Amy has decided to pick up a new hobby: sewing.
While she already knows how to sew, she admits she hasn’t touched a sewing machine since college when she and her roommate ran a small purse business. The motivation came from something simple: curtains. Amy has several curtains in her house that need to be hemmed, and after getting a quote for the job, she realized it was just a straight line across the bottom. “That’s hemming the bottom of a curtain,” she explained. “It’s a straight line. No problem.” Instead of paying someone else to do it, she ordered a sewing machine online and decided to handle the project herself. The plan is to start with the curtains and see where it goes from there. But the sewing revival isn’t just about home projects. Amy admitted she’s also thinking about something bigger, how useful she would be if the world ever ended. She explained that she sometimes wonders what skills she could contribute in a post-apocalyptic situation where small communities rely on people who bring something valuable to the table. In that scenario, she figured sewing might help her chances of getting chosen. “If the world ends and everybody’s fighting in their own little communities,” she said, “you need gardeners, you need people with skills.”
That led to a conversation about what roles everyone else on the Bobby Bones Show would play if society collapsed. Eddie quickly volunteered himself for two positions: cooking and entertainment. He imagined a situation where a hunter brings back meat, he grills it, and then provides music for the group. Lunchbox’s role was a bit harder to define at first, but eventually the group landed on long-distance runner and messenger. In a world without phones or electricity, someone would have to carry messages between villages. They joked that he could run between communities delivering news or gathering supplies.
Of course, they also acknowledged that in a survival scenario, everyone would need to stay healthy. When it came to leadership, the group agreed Bobby would be the one in charge. They assumed he’d be responsible for figuring out big-picture problems, including possibly finding a way to generate electricity. Without power, Amy’s new sewing machine wouldn’t work. Still, she pointed out she could always sew by hand if necessary.
The conversation turned to how difficult survival decisions could be if resources became limited. If someone didn’t contribute to the community, they might have to be removed from the group entirely. Instead of violence, Amy suggested simply sending them outside the gate. The group laughed at the idea, but agreed survival situations would force tough choices. Amy admitted she isn’t sure why she’s been thinking about these scenarios more lately. It might just be the uncertainty of the world, she said, but it makes her wonder whether she’d be valuable enough to be chosen for someone’s survival team. At the very least, learning to sew again feels like a step in the right direction.