disasters that could end the world - Page 2

allieyoung666 · 14-03-2005, 23:14

If you are happy !!!! then get on with it!!!

MetaWraith · 14-03-2005, 23:15

A UK ISP turns new leaf and provides oustanding quality of service for very cheap price - Millions die of shock.

**Maggy** · 14-03-2005, 23:16

Shhh! I'm planning where to bury the food stores....

allieyoung666 · 14-03-2005, 23:16

that is very true!!!

danielf · 14-03-2005, 23:19

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Whenever anyone mutters about me being overweight(and they do so very carefully under their breath I can tell you) I point out that it's a survival factor.So when global warming,ice age or whatever happens as long as I can run fast enough at the time,I should, during the following famine last longer than you skinny runts.

Wanna try a 100 yard dash against this skinny guy then? The person that bolts the door wins...

zoombini · 14-03-2005, 23:19

Youv'e got it all wrong.

Fair do's some of those disasters may make life bad for us.
But the real disaster that would end the whole world would simply be.

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**Maggy** · 14-03-2005, 23:20

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Originally Posted by danielf

Wanna try a 100 yard dash against this skinny guy then?

No worries, I'll trip you up first.....

Then sit on you before getting out the knife and fork.....

ian@huth · 14-03-2005, 23:23

Marmite could be withdrawn from sale.

More seriously a new uncontrollable disease could arrive on Earth.

danielf · 14-03-2005, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

No worries, I'll trip you up first.....

Then sit on you before getting out the knife and fork.....

No need for knife and fork. Just a snack me

Millay · 14-03-2005, 23:26

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

Marmite could be withdrawn from sale.

cor blimey just dont joke about things like that... phew i can vome back down from the ceiling now...

ZrByte · 14-03-2005, 23:29

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

Marmite could be withdrawn from sale.

More seriously a new uncontrollable disease could arrive on Earth.

Actually there is one thing that could be more dangerous than an uncontrollable disease, immagine a controllable disease, I dont mean one we can treat but rather a man-made disease that could target a specific group of people (a true genocide bomb).

**Paul** · 14-03-2005, 23:34

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Originally Posted by zoombini

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Now you are just being silly - this topic is for things that may at least have a small chance of happening

15-03-2005, 00:21

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

More seriously a new uncontrollable disease could arrive on Earth.

I wouldnt joke about it too much. I remember watching a program about scientiests going to a remote island in the North Sea. During the flu pandemic of 1918 - 1919 several miners died of Spanish Lady and where interned in graves that where deep enough to penetrate the permafrost. So the scientists decided to take try to extract samples of the flu virus from the miners frozen bodies.

Off they went with all the haz-mat gear, got to the island, dug up the graves, only to find that someone had knocked all of them (eight I think). In the end they reckoned the Russians took the bodies some time during the Cold War. Prolly in an attempt to genetically engineer a ''Biological Agent'' that was even more deadly than the original.

Bad enough that the original Spanish Lady killed 30+ million (mostly healthy young men), but a genetically engineered version that could be even more deadly is horrific. Seeing what a mess Russia is in these days, especially for hard cash, you better hope no-one buys some.

All said and done, the thing that really freaked me out about this program was the fact I'd just finished a novel that delt with the same subject. Syncronicity or what????

ian@huth · 15-03-2005, 00:46

It will probably be disease that polishes off mankind rather than natural disasters. This could either be disease following a major natural disaster or a super bug that is resistant to all known medication. In todays world it is very easy and quick to move about the globe and something fatal may come along that is quickly passed from person to person but takes a very long while to be first detected.

15-03-2005, 00:54

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

It will probably be disease that polishes off mankind rather than natural disasters. This could either be disease following a major natural disaster or a super bug that is resistant to all known medication. In todays world it is very easy and quick to move about the globe and something fatal may come along that is quickly passed from person to person but takes a very long while to be first detected.

Which is how the scientists reckoned Spanish Lady was spread. Prolly from Asia to America, and then from America to Europe via the arrival of American troops to fight in France toward the end of WW1.

IMHO, if something nasty comes along an smites (and no in the religious sense) the human race, will be be missed?

Dont think so really. And lets face it, if we do manage by some fluke to grt into space, all we'll really do is spread the diseases of greed and intollerance to the stars. So on the ballance of things, perhaps humanity deserves a cataclismic event to sh*t-kick the arrogance out of us.

Just my 2 pence worth mind.