only wooden stakes kill vampires?

[chebby]

I don't think that's true. In the old days, only wooden stakes were available. I beileve that a steel, bronze or even a strong plastic polymer stake would be just as effective. Any opinions?

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Hm. I just tested your theory. The bronze one worked well, but the Plastic polymer didn't fare so well.<br /><br />A silver one worked the best, though <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[chebby]

<font color="yellow">but the Plastic polymer didn't fare so wel</font><br /><br />Must have been one of those "made in Taiwan" ones ...figures. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[beartooth]

I get mine from Cabellas & they also come in handy as tent pegs.

 

[hracctsold]

This has got to be the comedy hour in the SciFi thread for sure!!!<br />Maybe Cabellas can advertise those tent stakes as doubling for vampire pegs in an emergency as well, and charge twice the price also. But if they were traditional vampire, and not modern (in color) ones, would they work as well? And speaking of things like this, would a plastic version of a garlic clove work as well, or would you need to put garlic flavor on it to make it stink enough?

 

[lunatio_gordin]

I tried artificial garlic flavoring before, Didn't work so well.<br />But if you put natural garlic flavoring on it, it's just as good! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[jmilsom]

Yes, I am a fool too. I once used a necklace of plastic ornamental garlic bulbs instead of the real thing - there's no tricking those vampires! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[beartooth]

You can't be using this Made in China junk on those dudes. It's like dissin' them. Best to stick with REAL home-grown garlic.

 

[chebby]

Thanx so much for your support, fellow scientists! As many of you know, I am days away from submitting my thesis named "Unified Fairytale Theory" into a very prestigious scientific journal, Alcoholics Anonymous. My only hope is that my picture will grace the cover of their November issue. Please keep providing me with more quality material and I promise to mention all of your names in the collaborators section.<br /><br />Being low on luck as usual, vampires are a protected specie here in Massachusetts (a certain Salem incident a few hundred years ago reduced their numbers dramatically.) I did however spot a werewolf community nearby. After trying to use a plastic stake from Cabellas that Beartooth suggested as a replacements for my musket’s silver bullets, I jammed the gun and found myself being chased by the biggest werewolf I've ever seen. My only hope was to make it to the sunset, but as I did, I uncovered they don't really turn back into humans with the first lights of sunshine as the myth claims. Another myth busted as myth busters would say. What really happens is that they usually find a victim way before sunset, and if they don't, they go for sushi instead.<br /><br />Suddenly we found ourselves near a busy intersection, and a patrol car stopped us. But, apparently state troopers are not allowed to interfere into human-fairycreature relationships (prohibited by the latest discriminations booklet.) Luckily, a savvy bystander pointed out to the officer that our werewolf friend was in breach of the Massachusetts state fur code N-534325423 that clearly states: No fur on the chest or the tail shall exceed 2’ 5/11” or be lower than 2’ 8/19” inches. That's when they booked him and I was on my merry way back to writing the paper. <br />

 

[yevaud]

...and so Chuck realized that his next door neighbor was, in fact, a Werewolf. The signs were all there. The hair. The odor. The howling out in the fields on a moonlit evening.<br /><br />So he carefully prepared. He melted down a bunch of dimes, formed them into bullets. And then he waited.<br /><br />So during the next full moon, when the hairy, slavering beast broke in, he was ready. He took careful aim, fired...<br /><br />...the police had no explanation as to his mangled body, which was found the next morning.<br /><br />Note: the silver content of the American Dime has grown smaller and smaller, until it's almost nonexistant nowadays.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />My thanks to Larry Niven for that one. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Don't go cheap on the silver bullets, dude.<br />Van helsing said that Silver crossbow bolts worked too, but i couldn't find any!

 

[vogon13]

ATTENTION!!!!<br /><br />Before attempting to kill a vampire, it is vitally important to determine it's ethnic origin!<br /><br />Procedures vary widely, for example, boiling the severed head in vinegar is appropriate for only one kind of vampire.<br /><br />I will attempt to locate the reference and will post the info ASAP.<br /><br />Don't Panic!<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[cylon]

I would think it would be just as important to make sure it was actually a vampire you were about to kill...<br /><br />Remember the witches ?

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Oh yeah, you definitely don't want to go around stabbing shapeshifters in the heart. They get kinda mad about that.

 

[vogon13]

I suspect various "were" creatures (wolves, bears, rats, platypuses) also have different methods of termination.<br /><br /><br />Nukes would seem to be effective against all, but surely less clumsy methods exist. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Yeah. you know those Nuke tests in the pacific?<br />...We were hunting Vampires <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[strandedonearth]

Ah, hitting them with portable billion-sunpower sunlight, were you?

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Whatever does the job <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[chebby]

Gees, you guys sure know how to take the fun out of killing vampires, might as well carpet bomb them <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />From my experience, sunlight doesn't actually kill vamps, but simply hurts their skin. Some even apply certain skin ointments which gives them decent protection for a few hours.

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Not Nuclear Suns!<br />Carpet bombing? nah, that's totally inefficient <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[kane007]

Other weapons that kill vamps, were..., the undead, etc!<br /><br />Klingon disruptor<br />Several kilograms of C4<br />A couple of anti protons<br />30 megaton thermonuclear weapon<br />Listening to Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart

 

[vogon13]

I've often wondered what a vampire would do if dropped in the crucible of molten steel in Terminator 2.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[strandedonearth]

Probably turn into a bat and fly away before hitting the molten steel.

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Anti-protons? work great.<br />C4? also good.<br />Disruptor? i haven't got my hands on one yet. I knew i shouldn't have trusted that Ferengi trader...<br />Achy Breaky heart? this works the best. Instead of vaporizing, they actually kinda implode. pretty cool to watch <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[hracctsold]

Implode? You mean as in "Mars Attacks"? That has got to be EVERYONE'S favorite part of that great(?) movie!