One thing your missing ??

[Guest rolin808]

The one thing or issue that I haven't seen or heard muchdisscussion of is the smell of the undead, I mean to say that we've all heard of this but how many oof us are really prepared to deal with the toxic hazards that accompany rotting corpses? Any thoughts on how to deal with this foreseeable problem?

[NRA]

Houston it looks like we have a troll

[Mike.357]

I think fire or a backhoe is the solution. But it is not easy to burn bodies.

I'd hate to have to dozen of them rotting in my driveway.

[Oh Shoot]

The undead obviously don't rot like the deaddead, or they wouldn't be ambulatory after a week or so.

- OS

[bigbabysweets]

[Spiffy]

How is it a troll post? It is the most glossed over aspect in books and movies. Sure you see them hold their hand over their nose and mouth like someone broke wind but nothing like tears welling up in the eyes and puking. However like all scents your brain blocks it out after a while. Olfactory fatigue (spelling??) would kick in and you wouldn't notice it but I think it would take while. I know the smell of a dead animal can get pretty bad when you can't find it to bury it or get rid of it.

[Caster]

Vicks vapor rub under the nostrils

[Jon_L]

I've thought of it sometimes, but I have a bad sense of smell anyway so I'm thinking I can learn to/find a way to deal with it.

[Oh Shoot]

If zombies rotted enough to smell, then they'd rot away entirely in a week or two. There wouldn't be anything left to keep them moving.

One of the most illogical parts of the whole genre.

- OS

[mav]

If zombies rotted enough to smell, then they'd rot away entirely in a week or two. There wouldn't be anything left to keep them moving.

One of the most illogical parts of the whole genre.

- OS

Anyone ever accuse you of thinking too much?

Rotting or not, zombies are going to smell like . Go without a shower for a month all the while urinating and defecating on yourself. People would smell you a mile away.

[Oh Shoot]

...urinating and defecating on yourself.

That's interesting thought. I have never seen or read a depiction of a zombie doing either of those.

- OS

[mav]

That's interesting thought. I have never seen or read a depiction of a zombie doing either of those.

- OS

Neither have I, but I assumed that some of the basic bodily functions would still occur while being a zombie.

By the way, my earlier comment about thinking too much was made in jest, nothing malicious. My jokes don't come across well on the keyboard.

[bigwakes]

I'm gonna try it, piss and defocate on myself all week and I'll let you know how it goes. It has been said that when one dies they release bodily functions. I have seen a few people die and never witnessed that. Of course they were all I'll and in the hospital likely not eating much at the end.

[Oh Shoot]

...

By the way, my earlier comment about thinking too much was made in jest, nothing malicious. My jokes don't come across well on the keyboard.

Oh, I got it, and if I hadn't your ":lol:" was a pretty good hint.

- OS

[Oh Shoot]

I'm gonna try it, piss and defocate on myself all week and I'll let you know how it goes. It has been said that when one dies they release bodily functions. I have seen a few people die and never witnessed that. Of course they were all I'll and in the hospital likely not eating much at the end.

Older friend (than even me) went to a physical -- doc wanted blood, urine, stool, and semen samples. So he left his underwear.

Damn, he's probably a zombie!

- OS

[strickj]

The first thing you do when you die is pee and poo yourself... so you're already off to a bad start.

Which brings up an interesting kink in the whole zombie phenomenon. 10-100 and 10-200 are both skin breaker downers (technical term for diaper rash). One could assume if we're over run by zombies, then all the survivors would need to do is wait a week or two for the zombies' tissue to disintegrate.

Figure under those conditions, diaper rash would set in, in a day-or two at max. Gangrene would set in and form fist sized holes in their bodies within a few more days. Within a couple of weeks, they'll look like a block of rotten swiss cheese.....

Trying to shoot them would be completely useless. You can't hit something (or someone) that's filled with a bunch of gaping holes.

Crap. I think I just blew the whole "we need weapons for the zombies" argument wide open.

[Mike.357]

zombies aren't dead, they are undead. So while they are still ambulatory they are not rotting like a dead corpse is.

I don't think they will totally reek until they die a second time.

[Glenn]

Everyone knows that Zombies don't follow the laws of nature, like rotting when you're dead/undead. It's the same phenomena that causes perfectly normal people to fall to the ground when trying to run from Zombies or Mummys or other slow moving critters.

Glenn

[Guest Wildogre]

Everyone knows that Zombies don't follow the laws of nature, like rotting when you're dead/undead. It's the same phenomena that causes perfectly normal people to fall to the ground when trying to run from Zombies or Mummys or other slow moving critters.

Glenn

Like flip flops and high heels?

[Guest capt usa]

Trying to shoot them would be completely useless. You can't hit something (or someone) that's filled with a bunch of gaping holes.

Crap. I think I just blew the whole "we need weapons for the zombies" argument wide open.

I think I'll go shotgun only now.