What *does* check your corners mean? « anti social butterfly (IMHO)

November 10, 2009...11:12 AM

What does check your corners mean?

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So it seems that a lot of people are getting to my fantastico cornero of the web-o by looking up:

What does check your corners mean?

And let me put it to you plain and simple – it means just that. After many horror-movie and Left for Dead marathons you see, Aileen learned that there was often a fatal flaw in the survivors plans. They run into a room, don’t check the corners and then wonder why they die when a zombie/killer/monster springs out at them from behind the door and devours them alive/slaughters/does weird monster shit to them.

1. Check behind the door first.
2. Check the corner opposite the door corner
3. Check furtherest corner

You see, by doing this, you will potentially eliminate any of the undead swarming on you when you least expect it. Remember, the wise words of one of my many gods, Max Brooks:

There is no safe, only safer.

Which is actually a pretty good rule for living under a patriarchy as well. There are no actual safety. There is only safer.

Has anyone ever seen Silence of the Lambs? I have, because Clarice and Hannibal is like my dream menage-et-tois but ANYWHOO that bit when Starling is at the training academy and they’re practicing storming a room? Remember? So yeah, Starling goes in and goes straight to the perp to arrest him and BANG well, not actual bang because:

(sic) Why didn’t you check the corners Starling?/I forgot sir/Well that’s why you’re dead, check your corners

It’s just one of those little rules that will help to keep you alive in case of zombpocalypse. Well, that and knocking before you enter any room to test the undead numbers that lurk inside. If you don’t already know all these things – you’re not welcome on my survival wagon.

Always remember: Use your head, remove theirs. (but don’t forget to stamp the fuck out of it because they don’t die until you destroy the brain) see example below: