When, in the course of human affairs, it becomes necessary to take action and warn those we love most of an impending threat whose nature we cannot fully comprehend but whose terror shakes us to the very core; when there are no long rules or rulers only survival and survivors; when the fabric of human society is stained with a strain of wickedness whose virulence is as infectious as a smile and as deadly as a knife through the heart it is left to those of us who are still around to do something about it.

No, I'm not talking about a zombie apocalypse...I'm talking about somebody joking about one. Apparently in at least three states (it now appears to be four...possibly five) road signs that generally "warn" of delays, bad weather conditions, road closures, or other everyday-banalities have been hacked to tell drivers of raptor attacks, the end of the world, and even zombie apocalypses.

This "appropriation" of the signs by these as-of-yet uncaught pranksters for entertainment purposes helps to showcase that even in the down and dirty thick of life (what makes you feel the pressure of living more than waiting in traffic?) happiness can be found. Anyone who smiled, had a chuckle, or snapped a picture with their camera phone probably had a more fulfilling day than those few who became angry at them. The fact that some piece of government property was put to use to actually make its citizens happier is laudable (even if it took "criminals" to do it). Though it brings up the very real (and quasi-philosophic) question of whether a government should be allowed to make its citizenry laugh? ...or must this forever remain the arena of our favorite (if faceless*) criminals?




Though if you were thinking about how to survive Z-Day this list by Max Brooks is invaluable:

1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don't need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.


*I hold that they are faceless for two factors. 1. The particular criminals who committed this particular crime are not caught yet. 2. More importantly, we are all those criminals. That fact that most of us laugh at these signs rather than recognizing them as the "crimes" they are, points to the fact that our government makes us all criminals. We all in a sense know this. How many of us go 5-10 mph over the speed limit? Anyone ever jay walk? Burn a CD? Laws don't make people better, they just make them criminals.