1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.
2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity.
3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it).
4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand.
5. Cats are even more irritating without power.
6. He who has the biggest generator wins.
7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair- you just wish they weren't around you.
8. A new method of non-lethal torture- showers without hot water.
9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
10. TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful.
11. A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours.
12. There are a lot of dang trees around here.
13. Flood plane drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong..
14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not required.
15. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14 generators.
16. People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for.
17. When required, a Lincoln Continental will float, doesn't steer well but floats just the same.
18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing.
19. Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged.
20.
27 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and they are quick to point that out!
21. Hampers were not made to contain such a volume.
22. If my store sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators... I'd be rich.
23. Price of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm.
24. Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.
25. Tree service companies are under appreciated.
26.
I learned what happens when you make fun of another states'
blackout.
27.
MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill ?????
28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's worthless.
29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought.
30. Cookies can be made on a gas stove.
31. It took 2 hours to boil many bowls of water in the microwave (with the generator of course) and after pouring in the bathtub and mixing with freezing cold water, I had about 2 inches of lukewarm water to bathe in.
A lot of work for almost nothing!!!
32. That you have to explain to kids (at least 10 times) that computers and the x-box will not work without electricity. Also that alcohol becomes more valuable than gold.
33. your car uses 15 gallons of gas to get 1 bag of ice and 2 gallons of water.
and a box of food and more gas and takes all day.
34. you can cook hot dogs on your car engine.
35. Friends who have power all of a sudden disappear until they learn you now have power too.
36. People that you have not heard from in a long time will call you to see if they can come over to spend some time with you.....oh wait they changed their plans once they learn you dont have power either lol
