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To get my palate in shape for this adventure i'm going to smoke some carp and drink warm beer. The cheaper the beer the better i'd say. The older the carp and strictly eat the mud vein only!
the best defense for a zombie attack is to have an IRS field auditor with you. nothing scares these people and they strike fear in everything. as long as they feel they can grab a penny for the gov't they're on the attack. nothing is safe from them. not zombies or terrorists or hords of invading mongols. nothing is safe.
the best defense for a zombie attack is to have an IRS field auditor with you. nothing scares these people and they strike fear in everything. as long as they feel they can grab a penny for the gov't they're on the attack. nothing is safe from them. not zombies or terrorists or hords of invading mongols. nothing is safe.
Zombies are one thing, but don't pick in the IRS. My brother works there, in (get this!) Human Resources!
In zombie apocalypse will there be a department of zombie resources?
Landlocked66c is really getting into the spirit of this thread, however we need to bring it back on to a sailing-related tack or it'll get bumped off to the nether regions of the forum.
I'm surprised that no one has discussed the economic impact of zombies, as the health of the economy certainly affects sailing.
There have been a few discussions about the nautical application of zombies.
There was even a discussion of zombie vs non-zombie relative mass and/or density. This is significant if we are going to hang zombies from our rigging as their mass will impact our centres of gravity and our righting moments etc.
Remember to balance the mass of any zombies that are suspended high up the mast with a corresponding amount of ballast.
Although I think we could take advantage of the zombie mass. One could, for example, attach a zombie to ones halyard, heave it overboard, and the drag created would hoist the main without the use of manual or electronic winches.
All of the previous is predicated on the theory that it is perfectly acceptable, nay even advantageous, to have zombies on your boat.
Zombies. On. Your. Boat.
Oh, HELL, no.
Dead hookers in the bilge are one thing, but I draw the line at zombies. The goal is to survive the apocalypse, not become the Vichy French to brain eaters.
Besides, strapping the walking dead to the keel and the rig is going to really screw up the sailing dynamics. She won't go to windward for schmidt, and there can't be anything more gross than having to clear a poorly secured keel-zombie out of the prop.
I think you are on to something here. We've spent so much time thinking about if we could use zombies, we didn't stop to think if we should use zombies.
Okay, back to defensive posture #1: preventing zombies from climbing up the rode by setting the right kind (i.e. not Chinese Rocna) of anchor; affixing a zombie/squirrel/rat baffle. Also the use of edged and blunt-force weapons has been approved.
Okay, back on track... A sailor needs his own island, it's a must have IMO.
The first thing that should be done would be to sail to the least inhabited island and wipe out all the zombies! Approach the shore in daylight and fire off some shots attracting the un-dead. Then one by one take em out! When they get to close motor or sail off until you are out of harms way. Then rinse and repeat. Now you have a fresh start. From there you sail to and from restocking your zombie lair and hopefully in the process picking up a nice looking survivor to kick off the human race with! From there it's conquering islands until you can one day reclaim the continents...
I've already plotted this. I'm planning on conquering and settling Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. It only has a population of a couple hundred and is only accessible by boat. I'm calling dibs, so back off.
Worst case, I'll settle Middle Hooper Island, just north of that, but Tangier Island will be better equipped so that's my first choice.
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