DailyDirt: Save Yourself From The Zombies, If You Can...

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Mon, Oct 29th 2012 5:00pm — Michael Ho

If you're looking forward to Halloween, it's coming up in a couple days -- and there will probably be plenty of zombies roaming around your front lawn (if you have a front lawn). Just give them some candy when they come to your door, and they'll go away. If they keep coming back, start handing out rolls of pennies, maybe? Here are a few zombie-related links to help you prepare for this Wednesday.

Some zombies aren't the undead, they're just unthinking folks who might be "in the zone" and focused on other things. Aren't we all zombies in a way? [url]
ZAICO is the Zombie Apocalypse Insurance Company for all your post-apocalyptic needs. Don't get caught unprepared -- but maybe choose a low deductible plan because cash might be a bit tight after the zombies take over. [url]
A mathematical model of how zombies spread tells us that we need to deal with the zombie apocalypse quickly or else things will get out hand rapidly and bring the end of civilization as we know it. But how would different kinds of international relations policies deal with a zombie threat? [url]

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Filed Under: apocalypse, halloween, insurance, undead, zombies

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Alana (profile), 29 Oct 2012 @ 5:11pm

I'm surprised you didn't link to this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo&feature=g-all-lik
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Anonymous Coward, 29 Oct 2012 @ 5:19pm

Re: spam has its own key...
start hoarding canned goods! and don't forget the can opener.
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Anonymous Coward, 29 Oct 2012 @ 5:54pm

Don't forget to mention about Zomcon. :)
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Anonymous Coward, 29 Oct 2012 @ 6:20pm

It's the time of the season.
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Kiwini, 29 Oct 2012 @ 8:17pm

Zombies
Any driver (even you asshats on hands-free) who's busy yakking on the phone is a zombie, and unlike the Halloween variety, cage-dialer zombies are with use every day. :(
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Anonymous Coward, 30 Oct 2012 @ 6:38am

i think its interesting that the armed forces are having exercises to train them what to do when facing a zombie apocalypse.

Could it be that zombies would represent unarmed masses of normal citizens rioting against government forces who are oppressing them in some manner?
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Rekrul, 3 Nov 2012 @ 12:51am

If you want to see real zombies in action, go to any Costco, especially on days when they're giving out free samples. The amount of zombies who stop their carts in the middle of the aisle and stand there chowing down on whatever is being offered, is mind-boggling.
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Zombie Action, 16 Aug 2013 @ 8:44am

While on the Topic of Zombies
Maybe the people that play with these zombie toys are themselves zombies.
http://zombieactionfigures.com
I must admit, I do like The Walking Dead.
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