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BOMB SHELTERS!

Dec 21, 2014 08:44

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Comments 7

ejia_arath03 December 21 2014, 17:36:48 UTC

Imagine their surprise when the enemy mad scientists invent earthquake generators instead.

write_light December 21 2014, 18:47:37 UTC

XD I am laughing so hard now

Too heavy to water? ext_850482 December 21 2014, 17:58:23 UTC

But will it save us from Jell-O monsters?

kyoko_godaikun December 21 2014, 18:43:52 UTC

there is still a big industry for these around here. They are sold as tornado shelters. I live in oklahoma. We've had our fill of tornados, but the shelters are built just like the bomb shelters.

kshandra December 21 2014, 20:50:59 UTC

There is a now a strip mall at that address in Sacramento. I wonder if they filled in the shelter or not. (There's a game store in the complex; I can only think of how excited they would be to use that space for tournaments.)

write_light December 22 2014, 05:00:32 UTC

My development dates from 1961. I always wondered if there was one under our backyard. We hit cement on day digging but it was only a bracing pad for the swing set the previous owners had. :(

ejia_arath03 December 22 2014, 03:34:30 UTC

I just noticed something.

"Honey, why are there four naked musclemen in our shelter?"

"Oh, I thought that said 4 well hung hunks! Shall I send them back, dear?"

"...no, no let's keep them."