Warning! - Immitation Zombies

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I overheard a snippet of a conversation the other day, and it stuck in my head. I can't even remember when/where it happened. Last night I was sitting on the couch, it popped into my head, and suddenly I was laughing histerically. My family thought I was bonkers. Then, when I tried to explain myself to the non-knifefolk (my family) they thought I was even wierder.

What I overheard was folks talking about the traffic debocle when a bridge was shut down in Atlanta to film a Zombie scene. That seems simple enough. What got me laughing was picturing one of us, a prepared "survival enthusiast", running upon this scene and thinking that his darkest dream had come true at last!!! In my head, Knifeguy4570 pulled his truck over, pulled his khukuri from his BOB, and waded into the mob of actors having the time of his life. Head rolling fun.

Then, I thought, "I might do the same thing." So I think we needed a public service announcement about this newly concocted dangerous survival scenario. Please guys, before you go storming into a herd of slow moving zombie targets knocking heads off right and left as you go, make sure the zombies are in fact, undead. I just don't see much sympathy from a jury. Dozens of dead actors, and hundreds of witnesses that can re-tell your bloodthirsty rendition of Wheel in the Sky, by Journey.

I hope they put up a lot of real clear warning signs when stuff like this happens.
 
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similar but different... several years ago my high school was chosen for a law enforcement "active shooter" training location...even with the large highway scrolling signs... several little ole ladies drove by our triage area, and we had half a dozen NJROTC kids laid out with on the lawn...luckily the Paramedics eased their concerns...the idea of "bubba" and his 30-30 trying to help was in the back of my mind.... I initially volunteered as a "guest terrorist"
 
I used to throw rocks at things I didn't understand, girls, newborn puppies(really), so I'd probably start by throwing rocks if I ever saw a Zombie hoard. It's like testing water with a toe, not a big investment but you'll get an idea of what you're dealing with.
I could see it now, the rock knocks a Zed in the head, he falls down, no one else reacts, so I proceed to get the gun and machete from my truck. As I'm firing and swinging, I'm thinking "I though the Zeds would come at me, hmm but they're running and screaming, interesting, oops I need to reload".

I was about 8 yrs old when our dog had puppies, we didin't know she was pregnant. I only saw these wet rats crawling out from under her dog house, I didn't actually hit them, but was quite confused. I got paddled in 2nd grade for throwing rocks at some girls. I didn't hit them, but still got in trouble, and didn't understand women any better.
 
LOL !

They filmed the new Zombie movie ' World War Z ' in Glasgow Scotland.....for those that have never been to Glasgow I find it hard to imagine how you could tell the Zombie actors from some of the local Glaswegian's !!!
 
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LOL !

They filmed the new Zombie movie ' World War Z ' in Glasgow Scotland.....for those that have never been to Glasgow I find it hard to imagine how you could tell the Zombie actors from some of the local Glaswegian's !!!
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They also seem about equal in understandability as to what they are saying ;) - Pitdogs remark immediately brought Trainspotting to mind and the baby crawling on the ceiling scene :D
 
Sounds like The Walking Dead! Either way, you got me cracking up just thinking of that in my head, too, and a coworker just gave me the eye :thumbup:
 
Oh boy.. I agree, they better make sure that we know they aren't real zombies. That could be bad :eek:
 
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We continue now with our piano interlude!
 
Have y'all ever heard of live action role playing? I mean, if you're that big a nerd, take my advise and don't play the zombie.
 
This is a much needed PSA. Telling real zombies from actors was never covered in any of the after-school specials I saw. Perhaps we should devise some sort of "universal zombie identification test" (uZIT for short). Perhaps, it'll begin with throwing rocks :)
 
speaking of L.A.R.P heh heh
actually looks like it could be an interesting movie

mike

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Well, darn it.

There goes another of the very limited number of opportunities for zombie-pacification.

Guess I'm going to have to stick with Universal Studios (Halloween).:grumpy:

Of course, that means my skills keep atrophying.
 
That would be interesting. With all the different nuclear "stuff" up here in this area I'd love to see the reaction to something similar done unannounced :)
 
It has been a couple of years since I took the trip to hotlanta but I would definitely go to get in on some zombie killin fun. As an aside, there are places in ATL that look like they have zombies lining the road even when they aren't filming. They coulda just done a drive by filming and saved a huge budget.
 
Y'know, zombies come up so much on BF that sometimes I wonder if some people actually think this is a realistic EOTWAWKI scenario.
 
BRL said:
Y'know, zombies come up so much on BF that sometimes I wonder if some people actually think this is a realistic EOTWAWKI scenario.
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It could happen! All we need is for cordyceps to evolve a bit more.

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