This is why quarantine is a GOOD thing

[lyore]

Looks like the Zombie invasion has been confined to the US and Europe, at least for the time being.

I suspect this is because no self-respecting zombie wants to spend that much time on a plane. It's bad enough when you are alive, I can't imagine what it's like when rigour mortis starts to set in.

If they ever do make it to Australia, I'm not that worried - it's hard to lurch at a decent speed when your body is contorted like a right-angled pretzel. I certainly doubt they could manage the stairs to my apartment.

Still. Perhaps I'll go out and hunt up Shaun of the Dead Zombie killing instructions, just in case. Better safe than sorry, after all.

confused? And yeah, we're a little bit behind in Australia...

Comments

[ashavah]

Yeah, I freaked out a little bit earlier thinking there were zombies coming, but it was just rowdy college drunks. Thank goodness for living in Australia!

Stay safe!!!

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Don't worry - I have a plan. If the Zombies come, I shall go in to work, where our secretaries have guns.

[ashavah]

That sounds like a great plan!

[vasher.livejournal.com]

We had about 30 students dressed up in zombie gear a few weeks ago on campus to protest...something. The important thing is that we had zombies.

Uh-oh, and this is without having won the infinite rocket launcher in Resident Evil 4. Curses!

[lyore.livejournal.com]

The important thing is that we had zombies.

Indeed, this is always the most important thing. *nods*

Rockets launchers are good, but I've always been partial to axes and flaming arrows, myself. Got to keep the traditional touch.

[quiet-snowfall.livejournal.com]

hee :-) i think according to the shaun of the dead manual you need to decapitate them. i didn't notice any in north london yesterday, but then i'm the one that most resembles a zombie in my neighbourhood at the moment. it's a good thing no one tried to chop my head off when i went out to the shops. actually, funny enough i'm living in crouch end at the moment, which is where shaun of the dead was set. so i'm doubly lucky.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

OK, decapitation it is. Thanks for the heads up (*groan*)

Yes, you should try and avoid random decapitation when going shopping. Luckily, apparently none of your neighbours heard about the Zombie attack!

I am amused by the idea of people actually living where movies/TV shows are set - this is what happens when you grow up in country towns and then movie to Canberra. No one sets a show/movie here.

[quiet-snowfall.livejournal.com]

OK, decapitation it is. Thanks for the heads up (*groan*)

*chortle*

I am amused by the idea of people actually living where movies/TV shows are set

it's so funny cos it completely breaks down the '4th wall' thing and you spend half your time thinking, 'hey! there's no strip club on that street - it's a cheese shop!' or whatever. kind of spoils the mood - i remember watching this really grim film, nil by mouth, don't know if you've seen it - there's this bit where some guys are rushing off to hospital or something, life and death situation, and i'm squealing with happiness 'that's my road! that's my road they've just driven down!' - completely spoiling the mood for everyone who was watching with me :-)

[lyore.livejournal.com]

'hey! there's no strip club on that street - it's a cheese shop!' or whatever.

Now I'm picturing some kind of weird strip club/cheese shop amalgamation... not a good thought!

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, *you* don't have zombies. Well, don't get too comfy- right angled pretzels or not, you have any *idea* how hungry they'll be after flying all the way to Australia with nothing but airplane food and a few flight crew?

This morning, the highway was littered with them, clutching their mocha cappuchinos, and talking on their cellphones..wait, that was the commuters. The zombies were the ones lurching along the side of the road grasping futilely at bumpers.. Actually the drivers around Boston seemed to relish the challenge and honors were about even.

But once I got into work, it was rough. Currently there are several clawing at the employee entrance. The ones that tried to assault the lobby were given employment applications to fill out, though, which seems to have stymied them for the moment. (They're having trouble with the 'prior experience' section.)

[lyore.livejournal.com]

And as bob_ette pointed out, rigor mortis wears off after a few hours. So I can't count on the ultra-stiff zombies for saviour. But at least the zombies could snack on the other passengers - I can't imagine that an entire planeful of zombies would want to come here, and I'm sure the other passengers would have mistaken them for extremely jet-lagged travellers. At first, anyway...

If the Zombies arrive, perhaps we shall have to import the Boston Commuters (does that sound like a sports team to you?) to deal with them.

I'm feeling safe about work - one of the joys of the public service is that the secretaries have guns >) If they get past the lobby, I intend on throwing the project's new grads at them while I make my escape. It's the joys of no longer being the lowest on the totem pole :)

[psuedoskribe.livejournal.com]

Gyah, thank you, for supplying the link so now I know why the hell zombies are running rampant on my flist.

It's probably a good thing that I missed this... I really didn't need to get distracted with zombie fantasies overtaking the uni two days ago. If uni did get infested, where do you think would be the best place to hole up?

[tries to think of the most bunker-like facility on campus]

Maybe it's time to buy a chainsaw.

Luckily for us all such catastrophes tend to start in America. They're a catastrophe magnet for evil and devastation, methinks.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I'd go for the Chem labs, I think. Not really bunker-like, but full of potentially explosive substances :)

[psuedoskribe.livejournal.com]

That's a great idea, go to the nearest potential weapon. The chem students will finally receive their calling in life; save the uni! That's how *I'd* award them their doctorates.