12 Essential Tips for Surviving the DU Downtime This Weekend

[MineralMan]

1. See several movies in your favorite local theater.
2. Watch a "Storage Wars" marathon (there's always one on somewhere...Yeeyup).
3. Invite friends over for a gourmet dinner that takes hours to prepare.
4. Drink heavily.
5. Read every section of a major Sunday newspaper.
6. Double your Xanax dosage for 36 hours.
7. Do your online Xmas shopping or write long reviews of products already purchased.
8. If you already have four hidden posts, just go for broke before the outage.
9. Fly to Las Vegas for a three-day gambling spree (Bet on the election while you're there).
10. Throw a party where everyone is required to talk politics non-stop.
11. Visit other discussion forums to rediscover why they're not your favorites.
12. Check into rehab for 48 hours, just to regain your composure.

[Jeroen]

1. 13. Make plenty of DU screenshots, just in case

[etherealtruth]

2. Hahahahaha!

[IDemo]

3. 13 - Dust off the drawing tablet (speaking for myself).

[Nay]

18. That would be me, too. Get the watercolors out and do something besides

cruise the stupid internet. I wish I wasn't addicted.

[underpants]

4. Find and read the Amazon reviews of the Hutzler 571 Banana slicer

Here

They are hilarious.

[MineralMan]

5. LOL!

[hlthe2b]

6. OMG.... I'm laugh-crying reading those!

[underpants]

7. It goes pages deep

Page 4

The time: 1968 the place: Cambodia

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. 536 PAGES of reviews.....

yup, this ought to last the entire down time.

[RKP5637]

30. If it doesn't, when you get to the end, you can read it backwards!

[hlthe2b]

8. Hilarious.... the reviewer was Paul Pearson, which may help others find it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A164UM74G1SEAE/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp?ie=UTF8

[underpants]

9. Okay now I have something to do tomorrow

Oh that loooong horrible day that it will be

[yallerdawg]

10. Finally!

With 5,000 plus, the 'banana slicer' reviews should occupy me and my family (I often read out loud) until DU returns!

Absolutely just as many laughs and informative comments!

[treestar]

11. OMG!

Laughing so hard at just the first few!

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. "OCD cured, finally all my banana slices are uniform".....Sheldon

[treestar]

21. LOL

Here's a DUer obviously:

This banana slicer comes with no bananas.

The photograph clearly shows bananas.

You mean it costs 5 bucks and I still have to go to the grocery store for bananas? Outrageous greedy 1%ers. The revolution can't come soon enough.

[MH1]

14. The "customer questions and answers" section is pretty good too.

[winstars]

16. Here is another great product with many reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002CYTL2/ref=pdp_new_dp_review

[underpants]

17. Awesome

Thanks

[winstars]

24. :)

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. I love that amazon doesn't delete sarcastic, funny reviews

[-none]

23. Booked Marked.

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. Hee!

?zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=432

[Beartracks]

33. ROFL Waaay too good. Thx!

a la Kirk Cameron: "If God does not exist, then how is it that a banana fits so perfectly in this banana slicer? CHECKMATE, ATHEISTS!"

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[underpants]

34. Yes one of the really great reviews

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

13. This place reminds me of today's tweens.

How do you get kids to get out of the house these days?

1. meet me at Christkindlmarket for a hot spiced wine (it's going to be mid-50s all day and night)




*It's even a good time for atheists like me


Prost!

http://www.trbimg.com/img-1416869958/turbine/redeye-photos-christkindlmarket-chicago-2014-2-025/480

[mopinko]

19. we should.

there are quite a few of us here in chi.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

22. This is the only day for me and, per usual, I'm going alone. I'll check here throughout the day

Maybe we'll find ourselves in the middle of a demonstration, too!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

31. Leaving now

I do like crowds but this is ridiculous. It's like Yogi Berra says, nobody goes on a Saturday night anymore, it's too crowded. Got what I came for, at least. My souvenir mug to add to my collection and smack dab in the middle of tonight's demonstration.

[mopinko]

20. clean the chicken coop.

it smells like an industrial poultry house.
not good.

[petronius]

25. Remember though: if you're at your job during the outage, don't use the time

to do more work than usual - otherwise, bosses will get suspicious!

[lpbk2713]

27. I'm starting on the second season of House of Cards.

And I have a couple of other old movies I'd like to see again. I should be OK.

[fredamae]

28. Geeez, I haven't been thru

one of these before but based upon the most professional advice here...sounds like you're gonna have to create a "Recovery Room" upon return-for a lot of us

[AwakeAtLast]

32. I'm going to re-watch "Outlander"

And keep reading through the series. I'm a little obsessed.

I will also bake some sweet potato bread for the holidays.

[Beartracks]

35. When does the next season start????

The spouse needs to know.

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[AwakeAtLast]

36. Last I read

April 2016



I don't know if I can wait that long!

[Beartracks]

37. Dang! And we have to wait for it to stream, too.

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