Zombies! discussion

Like, for real? You have a bug out bag, an emergency plan and your cardio is up to snuff?

I've realized that I will probably be zombie food. I mean, I camp a bit... But unless my Army husband is locked and loaded and prepared to carry me (and the three kids) on his back at a dead run, I'm pretty sure I'm screwed.

It might be time to dust off the ol' treadmill.

How about you?

I'd be dead early, and be thankful I was one of the lucky ones.

Being a heavy smoker, I'm really hoping for the slow zombies. Otherwise, I'm screwed.

Here's what's going for me: I have guns, ammo, food, fuel and a fortress.

What's not going for me? I haven't exercised since 1993.

Yes... I hope. Although this is Britain. No guns. But me and my friend Sam have a plan. A crazy plan.

I'm not really worried about surviving the zombie apocalypse.
I rather like the idea of becoming a zombie and getting some payback. (Of course, I will be a zombie so ripping out and eating my x's heart will not be illegal, right?)
My biggest concern is how, in my zombified state, I will manage to arrive at my X door before I lose my ability to navigate, and my (totally repressed) desire for bloody vengeance.

Plans are nice, but I'll take my guns.

Mike, remember the first rule of Zombieland. Despite the smokes I can still move pretty quickly when I have to.

Tammy K. wrote: "My biggest concern is how, in my zombified state, I will manage to arrive at my X door before I lose my ability to navigate, and my (totally repressed) desire for bloody vengeance."

Don't worry. Now we all know, so someone will release you at the appropriate destination. Maybe pin the address to your shirt before you turn completely?

likewise I am British so no guns but I have some nice golf clubs I could wrap around a few undead heads at least until I get bit.

While I am a strong supporter of Americans Rights to Bear (and Bare) Arms, it is never more clear to me the blessing that that right is until I hear non-Americans talk about going into a zombie fight with a nine iron.
Good luck and Godspeed to you over there!

Elizabeth, great idea about the note. I'll put it on my very short prep-for-the-zombie-apocalypse list, right after "call all my friends and tell them, I Told You So!"

hahaha yeah tammy I don't think anyone would last very long in this country I think I would be very much shaun of the dead with people going to the pub getting drunk and then headbutting and cricket batting zombies, actually sounds like every friday and saturday night where I live.

While you guys on the other side of the pond don't have guns, you can still survive. How many folks so you know who have a shovel or, my personal favorite, a pitchfork? Guns are loud, and you have to feed them.

I believe I'd take myself down rather than starve to death or face the unhappy prospect of being eaten. If, however I were younger, more physically fit, and had the appropriate weaponry at my disposal I might be more inclined to have a good time. But realistically, I don't think I'd have much of a chance. But best wishes to those of you who wish to fight on.

there are plenty of guns over here its just getting your hands on one and being able to use them properly think the likely tools would be bludgeoning weapons, I have a strimmer for my garden but the cable isn't very long so unless I stand in the garden waiting for them its not much use. plus it would only take a few layers of skin off.

One of my pet peeves about the Dawn of the Dead movie remake is a line by one of the characters when they are safe in a well-provisioned mall:

"I don't want to die here."

I mean, geez, where DO you want to die? In the parking lot, trying to get somewhere else?

It's like someone winning the lottery and then complaining that $80 million isn't enough. After all, it's less than half that after all the taxes are taken out. :)

But I think the consensus these days is guns are not the best weapon. They may get rid of the immediate problem, but just create more of a problem later. So they should only be used as a last resort.

"I don't want to die here."

I have to agree, that particular line struck me as hilarious for the reason mentioned above. It's theoretically possible they might have found a better place, but the odds seemed too slim. I could understand cabin fever as an excuse to leave for a few of the characters. But all of them thinking taking a boat ride to a possible island safe zone seemed unlikely. Still, it was a fun movie and well done.

I think without the option of a gun, a claw hammer or a hatchet are my personal favourites, The Walking Dead style.

I would worry about a claw hammer getting stuck. I think you'd want a straight point on any weapon. How about:



Then you could go for penetration or blunt trauma.

Randy,
You are starting to scare me, just a little bit.

Randy wrote: "I would worry about a claw hammer getting stuck. I think you'd want a straight point on any weapon. How about:



Then you could go for penetration or blunt trauma."
I looked at the hammer and actually started to wonder if I had one, lol.

My girls, who are 11, 9 and 5, have been working on their zombie escape plan. I'm a proud Mom :). They're not allowed to practice it, though, because it involves climbing onto the roof. We may have to do some tweaking.

Personally I'd rather be killed first than live within a world full of zombies. I love zombie stories but they freak me out and it would be to much stress. Although I would hope I had plenty of beer on hand for a while before I go :O)

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Elizabeth wrote: "My girls, who are 11, 9 and 5, have been working on their zombie escape plan. I'm a proud Mom :). They're not allowed to practice it, though, because it involves climbing onto the roof. We may hav..."

May I suggest your attic instead of the roof. Less rain and snow. You can alsways move to the roof if the need arises. :)

As long as the beer is still being brewed...I'll find a way to survive :O)

Steven wrote: "As long as the beer is still being brewed...I'll find a way to survive :O)"

There's a trooper! Way to self motivate :D

But you need some sort of refrigeration. Unless you want to drink warm beer. Yuck.

I really don't think I would, but people always tell me I do well under pressure and panic.

Honestly, I hope that, if there ever is one, I will go down protecting those I love. I have a son and you can bet that I'd gladly give my life or put myself in danger in order to save him and protect him.

I'm not a very fast runner, but I am always prepared when it comes to food so if anything I think I'd be able to last a couple of months as long as I board up the house and barricade the doors. :D :D :D

Melissa "Tickyette" wrote: "...... I'm not a very fast runner, but I am always prepared when it comes to food so if anything I think I'd be able to last a couple of months as long as I board up the house and barricade the doors. :D :D :D .."

There is mixed opinions on the wisdom of staying in one location. But I am of the mind that in the short term its wise to avoid initial stages (panic and Manics racing out of the cities).
But that's the blessing of these kinds of fantasy games ...NO one answer is right. No answer is wrong. It all in the mindset of the one doing the fantasy.

I guess it would depoend on where you are. If I was on the 5th floor of a downtown apartment, I'd probably run. Too many people around. Lots of potential zombies. The suburbs are iffy. You might not have to run right away, or even at all. (in my book APEX, the main characters are forced to leave a home in the suburbs) If you live on a farm, or in a secluded house in the country, you're most likely ok.Apex

OK, I'm preparing myself. I've thought very seriously every day about attempting to exercise. Thinking about it totally counts.

I'm also participating in something we fondly call Chicken Death Day in a few weeks. A friend has a hobby farm, so last year we all went and helped slaughter her chickens. This year, I've asked to learn how to gut them properly, so that I'm prepared for the apocalypse.

I'm currently in Japan, so no, here I would not surpise. Next year I'm moving to Arizona. I think I would have a much higher chance surviving out there. Currently in the military (I'm getting out and going to AZ) so I'm in good shape, I got fairly good training. I feel like I could survive the first wave in the area I'll be in, but surviving afterwards would be the hard part.

The only reason I think I'd get by is because I don't have any family there, so I could just focus on my own survival.

I'm a type 1 diabetic, so the apocalypse would be a slow and sickly death because my medication would run out and I wouldn't readily be able to replenish it. I'd end myself before becoming slothly lethargic, with endless vomiting, crazed by an unquenchable thirst as my body shut down into a coma.

Always makes me bummed reading a zombie book where a character stumbles on a group and there's a person with diabetes.. they are always the first to die.:/

I don't have a chance, but if I did I'd kick ass as a survivor. I've always been a fan of survival stories :)

I have a good friend who is insulin dependent (I guess he is type 1 also) and I never really thought about that. Now I'm kind of bummed that he won't make it.

I have a wife, and 2 Doggies, so my survival is inextricably intertwined with theirs. But I am hard-headed, and I always do my best when the poo-hammer drops, so we will make it a little while, anyway.

Got to have the Ironwood stick. It never gets stuck, but it will pop a skull and gank a Zombie's brain with one whack. A good knife, a gun or two, and one of those garden wagons with the big rubber tires so I can tow my wife and Dogs when they get tired.

I would really just want to spend my time killing Zombies, but I love my small, odd family.

I train most days and practice stick fighting, krav maga and JKD. I also box and dabble in kick boxing.

I train to be fit not for a zombie apocalypse but if it ever happen, my fitness and training will be a bonus.

I can bench-press 365 LBS, but I still would think about spreading some blood on my body to mask my scent. That's a guarantee right there, that I'll survive! Easy...(0_o)

technique beats strength nine times out of ten.

what I meant was that an average martial artist will more often then not be able to put down someone who can bench press there own body weight or more. I train with women, old people, teenagers etc who are all very formidable human weapons. Strength is just one component when it comes to fighting or surviving if tshtf or a zombie apocalypse.

I think Laurie hit it on the head. If you keep your head and continue to think smartly, you have a better chance. If you panic you're dead.

Because firearms aren't readily available in Australia, I'll have to rely on: observation, evasion and stealth. From a self defense perspective, these principles will save you a lot of grief. In an apocalypse scenario, the fight you avoid is the easiest fight to win.