Wednesday, November 22, 2006

S.A.D.

Winter. Cold. Dark. Wet. Miserable. Let us now hibernate until Spring and the daffs come out - no really, it's okay, tell your bosses I said you could.

Okay, imagine you're going into your cave now - what 3 essentials will you take with you to last out the cold hard winter?














23 comments:

Alda said...

You think you have it bad!!!! Or should I say SAD?!!!!!

I'd take my bed, my duvet, and my snooze button. ;)

The Curve said...

My MacBook (do they have WiFi in caves?), a nice, long novel that I should have read but have not yet got round to (War and Peace for example, and a bottle of ChâteauNeuf-du-Pape 1981 for when Spring arrives.

Anonymous said...

Curve, why would you need your Macbook if you're going to be asleep the whole time?! Or books for that matter. The wine, however, is an excellent idea.

I'd be taking a large pillow, some extra-cosy PJ's and an extra-large bag of peanut M&M's.

Mike said...

Hmm... How about a giant memory foam mattress to sleep on... Then, do toothbrush and toothpaste count as separate items? If not, my third thing would be a keg of Sam Adams winter lager.

Rad said...

Alcohol, Porn, Crunchy Peanut Butter!

:D

Annie said...

I know, Alda, I know... for you I prescribe one of these

The Curve, get you with your Chateauneuf du Pape - you are a classier type of bear altogether

Matt, mmmmmm M&Ms, especially peanut ones. I got so excited at the hibernation idea I forgot to mention mine:

Green & Black's (Espresso flavour)
Nice bottle of Jamesons
Gael Garcia Bernal.

Alda said...

It's very beautiful - but I seriously doubt it could do the job. One of those daylight simulator lamps might come closer (those things are BRIGHT!!).

Anonymous said...

But on the plus side, it is snowing on the mountains or better be soon ... which is good in about 6 weeks for me.

Annie said...

Viking - winter lager sounds very promising.

Rad - peanut butter?! Pervert!

I want one Alda. Also one of those alarm clocks that simulate the sun rising.

Adrian, don't break anything.

Rad said...

Gael Garcia Bernal?
Pervert! ;)

Impressed with the Jamesons though. It's the only Whiskey!

Anonymous said...

I agree with RAD - porn or a vibrator! OF COURSE!
Tweezers. So I don't grow a uni-brow.
Shogun. It takes ages to read.

Betty said...

Um, being a misery guts and hypochondriac I'd have to take a jar of Vics vaporub (with it being winter, I'm bound to get a chesty cough), some aspirin (I have a tendency to get backache and headaches) and some throat lozenges (ooh, me and me sore throats).

Sorry, everyone else has chosen something sophisticated or sexy. I'm just an old woman. Very practical though.

Shyha said...

hi-fi, a box of cds and a large box filled with wine bottles (full obviously) :D

Anonymous said...

ipod
thick book
large, attractive, sexually demanding man

Anonymous said...

Realdoc has inspired me. Three large, attractive, sexually demanding men.

Annie said...

Sar - are you reading it now? You are allowed another person in your cave you know.

No no no Betty, this is why hibernate - especially to avoid all the bad germs floating around outside the cave.

Shyha, I like your style.

There, Realdoc, that's more like it. Which book?

BiB - that's just greedy.

Anonymous said...

The book needs to be something I can (ahem) dip in and out of. The diary of Samuel pepys?

Annie said...

Ooh Realdoc, have you seen the utter fabulousness of http://www.pepysdiary.com/?

Rad said...

Would an abridged diary of samuel pepys be called Diet Pepys? Or Pepys Max?

Annie said...

Ouch, ouch, ouch! ;-)

Rad said...

I've offended your sensibilities haven't I? :D

Anonymous said...

Well given that my cave would already be kitted out with every luxury a gal could want, I would take a sexually inactive man (The Curve, block your ears) because I would be in the cave to rest, but do like my feet kept warm. I would take whatever device was necessary for me to listen to BBC Radio 4, and I would take pen and paper to write letters to Radio 4 complaining about all the things that annoy me on Radio 4 (possibly I would need a post person to dispatch said letters - no fancy laptops for me, oh no).

Annie said...

Nonono Rad - you're puntastic.

Em - only you... Basically, you would take with you into your cave 2 SLAVES... hahahahaha!