Michael Hopcroft

Re: Answers & Questions Q: So all I have to do is poke it with this stick and the dragon falls dead? A: They just don't make Orcs the way they used to.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What's the principal problem when hotels host a Star Wars convention? A: If there's a convention for that, there's one for everything.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Take away their laptops.

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Re: And the old shall swallow the new...

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Re: Answers & Questions Q: What is the sound of one foot hitting nothing? A: And that's why I'm not a penguin owner.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat In the middle of the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant suddenly finds himself turned into a toad.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Something humorous, with either boiling oil or melted lead. Come, Come -- I'm not a bit angry!" (Rep to the first reppable person who knows who I'm quoting!)

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Run! While you can! Don't just sit there -- RUN!!"

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "What do we use to fill this hole in the wall?" NT: Subtle signs that the guy selling you peanuts at the ball game is out of his mind.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "We're out of ammunition for the grenade launcher! What have we got?"

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Borrowed VHS tape.

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? A 1970's TV movie adaptation of Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders. Judge Dee was a real person who lived in the 7th century A.D. in China. He is cited as "the first recorded detective", and his fictionalized alter-ego is the protagonist of a popular series of historical mystery novels by Robert van Gulick. In The Monastery Murders, Dee has to spend the night at a Taoist monastery (a trail for him, as he is a strict Confucian) and discovers that the place is full of conspiracies, cross purposes, and ultimately homicide. I don't know whether the movie was meant to be a pilot for a TV series or for a series of movies. As far as I know only one was made. The actor who played Judge Dee is better known for his role as Wo Fat, Steve McGarret's nemesis, on Hawaii Five-O. He was clearly enjoying himself. A very rare movie, difficult to find.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Where do I pick up some Automatic Kittens? A: Silver, schmilver -- as long as you're a fox!

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Why weepest though, Small Hunter? A: Automatic weaponry and small, fluffy kittens do not mix after all.

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Re: Answers & Questions Q: How do you execute a misbehaving African pachyderm with a horn if you happen to be in Ancient Galilee? A: You know, people don't like it when you hit them in the head with a shovel.

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Re: Answers & Questions Q: There are twenty-seven super-powered bodyguards in front of the Don's house! How do we get in? A: Your superpowers won't get you out of this one, Senor.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat You WILL but Bounty paper towels. SO SAYS DOOM! NT: Truly unreasonable demands Doctor Doom makes in his latest big for global power. (Difficulty: no references to Reed Richards or the rest of the Fantastic Four)

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