Cygnia Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "My brain hurts..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "It will have to come out!" Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Let's be careful out there." Pariah, Cygnia and death tribble 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "My mother had me tested." death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psybolt Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "I feel like someone taped my lips to the tailpipe of a bus! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Thunderbirds are go ! What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there. You just have to know where to look. Do I have the right ? Simply touch one wire against the other and that's it. The Daleks cease to exist. Hundreds of millions of people, thousands of generations can live without fear, in peace, and never even know the word Dalek. Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed. Stand by for action ! We are about to launch Stingray ! Anything can happen in the next half hour ! This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know that you can hear us Earthmen. Our next strike is imminent. We will show you how weak you really are. Within the next four hours, we will destroy key links in your Frost Line Outer Space Defense System. We will be avenged I am not a number ! I am a free man ! Cygnia, slikmar and Cancer 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Engage." "I don't know how to turn off the weather machine!" death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Do it, Rockapella!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 First in a series of thread hijacks. Most of them will be on-topic. I'll try to pick out the famous line at the end. As I get older, I realize more and more that things I take for granted as touchstones are forgotten or overlooked by latter-day know-it-all types, especially sports blog idiots who inevitably discount anything that happened before they were done wetting their diapers. So for your education, here's a highly idiosyncratic list of Great Sporting Events from the Last Third of the 20th Century (US Version). The national bias figures large here, and folks e.g. from Russia would choose a very different set. You are welcome to post your own favorites in respone. I admit I'm blinded by my biases; I'd be educated to hear responses from folks with other biases. Each event is behind spoiler tags. Each event is a different sport. Half of them occurred in the US. The order is idiosyncratic. Strangely enough, I didn't see any of these in real time as they occurred, either in person or on TV; life happens. This one's obvious, so it comes first. The scene: Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, NY, 22 Feb 1980: The "Miracle on Ice". USA defeats USSR in the men's ice hockey medal round play, 4-3. Context: Ice hockey was, with apologies to our Canadian friends, one of those things the Soviets owned in the post-Stalin era. Coming into the 1980 Olympics, they had won five of the previous six Olympic gold medals in the sport. President Reagan would give his "Evil Empire" speech in 1983, but that was merely giving voice to a lot of popular sentiment while gathering up votes. The contrast between the coldly professional Soviet team and the young and emotional American squad (directed by Herb Brooks, a flamboyant and abrasive coach; the arena would later be named for him) played up to the popular American mythos. They made a movie out of it, of course; I've never watched that. The final minute is etched into memory, and if you're not old enough to have seen it already, you can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYscemhnf88 . It made Al Michaels immortal. Why did I miss this one? I was playing in an intramural basketball game at the same time, and sprained the living **** out of my ankle in the game, resulting in a trip to medical assistance. I saw a partial replay several hours later. Do you believe in miracles? YES!!! death tribble and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 16 minutes ago, Cancer said: First in a series of thread hijacks. Most of them will be on-topic. I'll try to pick out the famous line at the end. Reveal hidden contents As I get older, I realize more and more that things I take for granted as touchstones are forgotten or overlooked by latter-day know-it-all types, especially sports blog idiots who inevitably discount anything that happened before they were done wetting their diapers. So for your education, here's a highly idiosyncratic list of Great Sporting Events from the Last Third of the 20th Century (US Version). The national bias figures large here, and folks e.g. from Russia would choose a very different set. You are welcome to post your own favorites in respone. I admit I'm blinded by my biases; I'd be educated to hear responses from folks with other biases. Each event is behind spoiler tags. Each event is a different sport. Half of them occurred in the US. The order is idiosyncratic. Strangely enough, I didn't see any of these in real time as they occurred, either in person or on TV; life happens. This one's obvious, so it comes first. Reveal hidden contents The scene: Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, NY, 22 Feb 1980: The "Miracle on Ice". USA defeats USSR in the men's ice hockey medal round play, 4-3. Context: Ice hockey was, with apologies to our Canadian friends, one of those things the Soviets owned in the post-Stalin era. Coming into the 1980 Olympics, they had won five of the previous six Olympic gold medals in the sport. President Reagan would give his "Evil Empire" speech in 1983, but that was merely giving voice to a lot of popular sentiment while gathering up votes. The contrast between the coldly professional Soviet team and the young and emotional American squad (directed by Herb Brooks, a flamboyant and abrasive coach; the arena would later be named for him) played up to the popular American mythos. They made a movie out of it, of course; I've never watched that. The final minute is etched into memory, and if you're not old enough to have seen it already, you can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYscemhnf88 . It made Al Michaels immortal. Why did I miss this one? I was playing in an intramural basketball game at the same time, and sprained the living **** out of my ankle in the game, resulting in a trip to medical assistance. I saw a partial replay several hours later. Do you believe in miracles? YES!!! Check out the movie Miracle with Kurt Russell as Coach Herb Brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Re: What Cancer said "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat..." Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "THERE...ARE...FOUR...LIGHTS!" Christougher and Hermit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Book em Danno. As God is my witness he is broken in half ! You just made the list ! Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass This is Your Life. Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before Stop the pigeon Drat, drat and double drat ! And now, here they are ! The most daredevil group of daffy drivers to ever whirl their wheels in the Wacky Races ! Competing for the title of the world's wackiest racer ! The cars are approaching the starting line. First is the Turbo Terrific driven by Peter Perfect. Next, Rufus Roughcut and Sawtooth in the Buzz Wagon. Maneuvering for position is the Army Surplus Special. Right behind is the Anthill Mob in their Bulletproof Bomb. And there's ingenious inventor, Pat Pending, in his Convert-a-Car. Oh, and here's the lovely Penelope Pitstop, the Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal. Next, we have the Bouldermobile with the Slag Brothers, Rock and Gravel. Lurching along is the Creepy Coupe with the Gruesome Twosome. And right on their tail is the Red Maxx. And there's the Arkansas Chug-a-Bug with Luke and Blubber Bear. Sneaking along last is that Mean Machine with those double-dealing do-badders, Dick Dastardly and his sidekick, Muttley. And even now, they're up to some dirty trick. And they're off... to a standing start. And why not ? They've been chained to a post by shifty Dick Dastardly, who shifts into the wrong gear. And away they go on the Way-Out Wacky Races ! wcw43921 and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and put it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come at too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave, like this. Can your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?" IndianaJoe3, wcw43921, Doc Shadow and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Black as midnight on a moonless night." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy... nuts... insane... bonzo... no longer in possession of one's faculties... three fries short of a Happy Meal... WACKO!!!" Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "WILD CARD, BEACHES!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova, Commander. Daughter of Andre and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am death incarnate, and the last living thing that you will ever see. God sent me." Rails, Vanguard and wcw43921 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 " A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better. Faster. Stronger." Lucius Alexander A tagline barely amusing. We can rebuild it. We have the palindromedary. We can make it better than it was. Better. Funnier. Or at least, longer. Hermit and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Jinkies! Wonder Twin powers...activate! I HAVE THE POWER! Thunder. Thunder! THUNDER! THUNDERCATS, HO! Now you know...and knowing is half the battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Look, all I know is what they taught me at Command School. There are certain rules about a war. And rule number one is young men die. And rule number two is, doctors can't change rule number one.." Doc Shadow, Pariah and wcw43921 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted August 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "I believe Children are the Future . . . Unless We stop them Now!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted August 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "I was in involved in an online relationship, but it turned out to be a computer program designed by a male scientist to test the gullibility of women." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "Cross my heart, smack me dead, stick a lobster on my head." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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