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To think it is incorrect to refer to zombies as dead

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Lucyellensmum95 · 20/04/2013 22:14

They are clearly not dead! They are moving, breathing, they respond, need to feed etc - they are not dead are they???

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NumTumDeDum · 20/04/2013 22:15

Why, has a zombie complained to you about this?

deleted203 · 20/04/2013 22:16

I thought they were 'the living dead'...

MadCap · 20/04/2013 22:16

They're living challenged or partially living Grin

Beehatch · 20/04/2013 22:16

They are Undead clearly

StorFetHamster · 20/04/2013 22:18

Do they....poo? Because they need to excrete to be a living thing apparently.

Binkyridesagain · 20/04/2013 22:18

Don't judge them to harshly, you can tell by just looking at them that they have ishoos

ShadowStorm · 20/04/2013 22:19

Reanimated?

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Lucyellensmum95 · 20/04/2013 22:19

no no, they have just been referred to as dead on the film that DPis making me watch IN THE DARK!! ffs I just think that to describe them as corpses is wrong and the fact taht they can function (albeit at a basic level) with servere injuries should be treated as a potential wealth of possibilities in terms of medical research. Also, is it morally acceptable to kill them even more, unless of course they pose an iminent threat to "life"

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MinnieBar · 20/04/2013 22:20

Have you watched 'In The Flesh'? In that they are described as having 'partially deceased syndrome' Grin

floatyfloni · 20/04/2013 22:20

Ooh how very PC Grin

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Lucyellensmum95 · 20/04/2013 22:20

I don;t knkow - do they poo??

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NumTumDeDum · 20/04/2013 22:21

Are you watching Cockneys vs Zombies?

SprinkleLiberally · 20/04/2013 22:22

Why is not a zomby? And several zombies? Irritates me daily I tell you.

cornydash · 20/04/2013 22:23

they are the walking dead

NumTumDeDum · 20/04/2013 22:25

What would be in a Zombie Bill Of Rights?

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Lucyellensmum95 · 20/04/2013 22:25

also, how do they know who is a zombie and who isn't? why don't they eat each other? I have often wondered this

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FranKatzenjammer · 20/04/2013 22:26

In the Zombie Survival Guide, it says a zombie doesn't have an active digestive system. The human flesh it ingests just builds up until it gets pushed out of its bumhole.

NumTumDeDum · 20/04/2013 22:26

And now Sprinkledaily, it will irritate me too. Why have I not noticed that anomaly before?

thecatneuterer · 20/04/2013 22:27

Surely it's incorrect to refer to them as anything but 'fictitious' or maybe 'imaginary'

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Lucyellensmum95 · 20/04/2013 22:27

The right to eat arms??

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RhondaJean · 20/04/2013 22:27

I imagine they smell off, rotting flesh n all. Not appetising.

Off to google do zombies poo...

kim147 · 20/04/2013 22:27

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GreenPeppercorn · 20/04/2013 22:28

I think they are "re-animated corpses" aren't they? Cuts out all the unnecessary PC zombie bullshit about their alive or unalive status. Eating brians may or may not cause poo.

MrsTerryPratchett · 20/04/2013 22:28

They are alternatively alive.

deleted203 · 20/04/2013 22:29

I believe if we are to be politically correct about this that the correct term is now ''The Corporeal Bereft of Life"...anything else is just rude.