Not very portable, but good for home defence.

daavid1 wrote:


i bet it scared those zeds so much you never saw another one?

I have to confess that I haven't given the question of surviving a zombie apocalypse much consideration, but I would have thought that the most important thing was to stockpile as many tea-bags as possible. Nearly everyone likes a nice cup of tea, and I'm fairly sure that would include zombies, so...just make 'em a nice cup of tea and they'll soon calm down...

Mandy

Okay. Take Pete's car, go around mum's, go in, deal with Phillip, grab mum, go to Liz's, pick her up, bring her back here, have a nice cup of tea and wait for all this to blow over. -- Shaun of the Dead

www.metacafe.com/watch/2796038/shaun_of_the_dead_the_plan/

PS3 won't let me link to the vid properly

How's that for a sliced of fried gold?

irrepressible wrote:
I'd forgotten about that - I love that film!

Mandy

domathy wrote:
These are all very good questions, grasshopper.

Although I'm not an expert per se, I can offer you my sincerest opinion on the issues you flag:

This may be a sign. Most definitely...law of attraction and all that guff.

Petrol strimmer - good weapon of choice? I thought I had already made myself abundantly clear re 'noise considerations' when choosing zombie slaying equipment? Tbh, this is a classic 'school-boy' error and will probably just serve to get you eaten far quicker than is necessary. In fact, just reading it makes me want to bite you. Amateur.

"I am squemish". I'll be brutally honest; you're not going to enjoy the coming zombie apocolypse. Time to man-up.

Infection routes. To be fair, it really depends on the nature of the epidemic as to the why's and the wherefors and we won't really have any firm and fast answers re contamination until it all kicks off and people...well, get infected. A good way to be sure, is to monitor the reaction of your friends and relatives re possible routes of infection (see above re 'dispensing' with irksome family pets and 'lesser' relatives). Just an idea.

However, I'd say you'd be wise to avoid blood in the eye, if at all possible. Just as it would be a good idea to avoid drinking it, getting it into any fresh wounds (this includes minor papercuts) or sharing needles with the recently deceased.

As for toilet seats...these aren't really a good idea during non-apocalypse times let alone apocalypse times (see above list of "dos" and "donts"). Discretion and disposable seat covers are advised here.

Zombies - is it all about 'human' brains? This is a very good question. As you will see from my earlier posts, we now know why zombies choose to eat what they do. What we aren't yet clear on, is whether there is any distinction between human brainage and the brainage of our furry/feathered friends. Again, I draw your attention to my suggestion re family pets, as above. If it's a choice between you and your beloved gerbil, I think that choice is going to be a fairly easy one. If it's not, then you are a bit of a cretin and deserve everything you get.

Be sure and update this thread, electricity allowing, should you find the answer to that last one.

Cheers.

daavid1 wrote:
This is a very good idea. If it is true that the recently deceased may retain memories of their lives, as well as your 'secret' hideout, then the sight of a freshly severed noggin, proudly displayed about your residence is bound to put the willies up them.

And if there is one thing we know for sure about zombies, it's that they don't like it up 'em.

However, you mention mounting said head on a vehicle. As has already been covered at some length here, I think it would be wise to avoid 'noisy' machinery during apocalypse if at all possible.

Perhaps if it's one of those new-fangled hybrid jobs maybe...but tbh, that's just going to make your fresh kill look a bit shit.

Good idea though.

quietgirl wrote:
I like your spunk, young lady. And I can assure you it's the first time I've ever said that.

Do bear in mind my list above re people not generally being reasonable, dead or alive, however.

Be sure and update us here if you do have success with this.

Have the images buggered off again, or is it just me?

and heres a little something for your back pocket. taurus judge

FPS Russia...a good man to have around during a zombie invasion

These are all very good questions, grasshopper.

Although I'm not an expert per se, I can offer you my sincerest opinion on the issues you flag:

This may be a sign. Most definitely...law of attraction and all that guff.

Petrol strimmer - good weapon of choice? I thought I had already made myself abundantly clear re 'noise considerations' when choosing zombie slaying equipment? Tbh, this is a classic 'school-boy' error and will probably just serve to get you eaten far quicker than is necessary. In fact, just reading it makes me want to bite you. Amateur.

"I am squemish". I'll be brutally honest; you're not going to enjoy the coming zombie apocolypse. Time to man-up.

Infection routes. To be fair, it really depends on the nature of the epidemic as to the why's and the wherefors and we won't really have any firm and fast answers re contamination until it all kicks off and people...well, get infected. A good way to be sure, is to monitor the reaction of your friends and relatives re possible routes of infection (see above re 'dispensing' with irksome family pets and 'lesser' relatives). Just an idea.

However, I'd say you'd be wise to avoid blood in the eye, if at all possible. Just as it would be a good idea to avoid drinking it, getting it into any fresh wounds (this includes minor papercuts) or sharing needles with the recently deceased.

As for toilet seats...these aren't really a good idea during non-apocalypse times let alone apocalypse times (see above list of "dos" and "donts"). Discretion and disposable seat covers are advised here.

Zombies - is it all about 'human' brains? This is a very good question. As you will see from my earlier posts, we now know why zombies choose to eat what they do. What we aren't yet clear on, is whether there is any distinction between human brainage and the brainage of our furry/feathered friends. Again, I draw your attention to my suggestion re family pets, as above. If it's a choice between you and your beloved gerbil, I think that choice is going to be a fairly easy one. If it's not, then you are a bit of cretin and deserve everything you get.

Be sure and update this thread, electricity allowing, should you find the answer to that last one.

Cheers.[/quote]

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Yeah, and the second synchronicity is that you used the word spunk when describing a female. the day before yesterday someone i know called a woman 'spunky' (in the context of being 'a hearty lass' type thing) and i thought how long it had been since id heard that word - and never before to describe a female! (btw I hope quietgirl doesnt offer the zombies her best china)

okay, strimmer bad, I get. I was thinking really about having as much weaponry at my disposal as poss, to cover all scenarios ie if there were a full-on zombie attack then all out noisy killing machines might be handy. I had an idea for a great weapon, and turns out it is possible and someone dunnit on youtube already, a bit thirsty but still worth consideration I feel:


Im only squemish when it comes to living people, so maybe undead is not too bad, i have a feeling will be quite fun actually. That said, i did feel sorry for the zombie lady in the vid, and actually wanted them to feed her some brains, so maybe i need to work on being less compassionate.

Until the infection route issue is sorted I will wear protctive clothing.

Thanks for your help - and yes, I will update the thread as things unfold. Hopfully youtube will stay up so we can share zombie kill vids too.

Good one

domathy wrote:
This is pretty impressive equipment, I concur. At a pinch, if all you have is diesel and gasoline, it might be worth a squirt.

I still have concerns re the noise issue, however. When dealing with the un-dead, one must learn to be stealthy, like the ninja. Or a cat.

See, if he'd fired that up to deal with one rogue brain-muncher in his field, he would have:

a/ Had to deal with a hungry AND burning zombie

b/ Attracted the attention of every roaming brain-muncher within a few miles

Yes, I know it looks fun and makes you feel all manly but what price fun manliness? In a few short minutes you'd be dead. And that's not fun or manly.

Word to your mother (if she's at all interested).

domathy wrote:
I live to serve.

If the "nice cup of tea" approach fails, the guys in my avvy would be able to sort out a zombie apocalypse, no problem!

Mandy

quietgirl wrote:
Who they be, Mandy?

Ab Origine wrote:
They be Sharpe (played by Sean Bean) and his Chosen Men, abs. I'm something of a Sharpe fan, me. I wanted to put up a pic of my own real-life Chosen Man, aka Mr Quietgirl, but he won't let me, so Sharpe & Co will just have to do!

They could definitely see off a zombie horde! Alas, Mr Quietgirl probably couldn't, although he would make them a lovely cup of tea!

Erm, I sound utterly cracked, don't I?

Mandy