capndunzzl, yeah, kinda funny. Who would have thought that in 2012 zombies werewolves and vampires would be all the rage…um…. then there’s that Shades of Gray book that most of the women folk are reading….That should spice things up……..jus’..sayin’….
From Wikipedia, for what it’s worth:A ghoul is a cannibalistic monster that feeds on human corpses and living human flesh, abducts young children to eat, lures unwary people into abandoned places, often classified as undead. The creatures usually dwells in graveyards and cemeteries. The oldest surviving literature that mention ghouls is likely One Thousand and One Nights1. The term was first attested to in English in 1786, in William Beckford’s Orientalist novel Vathek,2 which describes the ghūl of Arabian folklore.Zombies are fictional undead creatures regularly encountered in horror and fantasy themed works. They are typically depicted as mindless, reanimated corpses with a hunger for human flesh, and particularly for human brains in some depictions. Although they share their name and some superficial similarities with the zombie from Haitian Vodun, their links to such folklore are unclear1 and many consider George A. Romero’s seminal film The Night of the Living Dead to be the progenitor of these creatures.23 Flesh-eating zombies have a complex literary heritage, with antecedents ranging from Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, all drawing on European folklore of the flesh-hungry undead. The zombie apocalypse, the civilized world brought low by a global zombie infestation, has become a staple of modern popular art. By 2011 the influence of zombies in popular consciousness had reached far enough that the United States government’s Center for Disease Control used the idea as a theme to promote disaster preparedness.4So it seems all zombies are ghouls, but not all ghouls are zombies.
I think the association with reanimated corpses came from Marvel Comics’ zombie comics.Zombies are stereotypically Caribbean, so maybe they should have a bobsled team in the Winter Olympics. That could be why they’re gathering in the Olympic Games of Thrones… Winter Olympics are coming.
margueritem over 11 years ago
Well, of course it is…
Varnes over 11 years ago
When’s the brain eating contest?
Varnes over 11 years ago
capndunzzl, yeah, kinda funny. Who would have thought that in 2012 zombies werewolves and vampires would be all the rage…um…. then there’s that Shades of Gray book that most of the women folk are reading….That should spice things up……..jus’..sayin’….
pcolli over 11 years ago
Looks like he’s torn a ligament……..
Bilan over 11 years ago
Does undead refer to the contestants or to the couch potatoes watching them?
rolleg over 11 years ago
What’s the difference between a zombie and a ghoul?
V-Beast over 11 years ago
Cliff does the ‘unclean and jerk’.
alan.gurka over 11 years ago
“Ripped” has a completely different meaning for Zombies.
gordrogb Premium Member over 11 years ago
Next Olympic event: Driving around Undeadman’s Curve.
GoodQuestion Premium Member over 11 years ago
Nothing unususal about this, all the olympic contestants I’ve seen are ripped . . . . ☻
Rakkav over 11 years ago
From Wikipedia, for what it’s worth:A ghoul is a cannibalistic monster that feeds on human corpses and living human flesh, abducts young children to eat, lures unwary people into abandoned places, often classified as undead. The creatures usually dwells in graveyards and cemeteries. The oldest surviving literature that mention ghouls is likely One Thousand and One Nights1. The term was first attested to in English in 1786, in William Beckford’s Orientalist novel Vathek,2 which describes the ghūl of Arabian folklore.Zombies are fictional undead creatures regularly encountered in horror and fantasy themed works. They are typically depicted as mindless, reanimated corpses with a hunger for human flesh, and particularly for human brains in some depictions. Although they share their name and some superficial similarities with the zombie from Haitian Vodun, their links to such folklore are unclear1 and many consider George A. Romero’s seminal film The Night of the Living Dead to be the progenitor of these creatures.23 Flesh-eating zombies have a complex literary heritage, with antecedents ranging from Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, all drawing on European folklore of the flesh-hungry undead. The zombie apocalypse, the civilized world brought low by a global zombie infestation, has become a staple of modern popular art. By 2011 the influence of zombies in popular consciousness had reached far enough that the United States government’s Center for Disease Control used the idea as a theme to promote disaster preparedness.4So it seems all zombies are ghouls, but not all ghouls are zombies.
richardkel over 11 years ago
Great movie, “Night of the Living Dead.” Thanks for the added information.
Coyoty Premium Member over 11 years ago
I think the association with reanimated corpses came from Marvel Comics’ zombie comics.Zombies are stereotypically Caribbean, so maybe they should have a bobsled team in the Winter Olympics. That could be why they’re gathering in the Olympic Games of Thrones… Winter Olympics are coming.
Shamrock Green over 11 years ago
I thought everything in space was weightless.
Varnes over 11 years ago
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