Things to do when there's a powercut

Merkin · 07-12-2012 03:35PM #1

We'd a longish powercut last night of about three hours in duration. We live in the country and our house is quite old so it really was pitch black and a little bit scary as I can be a bit of a wuss in the dark.

We ended up having a great time anyway, some great hummena hummena and a few games of backgammon. Anyone got any other ideas for activites when there's a power outage? What do you normally get up to?

vicwatson · 07-12-2012 03:37PM

Ride

frag420 · 07-12-2012 03:38PM

Stick forks in all the sockets!!

marcsignal · 07-12-2012 03:39PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Ride

not an uncommon idea

joydivision · 07-12-2012 03:48PM

Make ghost noises .

Shryke · 07-12-2012 03:49PM

Light candles . Drink. Try not to burn the house down.

mahonykid · 07-12-2012 03:50PM

watch tv.......oh wait

Anyone · 07-12-2012 03:50PM

Phone people to ask is their power gone

smash · 07-12-2012 03:51PM

lightsaber fight with torches!

M1XR · 07-12-2012 03:52PM

I usually take it as an opportunity to channel to spirit of Satan into me or failing that its a great excuse to go to the pub for one or two....

Gabriele · 07-12-2012 03:52PM

go to bed.... I never said go to sleep

SunnyDub1 · 07-12-2012 03:53PM

Simples...
Use your Iphone/Smart phone

antodeco · 07-12-2012 03:56PM

Go to a 24 Hour tesco and buy a bag of electricity

Teyla Emmagan · 07-12-2012 03:57PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

Simples...
Use your Iphone/Smart phone

The wifi will be gone.

biko · 07-12-2012 03:58PM

Eat everything in the fridge.

aaronjumper · 07-12-2012 03:59PM

Sit in the dark and cry.

Brendog · 07-12-2012 04:00PM

drink absinthe and roast some bees you found on the windowsill.

antodeco · 07-12-2012 04:03PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

The wifi will be gone.

If only someone thought of a way of delivering internet over the air to phones without the need for wifi

kingtiger · 07-12-2012 04:03PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

The wifi will be gone.

ever hear of 3G

Celly Smunt · 07-12-2012 04:03PM

see what it feels like to hit the switch on the immersion.

Shryke · 07-12-2012 04:09PM

The last one we got I went for a drive to see how large the power outage was, so that's something to do if you have a car.

vicwatson · 07-12-2012 04:12PM

But just as you are getting used to not having electricity and it becomes fun, the fuppin thing comes back, big ruiner !

Where To · 07-12-2012 04:12PM

Buy a generator and learn how to connect to the main board without electrocuting the ESB man working on down the line.

Or not, depending on how much of a bastard you are. . . .

Lawrence1895 · 07-12-2012 04:26PM

Talk to your family

TheFisherKing · 07-12-2012 04:29PM

Wind up your wind up torch radio and tune to Lyric, then read a book.

Or if your wind-up radio has no torch, light some candles.

If you have no candles, burn a family member.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-12-2012 04:32PM

antodeco wrote: »

If only someone thought of a way of delivering internet over the air to phones without the need for wifi

Too expensive!

BillyMitchel · 07-12-2012 04:33PM

Call the priest and ask him to come around and say mass.

*beware of wondering hands.

3ndahalfof6 · 07-12-2012 04:33PM

Call the ESB, or if it is daytime, light the fire and get the gas barbie out.

Duggy747 · 07-12-2012 04:42PM

Revert to a feral state and start hunting animals around my premises, hissing at any passer-bys with a few branches tied together for a makeshift underpants.

A typical weekend for me, really.

Standard Toaster · 07-12-2012 05:04PM

Quickly utilize the darkness by moving your dead mother in law from the fridge to under the garden patio.

Grayson · 07-12-2012 05:12PM

TheFisherKing wrote: »

Wind up your wind up torch radio

I tried that but it took the slaggin seriously.

kowloon · 07-12-2012 05:53PM

Panic?

westendgirlie · 07-12-2012 06:13PM

Electricity was off for a few hrs recently. We played hide and seek. I'd always listen out for the footsteps and, just before they would open the door where I was hiding, I would jump out first and frighten the bejaysus out of the seeker.

Great craic, must trip the fuses later

eml · 08-12-2012 08:47PM

Rummikub! Love that game!

Hippies! · 08-12-2012 09:15PM

marcsignal wrote: »

not an uncommon idea

The must've thought you couldn't get pregnant in the dark

DylanII · 08-12-2012 09:21PM

My dad likes to fire up the generator and put as many lights on as possible, just to show off to the neighbours.

morton · 08-12-2012 09:25PM

Take turns putting make up on each other - like the girl in the lotto ad, who's dad is putting makeup on her, for her wedding day.

Score each other points when the electricity comes back on.

tan11ie · 08-12-2012 09:26PM

Hold a torch under your chin while telling ghost stories

JJJJNR · 08-12-2012 09:32PM

Drive your car up to the front of the house and leave the lights on.. then sit and stare at the car until the power comes back.

james142 · 08-12-2012 09:32PM

Fcuk all.

WoollyRedHat · 09-12-2012 12:01AM

Set the house on fire.

ProudDUB · 09-12-2012 12:04AM

Used to love all the power cuts back in the 70s & 80s during the glory days of industrial action, strikes and go slows at the ESB. Didn't know what was the best....the sossies (fried on the small camping stove that the mammy kept in the garage for just such emergencies) rolled in Brennans batch bread for tea. Or having the perfect excuse the next day at school for not having done my homework.

Missing Top of The Pops & going to bed in a Baltic bedroom were a balls though !

meoklmrk91 · 09-12-2012 12:06AM

Last time we had a power outage I didn't even notice for like a half an hour cause I was watching a movie on netflix, I then continued to watch said movie.

areyawell · 09-12-2012 12:07AM

watch a dvd on the laptop, go on facebook on the mobile or watch random ****e on youtube, take the car out for a spin, go to the casino, go out for a meal, go to the cinema, go to the pub for a few pints
Buy or borrow generator if its going to be out for a few days.
Just because the power goes does that mean you have to stay in the house!