# So aliens land. What do you ask for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127 "2002-03-31T23:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/41 "2002-04-07T16:06:53Z")
Why did you come _here?_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/42 "2002-04-07T21:33:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by partly\_warmer \* > \*\* > Boy, there I was thinking we were finally getting some sensitive, thoughtful answers to the question at hand. > > It couldn’t be, featherloupee, that your own nomen is imbued with certain gelatinous undertones of non-sequitur, also? > > \\*\* “gelatinous undertones of non-sequitur”? Oooh, wiggly! ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/43 "2002-04-07T22:09:29Z")
“Can _you_ make my bike fly?” ---
**Author:** ![NevarMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NevarMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NevarMore)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/44 "2002-04-07T23:29:45Z")
“Nice shoes/pants/headdress, wanna fuck?” Then take the pictures and make millions before i die a horrible death by some freakish STDs. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/45 "2002-04-08T06:43:46Z")
Can you clone me a copy of Jewel? ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/46 "2002-04-08T09:21:05Z")
“You want to probe me _ **where** _?!?” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/47 "2002-04-08T15:47:25Z")
Santa? ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/48 "2002-04-08T19:03:36Z")
I’d ask them for superpowers. But of course. “Got any spare gamma rays?” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127/49 "2002-04-12T08:14:58Z")
Ask to borrow: A.) A copy of the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. or B.) the keys to the ship. If they don’t give me the keys, I may have to introduce them to Mr. Baseball bat. If I’m lucky, the ship will have some sort of superweapon onboard to allow me to blow up selected cities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aliens-land-what-do-you-ask-for/101127.md?page=2)