The Pointless Zombie Post


My Inner Zombie is stirring. Groaning. Muttering and mumbling. It’s pointing long, ravaged, pointy fingers at me as though it has something important it wants to say. Or me to say. It’s hard to tell with Inner Zombies what they actually DO want. It’s also hard to tell if they are male or female, so the generic ‘it’ must be used. In a kind way. You don’t want to annoy an Inner Zombie. Although how you would know that you’ve annoyed an Inner Zombie is a challenge in itself. Perhaps it’s due to all of the groaning, muttering and mumbling they tend to do… but they do that when they are happy as well, so it’s hard. We’ll leave it at that.

Only, we can’t. My Inner Zombie has something very important to point out… it’s still pointing, you see. Oh, now it isn’t. I think its finger has fallen off.

That’s a bit of a flaw with Zombies. Bits of them fling here, there and everywhere when you least expect it. It’s now doing something else…

With its other hand, it has unscrewed a lightbulb from a socket, and has stuck its finger into the place where the bulb was. It has reached over to the light switch (for something so ‘delicate’ – for want of a better word – they have a very good reach!) and has switched it on. After allowing the electricity to curse through its body for a few seconds, it has switched it off again.

Smoke escaping from countless holes all over the Zombie’s body, it still looks at me. It acts out the electricity cursing through its body again, not a pleasant sight, and points to the light fitting and the switch.

“What are you…?” I ask within my mind (I’m talking to my Inner Zombie here, don’t forget!) and it dawns on me… WATT. It’s trying to ask a question.

“Watt what?” I ask.

It has attached its pointing finger again, and is pointing.

“Watt point”… I gather. “What point. What point of what?”

There goes the finger again, however, it is still holding it’s hand as though it is still pointing. It is now gesturing to where the finger was.

“No point?” I say at first. “Pointless!” I see the Zombie smile.

“What’s pointless?” I ask. Talk about pulling teeth – and no, Zombie, that isn’t an invitation. I ask again, “What’s pointless?”

The Zombie taps on my computer screen.

I don’t believe it. My Inner Zombie only wanted to tell me that this is a pointless post. And that was pretty much covered in the title of the post anyway.

I never have this kind of trouble with my Inner Superhero…

24 responses to “The Pointless Zombie Post”

  1. Andra Watkins avatar

    Tom, this is so funny. I love how its finger fell off.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      And it keeps falling off too, Andra! 😀

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  2. Red avatar

    Zombies can be such fun. I suppose being undead gives one lots of opportunity to work on one’s timing. I think I found a Zombie part of yours at my space… http://mommasmoneymatters.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/awards-vba-cla-la-sa/

    Red.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Red, I’m sure I was following your blog, I don’t know what’s happened there… I’ll sort it! Thank you for the mention in your post!
      My Inner Zombie doesn’t really have a concept of time. I don’t think it really has a concept of anything… well, it has it’s own concept, I suppose.

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  3. prenin avatar

    Very good Tom – we all have an inner Zombie I think!

    Mine shows up after a convivial evening with friends… 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Hi Prenin, it’s probably best that it doesn’t appear during the convivial evening! 😀

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  4. Diane Henders avatar

    My inner zombie isn’t nearly so useful or communicative. It just sits on my inner sofa and grunts unintelligibly. And my inner superhero hasn’t shown up yet. Maybe when she does, I can get her to shift that zombie off the couch.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Diane, maybe your inner zombie is your inner superhero’s secret identity, and you only think that she hasn’t shown up yet… just a thought! 😉

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  5. Deb avatar

    I’m about 99% sure that I have an inner zombie…And trying to come out about 25% of the time, if I let it. Well what ever amount of time it comes out would be with my permission of course, but if I don’t let it out sometimes….well, it could take over. I find my inner Zombie to be clumsy,

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Deb, Inner Zombies are notoriously clumsy, and they are always trying to find ways to take over. Only let them when you are in control, otherwise chaos will reign supreme! (I’m getting a bit over dramatic now, I think! :D)

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      1. Deb avatar

        That’s what I meant when I said, “if I let it”. It is always looking too, for a moment when I’m just too tired to keep it ravenous self in…But, I think I’ll learn to keep that thing at bay more.
        No, your not getting over-dramatic…Your having fun, as you should be….Live, Love and Laugh…Right?
        Hugs, xx

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        1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

          Right! 😀 Thanks, Deb!

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  6. kateshrewsday avatar

    Ah, you have pinpointed my problem tonight, Tom: I think my inner zombie is here in force tonight. I feel like death warmed up.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Hi Kate, at least you are feeling warm! I was freezing earlier and my Inner Zombie was nowhere to be seen! (Hope you’re feeling better soon, by the way!)

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  7. Androgoth avatar
    Androgoth

    Sir Aquatom if that Zombie is groaning a lot
    after midnight it has to be a female, well not
    the inner Zombie, but a wicked one that has
    the hots for you perhaps? 🙂 lol

    Some would say that they are stiff as a board
    but in this thought I think with the inner Zombie
    it would more than likely be bored as a stiff, in
    a metaphorical sense of course 🙂

    Good posting this one…

    Androgoth

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Andro!
      I think zombies get the colds, although I could be wrong! 😉
      My Inner Zombie doesn’t seem to be bored, although I think it could get a bit boring with the fingers falling off over and over again…

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  8. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    Watt point ?.. 🙂 … Arrgh I have been a Zombie half the day.. so you have company Tom. and I see Andro has also joined you so you are in excellent Company! :-).. Enjoy your evening..

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Always in excellent company in cyberspace, Sue! And, it appears, in the realm of the zombies too! 😀
      Hope you have a great evening too!

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  9. jennygoth avatar
    jennygoth

    my inner zombie gets up at half two in the morning and lets the new pup out often tripping up the stairs on the way back its slipper keeps falling off but fingers intact brains a bit loose then it falls back into bed before waking at five to do it all again and sometimes i hear it mutter a swear word or two lol great fun post aqua xxjen

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Jen! These inner zombies do some strange things, don’t they? And what’s with all the slipper and finger losing?

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  10. Raven of Leyla avatar
    Raven of Leyla

    ROFLMAO!!!! Oh I love this Pointless Post…I have not met your Inner Zombie before. 😦 It is all good I don’t think you have met my Inner Mermaid yet, but I told you I am a changeling, you may recall a shapeshifter Raven.
    You make me happy every time I stop by. Gifted I tell you, gifted!!
    Big warm feathery hug,
    Rx

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thank you very much, Raven! I remember you telling me that you are a changeling (and I seem to remember your Inner Mermaid – although I could have dreamt that!). I think you did meet my Inner Zombie once before, it appeared in a post with my Inner Leader of the Opposition. (Unless I dreamt that too!) 🙂

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      1. Raven of Leyla avatar
        Raven of Leyla

        LOL color me red…I am forgetful…hehehe 😳
        smiles, Rx

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        1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

          Not at all, Raven – it was only a small appearance! 🙂

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