Zombies

The Posette and I are sitting on the couch enjoying one of our favorite shows, The Walking Dead. We like the show because it gives us an excuse to talk about our favorite topic: surviving the zombie apocalypse.

We have a lot of the basics down. We know to get out of the city as soon as possible and get to the Ranch where there is well water, good vistas, an already established barbed wire perimeter, MRE's, and of course, guns. I've even learned how to shoot them.

So no matter what happened in our lives, we had that one problem solved. In case of the zombie apocalypse, we knew exactly what to do. You can never be too careful, you know. Our parents think it's silly, but they won't think it's silly when the undead rise and start chewing on their extremities. Have a plan, aim for the head.

However, this show is illuminating perhaps the biggest flaw in our zombie apocalypse preparations: children are remarkably stupid.*

*Actually, we've always had the Elvis Problem. What to do if our dog becomes a zombie dog, or as the Posette calls it, a Zog? I don't even want to think about that.

Now, I'm sure the Little Poseur will be a bright child. OK, I hope so. I have all sorts of plans that involve lots and lots of reading. Hopefully, the LP will be a qualified librarian by age 5. But even if we have the smartest kid ever, there's smart and there is smart for a kid.

Kids are curious. Why shouldn't they be? There's a whole world out there, and they get the chance to discover it. Usually, that's a good thing. But with zombies around? That's bound to get us into trouble.

We also have the problem that instead of just trying to save our own hides, we now will put someone else's interest above our own. I like the Posette a lot, but I believe that she can be counted on to make good decisions which will further her survival, if left to her own devices. The LP, on the other hand, we're gonna have to make those calls for him or her.

The LP is going to be a liability in the zombie apocalypse. It's just going to have to completely change how we plan for this thing. Back to the drawing board, ya know?

Just when you thought you had one thing taken care of, you really don't.