Welcome to Question of the Day. Making sure you are well prepared!
There are few things on this perpetually spinning mass of rock, water, and misery the seven billion of us call home that bring us real pleasure. And a very small number of us have the heightened paranoia and massive disposable income necessary to ensure that those rare things are locked safely away in a disaster-proof apocalypse bunker somewhere. Meaning, if shit were to ever really hit the fan, it's highly likely that you'd never see any of your stuff again.Hurricane Isaac has just finished popping in to say "Hi!" to the Gulf Coast, and has undoubtedly destroyed many people's worldly belongings. If you lived in its path, what would you have saved? That favorite pair of sneakers in your closet? Your children? Your collection of Nazi-themed strip pens? (*SPOILER*: Children was a popular answer. BORING.)What would you save in a natural disaster?
VICE: What would you save in a natural disaster?
Johan, engineer: [Screams like a girl] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Is that your only reaction?
Yeah, it would be very bad. For the people. Bad.
What would you save first in a natural disaster?
[Both look at each other. Long. Pause]
Jonathan, homemaker: I don’t know.
Rhiannon, lawyer: No idea. What about your baby?
Jonathan: Oh yeah, save the baby first, sure.
Rhiannon: The baby, that’s it.
Lee, decorator: Children.
Your own children, or…?
Well, mine first. Then all the other children.Hero.
Cathy, IT manager: I’d probably try and save my books.
Are these books you’ve written?
Books I’ve read, I’ve been reading since I was five. What's your favorite book?
Lord of The Rings. It’s a book my dad gave me and he died so it means a lot. It’s a book I love reading. I read it again and again. I could read it and never stop.Nerd.
If a hurricane was about to destroy the country, what would you save first?
Drunk man in Guiness hat: Patrick. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. Why Patrick?
You want this for a magazine? A magazine is talking to me? No, no, no. Sorry. Um, OK. Can I get your name?
[Laughs] No.
Guy who walks by: YOU CAN HAVE MY NAME ANY DAY BABE. ANY DAY. I WORK RIGHT NEXT TO THIS BUILDING. ANY DAY. Thank you. That’s very nice.Previously - Would You Audition to Be Tom Cruise's Girlfriend?
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Johan, engineer: [Screams like a girl] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Is that your only reaction?
Yeah, it would be very bad. For the people. Bad.
[Both look at each other. Long. Pause]
Jonathan, homemaker: I don’t know.
Rhiannon, lawyer: No idea. What about your baby?
Jonathan: Oh yeah, save the baby first, sure.
Rhiannon: The baby, that’s it.
Well, mine first. Then all the other children.Hero.
Books I’ve read, I’ve been reading since I was five. What's your favorite book?
Lord of The Rings. It’s a book my dad gave me and he died so it means a lot. It’s a book I love reading. I read it again and again. I could read it and never stop.Nerd.
Drunk man in Guiness hat: Patrick. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. Why Patrick?
You want this for a magazine? A magazine is talking to me? No, no, no. Sorry. Um, OK. Can I get your name?
[Laughs] No.
Guy who walks by: YOU CAN HAVE MY NAME ANY DAY BABE. ANY DAY. I WORK RIGHT NEXT TO THIS BUILDING. ANY DAY. Thank you. That’s very nice.Previously - Would You Audition to Be Tom Cruise's Girlfriend?