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The End Is Nigh: So, Like, Last Call!

Posted at 10:16 AM on September 11, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (3 Comments)

Saturday night in Minneapolis, the dead rose from the grave and went out for a few cocktails. No, it wasn't Halloween for the adult-ADHD crowd. It was the second annual Zombie Pub Crawl, to which we were graciously invited. Alas, we remained with the living. But someone took a lot of terrific photos. Why, you ask, a zombie pub crawl?

Because it's pretty much the greatest idea for a pub crawl ever conceived. Walking down the street in a horde of zombies and drinking? It's a dream come true.

The words of the undead, amen. So how did it go? Correspondent Taylor Carik wrote to give us the lowdown on the nightmarish scene:

"We had at least 400 people...There were several priceless moments, my favorite including:
Someone making jello shots in a brain mold and bringing them for everyone
3 people dressed like the recently dead crocodile hunter
seeing zombies making out with each other (after a few beers, zombies look a lot better)
the horde finding a free white couch on the curb and without hesitation spitting blood all over it, then moving into the street to block traffic
The incredible speed with which pictures made it onto the web

Who knew the dead stay just as tech-enabled as the living? And yet, the Zombie Pub Crawl was not all, y'know worms and gaping headwounds and unopposed brain-eating. Indeed, there also happened to be a Pirate Pub Crawl, and the two parties convened at midnight in Nordeast for a "danceoff."

Next week, the Vampire Pub Crawl will take on the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Executive Pub Crawl, the winners to meet in the October 31 finals. What other drinking/dancing faceoffs would you like to see amongst the Dark Powers and Principalities? Take it outside, to the comments.

Comments (3)

I was surprised by not only the number of zombies on the street for the pub crawl but also by the number of them that came in to Surdyk's liquor store BEFORE they walked around to the bars! Never I thought I would have the chance to sell a zombie some cheese!

Posted by Sean | September 11, 2006 11:40 AM

Lemme guess: Was it, uh, head cheese?

Posted by Hans | September 11, 2006 11:46 AM

Zombies...Pirates? That's a pretty good combo, there, eh? Entertainment for the living and the non-pirates alike. Sorry I missed it!

Posted by George Campbell | September 12, 2006 9:28 AM

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