Christmas Eve, an argument about zombies

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Yes really. Someone posted on facebook to enjoy this Christmas because next year we will be in the midst of a zombie apocolypse. Ok. I said well, we live in the South where we normally have about 80 - 90% humidity and the laws of physics still apply even in a zombie apocolypse. Humidity does a number on dead bodies even embalmed ones, thats why rubber seal caskets are such a big seller here. I said we could just treat it like a snow forecast and buy up all the food at the store and stay inside. In a week they will be gone.

Then my youngest daughter decided to chime in. She said that if the dead are reanimated then all the laws of physics are suspended and we should shoot the zombies in the head. I pointed out that if all the laws of physics are suspended then gunpowder is no longer combustable. She countered with "Mom, just go in yonder!"

I don't feel that was a valid retort and told her so.

Forget the zombies, if all the laws of physics are suspended then we are well and truly f****d.

I am amused.

I don't think the world is going to end.

What really worries me is if the Rapture happens and I am left behind. I will be eaten by zombies.
On the other hand, being eaten by zombies might be preferable to going with those taken in the Rapture.

Instead of dead bodies walking. Couldn't zombies be a dead thing come back to life, with the brain damage that that would entail, and what ever thing brought them back to life (the "T virus" for instance) allowing them to function on a most basic level (i.e. must get food), but still being "alive"?

Speaking of the Rapture, some guy set up a business that takes care of people's pets after they've been taken away. Payment up front, of course, as it will be too late for them to pay once they're being beamed up.

Genius. I can only admire how some people are able to make a buck off of the religiously handicapped.

Forget physics, just f**king arm yourselves for the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.

If the dead are reanimated then it means that we haven't understood the laws of physics fully. Until such point as it were demonstrated that the resurrection interfered with other known physical laws, though, they would still be presumed to apply. Shooting zombies in the head would certainly be indicated on both common-sense (heads are generally important) and received-wisdom grounds. The appearance of zombies would be spectacularly interesting to any physicist, even if they* were engaged in traditional zombie pursuits like brain-munching and veil-lifting.

*the zombies, not the physicist.