Thunder Chief wrote on Feb 13^th, 2012 at 4:26pm:

E. Coli can be transfered from manure and carrion to nearby crops. Tainted manure is one of the many causes of E. Coli food poisoning.

Zombies, Zombies, Zombies.
Real Zombies are the soul-less resurected dead, controlled by their Queen, the Voo Doo witch which brought them back to their un-dead state. They have no will of their own, not even to go around trick-er-treating for brains. That's pure Hollywood and has as much basis in reality as movies with slings. They just can't get it right to save themselves.

Ok, enough of a rant for now.

Movie Zombies must be shattered or decapitated, enlightened (with fire) or emersed ("Baptised") in order to stop them.
Hollywood thinks there is some strange virus that makes the dead walk among us. They could be right, we do have politicians.
Hollywierd also thinks (I use that term loosely) that they are drawn toward the living in order to feed on brains, brains, brains.
A machete will stop them. So will a 12 guage or a Lousiville Slugger. The problem comes when you either run out of ammo or your arms get tired. Or when that stupid blond goes into the basement. DUH!
Fire will also stop a Zombie but it's slower and a burning zombie may still get to you (or that blond). If that does happen you can kick them in the coxic and they will crumble to dust.
The best way to handle Hollywierd Zombies is to call Zombie Hunters, Ltd.

Real Zombies are not a problem. Kill their queen and they stop dead. Or Undead, as the case may be.
Getting to the queen may be a problem but playing any Queen album will help you get through their defences.

I strongly recomend watching this video clip for more data on real zombies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4

Stay safe and keep slingin'

To (semi) quote the incredibly profane The Death and Return of Superman,
Dad: "How do you * kill a vampire?"
Son: "Stake through the heart, garlic... Oh, and sunlight!"
Dad: "No, you can kill vampires however the * you want, because vampires don't * exist! You can make up rules for whatever * kind of thing you want!"

Where do zombies come from? I like the Romero radiation comet theory and the newer megadisease theory. I'm not so keen on the "it's a mostly normal virus with new symptoms but these people are curable" bs that they tried to pull in I Am Legend and Zombieland. Not nearly scary enough.

I'm of the opinion that if zombies ever could happen, they would humans with an extreme fever  (with major dizziness, motor skill loss, etc symptoms) such that they are constantly enraged, most of their brain is connected incorrectly, and have a desire for human flesh. But, being infected human beings that are still living, they also still require human appendages and organs to function. Therefore, anything that will kill a human will probably kill a zombie, or at least badly maim it. While they can't die of shock, a bullet to to the leg is still going to sever muscles and make it difficult for the zombie to move. Therefore, I don't really think headshots matter too much. Headshots are efficient, but how many people can consistently make them under high pressure scenarios and while running away from a hungry zombie mob?

Yes they did, during the opening credits they said that it was a mutant strain of mad cow.

How about this... Zombies are a result of a bio-warfare genetically engineered germ/parasite that is designed to change the habits of normal humans into zombies and is then unleashed on the public. Nature already has parasites and germs that radically change an animals behavior through "mind control" into something both mindless and suicidal. Actually when you think about it, at least theoretically the idea of creating a "Disease" zombie is totally believable.

zombies do exist. my proof walks among us .. I offer as my example .. POTUS.