Posts by Aladdin Sane

Re: Not amped up...

Glad you're not being negative.

Re: Why did they put a flag on it then?

Or did they?

(Yes, yes they did).

Re: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin saw in 69

Saucy.

Judges are/were often ridiculed for seemingly not knowing what commonly used items are. The reason they ask for clarification is not because they don't know, but because they want precise details in the court records.

Re: "Don't talk to the ATM..."

I would, but, I, uh, have to return some videotapes.

Re: Reminds me of JAFO

It's used within the Fleet Air Arm apparently.

Re: "Don't talk to the ATM..."

FEED ME A STRAY CAT

Re: I think I'll have some veil

What are you going to do with the rest of the bride?

Re: Pointless emojis

Ron Swanson: “There’s been a mistake. You’ve accidentally given me the food that my food eats.”

Server: “Salad is traditionally the first course at a wedding.”

Ron Swanson: “Is a gerbil marrying a rabbit?”

Re: I'm curious..

Do you want anything to drink with that?

That's pretty much par for the course.

Re: 93-98% conviction rate

Most district/state/US attorneys are politicians at heart - they build a great reputation as seekers of justice by only going to court when they're certain of a win, then they run for office. This is aided and abetted by elected judges.

Re: What is it...

I suggest you look up American exceptionalism.

Re: "A ship in port is safe. But that's not what ships are built for"

Only poor destroyers and some cruisers took the full burden of the war...

The survivors of Jutland may take issue with you there.

Re: The moon is a Harsh Mistress

Slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us.

Re: dont be a panicky idiot

There are villages in the Somerset Levels that give both of those articles a run for their money.

Re: I presume that public money is spent on this.

"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."

"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"

"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."

"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."

"I did," said Ford. "It is."

"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"

"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."

"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"

"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."

"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"

"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"

"What?"

"I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?"

"I'll look. Tell me about the lizards."

Ford shrugged again.

"Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happenned to them," he said. "They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it."

"But that's terrible," said Arthur.

"Listen, bud," said Ford, "if I had one Altairian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin."

― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish