zombies!

[jazzfish]

Seen around my reading lists lately:

Look to your right. Whatever object you see there is your designated weapon in the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse! Comment on this post to tell me what it is, then repost to spread the zombie virus.

Um. Depending on whether you go by 'angle' or 'distance,' it's either my plastic watering can or my lucky bamboo. Which I guess means that I'm in Plants Vs Zombies.

Comments

[marcmagus]

Awesome.

I have an awkward tub with a random assortment of tools. This one's gonna be tricky.

(If I backtrack a little I get an aquarium, which might be useful in the PvZ scenario)

[jazzfish]

Are we talking "hammer, screwdriver, ratchet set" tools, or "case screwdriver, tweezers, drive mount" tools?

I suppose you could throw fish at the zombies to distract them.

[marcmagus]

Select box contents: 3.5" C clamp, box-cutter, 2 sizes of break-off precision cutter, 2 X-acto knives, a crappy imitation MagLite, 2 tape measures, a wire stripper, bent-nose and needle-nose pliers, assorted wire nuts, some thin flexible magnets, a large assortment of cheap small screwdrivers, heads for a larger screwdriver/socket wrench set (but the base is elsewhere), a couple of sets of allen wrenches, a pipe cutter, a medium file, a few push-pins and twist-ties, a wire-wrap tool, and an RJ-11 crimper (heads and cable not included).

There was a pack of super glue sitting next to the box, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to grab that while I'm grabbing the box. There might be some other random junk in the bottom. I could always hit them over the head with the thing, it's pretty heavy. The hammer doesn't fit in the box.

The aquarium is empty, but it could allow me to carry around a cattail if I met one. I <3 cattails.

[vond.net]

An old Dell Inspiron 8200. While I'd like to think I could hack my way around the zombie issue, this system is more suited to just using as a bludgeon.

[jazzfish]

If it's running an unsecured version of Windows, isn't it more likely to /be/ one of the zombies?

[rbandrews]

I've got a stapler. If the zombies take it away, I'll burn the building down...

[jazzfish]

Awesome.

[darkfyre-muse.livejournal.com]

A pair of Oggz? (http://www.trickconcepts.com/Oggz-Glow-Poi-Pair-P45C23.aspx) seriously? I'm going to glow the zombies?

[salzara-tirwen.livejournal.com]

A pair of Oggs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_Ogg), however, would make an awesome weapon against zombies.

[jazzfish]

*snrk*

[jazzfish]

I suppose you can be a distraction...

[salzara-tirwen.livejournal.com]

Either the wall of Mill Mountain Coffee, or a plate, depending on how you define "object".

[jazzfish]

Coffee barricade!

[tango.livejournal.com]

That wonderful book I've been ranting about is now my weapon.

Am I allowed to drop the weapon and surrender to the zombies?

[jazzfish]

I'd think threatening the zombies with having to read the book would be sufficient.

[tam_nonlinear]

In what is doubtlessly a fairly good distillation of my life, I will die by trying to fend off impending doom with a plastic octopus.

(If I could use my lack of directional sense to my advantage for once and go to the left, I have several toy brains on a shelf to that side, which I could throw at the zombies as decoys, and then run quickly in the other direction.)

[jazzfish]

I've only the one brain, but it lives on the left side of my desk as well. Yay for left-brained people, or something.

[plumbob78.insanejournal.com]

Gonna go with my iPhone, because looking further to the right would involve tunneling my neck 180 degrees (ouch). Dunno how I will fight zombies with an iPhone, but I'm sure there's an app for that.

[plumbob78.insanejournal.com]

Turning, dammit! Stupid big thumbs.

[jazzfish]

There totally is. I recommend Solomon's Keep myself, although it doesn't help with fighting zombies for quite some time.

[notyourwendy]

Can I look further to the right than the cat pinning down my arm?

[jazzfish]

I think you're stuck with the cat. In several senses. :)

[notyourwendy]

Well, I can hope that the zombies are slower than centipedes, because I would go and get stuck with the Not-Actually-That-Great White Hunter cat.

[(Anonymous)]

How far to the right are we talking? Rotating eastward from North (straight ahead), the nearest object is:

1) The rightmost portion of the computer screen.
2) A stack of business cards and receipts
3) A sewing machine
4) A half-empty small format can of Sprite
5) A disused mousepad
6) The soft cover for the MBP
7) A pair of scissors
8) A stack of paper napkins (I need to clear off the desk. One might count the desk as items 1-8)
9) A power strip with various cords plugged into it.
10) A closet door
11) A cardboard box containing another cardboard box.

That takes us to 90 degrees (East, 3:00, whatever you like). Past that is:

12) A two-shelf bookcase containing various of Kate's crafting supplies (neatly organized) and topped with stacks of un-filed papers, a disused electronic picture frame, and a cardboard box containing another cardboard box.
13) A toy train
14) A four foot level/ruler
15) A bag full of crafts for David's pre-school's Fall Festival
16) A cardboard box containing several other cardboard boxes
17) Another bag full of crafts for David's pre-school's Fall Festival
18) The built-in shelves/desk containing more crafting supplies and stacks of unfiled papers.

That brings us to 180 degrees. I think beyond that counts as "left", so I'll stop. If I get to chose, I'll rotate about 110 degrees and take the level. It's got reach and it's made of rather robust-looking plastic. And it came with the house.

A RC dalek with light and sound

[stormking.livejournal.com]

Which I originally go thinking about wiring a laser pointer into one of it's weapons so it would be extra awesome.. But then got distracted when the laser pointer wasn't quite as bright as I thought it would be ( green laser point, was still pretty bright)

Either way... not a bad weapon.`

Re: A RC dalek with light and sound

[jazzfish]

Or an amusing one, at any rate.

[playing-tragic.livejournal.com]

Ignoring the keyboard in my lap, the next closest things to me on my right are: a container of Johnson & Johnson cleanburst spearmint waxed floss and my purple yoga toes.

Eh, this meme is right-handed-centric. Lefties natural inclination would be to their lefts, and the ambidextrous would, well, come out swinging with both hands. When I repost I will amend it to reflect dominant handedness preference.

[jazzfish]

... yoga toes?

And, that's a good point. I'd not considered the handedness issue. (I wouldn't, being a rightie myself. :7 )

[wyrdone.livejournal.com]

At home: 1911 w/ spare clip in desk drawer or the lamp.

At work: The spare chair in my office or big ass coffee mug of doom. (seriously it holds like 4 cups of liquid)