They make pretty good diversions.
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> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Science ponders 'zombie attack'
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> yourself inside a strong building for protection. Although the 28 Days Later
> and Quarantine/Rec style infected are damned hard to get rid of they could be
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> > might actually be for the betterment of Mankind, slowing down the species's
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> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Science ponders 'zombie attack'
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> > many of us have worried about - particularly in our younger days - of what
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