hell to suffer endless torments. I'm sure I can come up with some..."

So yeah, I feel pretty safe up here.

Oh honey.

[avivasedai.livejournal.com]

You were up at 3 AM, and this is what happened? I'm so sorry you had that cappucino at dinner. I hope you get some good sleep right now (or in the past ~6 hours). (I would suggest other things to do at 3 AM when I'm sleeping over, but the sleep was good for me. Well, I could always sleep again later... dang, hard decision... )

In my case, I might want to go out to eat. I'd drive with the windows open, or walk to a nearby enjoyable place, and splurge on a tasty beverage AND dessert with my entree. Oh, work? Yeah, it should continue without me for the duration.