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If I posted an article from a reputable site stating that the dead have risen from their graves to feast on the living how would you react?

Secondly, how would you react after finding out they were telling the truth?

DISCUSS!!!

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Hide out in the pub.

Hide out in the pub.

You might have to fake being a zombie to get to the pub.

:rolleyes: More hide out in the Winchester answers...


I'd fight back of course, I am not going to be food for the undead without taking 2 or 3 hundred of them with me.

I'm with RhynoD

I'd drink a red bull and fly away, or I'd just re-build Hadrian's wall. Assuming this is U.K.-localized.

read zombie survival guide (again), watch some zombie movies and get ready to survive the shit.

I'd wonder what reputable news source was just now reporting on a McCain campaign rally for the first time.

Start looking in the Yellow Pages for a place where I can buy a gun...or several guns...

I had a dream about this the other night. I ended up making a bad mistake: trying to help out people. It only got them killed time and again. I ended up at a school where kid zombies were after me, and I ended up hiding in bushes and they didn't eat me.

I had a dream about this the other night. I ended up making a bad mistake: trying to help out people. It only got them killed time and again. I ended up at a school where kid zombies were after me, and I ended up hiding in bushes and they didn't eat me.

Of Course! Bushes! The Zombies natural predator.

Let's see:

Guns: check.
Ammo: Check.
Spare Guns: check.
Ammo for Spares: check.
Crowbar: check.
Actually Usable Gladius recently forged and in excellent condition: Check.
First Aid Kit: Check.
Numbers of Everybody I Know that has also prepared According to Zombie Survival Guide: Check.
Plans for Fortifying a Prison: Check.
Escape Plans if that Doesn't Work: Check.
Buddy that Pilots a Blimp and has access to Said Blimp: On Speed Dial, and he owes me, so check.

Alright, bring on the Zombie hordes! It would be better if I had a full set of bite-proof battle fatigues, but I can't have everything.

Time to visit S-Mart...

Time to visit S-Mart...

Be sure to have the materials on hand to build your prosthetic :p

Of Course! Bushes! The Zombies natural predator.

Certain trees will also eat zombies if they're made to look like kites.

make a door that can only open from the inside and hide till they all decimate in the sunlight

make a door that can only open from the inside and hide till they all decimate in the sunlight

Zombies. Not Vampires. :p

meh...then i guess you should just surrender....they will let you go, im sure of it!

I'd use FIR2 to protect the suckers that think guns are actually useful on them.

Of Course! Bushes! The Zombies natural predator.

Really? I never expected it of him (http://www.endevil.com/images/George_Bush.jpg).

Really? I never expected it of him (http://www.endevil.com/images/George_Bush.jpg).

Well, zombies do crave human brains to devour, and naturally George W. Bush has a unique anatomical anomaly that makes him immune to zombie attention.

Well, since im embarking on a career as a dog trainer, my plan is to move north and raise "North American Zedhounds."

They will be a cross of Anatolian Shepherds, and German shepards, and trained to attack dead human flesh. They will be bred to patrol your grounds, and eliminate any zombies that wander into your compound.

These dogs are probably not safe to be around if you have any infections, or necrotic tissue. Makes em buggy, see?

Assuming there is still a monetary system, these highly trained guardians will sell for a rediculous sum, and come with a gaurantee.

Well, since im embarking on a career as a dog trainer, my plan is to move north and raise "North American Zedhounds."

They will be a cross of Anatolian Shepherds, and German shepards, and trained to attack dead human flesh. They will be bred to patrol your grounds, and eliminate any zombies that wander into your compound.

These dogs are probably not safe to be around if you have any infections, or necrotic tissue. Makes em buggy, see?

Assuming there is still a monetary system, these highly trained guardians will sell for a rediculous sum, and come with a gaurantee.

And if these dogs were to get infected, assuming that it was a cross species disease?

Obviously I'd move back to Orkney and kick about being extremely cold but with a very nice wheat harvest to feed myself with.

And if these dogs were to get infected, assuming that it was a cross species disease?

Then the plastique exsplosives in thier collars go off.

What?

We're talking about the end of the world, here.

Drastic measures, I say.

If you can't beat em, control em.

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:D

Try to pretend I'm not excited.

Take a seat on my bed and watch events unfold on TV - then if I realise before it's too late that I should seriously get moving... I'd grab a trusty (yet hugely, infamously inneffective vs. teh zombies) large knife and a club for the bludgeoning antics then head toward the closest friend in ownership of a car.

If he was infected then well tbh that'd make me real sad and I'd be forced to 'take him out' or if possible chain him up in case a cure is found for teh zombie. In any case we'd then have a car to drive round in, first stop would be the local petrol garage for a free top-up (because obviously the sales guy at said garage will obviously be a zombie and will have to be 'taken out').

After that, we'd try to save some... no wait I mean all of our friends and escape to a port perhaps - airport or seaport is good either way (don't worry about the fact that none of us can drive boats or planes - can't be that hard I'm sure). Then we'd remember about the guns that we need and drive back to get those--piece of cake I tells ya--to make a fun little round journey.

I'd be insistent that we fly/boat it (lol?) to a remote(ish) military base and either seek asylum there or kill the infected zombie soldiers with guns from earlier and secure the place for ourselves. Landmines would have to be laid as well to stop any sort of zombie invasion ofc and work on getting those automated gatling guns would commence.

After a few months we'd hopefully be rescued by a bigger, smarter and safer group of people (with better guns perhaps, although we do have automated gatling guns - I'm sure there are better out there) and begin re-securing the world as well as creating a new world order. If anyone disagrees then they're prolly gonna 'turn zombie' so would need putting down (possibly with gatling guns).

But like I said at the beginning - "if I realise before it's too late"...

Hmm... well, since I'd probably assigned to cordon duty, I'd have weapons and such, but what kind of zombies are we talking about here? Romero zombies, Biohazard/Resident Evil zombies or the ones from that Dawn of the Dead remake?

It'd take them a while to get to where I live, since I'm a long way from Moscow/China, so I'm pretty sure Chelyabinsk would be turned into a fortress by then.

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Build a Time m/c,find out where the outbreak originated,go back in time and destroy the first Zombie/s.Sorted(Ithink).

Build a Time m/c,find out where the outbreak originated,go back in time and destroy the first Zombie/s.Sorted(Ithink).

Good thinking - don't suppose you have any idea of how to make said time machine, I mean... I have this quantum flux capacitor thingy but I just don't know...
:p

Good thinking - don't suppose you have any idea of how to make said time machine, I mean... I have this quantum flux capacitor thingy but I just don't know...
:p

You have a flux capacitor? You're basically there then!

Good thinking - don't suppose you have any idea of how to make said time machine, I mean... I have this quantum flux capacitor thingy but I just don't know...
:p

You have a flux capacitor? You're basically there then!

Geeks. :p

If I posted an article from a reputable site stating that the dead have risen from their graves to feast on the living how would you react?

Why there's no news source as reputable as the Raccoon City Times itself for matters such as these!
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/residentevilapocalypse/site/raccooncitynews.pdf
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Geeks. :p

Takes one to know one - and all that. ;p

Takes one to know one - and all that. ;p

*hides Omni and guidebook* Who me?

Well it all depends on finding this Professor guy I know er hope he hasn't been eaten :-(

Geeks. :p

For you to know that flux capacitor => geek, you too must have been a geek at one point.

Well it all depends on finding this Professor guy I know er hope he hasn't been eaten :-(

Ahh bugger... white/grey fuzzy hair? Bit of a nutcase? Well if you're not talking about Lunatic Goofballs, then I think I saw him on the news walking with a bunch of zombies. Hm, suppose you could always just hope that he's only 'acting' and is undercover?

For you to know that flux capacitor => geek, you too must have been a geek at one point.

Now just because I own 3 force fx lightsabers doesn't mean....

...

...shit.

I reckon seeing as I'm in Australia, it'd take the zombies forever to reach me. And since I'm female, I would probably be advantaged by all that "women and children" stuff. Yay!

Now just because I own 3 force fx lightsabers doesn't mean....

3 Lightsabers eh?.. If only they worked lol - we'd be sorted vs. all zombies... shame it would just end up with us being eaten and a few more zombies walking around - but these zombies at least would be waving around lightsabers making svwoosh--svwiish--svwiish sounds... gosh what a fun idea, heh

^^;

I reckon seeing as I'm in Australia, it'd take the zombies forever to reach me. And since I'm female, I would probably be advantaged by all that "women and children" stuff. Yay!

That entirely depends. Zombies are generally horror movie material, which means surefire victims include people like preppy people more concerned with looks than sense, the paranoid older people, the level headed ones who seem capable of organizing the lot, as well as those with strong emotional attachments to the people who fit the above list.

But if you're a pre-teen child under 5 years of age, survival is almost always guaranteed. This is not necessarily true for zombie survival however, as child zombies have been depicted before in the media.

Being a Vampire, Zombies are not really a problem for me. :)

Living in Telford, I doubt I could tell the difference if there was a zombie outbreak. Heck, the average IQ of the town would probably increase considerably.

Living in Telford, I doubt I could tell the difference if there was a zombie outbreak. Heck, the average IQ of the town would probably increase considerably.

We'd be doomed in Birmingham - our road networks are jammed anyway so escape/evacuation would be impossible, unless ya knew someone who could fly... or perhaps we could escape by canalboat?..

:tongue:

We'd be doomed in Birmingham - our road networks are jammed anyway so escape/evacuation would be impossible, unless ya knew someone who could fly... or perhaps we could escape by canalboat?..

:tongue:

Well you could always drive down the railway tracks, there are never any trains there anyway.

Can zombies swim?

Oil Rig the safest place.

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They walk on the surface under the water

They walk on the surface under the water

There you go, PP. The bottom of a canal in Birmingham would be enough to kill even the undead, so you should be safe.

Why would I need to do anything?

Well you could always drive down the railway tracks, there are never any trains there anyway.

Nah the trains aren't that bad - except on Sundays and when there are leaves... oh the leaves, sometimes our drivers don't like to show up for work either it seems and occasionally you get the lovely people who have them there fatalities on the tracksies.

I think I'd settle for trying to escape by canalboat - don't think zombies can swim, they'd at best lumber across the canal bed... if they were smart and didn't have too many holes in them I guess they could take a breath, hold it and float after us?

:confused:

Reread Survival Guide and World War Z, find out what type of zombies they are, (Romero, Brooks, Movie)

Then go to my already planned hideout, as I would already be prepared far in advance.

Australia wouldn't necessarily be any safer than anywhere else.

Obviously I'd move back to Orkney and kick about being extremely cold but with a very nice wheat harvest to feed myself with.

I've considered the 'Triffid defence' too (ie, move somewhere surrounded by a largeish body of water); you'll know what I mean if you've read Day of the Triffids. Despite the speculation a few posts above that the zombies might be able to walk under water, I'd at least be willing to try the theory that a reasonably large lake or the sea might hold the zombies back. And even if they avoid being eaten themselves by water predators along the way, there's likely to be fewer recently dead people who might become zombies on an island than on the mainland.

So I think Yootopia has the right idea. Papa Westray and North Ronaldsay would both be attractive (the latter has a nicely walled-off coastal mutton supply as well), but what about the rest of us in the UK who might not be able to reach the north of Scotland without a dangerous long journey through the Zombie hoards?

The Isle of Wight strikes me as too big, and Anglesey a bit too easy to reach across the Menai Strait. The Isle of Man might be an option, but might need a concerted anti-zombie genocide before it became safe. If looking for smaller islands, Belle Isle in Windermere could be surprisingly attractive (and comes with a nice house) if the zombies can't cross water. The Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands could be an option, though slightly harder to get to. Several off-shore islands in Wales (Ramsey Island comes to mind) could support a family or two. And then there's the Hebrides.... easier to get to than Orkney, more of them, and some of them currently with no resident population.

But my ultimate UK island zombie hideaway is....

St. Kilda, the outermost of the Outer Hebrides. No one's lived there permanently since the 1930s, but it was perfectly capable of supporting a native resident population for over 1000 years. It's arguably the most isolated inhabitable island in the British Isles - but regrettably even harder to get to than Orkney.

I've also always wondered how our Army/Navy/Air Force would react to this kind of situation because it never seems to be played out in the movies for crazy people like me.

:rolleyes:

Reread Survival Guide and World War Z, find out what type of zombies they are, (Romero, Brooks, Movie)

Then go to my already planned hideout, as I would already be prepared far in advance.

Australia wouldn't necessarily be any safer than anywhere else.

I disagree. Perth might even be one of the safest places on the planet. It's incredibly isolated from the rest of Australia. And the big area in the middle is all desert.

Ally with those who have supplies and plans. After raiding the ROTC armory, perhaps we could withdraw to Patrick AFB. But in the end, our best bet is to escape Florida altogether.

In my opinion, the best place to be would be some sort of desert fortress. Over time, desert conditions would be lethal to the undead. Perhaps we could flee to Texas and occupy the Alamo? My ultimate fortress is Masada in Israel.

My ultimate fortress is Masada in Israel.

You'd think the Middle East in general would be the safest place in irony. Considering how devout the typical Jews and Muslims are one could hope their dietary observations apply also to Long Pork, hence Jewish and Muslim Zombies would wither from starvation.

You'd think the Middle East in general would be the safest place in irony. Considering how devout the typical Jews and Muslims are one could hope their dietary observations apply also to Long Pork, hence Jewish and Muslim Zombies would wither from starvation.

Also, terrorists wearing suicide vests could prove to be devastating against zombies. They charge in, kill as many as they can, and if they are bitten, they blow themselves up (along with plenty of zombies).

Zombies always have decaying flesh, and decaying flesh means open wounds. Therefore, the logical weapon against zombies is salt. Or even better, saltwater, as it can then be sprayed on the slow, shuffling mob. So anyone on or near the coast is fine. I would have to hack n' slash for a few miles unitl I get to the sea, but its nice to have some fun on the way.

Zombies always have decaying flesh, and decaying flesh means open wounds. Therefore, the logical weapon against zombies is salt. Or even better, saltwater, as it can then be sprayed on the slow, shuffling mob. So anyone on or near the coast is fine. I would have to hack n' slash for a few miles unitl I get to the sea, but its nice to have some fun on the way.

Salt only works on Voodoo Zombis, and in most cases the pathogen that reanimates a corpse will either slow down decay or even preserve it.

Also, terrorists wearing suicide vests could prove to be devastating against zombies. They charge in, kill as many as they can, and if they are bitten, they blow themselves up (along with plenty of zombies).

The notion of inflicting terrorism on zombies is epic win.