Basic Survival Skill

If we entered a time of Civil Unrest/Armageddon/Zombie Attacking, what would we do?

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Ian

Basic Survival Skill

#1 Post by Ian »

I watched part one of BBC series 'Back In Time For Dinner' last night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... er-1-1950s

I ended up crying for laughter over their attempts to open a tin can at footage10:19. How can they not know how to use a tin opener? The final open tin is obviously not the one they started with.

We have a couple of 'Swing-away's' which I believe are the best going and among the back ups is a:

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I wonder what they would have done with that and I can even open a tin without an opener, this works well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbxKbI9Ik4o

Surely opening a tin is a basic skill everyone has? It must have been a set up.
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I would refer the honourable gentleman to the popular television programme "the only way is Essex" and further suggest that, in the event of it being necessary, it would be referred to as "natural selection"
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#3 Post by Christel »

Tommygunn wrote:I would refer the honourable gentleman to the popular television programme "the only way is Essex" and further suggest that, in the event of it being necessary, it would be referred to as "natural selection"

lol lol Well said.
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That's what a big f*** off knife is for. green55
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#5 Post by Les »

Ian wrote:Surely opening a tin is a basic skill everyone has? It must have been a set up.
They never had to learn how to use a can opener ....... McDonald's do it for them.
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#6 Post by Doz »

Unbelieveable...
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#7 Post by whoowhoop »

You will likely find that most of such "incidents" are contrived to make the series more watchable. It normally depends on what the agenda is.
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#8 Post by bigfathairybiker »

And that woman is definitely out of Alien...

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#9 Post by snayperskaya »

The only things that comes out of "tins" in our house are either 54r or x39....
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#10 Post by bradaz11 »

snayperskaya wrote:The only things that comes out of "tins" in our house are either 54r or x39....
who doesn't like a good tin of baked beans or tuna/salmon! pilchards on toast = yum. all tinned
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