Saturday, June 14, 2008

Please Indulge Me

An addendum to the previous post:

After further reconnaissance, I have fund several flaws in my hide-in-the-closet plan.  First of all, I was wrong:  That door also has a lever-type doorknob.  Furthermore, there are no skylights or even plaster tiles or pipes on the ceiling--just ceiling, which I imagine would be hard to beat my way through if necessary.  The last nail in my potential coffin:  The door opens out!  NO WAY are you EVER going to survive any assailant-type situation in a room where the door opens outwards.  I mean, come on--you can't be pulling with all your weight on all kinds of doorknobs with all kinds of zombies and rapotr claws getting all up ons!  The ONLY way that room would work would be if the door opened inwards.  Then it'd be a simple case of barricading it closed with everything at hand (which in Mom's closet is quite a lot of stuff, believe me) and then, if the door ever gets opened by a crack or anything, using the numerous stabby/jabby weapons at hand (again, these are numerous in that closet) to stab/jab anything that tries to shoulder in.  But yeah, as it is, the closet turns out to be useless as a hide out.  Pretty much, it's a death trap...

BUT WAIT!

In the spirit of turning frowns upside downs, why not turn the tables on the old raptor/zombies, and get THEM trapped in the death trap closet?  The thing is, I noticed today that the closet door locks from the outside with a key.  So now I'm thinking, the best thing would be to pull a kitchen-in-Jurassic-Park-esque trick, but instead of trapping the raptors in the walk-in freezer, I'd lock them in the art supply closet.  Comparable, right?

7 comments:

Kaity said...

i appreciate your astounding attention to detail.

amanda said...

Get on off out


-Megan

Caitlin Carroll said...

I just love you. You've seriously got me thinking about this stuff all the time. In the computer lab in the basement of the SWKT. THERE IS NO WAY OUT!!! All the room have lever-type doorknobs and there is no way I would make it to the elevator. I'd be seriously screwed. I'm going to keep studying in the library.

AnnaDee said...

hi katy!
when i was about 4, me and my friend, sasha, were convinced that a t rex was going to eat us. it lasted about 2 weeks.(in the summer) we hung out together (we lived close by) and hid in my closet, which we out fitted with pillows, blankets, big bear, and snacks. it was very fun....
Anna

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Becca said...

KATY. BLOG.

Jules AF said...

Are you and your family obsessed with Jurassic Park or just raptors in general? Because my family is obsessed with BOTH! I have to say, I enjoyed this note about raptors. Since I've been home, I've fallen asleep to Jurassic Park almost every night. The raptors' screaming just puts me right out. haha