Friday, March 13, 2020

Zombie apocalypse

I don't know if they did it deliberately but a British TV channel aired the movie 28 days later the other evening - quite apt I thought and I ended up watching that plus the sequel 28 weeks later with Mrs AC whilst we were up in Scotland pet and house sitting for my mother.

We then watched Shaun of the dead which I thought was the much more realistic way that the world is going to end - more so given the hero's major plan is to sit in the pub and wait for all the nonsense to blow over.

But given the current state of affairs I'm in a quandary as to what to do - I need to be in the US over the next few months and Mrs AC needs to head back home as well.

I have narrowed my choices down to these options:

A - Stay in Scotland with Mrs AC. Pros: More time with Mrs AC, lowest amount of human contact. Cons: my mother will be home next week, won't see the cost centres, my mother will be home next week.

B - send Mrs AC home to NY but remain in Scotland. Pros: Hmm, not sure but still remains a minimal amount of human contact. Cons: see point A, did I mention that my mother will be back?

C - travel to New York as if nothing is happening. Pros: I'm not sat in Scotland being wittered at by my mother. Cons: 8.6 million potential zombies within 25 miles, not seeing the cost centres, potentially getting trapped when the military blow up the bridges and tunnels and ending up going as mad as Will Smith in I am Legend

D - head back to London and cancel any further travel plans. Pros: I'm not sat in Scotland being wittered at by my mother, see the cost centres, ex Mrs AC might become a zombie and I get to be the one who takes her out. Cons: 8.9 million potential zombies within 25 miles, I'm not sure how much toilet paper I have at home.

Please let me know what you'd do in my situation.

Edited to add the below:

What an absolute clusterfuck. The day after I wrote this they announced that the UK was going to be part of the travel ban - oh fucking joy. Double fucking joy considering it’s a Saturday and neither I nor Mrs AC can get hold of anyone work related to discuss travel and work plans.

The original plan was for Mrs AC and me to fly to NY on Wednesday but this wasn’t possible for me since the ban came into effect for non US residents after Monday’s flights - Mrs AC would have been ok flying back to NY without me but would have been made to self isolate (no idea how this is going to work or even be policed but that’s an entirely separate matter).

So my options were then limited to travelling to NY on Monday or not at all for at least the next 30 days, knowing that if I left the US I wouldn’t be able to return for the same period. We debated a few options but my mind was made up on Sunday after seeing how flights from mainland Europe were being treated to a 6-8 hour wait at CBP and customs. There’s no way I’m getting on a 7 hour flight if there’s going to be that long a wait at the other end.

As Mrs AC would have had to work from home for 2 weeks if she went back to NY she’s opted to stay in the UK for the foreseeable future and we are both flying back to London on Wednesday as anything more than 2 hours with my mother in Scotland would have me going mad, or killing her.

Fuck knows when I’m going to get back over to the US but I’ve got a few stories of poker and drunken idiocy I need to write up so hopefully this will give me the time to get those done. In the meantime stay safe kids - if the world really does go to ratshit the attackers can be stopped by removing the head or destroying the brain. And if you get hungry there’s a Breville out the back and John will do you a toastie.


7 comments:

  1. A. just cause... there are no good choices and they have good booze there

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    1. If it comes down to booze that’s a good option - whisky is 40% or so and 80% kills viruses and bacteria so a double whisky does the job right?

      Although I really don’t want to be fighting the Scots for booze even if they’re not zombies - I’d get my arse kicked all day long!

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  2. Shaun of the dead is bloody brilliant. I think you should go the Winchester, have a beer and wait it out.

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    1. Haha. It’s one of my favourite films because it’s so daft. The scene when Queen’s don’t stop me now is playing is utter genius with the lights flashing on and off with the zombies dancing.

      Have you seen the other films in the cornetto trilogy? Hot Fuzz is pretty funny as well

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  3. I hate to put you on the spot BUT would you rather get the corona virus or spend one month with your mother in her house in Scotland? Haha

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    1. Haha. I just spat coffee over Mrs AC and the cost centres reading this!!

      If I had to be there on my own with her I’ll take my chances with CV - that’s only got a kill rate of 1% whereas after a month with her there’s at least a 50% chance of one of us being dead! Is it possible to be wittered to death? If so then that probably raises the chances nearer to 100%

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  4. Oh oh, haha. Not surprised at your answer and I also learned something new..meaning of the word witter and how Twitter probably got its name, thanks!

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