• 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.

quote:

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Originally posted by KenWritez:
[*]You'd rather live on Deep Space 9 than where you do now.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
[...] so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Gort:

quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
[...] so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...

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Do those take advantage of worm holes or some sort of jump drive?

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Neither... they take advantage of data transfer on the sub-ether net.
 

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Posted by orinocco (# 5083) on :
 
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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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Laura (# 10) on :
 
Um, Ruth, it's no good unless you spell Tolkien correctly.

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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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 

 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by HopPik:

quote:

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Originally posted by Gort:

quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
[...] so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...

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Do those take advantage of worm holes or some sort of jump drive?

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Neither... they take advantage of data transfer on the sub-ether net.

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quote:

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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.

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• 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.

quote:

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Originally posted by RuthW:
You were a member of the Tolkein Club in junior high (in which everyone took a name from the books)

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The Blakes' Seven Fan Club, actually. But I can still write in runes.
 

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Posted by DarkEnergy (# 9096) on :
 
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.

I am sure that Karl the Backslider and Alaric can add more.
 

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Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :
 
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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Posted by Garfield (# 1567) on :
 
...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]

[ 27. February 2005, 15:38: Message edited by: Garfield ]
 

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Posted by Matrix (# 3452) on :
 
when you don't immediately rule out giving your child a name from LOTR

M
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
When you know with absolute certainty that The Empire would kick The Federation's ass any day of the week.
 

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Posted by Lurker McLurker™ (# 1384) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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But neither would stand a chance against The Culture.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Ahleal V (# 8404) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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Oh, the joys!



x

AV

[ 27. February 2005, 16:56: Message edited by: Ahleal V ]
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I'm personally waiting for the great Empire vs Borg bout.

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The Empire would murder them. No contest.
 

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Posted by Belfry Bat (# 9000) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by kiwigoldfish (# 5512) on :
 
When you find yourself swearing using made-for-tv swear words ("What the crak do you mean Smeghead? Cruk off!")
 

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Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :
 
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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Posted by Gort (# 6855) on :
 
You choose as an avatar some character from an obscure, 50's Sci-Fi movie.
 

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Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :
 
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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Posted by KenWritez (# 3238) on :
 
You correct Campellite's spelling of "nikto."
 

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Posted by Lurker McLurker™ (# 1384) on :
 
Maybe he was speaking like a Scottish klingon.
 

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Posted by Gort (# 6855) on :
 
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"!
 

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Posted by marmot (# 479) on :
 
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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Posted by Duo Seraphim (# 3251) on :
 
tera'nganbej neH jIH 'ach 'e' vIQIjlaH
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
...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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Posted by kiwigoldfish (# 5512) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
tera'nganbej neH jIH 'ach 'e' vIQIjlaH

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quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
I didn't see Godzilla or any Triffids at Mass.

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More's the pity, I'm sure the RCC could get some converts that way.
 

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Posted by Duo Seraphim (# 3251) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by kiwigoldfish:

quote:

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Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
tera'nganbej neH jIH 'ach 'e' vIQIjlaH

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You keep your accidental frog where!!????

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quote:

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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.

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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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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
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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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
How about when you can quote dialog from a cartoon insectoid alien invader to use as your sig.?
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
... 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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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
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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Posted by angelica37 (# 8478) on :
 
you find yourself thinking 'What would Granny Weatherwax do?'...
 

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Posted by babybear (# 34) on :
 
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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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
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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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 
-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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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
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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Posted by ken (# 2460) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
What do you mean "obscure", Gort? TDTESS is a classic, the standard by which all following SF is measured.

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"Michael Rennie was ill,
the day the Earth stood still,
but he told us where we stand..."
 

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Posted by Glimmer (# 4540) on :
 
... 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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Posted by Ahleal V (# 8404) on :
 
When if woken with too little sleep you find yourself subconsciously classifying those you know in terms more befitting Dungeons and Dragons (oh, my mispent pre-15 days...)

Tristan. 5th lvl Cleric. Lawful Good. (Subclass: Oxbridge Anglican Vicar)

Richard. 3th lvl Rogue. Neutral Evil.(Subclass: Financial Consultant)

Kessa. 6th lvl Scholar. Chaotic Good. (Subclass: Decadent Postgrad)

[Going to hide now]

x

AV

[ 28. February 2005, 15:26: Message edited by: Ahleal V ]
 

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Posted by welsh dragon (# 3249) on :
 
...when the priest looks at the wedding party arriving on your wedding day and says "I don't often feel underdressed, but maybe I should have turned up as Gandalf..."

...when several of your friends habitually refer to you as "Dragon"...

...when you would really like Eigon to give you some more information about Re-enactment Days so you can get to wear the assorted medieval costumes, leather gauntlets and etc. that you seem to be collecting without really thinking about it...
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Eigon:
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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quote:

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Originally posted by Ahleal V:
When if woken with too little sleep you find yourself subconsciously classifying those you know in terms more befitting Dungeons and Dragons (oh, my mispent pre-15 days...)
...

Richard. 3th lvl Rogue. Neutral Evil.(Subclass: Financial Consultant)

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When you see the word "Rogue" and think, "ugh, non-First Edition" right away.

When you built a Dungeons and Dragons campaign around the Beatle movie Yellow Submarine.

... And tried to relate the Sub's dimensional transcendence to the TARDIS'.

... Which was fine because the Doctor was also one of the characters in your campaign.

... As were many others you liked from any number of books, films or television series.

... Not to mention trying to make the AD&D (First Edition) cosmology make sense with your then-newfound faith.

... And coming up with a Roy-Thomas-style retconning/re-imagining of the whole planar system which would not only be Christianity-compatible (a la Narnia) but also clear up apparent contradictions within the existing system, without actually contradicting the established books...

... as well as a whole scheme for bringing magical technology to the World of Greyhawk, which would also allow for AD&D magic-tech super-heroes, but in the future lead to the barren world of Dark Sun, which perhaps the characters might have to try to avert, and so on, and so on...

... but never actually play any of this because all your attention is focused on the system you've come up with and then you realize you just don't have time for D&D anymore.

... not to mention getting almost all of the references in this thread...

And see the "embarassing hobbies" thread in Heaven for even more.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
When you persuaded your dad to dress up as Dr. Who (Tom Baker) for a party, and when you lent him the items which you just happened to have in your wardrobe.
 

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Posted by Duo Seraphim (# 3251) on :
 
You can not only cite portions of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, but you have been involved in litigation where the other side seemed to consider them mandatory in the conduct of business.
 

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Posted by marmot (# 479) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
You can not only cite portions of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, but you have been involved in litigation where the other side seemed to consider them mandatory in the conduct of business.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ariel:
OK, time for a quick test. How many of you can answer "Yes" to all or most of the following?

1) You've tried out the Spock Pinch.
2) You've been known to say, "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" when someone you knew walked through the door.
3) When really bored/exasperated you've muttered, "Beam me up, Scotty."
4) You fancied Kirk/Spock or Uhura.

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Got 'em all. And you forgot ...

5) You can recognize and name many episodes of ST:TOS within the first few seconds of the opening scene.
6) You use one of McCoy's lines ("I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer/mechanic/psychiatrist/etc" when someone makes an unreasonable request of you.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
I sewed my own Tribbles! I made them out of rabbit fur. And I had a tiny little squirrel one.

And any society, such as the Ferengis', which thinks that the only good woman is a nekkid woman, is obviously a society after some fellas' hearts.
 

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Posted by Henry Troup (# 3722) on :
 
You have a cat named "Spot". (Not me, a cow-orker.) I also know dogs named "Kira" and "Sheridan".
 

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Posted by Midnight Scholar (# 9112) on :
 
You know you've gone too far in SF and fantasy when you understand every single one of the references on this thread... including the Dark Sun stuff

And then you wonder why nobody mentioned Valen yet
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Lovely typo Henry - is that an Orc who looks after cows?
 

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Posted by Ahleal V (# 8404) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by ozowen:
When your eldest son's name is "Elric"

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Oh, I salute you! I SALUTE YOU!

x

AV
 

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Posted by babybear (# 34) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Gill H:
Lovely typo Henry - is that an Orc who looks after cows?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Someone needs, desperately, to write a chatroom that includes a dice-rolling sub-app, with a GM mode that allows you to roll secretely. That would allow 'net RPGing across the globe. (eyes light up)

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quote:

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Originally posted by babybear:

quote:

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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Someone needs, desperately, to write a chatroom that includes a dice-rolling sub-app, with a GM mode that allows you to roll secretely. That would allow 'net RPGing across the globe. (eyes light up)

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Why, do you not trust your players to tell the truth when they roll?

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No.

Hell, I don't even trust myself when I roll.

[ 01. March 2005, 09:26: Message edited by: Karl: Liberal Backslider ]
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
Ariel - the only one of your list I can't say yes to is owning the Tom Baker scarf - but I did help to knit one.
I can do Ruth's 5 and 6 too (the 30 second security guard was in Friday's Child, btw. He even had a line: "Klingons! Argh!")
And a friend of mine made a large tribble that you were supposed to unzip at regular intervals to let the little babies fall out.

At the moment I'm periphally involved in a D&D campaign heavily based on Amber, together with two seventeen year olds who occasionally encounter something new, look at the evil gleam in the DM's eye and say: "This is something you and Eigon have read and the rest of us haven't, isn't it?"
 

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Posted by Suzywoozy (# 6259) on :
 
...you start to hallucinate about it under the influence of gas and air during labour.

I was having my 3rd child, removed the gas and air mouth piece, turned to husband and said "I'm in Quarks" and giggled. The midwives were clearly not DS9 fans and wondered what on earth I was on about.

What was going on in my brain was that each contraction was my being tortured by the Cardassians and as it ended and I was getting high on the gas and air I was in Quarks - in a holosuite or something I guess.

Another thing, my favourite present I have ever received is the Bajoran earring dh gave me.
 

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Posted by Mathmo (# 5837) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by RuthW:
5) You can recognize and name many episodes of ST:TOS within the first few seconds of the opening scene.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Midnight Scholar:
You know you've gone too far in SF and fantasy when you understand every single one of the references on this thread... including the Dark Sun stuff

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quote:

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Originally posted by Eigon:
Ariel - the only one of your list I can't say yes to is owning the Tom Baker scarf - but I did help to knit one.

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quote:

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Originally posted by stitchface:
... when you dye your hair white, get gold contacts with hourglass irises, paint your skin gold, wear red robes, and start verbally abusing your siblings

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quote:

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Originally posted by nicolemrw:
... tsk! janine, don't you know david gerrold said that tribbles should always be made of fake fur because the first rule of the universe is "thou shalt not waste"?

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Exactly! That's why I put the skins I had lying about to good use.

That, and the fact that Rule # Somewhere-On-The-List of Janine's Universe is "Thou shalt have dominion over the Earth and subdue it... thus making a Good Steward-type use of fluffy furs, beefsteaks, burl-eye maple, precious metals..."

***********************************************

How about when almost all your (*ahem*) bathroom reading material is classic older sci-fi and fantasy, which you have read countless times before? Oh how often one turns to a familiar passage whilst... waiting.

There must be something Freudian in that. Or Jungian. Or Alien.
 

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Posted by Anselm (# 4499) on :
 
During a baptism interview I was asking the names of the couple's two boys. The names came from; Star Trek NG, the X-men, Superman and a TV sci-fi series.
I was musing on how obsessed this father was (what was the wife thinking!!), when it occured to me that I had recognised the origin of all of them with out his having to tell me

On the plus side, he loaned me a sci-fi fantasy book I had been meaning to read for a while.
 

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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 
When you know how many days until the Hitchhiker's Guide movie opens (58) but cannot really feel easy in your mind about it because of what they appear to have done with Zaphod's heads, based on the trailer.
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
I used to know someone who called their son Robin - "because Batman would have sounded silly".
 

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Posted by stitchface (# 9032) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ahleal V:
Shalafi? I thought you were dead...

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quote:

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Or Alien.

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Only if you have piles.

P
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
The name wasn't Ripley fer nuthin'.
 

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Posted by St Stevie the Sacrilegious (# 9113) on :
 
... When you used to daydream about the Millenium Falcon coming down to land in your school's playground with every single SW character aboard, wanting to whip you off to a galaxy far far away, a la "the gang's all here"...

... When you still daydream about it happening now that you're at work! lol...

... When you made up your own character to fit neatly into the SW universe (Princess Leia's younger sister who just happens to discover before her older sibling that she has Jedi powers, thereby catapulting her to galactic fame somewhat prematurely [was twelve years old at the time] )...

... When you cried for three days straight at the announcement that Episodes I-III were being made: "But I'm not old enough to be in them!!! No, wait, surely I am!!! Oh, the inhumanity!!!"...

... When you could recite the dialogue for Episodes IV-VI from the age of nine...

... When you've contemplated the philosophies behind why a Sith's eyes bare a remarkable resemblence to those of a g'ould, and wonder if there's anything in that...

... When your day-to-day conversation is peppered with "Indeed"s, a la Teal'c...

...On purpose to see if anyone notices lol...

... When you submit letters of complaint to the programmers at the TV station becuase they've relocated the timeslot of SG:SG1 without advertising the change (including in the TV guide - what cheek!) so that you miss it this week...

[Phew! Is that enough? No, wait, there will be more... )
 

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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by St Stevie the Sacrilegious:
...... When you made up your own character to fit neatly into the SW universe (Princess Leia's younger sister who just happens to discover before her older sibling that she has Jedi powers, thereby catapulting her to galactic fame somewhat prematurely [was twelve years old at the time] )...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
so says Janine, owner of Faster Than Light panties...

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I would HATE to get THAT wedgie!!!
 

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Posted by St Stevie the Sacrilegious (# 9113) on :
 

quote:

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There's a name for that, Mary Sue.

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Gee thanks, Trudes; vote of confidence appreciated ..... And I was even going to complement you on your excellent choice of avatar and sig (nice juxtaposition of two fav sci-fi and fantasy universes, btw. The unity is pleasing ....), but perhaps I had best rethink....
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
You Know You've Gone Overboard With The Sci-Fi & Fantasy When:

You wish you had a trans-mat beam in the corner of the kitchen so you could go to The Starship Enterprise and drop a paperclip for Lt. Uhuru to pickup!

The only guy you went to school with 35 years ago that anyone has heard of today is a Klingon by profession

You want to become an astronomer so you can discover a new planet and name it Klondarf-9&trade

You wonder why your car is bigger than your briefcase

You resent having to load the dishwasher yourself because Rosie&trade hasn't been invented yet

You regret never having met George Jetson until you remember you met the man who drew him
 

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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by St Stevie the Sacrilegious:
Gee thanks, Trudes; vote of confidence appreciated ..... And I was even going to complement you on your excellent choice of avatar and sig (nice juxtaposition of two fav sci-fi and fantasy universes, btw. The unity is pleasing ....), but perhaps I had best rethink....

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Damn! I've been waiting all week for SOMEONE to compliment me on the avatar and sig ... and I blew my chance by callously pointing out your Mary Sue-ism. Mea culpa. And let's remember that a little wish-fulfillment fantasy isn't necessarily a bad thing!
 

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Posted by Shoehorn with Teeth (# 2420) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
* 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"!

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And then of course there are the initials that go around the waistband of "Just My Size" brand underwear.
[Hmm, whether to admit that this was a thrilling discovery...]

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Shoehorn with Teeth
{who's in the process of watching all of B5. Again.}

P.S. TrudyTrudy, nice avatar and sig.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
...when your children can sing the a cappella theme song from the TV show ALF, with the harmonies yet!
 

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Posted by St Stevie the Sacrilegious (# 9113) on :
 

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Originally posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you):
Damn! I've been waiting all week for SOMEONE to compliment me on the avatar and sig ...

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Yeah, I kinda picked up on that in an earlier post of yours on this thread......
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 

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Originally posted by DarkEnergy:
You know you have gone too far with SF&F when

...

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.

I am sure that Karl the Backslider and Alaric can add more.

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You know you've gone too far when you are overjoyed to see Benni (as I believe at the time we insisted you spelt his name!) and Baldric get a mention on the Ship!

(Which one of them was it again that conspired with a certain hobbit that the Mrs the Goth-to-be had as her character to take my Ranger's nice sword off him while he was sleeping?! )
 

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Posted by Henry Troup (# 3722) on :
 

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Originally posted by babybear:

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Originally posted by Gill H:
Lovely typo Henry - is that an Orc who looks after cows?

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It was not a typo. 'Cow-orker'is a term popularised by Mr Dilbert, Scott Adams. However, it can be traced back to Usenet, about 12 years ago.

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And, I believe, to an early word-processor hyphenation program before that.

My real typos are never that clever
 

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Posted by J. J. Ramsey (# 1174) on :
 
When someone on the TV says "What do you want?" and you hear in your head Ambassador Kosh saying "Never ask that question." Bonus points for saying "Never ask that question" aloud using a voice that sort of sounds like Kosh's.

When you see a sign saying "Welcome, Newcomer," and bald, humanoid aliens with spots on their heads come to mind.

When you hear Steve Miller sing "I'm a midnight toker" and briefly think of the phrase "Midnight Tok'ra."

When you see the instance of Number Six inside Baltar's head and are reminded of the clone of Scorpius inside John Crichton's head.
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
Certain numbers have a mystical significance, too.
42, of course, but also
Number Six and Number Two(The Prisoner,
7 (Blake's or Galileo),
1701....
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
- when you order "tea, Earl Grey, hot" in a cafe.

- when carousels make you think of running.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

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Marvin the Martian: when you order "tea, Earl Grey, hot" in a cafe.

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Originally posted by J. J. Ramsey:
When you see a sign saying "Welcome, Newcomer," and bald, humanoid aliens with spots on their heads come to mind.

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Or Visitors. "Let's all welcome our Visitors and Newcomers" in church led to the most amusing images!
 

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Posted by nicolemrw (# 28) on :
 
ken, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for the website you posted on the previous page. i have been immersed in its wonders and delights for the past two days now.
 

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Posted by Joykins (# 5820) on :
 
...you integrate the word "grok" into normal conversations.

...you use the word "mundanes" or "muggles" to refer to normal people.

...when posting responses to threads on various boards about Your Brush With Fame, you feel the need to mention that your uncle is a Starfleet Admiral (true!!).

...you own all the Robert Jordan novels, even the 10th one, in hardcover

...you read certain books and watch certain movies just because your favorite SF author recommends them on the fan email list.

Joy
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
...your first words to your newborn son were "Welcome to Earth, kid--the answer's 42."
 

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Posted by Shoehorn with Teeth (# 2420) on :
 
...you're at no risk of having children anytime soon, but the name of a character who only appeared in one episode of TNG is already near the top of your list of candidates.
 

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Posted by Ahleal V (# 8404) on :
 
You know when you're a Michael Moorcock fan when you...

...when you gasp in horror (which goes unheard in the music of the club) when you realise the person you're dancing with wears the symbol of their allegiance to the Lords of Chaos.

But you know that you're a true Moorcock fan when you...

...keep Stormbringer under your bed (though I'm not quite that far gone yet!)

x

AV

[ 08. March 2005, 11:55: Message edited by: Ahleal V ]
 

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Posted by Pax Romana (# 4653) on :
 
You know you have been reading too much fantasy literature (and watching too much "Star Trek") when you are wondering what you will name your next cat or dog and the following names come to mind:

Frodo
Sam
Galadriel
Aragorn
Data
Worf
Harry
Hermione

Pax Romana
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Worf would be a really good name for a dog.

If it was a really large and hairy one, you could also refer to it as The Wookie.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
I once met someone with an Irish Wolfhound named Chewbacca.

Timothy
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
Really? What did he name his dog, then?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 

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Originally posted by Pax Romana:
You know you have been reading too much fantasy literature (and watching too much "Star Trek") when you are wondering what you will name your next cat or dog and the following names come to mind:

Frodo
Sam
Galadriel
Aragorn
Data
Worf
Harry
Hermione

Pax Romana

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
I met a young girl named Galadriel. I wonder if there will be a spate of LotR names showing up in kindergartens?

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Originally posted by Eanswyth:
Me: When I met a Ferengi at the Las Vegas Star Trek Experience I got all shy like a little kid meeting Mickey Mouse at Disneyland.

My friends B & R: They commissioned the guy who made the One Ring for the movies to make their wedding rings. They are engraved in Sindarin Tangwar, "One ring to show our love, one ring to bind us One ring to seal our love, and forever to entwine us."

Top that!

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COOL!



Pax Romana
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

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Originally posted by Eanswyth:
Me: When I met a Ferengi at the Las Vegas Star Trek Experience I got all shy like a little kid meeting Mickey Mouse at Disneyland.

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Originally posted by Shoehorn with Teeth:
...you're at no risk of having children anytime soon, but the name of a character who only appeared in one episode of TNG is already near the top of your list of candidates.

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Originally posted by Jane R:
YKYGOBWTSF&FW:

You know the difference between elf-letters and dwarf runes and get really, REALLY annoyed when people mix them up

You can recite the Babylon 5 mantra

You know FTL travel is theoretically impossible, but wish it weren't.

Jane R

I plan to live forever. Or die trying

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Nah. You know that FTL is theoretically possible, but the energy requirements are greater than the energy contained in the entire universe, which is just so incredibly thoughtless of God when He designed the laws of physics.
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
With Ferengi, it's not the ears - it's the lobes
 

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Posted by babybear (# 34) on :
 
My Dad has lobes, not quite of Ferengi proportions, but good lobes. Anyway, when my cub was little she use to snuggle up on Grandpa's lap and stroke his lobes. This blissed out both of them and they would fall asleep.
 

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Posted by Rev per Minute (# 69) on :
 

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Originally posted by Janine:
You know you've possibly fallen too far in to ever come out, when the choicest plum parking space at your town's historic City Hall is labeled "Captain Jean-Luc Picard".

And when they've put a lifesize cardboard image of him standing just inside the big glass door at the main entrance.

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Why would he need a car? Surely he would just beam down to the City Hall?

Very sad comment on my position in all this: in a conversation earlier this week, someone mutters "Revenge is a dish best served cold" and I automatically reply "... and it is very cold in space". Cue confusion from one party to the conversation
 

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Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :
 
... when you find yourself saying "Kirk to Enterprise!" as you snap open your brand new clamshell mobile phone.
 

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Posted by shalimar (# 3198) on :
 
When you join various LJ communities about Star Trek and ask the question - " What happened to the Borg baby Janeway and Seven rescued from the Borg cube along with Icheb and the other Borg children in 'Collective' (season 5)?"

(Answer was 'On deck 47 along with Naomi's dad, Seska's ghost and the spacial rift that gives the crew unlimited spare parts and Delta flyer parts...'
 

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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 
Tonight, the ultimate example of having passed the torch to the next generation:

We're watching The Incredibles, and my 7 y.o. is entranced with the escapades of Dash, the kid who can run super-fast. At one point Dash is running away from the bad guys and comes to a body of water, keeps on running and discovers not only can he run on water, he can run faster. As Dash is zooming along like a jet-ski, my 7-y.o., literally squealing with excitement, shouts:

"He's like Jesus...in hyperdrive!!!"
 

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Posted by ozowen (# 8935) on :
 
You know you are a true Moorcock fan when you cheerfully buy every edition of the Elric stories even if it is just the same old stories re mixed. (and of course- the eldest son is Elric, and he is blond! and pale skinned-but not albino- dammit!)
And
You buy every Hawkwind album available and even Mike Moorcock at the New World´s Fair album. (although it has gone missing- gnnnhhh)
and
You used to call out to a friend saying ¨Blood and Souls for thine aid Arioch!¨

You are a Tolkien fan when you have an annual holiday in the Middle Earth (September).
and
You had an ambition when at school to write your rune into every desk in school. (Nearly succeeded too!)

You are a Pratchett fan when you cuss in Pictsie.
Crivens! Here´s a heed full o dandruff fer ye!
 

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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 
Two more things to add to this thread:

You know you've gone overboard, etc., when...

The discover of the book Star Trek and Sacred Ground on the desk of a fellow seminary student provokes a strangely orgasm-like reaction.

While watching a Veggie Tales movie with your children, you experience a similar reaction to that described above at the revelation that Veggie Tales' next release will be a LOTR parody entitled "Lord of the Beans."

Some days, I think I really don't get out enough.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Tonight I travelled home on a train that, Tardis-like, packed a large crowd of people into its carriages. Some of them inevitably got lost in the corridors. It travelled through space and time arriving 15 minutes late with a wheeze and a groan.

As I got out I looked back. Virgin trains are often named after explorers so I was curious to see which one I'd been travelling with this evening. I should have known. There in large letters on the side was its name:

"Doctor Who."
 

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Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :
 

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Originally posted by shalimar:
When you join various LJ communities about Star Trek and ask the question - " What happened to the Borg baby Janeway and Seven rescued from the Borg cube along with Icheb and the other Borg children in 'Collective' (season 5)?"

(Answer was 'On deck 47 along with Naomi's dad, Seska's ghost and the spacial rift that gives the crew unlimited spare parts and Delta flyer parts...'

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Originally posted by marmot:

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Originally posted by Shoehorn with Teeth:
...you're at no risk of having children anytime soon, but the name of a character who only appeared in one episode of TNG is already near the top of your list of candidates.

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Let me guess: Batai or Maribor?

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Still reeling.

How did you know!?

[btw, it's Meribor ]
 

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Posted by shalimar (# 3198) on :
 

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Originally posted by Sarkycow:

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Originally posted by shalimar:
When you join various LJ communities about Star Trek and ask the question - " What happened to the Borg baby Janeway and Seven rescued from the Borg cube along with Icheb and the other Borg children in 'Collective' (season 5)?"

(Answer was 'On deck 47 along with Naomi's dad, Seska's ghost and the spacial rift that gives the crew unlimited spare parts and Delta flyer parts...'

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[Tangent]

I thought the baby didn't make it, when separated from the Borg ship structures? Like Seven and the others needed their regeneration booths, the baby needed the chamber it was being 'grown' in. Only that had gone, along with the rest of the ship.

I'm pretty sure I remember the Dr
saying that it died...

[/Tangent]

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[Trekker geek alert]

I recently watched 'Collective' and the Doctor removed some of the implants from the baby but didn't say it died.. I know in another episode where two Voyagers occupy the same space, in one Voyager Samantha Wildman gives borth to Naomi and Naomi dies just after being transported out of the womb but in the other Voyager she doesn't die.. might be getting that episode mixed up.

Anyhoo, it says at the bottom of this page, it tates that the baby was taken home 'off-screen'.

[end trekker geek alert]

Oh bloody hell, I'm selling all my Trek videos, I'm taking this far too seriously.

Help!!

[ 31. March 2005, 19:56: Message edited by: shalimar ]
 

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Posted by TrudyTrudy (I say unto you) (# 5647) on :
 

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Originally posted by shalimar:
Oh bloody hell, I'm selling all my Trek videos, I'm taking this far too seriously.

Help!!

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Originally posted by DarkEnergy:
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.

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Originally posted by Joykins:
...you own all the Robert Jordan novels, even the 10th one, in hardcover

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Originally posted by Pax Romana:
... when you end every prayer with:

"Amen. And may The Force be with you."

Pax Romana

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Originally posted by ChastMastr:

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Originally posted by J. J. Ramsey:
When you see a sign saying "Welcome, Newcomer," and bald, humanoid aliens with spots on their heads come to mind.

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Or Visitors. "Let's all welcome our Visitors and Newcomers" in church led to the most amusing images!

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What's really scary is that as I looked over the old posts in this thread, I had this odd thought of two Visitors feasting on a Newcomer and one of them saying to the other, "Needs salt."
 

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Posted by Ags (# 204) on :
 
..... when you include large chunks of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant in an essay on Suffering for a Theology course.

..... when a mental image of G'Kar springs to mind every time your daughter asks for naan with her Indian takeaway.

..... when a picture of a dalek on the cover of Radio Times has you running round the house squealing "look! look! It's a dalek!!"

..... when you're going thru a box of stuff you left at your parents' house when you left home 24 years ago and you find an old hat with your name neatly embroidered in Tengwar on the front.

..... when you tell your friends & family that every race & culture has its own version of meatballs.
 

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Posted by Lurker McLurker™ (# 1384) on :
 
You heard about the "forced perspective" to make the hobbits look small in the LOTR films and the first thing you thought of was the home video you made where you got a 6" model dalek to look life-sized using such trickery.
 

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