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So, what ought you not have in your bug-out bag?
Hand grenades
A jar of live eels
A live squid in a wicker basket
Hydrofluoric acid
Low-melting-point chocolate
A brown paper bag full of ice cubes
A grass skirt*
A shotgun in 10-ga or greater with barrel(s) 6" or shorter. There's just too much explaining when you have to get the broken wrist set.
Bar solder (2 lbs. or more)
Glass bottles of anything
A can of mercury
Raw meat
Socks with holes in them
Rodents of any sort (make 'em walk!)
Campaign literature
A lit candle
YMMV, but remember, pack safe! And pack light. It can be a long walk to the next bus stop.
Feel free to make your own suggestions for the list.
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* Unless bugging out in Hawaii, especially near tourists.
Barbie or any of her friends?
ReplyDeleteA bag of #12 shot?
A gallon of prop wash?
50' of chow line?
Leave your medicine ball collection at home. Or have someone else pack them.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot pot cleaner. Keads ("Another Day" blog) needs some.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with hand grenades? Oh, wait... I guess it's not THAT kind of bug-out bag.
ReplyDeleteanything more than mildly radioactive.
ReplyDeleteWV: Mysto. Like the magician?
Montie:
ReplyDeletea) Jayne Cobb will always have hand grenades.
b) Did you shave off that soup catcher?
(Now I need me some Firefly.)
Gosh darn it. Now I'm going to have to start over from scratch.... ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut what if I'm going to a Red Wings game? I'm going to need that squid...they're almost mandatory at Joe Louis Stadium.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I have a dog, and why he has a back-pack that he cannot shuck off. Someone has to bring the anvil, after all.
You can just tell my squid he doesn't get to come along. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteMy personal bugout bag happens to be a two-ton Ford Explorer. And while it doesn't need one, it invariably has a tektronix scope and a big box of sta-kons.
don't forget to leave the mongoose OUT of your BoB...because once you've successfully gotten it in there, good luck keeping it there.
ReplyDeleteToothbrush, floss, handi wipes, hand towel, toilet paper in zip loc bag, money, extra pair of glasses if you wear them, comb, and . . . a Black Mamba (this will remove the mongoose).
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, don't you mean the mongoose would handle the mamba? they're resistant to snake venom for a reason. ;)
ReplyDelete"They were doin' the mamba,
ReplyDeletewhile I just stood around..."
Erm, sorry...
Mercury. Check.
ReplyDeleteDo you need some?
"Glass Bottles of Anything"? But what if you NEED a Molotov Cocktail?
ReplyDeleteOne thing that will not go into my Bug Out Bag is the Communist Manifesto, unless there is absolutely no other source of Butt Wipe on the Shelf.
Seriously, 2 days for a B.O.B.? Get a surplus Large A.L.I.C.E. w/Frame for each Adult and load up for a week. It'll take FEMA 3 days to figure out where to have the Dog and Pony Show located so all the Bureaucrats can fit on the Stage and tell us how wonderful They are and how good a job They're failing at.
Just remember, if memory has faded since Katrina: It's not FEMA's job to be there fustest with the mostest. Federal Emergency MANAGEMENT Agency.
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, it may take them three days to find the stage, but in the meantime, you and your local emergency response folks are supposed to be handling the problem.
"Anonymous, don't you mean the mongoose would handle the mamba?"
ReplyDeleteNo, the snake handles the mongoose as per the Indian fable.
What! You're not taking your
ReplyDeleteFlowbee Haircutting System?
snake-handling is right out -- unless you're bugging out to west Virginia?
ReplyDeleteAnon -
ReplyDeleteAre you refuring to "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" a short story in "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling?
As Rikki defends the house successfuly with out the loss of his life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
:-)
Josh
Good no ones said anything about stuffed Teddy Bears ...Ya... Mr. BoBO gets to come....
ReplyDelete:-)
Josh
(Also, anent Molotov cocktails: a Bug-Out Bag is for bugging out, not Upping the Revolution. That'd be more of a Bug-In Bag.)
ReplyDeleteStuffed Animals: lookit, once you have the basics, if you wanna carry more, that's on you. How many rounds of 9mm does Mr. Fuzzy weigh? 10?
A pack of 200W light bulbs, though, that's right out.
Mercury... right, the jar of mercury stays in the toolbox where it belongs. Not in the bug-out bag, nor in close proximity to bottles of nitric acid nor alcohol. Nope.
ReplyDeleteThe bug-out bag also does not contain an encyclopedia, the engine block from a '73 Matador, nor a Bridgeport vertical mill.
On the other hand, I might consider including a yo-yo and a bag of jelly babies.
--- Popcorn air popper (I will probably be able to find styrofoam peanuts along the way if I crave air-popped popcorn; they taste the same)
ReplyDelete--- Wife's hair-rollers
--- Espresso maker (French press WILL be in it, though; I can't face TEOTWAWKI without coffee)
--- Wife's "Grey's Anatomy" DVD collection (I can happily face TEOTWAWKI if it means NEVER having to watch that wretched show ever again)
--- Ballroom dancing shoes (boots might not be as elegant, but I can rumba in them if I have to)
--- Bottle of vodka (pretty sure that there will be no Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice at TEOTWAWKI, so what's the point?)
--- College diploma (everybody thinks I got it off e-Bay, anyway)
--- Wife's college diploma (oh, if you think she gets to keep hers so she can pretend that she's smarter than I am, you've got another think coming!)
--- Barack Obama commemerative plate (it's TEOTWAWKI; there are trees and abandoned car tires everywhere, so why carry the extra weight?)
I am bringing my Joy of Cooking (1964 edition), my nested Tupperware bowls (with lids!), my good measuring utensils and my favorite wooden spoon. If I'm in my own car, I'm also bringing my cast iron skillets. No sense living like savages if we don't have to.
ReplyDeleteI suppose I'd bring my cat, if I could manage it. I suppose.
My mom told me Mr. BoBo will protect me from the monster in my closet, the boogyman, zombies and any other thing that goes bump in the nite. As, I have not ever once been attacked by a baddie while Mr. BoBo been with me; he gets to come.
ReplyDeleteIf my survival depends on having 10 extra rounds of 9mm I've already dun f'd up, cause I don't carry anything that shoots 9mm.
:-)
Josh
Think trade goods, Josh...
ReplyDeleteand my bug out bag doesn't contain a snow shovel. Armageddon hits, I ain't stoppin' until I finally live well south of hereabouts!
A depleted-uranium beholder statue (some profanity in linked animation).
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