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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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* When you start to remember at least as many words in fictional languages as you do in various real ones ("batleth", "flay-rah", "emmide", "silmaril"...)
* When you look at the waistband of your underwear, at the "FTL" on the tag, and the phrase "Fruit Of The Loom" never enters your mind -- you always, every time, automatically, think "Faster Than Light"!
so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...
"palantir"... "pon far"... "mahendo'sat"...
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KenWritez
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Whew! I thought *I* was the only one who thought of hyperspeed undies during Laundry Day.
You Know You've Gone Overboard With The Sci-Fi & Fantasy When:- When you watch sf movies/tv shows, you automatically know which aliens are friendly and which are invaders.
- If an alien saucer zipped down in front of you and the pilot offered to take you on an inter-galactic odyssey, the first word out of your mouth would be, "Cool!"
- You've thought space travel is wasted on astronauts.
- You can barely contain your frustration during movies/tv shows showing human-alien negotiation/interaction because the humans act like morons.
- You can't understand why you're dateless--again--on a Saturday night vis-a-vis human women when Capt. Kirk scored with an alien babe every week.
- You secretly yearn for a hand-held particle beam weapon. Lasers are for wussies.
- You'd rather live on Deep Space 9 than where you do now.
- Piloting a starship--how hard could it be?
- Aliens are idiots; they're always appearing to lonely farmers, never to someone who could really appreciate them--you.
- You've noticed people in sf movies/tv shows never have to go to the bathroom.
- If you're male, as a boy you secretly prayed for Lt. Uhura to bend over to pick up a dropped paperclip.
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Trudy Scrumptious
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Originally posted by KenWritez:
[*]You'd rather live on Deep Space 9 than where you do now.
Even under the Cardassians? (If yes, you've really got it bad).
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
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quote:
Originally posted by Janine:
[...] so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...
Do those take advantage of worm holes or some sort of jump drive?
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HopPik
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quote:
Originally posted by Gort:
quote:
Originally posted by Janine:
[...] so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...
Do those take advantage of worm holes or some sort of jump drive?
Neither... they take advantage of data transfer on the sub-ether net.
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orinocco
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When you've worked out how the elvish runes correpond to the Latin alaphabet and tried to translate anything in Tolkein that is written in runes.
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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You were a member of the Tolkein Club in junior high (in which everyone took a name from the books) and you got a valentine from another member and the valentine used runes from the books and you could read the valentine without looking up anything in the books--but it didn't get through your thick skull at the time that what it all meant was that the sender of the valentine liked you. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Laura
General nuisance
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Um, Ruth, it's no good unless you spell Tolkien correctly. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I'm out of the loop on recent Star Trek reiterations, but I do know a shocking amount of Tolkien geekery. I think "Remmirath" when I see the Pleiades and "Menelvagor the hunter" for Orion.
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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quote:
Originally posted by HopPik:
quote:
Originally posted by Gort:
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Originally posted by Janine:
[...] so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...
Do those take advantage of worm holes or some sort of jump drive?
Neither... they take advantage of data transfer on the sub-ether net.
I thought each was its own 'specially-created mini-universe, being so speedy simply by being everywhere at once.
Some days I certainly feel as if my backside is that vast.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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quote:
Originally posted by orinocco:
When you've worked out how the elvish runes correpond to the Latin alaphabet and tried to translate anything in Tolkein that is written in runes.
Or Feanorian script!
My last name makes a lovely glyph, by the way!
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Suffering for Jesus since 1966.
WTFWED?
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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... When your first ever fan letter, and the only one you've ever felt compelled to write to an actor, was to Roddy MacDowell for his work with the Planet of the Apes movies and TV series.
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tej
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When you realize that most of the stuff in the orginal Star Trek we have right now.
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Wandering Crucifer
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You know you've gone overboard with the sci-fi and fantasy when...
- A single word, used in an innocent context, can bring to mind some quote from Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams,
- You can start quoting the Hitchhiker's Radio Series from the beginning and keep going for several minutes, even pronouncing words in the same way as the actors,
- You are a member of a fan club, and
- You use a quote from Douglas Adams as your .sig.
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Ariel
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:
You were a member of the Tolkein Club in junior high (in which everyone took a name from the books)
The Blakes' Seven Fan Club, actually. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) But I can still write in runes.
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DarkEnergy
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You know you have gone too far with SF&F when
You have 10 times more SF&F books on your shelves than you have Christian books (including all the books in the bible)
You have read all the above books more than once and your 'theologically sound' christian books have only been read the once and will only be ever read the once!
You can quote SF&F books more easily than the bible.
You like the idea of real dragons, hand and a half bastard swords, impaling, beheading and burning your enemies.
And finally your fondest memories of fellowship with other christians at university involved two weeks solid role playing and your characters were Benny the Bastard and Baldric the Buggerer.
![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
I am sure that Karl the Backslider and Alaric can add more.
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Adeodatus
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You know you've gone too far when ...
... you know which season of Voyager you're watching by what Capt. Janeway's hairstyle is like.
... you open your wardrobe door and out falls the replica of Dr Who's scarf your aunt knitted for you thirty years ago!
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Garfield
Ship's cat
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...you want to hit the uneducated moron who just mentioned 'proton' torpedoes...
...you know under which fingernail Data keeps his emotion chip...
...you can watch LotR films without the elfin-english subtitles...or not watch LotR films because they're nothing like the original books...
[typo]
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Matrix
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when you don't immediately rule out giving your child a name from LOTR
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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When you know with absolute certainty that The Empire would kick The Federation's ass any day of the week.
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Lurker McLurker™
Ship's stowaway
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
When you know with absolute certainty that The Empire would kick The Federation's ass any day of the week.
But neither would stand a chance against The Culture.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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I'm personally waiting for the great Empire vs Borg bout.
By the way, Janine, I never doubted for a second your panties were faster than light. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Ahleal V
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quote:
Originally posted by DarkEnergy:
You know you have gone too far with SF&F when:
You like the idea of real dragons, hand and a half bastard swords, impaling, beheading and burning your enemies.
Oh, the joys!
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I'm personally waiting for the great Empire vs Borg bout.
The Empire would murder them. No contest.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Belfry Bat
Apprentice
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You know you've gone overboard when:
You find yourself shouting in the cinema during LoTR
part 1 " What is Arwen doing on Glorfindel's horse"?
You've translated the runes and learned whole swathes of sindarin etc.
You've read LoTR at least 3 times every year for .....years.
You're also addicted to Eddings, McCaffery, Moorcock and Pratchett.
You know the answer's 42.
You're a hopeless Trekkie.
and I own and wear a Dr Who scarf - Tom Baker
style.
I guess I'm just hopeless ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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Goldfish Stew
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When you find yourself swearing using made-for-tv swear words ("What the crak do you mean Smeghead? Cruk off!")
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
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You go to your local Leather Crafter with pictures off the net of the latest Star wars characters and ask for "Three belt pouches exactly like the ones on this Imperial Guard please."
P (true story)
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
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You choose as an avatar some character from an obscure, 50's Sci-Fi movie.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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What do you mean "obscure", Gort? TDTESS is a classic, the standard by which all following SF is measured.
Klaatu barada nichto.
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WTFWED?
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KenWritez
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You correct Campellite's spelling of "nikto."
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
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You've always wondered how the order, "Pick me up and put me in the ship, then go and retrieve Klaatu and return him to the ship"...was condensed into "Klaatu barada nikto"! ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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marmot
Mountain mammal
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You dress your new baby in a tiny Starfleet uniform for his hospital photo.
(not me, I swear! Our baby had his own varsity sweater)
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Duo Seraphim*
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tera'nganbej neH jIH 'ach 'e' vIQIjlaH
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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...When some of your fondest most vivid early childhood memories involve watching the Sunday Morning Movie before Mass, at which time was always featured space aliens invading or mutating escaped lab creatures or ghoulish graverobbing.
I mean, Channel 8 out of New Orleans featured that stuff in the movie timeslot. I didn't see Godzilla or any Triffids at Mass.
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Goldfish Stew
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Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
tera'nganbej neH jIH 'ach 'e' vIQIjlaH
You keep your accidental frog where!!????
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mousethief
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quote:
Originally posted by Janine:
I didn't see Godzilla or any Triffids at Mass.
More's the pity, I'm sure the RCC could get some converts that way.
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Duo Seraphim*
Sea lawyer
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Originally posted by kiwigoldfish:
quote:
Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
tera'nganbej neH jIH 'ach 'e' vIQIjlaH
You keep your accidental frog where!!????
Hegh Hutlh quv pemHov poS SuD baS bIQ Ha'DIbaH!
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Cusanus
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quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:
You were a member of the Tolkein Club in junior high (in which everyone took a name from the books) and you got a valentine from another member and the valentine used runes from the books and you could read the valentine without looking up anything in the books--but it didn't get through your thick skull at the time that what it all meant was that the sender of the valentine liked you.
Oh my God. This is EXACTLY how it happened. I was on the other side of the transaction. Ermm, and don't bet on the sender actually realising that's what it meant either.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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You used to write letters to your boyfriend in runes.
Your best friend at school had the nickname 'Bilbo' and you were called 'Frodo'.
[ 28. February 2005, 05:30: Message edited by: Chorister ]
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Ariel
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... you treat yourself to the Doctor Who Book of Trivial Facts and discover you already know more of them than you ought to.
... you wonder about day to day life and what Tom Bombadil really does all day; if you'd have trouble finding the bathroom in the Tardis, and if they have a rota for cooking the meals on board the Liberator. If so, what would Avon cook?
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Gill H
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You find yourself musing that getting used to a new vicar is a bit like getting used to a new Dr Who ...
Friends in our church have given their children names from SF/Fantasy, but very normal ones - Torin and Logan. However, the guy did accidentally (honestly) wear a Borg T-shirt to his civil marriage service. It read 'You will be assimilated'. Since he'd held out against getting married for 13 years, this was considered the joke of the season.
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angelica37
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you find yourself thinking 'What would Granny Weatherwax do?'...
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babybear
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I have decided that when I am old I will be like Granny Weatherwax about half the time, and Nanny the other half-ish. But so as to add a little spice to the mix, I shan't tell anyone which one I am, and I might just slip in a bit of Goodie Whemper or Old Mother Dismass.
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Oh, dear.
Part of the time I think I am Magrat Garlick.
And I own a hand and a half bastard sword - and chainmail - and a Norman helmet....
And I can swear in Klingon.
And I've written poems in Elvish.
And I once convinced a friend that fire lizards really exist in this world for a full five minutes!
I know which episode of Classic Trek the 30 second security guard appears in, too, and how to use an ahn woon, and if someone were to yell "Kroykah!" at me, I'd freeze.
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Trudy Scrumptious
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-When you try to explain the concept of the Holy Spirit to your 6 year old and begin by saying, "You know how a Jedi can use the power of the Force...?"
-When you have an Empowered Woman from a fantasy series as your (exciting new!) avatar and a quote from an Empowered Woman from a sci-fi movie as your sig line.
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Ann
Curious
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Seems a bit tame to say, "When you persuade your daughter to read sci-fi/fantasy so you can 'give' her scads of books, thus freeing up your own shelves..."
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ken
Ship's Roundhead
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quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:
What do you mean "obscure", Gort? TDTESS is a classic, the standard by which all following SF is measured.
"Michael Rennie was ill,
the day the Earth stood still,
but he told us where we stand..."
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L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.
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Glimmer
Ship's Lantern
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... when one shoulder tattoo is Darth Vader and the other one is "May The Force Be With You" in Imperial code (my elder son).
... when you watch ANH just to see a Stormtrooper bang his head on a door and to see an Imperial informer unwittingly bend his rubber nose.
... when you get more angry with Lucas for Phantom Menace than with the government for taxes.
... when you wish Brain Aldiss was one of your drinking mates.
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