Food For Thought 5.29.09

"The UPS guy drops things off and he sees my 4-by-8-by-6-foot pile of food and I say, 'What are you doing to prepare, buddy?'" (Jim Wiseman of La Jolla, California--figures--who has taken to survivalist ways in fear that an economic collapse would empty store shelves. Mmm...pile of food. Wiseman's behavior...

By Dave Faries

May 29, 2009

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"The UPS guy drops things off and he sees my 4-by-8-by-6-foot pile of food and I say, 'What are you doing to prepare, buddy?'" (Jim Wiseman of La Jolla, California--figures--who has taken to survivalist ways in fear that an economic collapse would empty store shelves. Mmm...pile of food. Wiseman's behavior belies his name. He has spent some $20,000 stocking up for the collapse of civilization. As quoted by the Associated Press.)

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