Proper Doom(tm).

[zeitghost]

You're all doomed.

Apart from us engineers.

So there.

You probably won't survive the apocalypse because you don't have the right kind of skills | City A.M.

For dear old freako of immortal memory, this refers to the inability of 90% of the population to do anything useful in a crisis.

But you could survive for 55 years on the contents of a supermarket.

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-02-22/o...lypse/?ref=yfp

[DimPrawn]

This refers to the inability of 90% of the permies to do anything useful in a crisis.

FTFY

[BrilloPad]

In a crisis I will just use google to find out what I need to know. Simples.

[vetran]

In a crisis I will just use Majestic12 to find out where the squirrels and Automatic rifles are Simples.

FTFY

[Troll]

1. Making and repairing tools - Yup
2. Preserving food - Yup
3. Making a chemical substance - Yup
4. Making things from wood - Yup
5. Basic first aid - Yup
6. Growing crops or rearing animals - Ish
7. Making your own clothes - I'd go naked in the summer
8. Getting engines and machines - Very Yup

It omits

9. Using firearms - Yup
10. Being able to defend to death your turf - Yup
11. Swapping food and protection for female sexual favours - Oh yus

[MicrosoftBob]

Didn't THHGTTG say the same in the 70s

[BrilloPad]

Yes.

It's because you lot are the products of the Golgafrinsham Ark Fleet.

I'm amazed you haven't all died from a dirty telephone yet.

I had to google that :-

Golgafrincham - Hitchhikers - Wikia

Golgafrincham was a planet, once home to the Great Circling Poets of Arium. The descendants of these poets made up tales of impending doom about the planet. The tales varied; some said it was going to crash into the sun, or the moon was going to crash into the planet. Others said the planet was to be invaded by twelve-foot piranha bees and still others said it was in danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star-goat.

These tales of impending doom allowed the Golgafrinchans to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. The story was that they would build three Ark ships. Into the A ship would go all the leaders, scientists and other high achievers. The C ship would contain all the people who made things and did things, and the B ark would hold everyone else, such as hairdressers and telephone sanitizers. They sent the B ship off first, but of course the other two-thirds of the population stayed on the planet and lived full, rich and happy lives until they were all wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.

[scooterscot]

Some people are surprised to learn how feckless they'd be in the real world.

Nothing surprise me.

[vetran]

Some people are surprised to learn how feckless they'd be in the real world.

Nothing surprise me.

yep you are feckless in the virtual world so you have a good idea of your abilities.

[scooterscot]

yep you are feckless in the virtual world so you have a good idea of your abilities.

I'm awesome, my mum said so. So there.