Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The Cold War Versus Orange Alert




Terror Alert Level
(Today's threat level is Ernie for all commercial flights,
and Bert for everything else.)








During the Cold War
Schoolchildren crawled under their desks during practice drills--
In the event of an air raid, or nuclear attack. We lived in fear.
The Soviet commies were out to get us, to destroy our way of life.
I guess back then desks were made of some kind of nuke-busting material.
Nowadays, the bomb shelters and air raid sirens are passe.
Today we have Orange Alert.
Not sure what it all means,
But I am thinking about buying a bigger desk.

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