Brains?

[davywavy]

When out striding briskly across the rolling grounds of the Stately Davy Estates, in between setting the hounds on passing locals and stamping on any flowers I might encounter I often divert myself by thinking. Last time I went out walking I got to thinking about zombie movies, which led me on to thinking about what I'd do if I were caught in the situation depicted in films like Dawn of the Dead or Resident Evil; i.e. that zombies are prowling the land eating folk, and I'm trying to survive. What would I do? I look out over the countryside and wonder where I would hide, and when the food runs out, which of my friends I would eat first in order to survive?* Naturally, zombies are very stupid and slow but they're also persistent and hard to stop so relying upon fleetness of foot alone is a short-term solution. Some way of avoiding being devoured in the longer term must be found, and quickly.
It's a diverting thought - the body of literature on the subject is large, ranging from hiding in a cave with a gun and 60000 tins of Spam right through to raggedyman stripping off and joining the throng in the hope of some hot zombie love.

So here's the question for today: You wake up tomorrow morning to discover that the dead are rising from the grave with a hunger for the flesh of the living. What do you do?

*There's a post for another day right there.

Comments

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Fill the bath, contact friends and family, crack open apocalypse kit, lock and load.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Do you know what is in the Apocalypse Kit or is it like the G.E.C.K., where you open it and the Apocalypse just kinda happens?

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

It's one I've built myself; general survival kit; water filtering, first aid, basic medical supplies, preserved food, cooking gear, gaffa tape etc.

Sadly not a G.E.C.K.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

It depends. If they are disease zombies then you need to get a large body of water between you and them - the isle of wight would be a best bet for maintaining life for quite a while. If they can walk under water because hell is full, then a castle really is your best bet.

[godzuki.livejournal.com]

Id dress in my finest and get bitten, then lock myself in somewhere - its a shot at imortality, if Mr Romero is to be believed, zombies will develop intelligence in a short time...

Id fully expect the human race to be wiped out.

[danfossydan.livejournal.com]

Several of my 'friends' have a zombie appocolase survival plan, that basically involves holing up in various places with high vantage points and a supply of weapons.

I always felt this didn't really cover enough of the basics like food and the like. But this very weekend I had oppertunity to review in detail the weaponary they intended to use.

.22 rifle ammo surely isn't sufficent to take down a zombie. Even if accuratly applied, at around 10 round per min. In fact the success of this plan does very much depend on the nature of zombies.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

You know, the avoiding brain-death during zombification strategy is one I had not previously considered.

Now that would be telling...

[applez.livejournal.com]

Don't think I'm going to give away my Zombie Survival Plan so easily Mr. Wavy.

EDIT: I will volunteer that it has several phases (immediate, intermediate, long-term), and I have already located key resources.

It also has incidental value for: earthquake, floods, riots, breakdown of civilization, the Rapture. ;-)

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to take the best of everyone else's ideas.

Also, are animals infected? This impacts my plan.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Let's say that only creatures with higher brain functions are affected, so animals and people who post their twitter feeds to LJ are immune.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Bah, it's hard to set those up. Ok then, into the forest I go!

[diamondkelt.livejournal.com]

Zombie movies always end with the survivors not surviving which makes me not very hopeful, unless you're like Shaun from Shaun of the Dead.

In either case, my friends and I do have a plan for such an occasion. It involves setting the city on fire and then taking a large barge that's stock piled with ammo, weapons and food and sailing down the local river till we find a non-infested area. lol

[ddraiggwyrdd.livejournal.com]

This has nothing to do with your post - you can have several book loads from my daughters on this as they have spent a considerable amount of time thinking about and discussing it.
I just want to say that you are not on my friends page for a good reason.
If I had an automatic link to your page every day I would never get anything done.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

You be saying next that you don't want to be entertained.