Thursday, September 22, 2005

"freedom browsing"



so, a certain blog which is NEITHER worksafe NOR does not repeat my least favourite word in the english language thrice in its title (and shall now be known as "ppp") has up an amusing dialogue.

its authors, see, live in texas. in the part what a class-5 hurricane is about to crush into tiny, tiny pieces & then stomp up & down on. (where's the bush ranch, again?)

so they decided now would be a wise time to stock up on survival materials.

Brett: A hurricane's on its way toward Austin, so we just got back from some panic-buying.

Hiromi: I prefer the term "survival shopping".

Brett: "Freedom browsing".

Hiromi: Anyway, we forgot the fucking flashlights. The only water H.E.B. (South Texas grocery chain) had left was fizzy water, and only in citrus flavors.

Brett: I was mostly humoring Hiromi, but I kind of got into it and picked up a pump-action shotgun at the checkout.

Hiromi: I honestly wondered if the privileged assholes in our neighborhood all went out and bought guns.

Brett: Just to be clear, I was kidding, making that very point. Though the joke wouldn't work as well, I imagine the shotguns having UT football logos.

Hiromi: Burnt orange stocks.

Brett: Or maybe Hummer yellow.

Brett: I wish we were rich.

Hiromi: Yeah.

i felt i needed to share the phrase "freedom browsing" with the world. as in, "scavenging at the picked-over local mart for supplies that might help you survive the latest catastrophe under the bush régime".

to quote the inestimable warren ellis (badsignal, 2005-9-5),

I'd very much like it if my American readers in storm country drew up their own emergency plans now.

Because the lesson of New Orleans is that if you're hit, no-one's coming for you for a week.

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