Comments on: The Pigs Will Survive https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/ I can scarcely move or draw my breath // Let me, let me freeze again to death Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:58:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Long Time No Post: Summer Projects, Building and Crafts https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-16132 Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Long Time No Post: Summer Projects, Building and Crafts Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:31:12 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-16132 [...] it for another friend. I’ve posted about it in the past — it’s titled “The Pigs Will Survive” and is based on an old nuclear war survival booklet. There was a previous aborted attempt to [...]

]]> By: Charlotte https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3638 Charlotte Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:08:54 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3638 I have a friend who is seriously obsessed with British history from the cold war period, and we were recently talking about the protect and survive leaflets, amongst other things related to the government advice given to the general public at the time.

Anyway, he says that the protect and survive leaflets were not designed to protect the general public at all, but rather to falsely reassure them that they have a chance at survival. (Similar advice apparently included covering yourself with white paint to deflect the blast, although I am not sure if that is folklore!) But basically, the general public were urged to stay indoors, so that if they were wiped out by a nuclear blast, there wouldn’t be (many) dead bodies out littering the streets. Obviously, for royalty, the goverment, the rich and priviledged, they would have had access to specially built bomb shelters, but the government couldn’t afford to do this for everybody and so had to be selective.

Well, there’s a bit of saturday afternoon trivia for you anyway!

]]> By: mandy https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3637 mandy Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:37:18 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3637 dryer lint works pretty well mixed with gesso, too.

]]> By: Marshall https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 Marshall Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:16:27 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3636 That mix of gesso, oats and tortilla chips has got to be the least archival paint scheme I’ve ever heard of.

Isn’t “Protect and Survive” one of the primary source materials for the film When the Wind Blows? The minute I saw that shelter, I immediately thought of that film.

]]> By: jamie https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 jamie Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:39:26 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3635 it looks like my ceiling (old school “popcorn”)

]]> By: Waiting4Arson https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3634 Waiting4Arson Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:33:18 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3634 um… all I can think of is the NIN song…

now doesn’t that make you feel better?
the pigs have won tonight
now they can all sleep soundly
and everything is all right

]]> By: Melissa https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 Melissa Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:54:51 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3633 Fun fact: When they were testing nuclear bombs on pacific atolls, they put pigs at various distances from ground zero. Pig flesh is the closest to human flesh in the animal kingdom, so bombed pig flesh shows roughly what happens to people at various distances from the explosion. (Shaved goats, I think, were used to approximate what would happen to human skin.) Incidentally, cannibals also confirm that humans taste somewhat like pork.

So, unless it was intentional, that’s actually really, really appropriate and awesome.

]]> By: estrojenn https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3632 estrojenn Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:27:47 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3632 but only because i’m vegetarian and i know people will torture and kill them.

]]> By: estrojenn https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3631 estrojenn Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:06:35 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3631 i hope the pigs don’t survive.

]]> By: sarah https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3630 sarah Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:18:13 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3630 sometimes i think i love you. you’re so damn creative!

]]> By: Wldfire_1 https://zentastic.me/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-3629 Wldfire_1 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:07:57 +0000 https://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/11/05/prepping-the-pigs-will-survive/#comment-3629 I love how you work with such different mediums!! :)

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