For the record, I don't think the philtrum trick will work on zombies.
Probably depends on which kind of zombie.
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
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A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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-t - Nov 09, 2010 11:19:11 am PST #14727 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
amych - Nov 09, 2010 11:19:44 am PST #14728 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And how firmly attached the nose.
Connie Neil - Nov 09, 2010 11:24:00 am PST #14729 of 30001
brillig
Don't you hate when the nose just pops off?
WindSparrow - Nov 09, 2010 11:41:32 am PST #14730 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
dear old dad also advocated for a heel of the palm rammed up under the nose. Cartilage to the brain, he said. I never trusted that possibility.
My self-defense instructor advocated that blow to the nose not so much because it was particularly likely to kill (according to her, you actually have to know what you are doing to succeed) but because it is more likely to break the nose - the pain and blood being good distraction particularly if the attacker is expecting you to be a weak, frightened woman who won't strike back. Not the least bit convinced a zombie would be at all bothered, however, so it won't help during the zombie apocalypse.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 09, 2010 11:58:27 am PST #14731 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If zombies aren't incapacitated by the painful sensation of their own flesh rotting, I don't think hits to sensitive nerve endings would be much use against them. Though if you're strong enough to drive the nose all the way through one's brain, have at it.
beekaytee - Nov 09, 2010 12:23:48 pm PST #14732 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I wish I liked the zombieverse. There is as much content as the vampverse, which I adore. I think it's the rotting and the incomplete sentences and/or groans. Perhaps the tattered fashion sense.
Creepy but not entertaining. Given how much I love scifi/fantasy in general, you'd think I could expand my appreciation, but alas.
Connie Neil - Nov 09, 2010 1:33:35 pm PST #14733 of 30001
brillig
Perhaps the tattered fashion sense.
So it needs some Queer Eye for the Rotting Guy?
le nubian - Nov 09, 2010 1:38:20 pm PST #14734 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
LOL. OMG, Connie.
Connie Neil - Nov 09, 2010 1:42:33 pm PST #14735 of 30001
brillig
I was going to go with Queer Eye for the Dead Guy, but vampires generally are pretty hip when it comes to wardrobes.
beekaytee - Nov 09, 2010 2:03:54 pm PST #14736 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
So it needs some Queer Eye for the Rotting Guy?
Connie, get on the horn to the Bravo network!! That right there? Your golden ticket.