Poll: EEEEK a power cut!

[Meight08]

Fap till i bleed or the power turns back on.

 

[Ghonesis]

Uhm.. write, mostly. Or walk/cycle, listen to music. Something I can do while daydreaming.

 

[DanielBrown]

During the last blackout I was sitting at my computer. When I realised that wouldn't work without electricity I went to the living room to watch some TV instead.
Surprised that it didn't work either I decided to go to bed and read. As I tried to switch on the lamp by the side of the bed it occured to me that it was also driven on electricity.
After that I just sat and waited for the power to come back on.

It was my most "American" moment ever.

 

[Sunrider]

I require electricity for most of my instruments, but at least one of my guitars is acoustic, and I guess I could hit my drums even if they don't make a sound, so there's always that.

 

[Patrick Buck]

Other, Go for a walk with my friends, and chill outside for a while. Not that it's ever REALLY sunny here.... -_-

 

[Fijiman]

Depends on how long the power is out and why it's out. If it was a simple blown fuse I'll be back to whatever it was I was doing before within minutes. If a power line got screwed up I'm sure I'll find something to do in the meantime.

 

[Something Amyss]

Having a Kindle, I read a book, but it's electronic.

If, in the four weeks it takes my Kindle to drain of power, the power isn't back on, I'll look into either moving or the hanging option.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Usually I go play a board game with friends or read a book.

 

[Readial]

I lived in a country in which the power cuts frequently happen during my childhood, I did all sorts of shit during that time, the one most prominent was actually me with a small handheld that played tetris and we would mess around since we ouldn;t see ANYTHING, until the game over tune played. I laughed with my siblings for hours til we sweated or the power came back. Ahh... Good times...

 

[SonofaJohannes]

Watch cartoons on my laptop, batteries for the win bitches!

 

[s0p0g]

on a sunny, i'll most likely hit my fav spot in town (i took it that this was meant with getting drunk ) - nice people, good food, reasonably priced beverages

 

[King of Asgaard]

Break out the hoard of board games!
Fleet Captains should amuse me for a few hours, or alternatively, Merchants and Marauders.

 

[Carbonyl]

See, the great thing about books is that they are portable. I can read OUTSIDE.
This is a great thing about board games as well. Playing Catan outside is delightful!

Choosing an activity really does have to do with how many people are around and what percentage of them I like or can read yet.
At school, sun comes so irregularly that we don't need a power outage to lure each and every one of us outside for a spontaneous bout of flower-crown making and nerdy hedonism.
At home, I have approximately two friends over the age of 6 and under the age of 50, so I'm probably just going to read by myself.


In either case, I will be forced to take on the immense responsibility of consuming all remaining ice cream. For the common good, of course.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Go for a walk or draw something, probaly

 

[Feylynn]

I'd say read a book... But I listen to Audio Books and don't keep them on my PSP unless I know I'm going out. =<

Now that you remind me my computer is not invulnerable perhaps I'll take this as a warning and do that now just in case so I can "read" books with everyone else if the unthinkable should happen.

 

[Kair]

Is there no mention of the power cut generation? There was a large power cut in the United States, and 9 months later there was a surge in birth rates.

 

[Alexias_Sandar]

Take my spouse to bed, but...do other things than sleep?

 

[kortin]

Wander around until the power comes back on. Last year when the hurricane hit we were out of power for a good 3 or 4 days. It was SO boring. I spent most of the time being irritable and bored.

 

[Jedoro]

I fight read a book in the shade, because I hate sunny days.

But really, I have a small hand-powered generator that I can charge my handheld electronics with, so I either continue to use my cell phone or whip out the DS.

 

[ElPatron]

How do you read a book or play board games in the dark?

Yeah, candle light isn't exactly a good lighting source for reading purposes. I don't see the point in straining my eyes.

Oh, yeah, most times a power cut happens during the night where I live. Power cuts during the day normally don't last longer than 5 minutes.