Well Leicester City Council is certainly not. The council were forced to admit that they were unprepared for any attack on their city
by hoards of the undead after a letter from a “concerned citizen” requested information under The Freedom of Information Act.
What is perhaps most concerning is that the council seems wholly unconcerned about their poor provisions. According to a BBC report
the council found the letter amusing. Lynn Wyeth, head of information governance told the BBC:
“We’ve had a few wacky ones before but this one did make us laugh.” She did go on to admit “To you it might seem frivolous and a waste of time… but to different people it actually means something.”
Well some might suggest that they will be laughing on the other side of their faces when the dead rise. Such frivolity in the face of imminent brain sucking must surely be cause for concern. The citizens of Leicester will have to make their own provisions if they do not wish to be zombiefied.
We sent our man on the ground out on the streets of the UK to ask citizens what they think councils should be doing to prepare in the event of an undead invasion.
Maria Ibbotson from Sheffield had this to say on the subject:
“I don’t think there is anything they could do. If the virus hits, everyone will turn sooner or later, unless you’re one of the lucky ones who will be immune to it. Then again would it be luck or not? If it did happen I wouldn’t want to be around, not a nice way to die… eaten… and then to come back and eat others. Then again it could be good, to get your own back on people you hate/dislike by having them for dinner…”
We would like to thank Maria for taking the time to give us such a fully considered comment.
Graham had this offering from his trip around the country:
“Think the problem with the whole zombie thing is… how do you distinguish between zombie invasion and Goths on their lunch break from college? I guess zombies can be motivated, even if it is only by brains…” Or by the control of their Zombie Master, don’t forget that Graham. His research hasn’t been as thorough of late.
Ever since we asked Jeff his views on the apocalypse that never was, he has been sitting on the steps to our offices holding a sign saying “The End is Nigh.” One of our interns made the mistake of asking him for a comment on this story. Since they put the work in here is what Jeff had to say:
“I think the whole world is going f****** crazy. Everyone knows Zombies don’t exist. Ducks though, ducks are something else. They have that look in their eyes don’t they? You know what I mean. Like they know something about you and they will tell everyone. They are plotting something trust me. Ducks are evil, one day we will all wake up and ducks will have taken over the world. Dirty, evil B*******. F*** Zombies”
Thanks Jeff.
Here at Newsnibbles we would love to hear what preparations our readers have made for any undead onslaught. Contact the newsdesk at newsdesk@newsnibbles.co.uk
You can read the BBC’s original report here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13713798
