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Aristus

(66,618 posts) Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:01 AM Dec 2017

When I was a kid, I used to play "The floor is lava."

I'm nearly fifty years old, and now I play "Before The Zombies Get Me".

Can I make it from the house to the car Before The Zombies Get Me?

Can I make it from the car to the office door Before The Zombies Get Me?

I'm just a kid at heart...

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When I was a kid, I used to play "The floor is lava." (Original Post) Aristus Dec 2017 OP

If you stop posting can we assume the zombies got you? The Wielding Truth Dec 2017 #1

Are you asking or hoping? Aristus Dec 2017 #4

Hahaha. Asking. We need more you and less zombies. Keep running..... The Wielding Truth Dec 2017 #9

There's no doubt that after sixteen years on DU, if I stop posting, it's because I'm dead. Aristus Dec 2017 #10

Hope we all can out run the zombies. Long live DU and us duers. The Wielding Truth Dec 2017 #11

SKOAL! Aristus Dec 2017 #12

Ah yes, the venerable game of 'Hot Lava'. htuttle Dec 2017 #2

Good news; I have the secret: CARDIO! Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #3

I LOVED that movie! Aristus Dec 2017 #5

One of my all-time favorites! Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #6

Welcome to DU! Aristus Dec 2017 #7

Thank you Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #8

Zombies are usually very slow. Do you run? Lint Head Dec 2017 #13

No. I just walk fast and keep my eyes open... Aristus Dec 2017 #14

They did an entire episode of the sitcom Community where the floor was hot lava. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2017 #15

I recall avoiding cracks to save my moms back. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #16

Sounds like fun. In_The_Wind Dec 2017 #17

Until I leave the house on a dark, freezing winter morning, Aristus Dec 2017 #20

Just watch out for the Slithery Dee. longship Dec 2017 #18

There's an app for that! demmiblue Dec 2017 #19

Looks like fun. I'll have to try it. Aristus Dec 2017 #21

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)

1. If you stop posting can we assume the zombies got you?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:04 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

4. Are you asking or hoping?

Reply to The Wielding Truth (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:05 AM

Dec 2017

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)

9. Hahaha. Asking. We need more you and less zombies. Keep running.....

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:10 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

10. There's no doubt that after sixteen years on DU, if I stop posting, it's because I'm dead.

Reply to The Wielding Truth (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:14 AM

Dec 2017

Whether it's because the zombies get me, or for some othe reason, remains to be seen...

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)

11. Hope we all can out run the zombies. Long live DU and us duers.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:24 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

12. SKOAL!

Reply to The Wielding Truth (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:26 AM

Dec 2017

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

2. Ah yes, the venerable game of 'Hot Lava'.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:04 AM

Dec 2017

Jumping from chair to couch to a table -- we used to play it on snowdrifts around the edges of the playground, too.

I'd love to know the origin of that 'proto-meme'. Was there a movie that had something like that in the early 60's or something?

Sailor65x1

(554 posts)

3. Good news; I have the secret: CARDIO!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:05 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

5. I LOVED that movie!

Reply to Sailor65x1 (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:05 AM

Dec 2017

Sailor65x1

(554 posts)

6. One of my all-time favorites!

Reply to Aristus (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:07 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

7. Welcome to DU!

Reply to Sailor65x1 (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:07 AM

Dec 2017

Sailor65x1

(554 posts)

8. Thank you

Reply to Aristus (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:09 AM

Dec 2017

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

13. Zombies are usually very slow. Do you run?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 01:03 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

14. No. I just walk fast and keep my eyes open...

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 01:12 AM

Dec 2017

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)

15. They did an entire episode of the sitcom Community where the floor was hot lava.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 01:48 AM

Dec 2017

The episode was called Geothermal Escapism.

It was rather ridiculous... And funny. The series is on Hulu.

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)

16. I recall avoiding cracks to save my moms back.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 01:55 AM

Dec 2017

And what I do remember is how serious we played it. We were not absolutely sure whether or not that a mistake might do harm.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

17. Sounds like fun.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 04:22 AM

Dec 2017

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

20. Until I leave the house on a dark, freezing winter morning,

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #17)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 10:56 AM

Dec 2017

hear the wind moaning, and then look around thinking: "Oh shit! Where are they?"

I hoof it to my car pretty fast...

longship

(40,416 posts)

18. Just watch out for the Slithery Dee.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 04:57 AM

Dec 2017

Tommy Smothers' homage to Shel Silverstein.
Slithery Dee

demmiblue

(36,967 posts)

19. There's an app for that!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 08:49 AM

Dec 2017

Only a few have survived the zombie epidemic. You are a Runner en-route to one of humanity’s last remaining outposts. They need your help to gather supplies, rescue survivors, and defend their home.

And you have another mission — one they don’t know about...

https://zombiesrungame.com/

Aristus

(66,618 posts)

21. Looks like fun. I'll have to try it.

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #19)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 10:57 AM

Dec 2017

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