On Monday 24th August, which is now being referred to in the press as ‘Black Monday’, stock markets around the world crashed.
Which, in its simplest terms, means that hundreds of billions have been wiped off share prices worldwide.
Cue Damian McBride, former advisor to Gordon Brown, taking to Twitter to warn the public of civil disorder and chaos in the streets.
He wrote: “Advice on the looming crash, No.1: get hard cash in a safe place now; don't assume banks & cashpoints will be open, or bank cards will work.
“Crash advice No.2: do you have enough bottled water, tinned goods & other essentials at home to live a month indoors? If not, get shopping.
“Crash advice No.3: agree a rally point with your loved ones in case transport and communication gets cut off; somewhere you can all head to.”
He later added: “I'm presuming the Central Banks will intervene to stop this market slide but that will just make the eventual, inescapable crash even worse.”
And McBride was not the only one issuing warnings about the global crash.
Chancellor George Osborne also said that the worldwide shares slump showed that the UK had to “get its house in order”.
While many mocked the pair’s doom-mongering, however, Damian McBride has found a potential commercial partner for his ‘end of the world’ scenario.
The English Tea Company tweeted: “What a good idea! Stock up today to get 10% off using the code CRASH at the checkout.”
At least it’s not all doom and gloom, eh?