My most treasured possessionWhat's your most treasured possession? What would you rescue from a fire (be it for sentimental or purely financial reasons)?
My Great-Uncle left me his visitors book which along with boring people like the Queen and Harold Wilson has Spike Milligan's signature in it. It's all loopy.
Either that or my Grandfather's swords.
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chthonic, Thu 8 May 2008, 12:38)
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its actually funny you mention buildings burning downi came to university a mild mannered fresher just last september.
since that time, there have been endless fire drills. each time, the drills are at 6:30 in the morning to ensure that most people are around to participate in the fire drill.
with each time, everyone takes longer to get out of bed and get outside if at all.
the people who own the accommodation notice the lack of students jumping out of bed and running outside in their dressing gowns and plan more fire drills to improve response times.
one day, my flat will burn down. i will not be leaping up and salvaging my most treasured possession. i will not be going to each door and hammering on it. i will not be dashing outside my flat to watch the flames licking at the buildings.
i will be snuggled up in bed as smoke begins to pour into my room to suffocate me.
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How crappyIt sounds like they need someone to explain to them what "crying wolf" means.
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In my halls, it wasn't so much constant drills as the hair-trigger smoke detectors: they went off in response to burnt toast, hot kitchens, hairspray, and on one notable occasion a guy's laptop getting hot when he was watching a DVD.
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oh yesour fire alarms will respond to hair dryers used directly below them.
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ToastOne girl in my dorms last year tried to make toast in her room (with a toaster of course) and set off the fire alarms. As it was early in the year, and people hadn't got used to the constant fire alarms, she got teased about it mercilessly and finally LEFT THE UNIVERSITY because people kept leaving slices of toast outside her door!
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Sun 11 May 2008, 19:35,
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Did anyone else readwormwood pearl's "hot kitchens" as "hot knickers"? Now that would be an interesting way to set off a fire-alarm.
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mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:06,
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