The possibilities are endless.

I got to thinking. We all live our lives under the assumption that they will continue the way they do without any significant changes. But what if our calm little equilibrium were to be disturbed? Take, for example, your typical zombie outbreak. Most, if not all, victims are caught off guard and forced into a violent episode of manslaughter and gore without any warning or predisposition. It just happens. How or why are not answers you are concerned with. Just the task at hand. Would you be ready? A viral outbreak, neurotic degradation, hell even a disease carrying meteorite cast from SPACE ITSELF could all happen. Not likely mind you but we aren't concerned with probability here. Awakening and finding your neighbor's (yes even that kid who threw rocks into your pool when you were a kid, that bastard) all stumbling and banging on your front door should not be alarming or a surprise. You should be ready. Blunt objects do not have much effect since the undead have quite a high resilience to pain. You're better off with something sharp or flammable. Your best bet in this case would to find the nearest automobile at your disposal. There is no use staying indoors, they will form large groups and get you eventually. As I sat and thought to myself, I figured the best way to avoid them would be to jet it to the harbour, steal some dead jerk's yacht and sail to the middle of the lake. With enough food, you should be able to sit there long enough until the zombies decompose to a pile of bones and rotting flesh (The difference between this state and its previous one isn't very apparent but it's definitely there). But would that be enough? Could you survive off meager supplies and wits alone? Unfortunately, this question is difficult to answer since in every fictional zombie case, the victims never live for much longer than an hour and a half. Either that or they fly away in some helicopter that just happened to be flying by, leaving the fate of the protagonists open to a sequel, or the most influencial necessity to zombie epics, IMAGINATION. With that, I strongly urge you to be ready. I'm not saying hole yourself up in your room and stare out the window with binoculars at the pedestrians passing by. That's just fucked. That will attract attention and possibly a news crew (Because they really have nothing better to write about. I mean, fuck, when they write "Why New Yorker cartoons aren't funny" on the front page, you know that the news isn't exactly booming.) This would leave you in embarassment and possibly shame. So all I'm saying is be ready and expect the unexpected. The same goes for vampires, bogeymen, giant spiders, Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kreuger, creatures from the blue lagoon, wolfmen, chainsaw wielding maniacs, aliens, mutant crocodiles living in the sewer and most especially body snatchers. Those guys are all fucked up.