THINGS TO DO WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT AND IT'S HOT

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1. go to sleep on the cool tile floor

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

2. climb a tree

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

3. Take a cold shower.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

4. Go to a movie.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

5. eat a cat

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

6. dig up that old ma$e cd

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

7. stress about whether the storm currently bearing down on st louis is going to knock out my father-in-law's power (as that is where we're staying)

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

8. Think of the savings!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 21 July 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

9. stress about having electric stove and can opener
10. Break up wooden furniture for campfire in living room

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

(10 - xpost) Have a bonfire.
11 Go for a ride.
12 pretend like you're in the olden days.

― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

13. Take everything out of freezer, use to cool self down (it's just going to melt/thaw anyway)

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:12 (twenty years ago)

14. Get in the water. Cold shower, public fountain, opened fire hydrant, pool, lake, sprinkler -- CHOOSE ONE (1).

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

15. Have a wank.

― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

16. Drink til you pass out. When you come to, viola! Electricity's back on!

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

17. So take off all your clothes.

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

god, I'm ready to pass out now! I'm half asleep & I read otto's and thought - no way, you can't Voila anything because "Voila" (the word) needs electricity. (to be pronounced?)

― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

18. Stick forks in the electric outlets! Perfectly safe!

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

He said "viola," actually. You're meant to play celebratory music when the power comes back.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

doesn't everybody play the viola when they wake up from an all-night drunk?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

19. play with toy battery-operated keyboards

― bell labs (bell_labs), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

20. rum & ginger beer

― bell labs (bell_labs), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

I prefer the plaintive tones of the bagpipe.

― Tab Hunter loves to take his shirt off (kenan), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

SHIT YOUR PANTS AND STEW IN PROTEST.

― IPSISSIMUS (Uri Frendimein), Friday, 21 July 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

22. sing all your favorite songs that you can't listen to at the top of your lungs for the electrical workers so they will hurry up

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 22 July 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

23. Stab yourself mildly. Go to hospital and spend hours/days enjoying the AC. They always have power there.

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 22 July 2006 01:18 (twenty years ago)

24. hold the lava lamp over the fire

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 22 July 2006 02:47 (twenty years ago)

25. see how high you can throw things

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 22 July 2006 02:47 (twenty years ago)

26. sketch your favorite painting from memory and then show them to your least favorite art-moron and see if they notice the similarities

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 22 July 2006 02:49 (twenty years ago)

27. lead the birds in song

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 22 July 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

28. lead the birds in a rendition of the eagles

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:00 (twenty years ago)

2. RAEP

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

30. re-invent the light bulb

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

28. lead the birds in a rendition of the eagles
-- a name means a lot just by itself (lfamula...), July 23rd, 2006. (lfam) (link)

YOU WANT THE POOR BIRDS TO DIE OF MEDIOCRITY? WHAT THE FUCK

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:48 (twenty years ago)

31. Smoke a fattie.

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:48 (twenty years ago)

32. Take a bike-ride and relish the absolute darkness (only works at night).

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:49 (twenty years ago)

33. tell the birds to avoid the trees

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:09 (twenty years ago)

34. dirk leyers - wellen

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:10 (twenty years ago)

35. mental arithmetic

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

i.e.: five and four is nine and five is fourteen and nine is twenty-three and
five is twenty-eight and nine is thirty-seven and four is forty-one carry
over four four and eight is twelve and eight is twenty and four is
twenty-four and five is twenty-nine and two makes thirty-one and eight
is thirty-nine carry over three three and six is nine and five is fourteen
and seven makes twenty-one and three is twenty-four and five is
twenty-nine and one is thirty and four is thirty-four carry over three
three and one is four and two is six and one is seven four and one is
five for a grand total of: 574.91

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

36. hone your wit until it cuts glass

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

no raep

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

37. but maybe rough it up a little

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

38. booka shade with the door open so it wakes up the neighbors

― jergins (jergins), Sunday, 23 July 2006 07:43 (twenty years ago)

33. tell the birds to avoid the trees
-- a name means a lot just by itself (lfamula...), July 23rd, 2006. (lfam) (link)

I hope this is not in reference to me. Birds like me.

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)

oh you had to defile the thread

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

39. Create polyrhythmy with your own body using stomps, tongue clicks, claps, finger-snaps, and other sounds.

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

33. tell the birds to avoid the trees
-- a name means a lot just by itself (lfamula...), July 23rd, 2006. (lfam) (link)

that was joek

oh you had to defile the thread
-- a name means a lot just by itself (lfamula...), Today.

that was to jergins

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

40. Get out the portable, battery-operated record player and listen to Duke and Ella at the Cote D'Azur

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:15 (twenty years ago)

41. Crunch wintergreen lifesavers in the dark and try to read by the light they give off.

42. Knock on all your neighbors' doors: "Is your power off? My power's off? Is your power off?..." etc.

― Jaq (Jaq), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)

43. Fix myspace. So sez Tom:

hello everyone - so there was a power outage in LA yesterday. unfortunately it directly hit the data center where myspace's servers are located. lots of people were affected and that's why myspace has been screwy since yesterday afternoon. we are still working to get everything back in order. i know what most of the problems are, it's just giong to take awhile to fix them. thx for your patience!

I was up in LA all of yesterday and never noticed a power outage so whatever.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 July 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Strip poker by candlelight.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 23 July 2006 19:31 (twenty years ago)

What has happened to my America, that no one has thought of

44. loot.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Sunday, 23 July 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

45. Yell at looters.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 23 July 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

46. NEVER FORGET.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 23 July 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

47. Drive to berkshires, visit Mass MOCA. Stay at nice hotel. Drive back. Buy records near Williams. Stop at Vassar for tour. Run into old co-worker who also lives in Queens, and also decided to get the hell out of town. Eat dinner at New Paltz. Return home where most of the electricity is working.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 July 2006 02:36 (twenty years ago)

I was up in LA all of yesterday and never noticed a power outage so whatever.

power outages happen locally sometimes... maybe it was just happening in "tom's" neighborhood.

― taco de ojo (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 24 July 2006 02:39 (twenty years ago)

maybe tom took too many stupid pills and shat in the server farm again

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 24 July 2006 02:46 (twenty years ago)

Power is out at my place in Los Feliz, LA, but somebody's wireless router is working and unsecured!

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Monday, 24 July 2006 05:03 (twenty years ago)

Dan, why would you take a tour of Vassar? It's in Poughkeepsie! I know, I can't talk about being 'nowhere,' but at least my nowhere has nice skies and a vomitously quaint town. Poughkeepsie is a landfill of death. Continuing with the thread:

48. Find all of the hydrants that the water department is 'leaking' for the night. Play in the water while people in cars swerve to avoid you. (This is awesomely awesome).

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

it's cool again!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 4 August 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

49. (last year, bush fires) get on the roof and stuff the down pipes with damp rags. fill the gutters with water.

― wrist of oak (bulbs), Friday, 4 August 2006 05:06 (twenty years ago)

Dan, why would you take a tour of Vassar? It's in Poughkeepsie!

it's where my girlfriend went to college.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

fourteen years pass...

sup

― brimstead, Saturday, 15 August 2020 20:58 (six years ago)

I don’t actually need anything to do, it’s just not a great day for the power to go out lol

― brimstead, Saturday, 15 August 2020 20:59 (six years ago)

are you in California?

― sarahell, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:04 (six years ago)

yep

― brimstead, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:07 (six years ago)

just don't go near the Oakland Estuary -- 50 tons of raw sewage got accidentally dumped this morning!

― sarahell, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:08 (six years ago)

yikes!

im honestly not surprised at all by this (outage not sewage), ppl home all the time runnin their electronics these days

― brimstead, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:14 (six years ago)

take heart, you have some great options, such as:

18. Stick forks in the electric outlets! Perfectly safe!

― Jaq (Jaq)

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:17 (six years ago)

sheesh, I should have been posting here a couple days ago

the weather was not as hot as it has been, but multiple day power outages in hot weather in these times is a recipe for truly bad vibes

― solo scampito (mh), Saturday, 15 August 2020 23:17 (six years ago)

I'm at work because there's air up here but I'm real tired of working.

― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 17 August 2020 03:37 (six years ago)

This past evening I was peacefully sitting in bed watching Columbo when I heard a massive, house-rattling crash outside that sounded like something falling, followed by an explosion, and the power went out. My first thought was a bomb; my second thought was that a helicopter had crashed in my neighborhood. Eventually figured out it was lightning. People all over Seattle, including West Seattle and as far north as Ballard, heard this extraordinarily loud clap of thunder and were on Twitter talking about it, but only my house and four others lost power, so it must have been practically on top of us. No wonder it sounded like a bomb.

So now it's three in the morning, power has just been restored, and my air conditioner kicked on again, waking me up.

― Lily Dale, Monday, 17 August 2020 10:38 (six years ago)

Might have also heard some transformers blowing

― solo scampito (mh), Monday, 17 August 2020 16:53 (six years ago)

yeah I heard more + louder thunder booms here in NorCal and was hoping it was North Korea or something :/

― brimstead, Monday, 17 August 2020 17:07 (six years ago)

(More + louder than I can remember ever hearing)

― brimstead, Monday, 17 August 2020 17:11 (six years ago)

two years pass...

Just lost my power - heard some crazy sound outside, maybe a transformer blowing up

Gnarly winds lashing the Bay Area, so it might take awhile for the crews to restore it

I better drink all the booze before it spoils

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:45 (three years ago)

obviously my laptop battery will die at some point, so I notified my colleagues

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:47 (three years ago)

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