Assuming that a vampire turns a human into a vampire once a month . . .
From Cinema Fiction vs.Physics Reality: Ghosts, Vampires, and Zombies by Costas J. Efthimiou and Sohang Gandhi, a very entertaining article that takes a scientific look at a variety of movie monsters.
I'm predicting that around month 13-14 garlic futures would hit the roof but by month 20 the garlic market would bottom out due to delivery issues.
Posted by: Rob B. | October 31, 2007 at 09:09 AM
I'm having my advanced rhetoric students argue for and against this point as proof that vampires do not exist.
Posted by: gail | October 31, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Actually, it would be even worse, as this assumes a vampire only dines once a month. The traditional schedule is once a night.
It also assumes all the victims turn into vampires themselves, which I would call questionable.
Posted by: mojo | October 31, 2007 at 11:34 AM
And it assumes that vampire populations have no attrition and human populations don't grow.
Posted by: gail | October 31, 2007 at 01:30 PM
You can call that the Buffy variable.
Posted by: ken | October 31, 2007 at 03:28 PM
..and of course it doesn't take into consideration the "Blade" adjustment to the Vampire population..
Hey, where's the masked Owl and Vampire Robin this year???
Posted by: Jake | October 31, 2007 at 04:36 PM
I'll have to go looking for the scary owl for tonight.
Posted by: gail | October 31, 2007 at 05:27 PM
Ah, but a vampire could go on the wagon, get his or her black ribbon and attend regular meetings, etc. and become a regular citizen working for a living. Maybe taking pictures for the Times or something.
Posted by: joated | October 31, 2007 at 05:51 PM
"Necks are shapely, not food."
Posted by: ken | October 31, 2007 at 05:53 PM