Remember the old school days of having to do Duck and Cover Drills??? I do. But I was a Dumb Little Kid who few liked to listen to. I was always confused by this Drill. What good is it to Duck and Cover when one whole… 8 foot (plus) tall window… was a wall in the classroom. Each classroom was like this! So if a blast went through the school… Everyone would be getting hurt very, very badly. Dumb Kid wanted to know about the reasoning behind all of this.
In college in late 1950s and early 1960s there were classroom signs to point out path to Civil Defense shelter. “In case of attack…”. Some wag wrote over, “In case of attack, study Russian.”
There was a sign on the Marine Parkway Bridge connecting Brooklyn and Rockaway. It read, “In case of air attack, drive off bridge.” I hope they meant to continue driving and NOT take a sharp right turn.
I was in first grade during the Cuban Missile crisis. We actually didn’t go under our desks….we went out into the hallway and sat against an inside wall of the school and covered our heads with our hands. “Civil Defense Drills”, they were called. I really didn’t know exactly why we were doing this. They never explained. For me, at that age, that procedure was akin to a fire drill. Just took it all in stride. A distraction and break from the classroom lesson. In hindsight, if NYC were obliterated, we (in the NYC suburbs) would probably also be dead.
Was mainly to ease worries for kids and parents that they could recover from a nuclear bomb. Much like today, by doing certain things at schools kids and their parents and grandparents could survive the corona virus.
My wife and I argue about the meaning of “Pig in a Blanket”. I say it’s hot dogs wrapped in croissant roll dough. She says it’s more along the line of stuffed cabbage rolls. Who wins?
The duck and cover exercise wasn’t supposed to protect you inside the blast zone. For people further away it could protect you from flash burns coming through the windows and debris falling from the ceiling.
If that “lunatic” in North Korea ever pushes “his” red button, everything from Seattle to Baja will be toast. People won’t know what hit them, even without all the warnings that might come forth.
It’s like our POTUS brown-nosers who still think he would never tell a lie, or half truth, and stubbornly support everything he wants including the next election.
During those grade school days, I also enjoyed the sudden mass multiple dosages of goiter pills, and loved the strontium-ninety laced milk. Later, after earning science laced degrees, I enjoyed learning the folks in Las Vegas loved to watch the clouds from our nuclear tests.
wjones over 4 years ago
Back in BC days they knew what words really meant.
I Mad Am I over 4 years ago
Remember the old school days of having to do Duck and Cover Drills??? I do. But I was a Dumb Little Kid who few liked to listen to. I was always confused by this Drill. What good is it to Duck and Cover when one whole… 8 foot (plus) tall window… was a wall in the classroom. Each classroom was like this! So if a blast went through the school… Everyone would be getting hurt very, very badly. Dumb Kid wanted to know about the reasoning behind all of this.
Zykoic over 4 years ago
In college in late 1950s and early 1960s there were classroom signs to point out path to Civil Defense shelter. “In case of attack…”. Some wag wrote over, “In case of attack, study Russian.”
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
LOL! Got to love the English Language!
dflak over 4 years ago
There was a sign on the Marine Parkway Bridge connecting Brooklyn and Rockaway. It read, “In case of air attack, drive off bridge.” I hope they meant to continue driving and NOT take a sharp right turn.
BigDaveGlass over 4 years ago
In some parts of the world Pig in a blanket is known as pig in kilts…..
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
I was in first grade during the Cuban Missile crisis. We actually didn’t go under our desks….we went out into the hallway and sat against an inside wall of the school and covered our heads with our hands. “Civil Defense Drills”, they were called. I really didn’t know exactly why we were doing this. They never explained. For me, at that age, that procedure was akin to a fire drill. Just took it all in stride. A distraction and break from the classroom lesson. In hindsight, if NYC were obliterated, we (in the NYC suburbs) would probably also be dead.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Okay, that there’s funny, I don’t care who you are. So now I’m sort of craving a duck sandwich. I have no idea where to get a duck sandwich. …huh.
Gent over 4 years ago
So, duck tastes like pig? I thought it tasted more like chicken.
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Duck with a goose down duvet” sounds improper.
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
Then shouldn’t it be “down and out”?! :D
donwestonmysteries over 4 years ago
Was mainly to ease worries for kids and parents that they could recover from a nuclear bomb. Much like today, by doing certain things at schools kids and their parents and grandparents could survive the corona virus.
dv1093 over 4 years ago
My wife and I argue about the meaning of “Pig in a Blanket”. I say it’s hot dogs wrapped in croissant roll dough. She says it’s more along the line of stuffed cabbage rolls. Who wins?
paul brians over 4 years ago
The duck and cover exercise wasn’t supposed to protect you inside the blast zone. For people further away it could protect you from flash burns coming through the windows and debris falling from the ceiling.
Neat '33 over 4 years ago
If that “lunatic” in North Korea ever pushes “his” red button, everything from Seattle to Baja will be toast. People won’t know what hit them, even without all the warnings that might come forth.
zeexenon over 4 years ago
It’s like our POTUS brown-nosers who still think he would never tell a lie, or half truth, and stubbornly support everything he wants including the next election.
zeexenon over 4 years ago
During those grade school days, I also enjoyed the sudden mass multiple dosages of goiter pills, and loved the strontium-ninety laced milk. Later, after earning science laced degrees, I enjoyed learning the folks in Las Vegas loved to watch the clouds from our nuclear tests.
TexTech over 4 years ago
Sounds like it might be tasty….except for the feathers.
abraxas over 4 years ago
In Vietnam, duck and cover worked.