This Talk Of The Economy On A War Footing.

[sandyRoe]

Where could I buy an old Anderson Shelter, survival rations, and lots of toilet paper?

Can you think of anything I've overlooked?

[jno]

do you have, or can you grow, a Spiv Moustache?

https://www.party-place.com/product/spiv-tash-pp00156/

[sandyRoe]

The Arab beard, at only £2.99, seems a better bargain.

You need to scroll down to see it.

[jno]

a uniform  might be useful

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/ArmyacuOCP.jpg

It would deter militaristic young women from handing you white feathers in the street.

[sandyRoe]

No thanks.  I'd sooner collect the white feathers than sport a military uniform in time of war.

[naomi24]

Just as well others wouldn't.

[retrocop]

No surprises there then. You need a backbone to dig a pit first to erect the the corrugated iron structure. You then place the excavated earth over the roof. Not sure you could handle that!!

[sandyRoe]

Jeez, you try to start a light hearted thread and get traduced. :-(

[retrocop]

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//Can you think of anything I've overlooked?///

A sense of humour??

[fiveleaves]

The idea that this country is in any state to fight a war is laughable

[douglas9401]

The policemans humour is like the novice rifleman,  often wide of the mark.

[1ozzy]

I'd hazard a guess bulls won't be blinded

[juliecarlstan]

1000 pounds of concrete mix, and a couple shovels? for the bomb shelter :)

[wolf63]

You will need to stock up on Heinz Cream of Chicken soup.

I'm still working my way through my covid stockpile.

Ignore the *nasty* people😳

[youngmafbog]

//Ignore the *nasty* people//

Really?

You expect people to be over the moon with a conshi?

[sandyRoe]

Am I expected to dye what's left of my gray hair black, lie about my age,  and enlist with the other ranks?

War is a young persons business.

[Peter Pedant]

you need a candle in a  flower  pot to heat it ! ! - and knit yourself a few bankets - it is  cold out there !

[sandyRoe]

I think there's some biltong in the attic that grand papa brought back from the Boer War. I suppose it will be beyond its best by date now.

[wolf63]

youngmafbog

This is chatterbank.

I believe that many conscientious objectors worked as medics during the world wars.  To do such a job without a weapon is admirable.

 

[wolf63]

I saw a YouTube video where someone is showing the viewer around his bunker thing.  It had a wide-screen tv - I'm not sure what he was planning on watching when the nukes obliterated the rest of humanity.

[Peter Pedant]

conshies had a hell of a time - my father's senior partner declared he was a conshie which was kinda odd as being a GP was a reserved occupation ( exemption NOT  automatic).

He left the practice in 1945.

Others joined the Friends Ambulance - others still joined research guinea pigs - how few calories someone can survive on ( 800 cals - but it depends if they are being 'worked'). Others still assisted war work -  and some refused all assistance against the Germans.