Opar? Opar? ** OPAR?!**
Jeez, I’m snorting Starbucks, here!
And Elton John too – Lord, I love this board.
:: tips hat to Sir Rhosis, knight of the one-liner::
Oh, forgot my own suggestion:
“Hey, Willis, help me find my skates.”
–with fond memories of R.A.H.
sings
"We have just discovered an important note from space -
The Martians plan to throw a dance for all the human race.
Ee-ee-ee, ee-ee-ee The Martian Hop!"
That oughtta keep 'em scratching their heads for a while.
I’d like to nominate jarbabyj to be the first human on Mars.
I’d pay for her ticket just to hear what she’d say…
John Carter was here.
how about “The Illudium Q36 Space Modulator! They’ve stolen it!”
“Klaatu barada nikto.”
“Fascinating…”
“My God! It’s full of stars!”
“Holy crap! There’s a fifty-foot-tall three-legged machine coming from behind that rock! It’s aiming a–” DEE-DEE-DEE-DEE [transmission ends]
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“CLAAAAAAAAAARK! Get back inside the spacecraft this second!”
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“May you always drink deep.”
. . . Now that I’ve got THAT out of my system. . .
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“What the hell. Canals.”
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“I claim thith planet in the name of Eartthhh!” -or- “Aw, crap. The Earth’s obstructing my view of Venus.”
“We’re on an express elevator to hell, going down!”
“One-one-two, yes! Two-two-four, no! “
“Tweel was right: Mercury isn’t visible. “
Elton John was right.
Landing craft on surface of Mars to Earth: “Um, Houston, we are now aligned with Jupiter.”
Earth to Mars landing craft: “Confirming Jupiter alignment with Mars. Initiating following
procedures: peace guiding the planets, love steering the stars, age of Aquarius dawning.”
I can’t even begin to guess.
But, at this point, I expect they will be in Chinese.
“Mars? WTF? I knew we took a wrong turn back at Poughkeepsie!”
“This is the Mars Lander reporting a safe touchdown. We are offloading the Elon Musk Containment Cube and will commence our return voyage shortly upon completion.”
Mars is A MAZ ing!!
“Mars?? I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!”
“Out of detent. Auto.”
Zombieeees!!!
There is life on Mars. And it’s us.
— credit to Bradbury, I think.