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"Mythbusters" is doing a zombie special, on Discovery right now. (Original Post) krispos42 Oct 2013 OP
Got it set to tape a later airing. TDale313 Oct 2013 #1
Merle..... the kind of guy you love to hate :) Marrah_G Oct 2013 #2
I know, right? Scootaloo Oct 2013 #4
"Jesus Rick" theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #9
Come on! ellie Oct 2013 #15
I rather have a sword. texanwitch Oct 2013 #3
Preferred zombie-killing method, you mean? krispos42 Oct 2013 #5
I like the idea of the 22 rifle. texanwitch Oct 2013 #6
A tubular magazine means you won't wreck your fingers reloading detachable magazines all day krispos42 Oct 2013 #12
Do you remember that post in the Lounge kentauros Oct 2013 #7
I did do that... krispos42 Oct 2013 #11
I was rollin' when I first saw it, too! kentauros Oct 2013 #13
Always remember: Eating too much brain can kill you. DetlefK Oct 2013 #8
That's why there are Zombie Mints! kentauros Oct 2013 #14
Eating brains will turn your brain into a sponge! Marrah_G Oct 2013 #16
Eating the brain of a healthy animal/human is perfectly fine. (Except for the legalities.) DetlefK Oct 2013 #17
But they don't know how the prions develop Marrah_G Oct 2013 #18
Thanks for the warning B Calm Oct 2013 #10
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
4. I know, right?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:35 AM
Oct 2013

Also I do love how Norman Reedus went from a one-episode bit character, to upstaging Jesus Rick through the series.

I hate Rick. I hate more that his "focal character" status means he's never gonna be eaten. Zombies would probably break their teeth on that wooden acting, anyway.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
9. "Jesus Rick"
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:54 AM
Oct 2013

LOL!!!

Lordy, I detest that sanctimonious prick of a character. Why hasn't he been eaten already?

ellie

(6,929 posts)
15. Come on!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:09 AM
Oct 2013

I love Rick! So ready to be corrupted. I love the holier than thou types. They fall farther.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
5. Preferred zombie-killing method, you mean?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:03 AM
Oct 2013

I'd like a high location, a tubular-magazine, scope-sighted, bolt-action .22LR rifle, and a 5-gallon bucket full of ammo. 40-grain solids, please.


Melee weapon?

Take a wooden baseball bat. Hammer in a bunch of 60-penny nails (6" long) so they stick out in all directions. Use a cutting wheel to lop off all the heads at about a 45º angle.


A modern morningstar, I guess you could call it. They used something similar in trench warfare in WW1.

Anyway, swing hard to penetrate the skull and scramble the brains, then pull out and repeat. You could use this for stabbing and for swinging attacks.

I think it would be unlikely to stick or twist in the zombie, so you wouldn't lose precious time trying to extract your weapon from a 200-pound collapsing zombie while others press in. Removing the heads should insure a clean insertion and extraction.


You could do a lot of damage with a 9mm handgun, though, but of course you have to reload.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
6. I like the idea of the 22 rifle.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:20 AM
Oct 2013

You could go after walkers all day.

The baseball bat is always a good idea, with or without the nails.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
12. A tubular magazine means you won't wreck your fingers reloading detachable magazines all day
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:39 AM
Oct 2013

And you can pop zombie skulls at up to 50 yards away all day and night.

Sort of like how in "Walking Dead" the survivors just stab the zombies that are pressed up against the prison fence.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
7. Do you remember that post in the Lounge
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:36 AM
Oct 2013

where someone posted a cartoon-image of a house surrounded by exercise treadmills? That's how you protect your home, whether it's slow zombies, fast zombies, or traditional Vodun zombies

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
11. I did do that...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:35 AM
Oct 2013

...I just don't know if I was the only one to do so. I think I found it on Facebook.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
13. I was rollin' when I first saw it, too!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:38 AM
Oct 2013

Why didn't I think of that! Someone has to do that in a show or movie now

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
8. Always remember: Eating too much brain can kill you.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:12 AM
Oct 2013

Brain contains a lot of cholesterol. Don't eat it more often than once a week.

Imagine, you are a zombie and one day you just drop dead from a heart-attack.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
17. Eating the brain of a healthy animal/human is perfectly fine. (Except for the legalities.)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:19 AM
Oct 2013

No prions? No Kuru.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
18. But they don't know how the prions develop
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:28 AM
Oct 2013

And cannibalism seems to be the common denominator when they first show up. Livestock eating ground up members of their own species or similar species, humans eating other humans, etc.

Just to be on the safe side I am planning to avoid cannibalism as a meal choice unless absolutely necessary

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