# So ... But ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 16, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656 "2013-07-16T11:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/181 "2013-08-03T17:35:54Z")
Se we went bananas, crowned them with their cameras and took photos of ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/182 "2013-08-03T19:40:59Z")
But we left the lens cap on. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/183 "2013-08-04T03:56:25Z")
So obviously none of the pictures came out, dadgummit. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/184 "2013-08-05T15:23:59Z")
But they decided to make me King for Life. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/185 "2013-08-05T18:04:53Z")
So I walked right up and made myself comfy on the throne. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/186 "2013-08-05T18:08:45Z")
But there was a scimitar hanging by a sparse thread over the throne. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/187 "2013-08-05T19:05:09Z")
So I asked one of my more reliable minions to carefully remove it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/188 "2013-08-05T19:09:11Z")
But he slipped and it cut off his head. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/189 "2013-08-05T19:10:53Z")
So, I had his head impaled on a spike in front of the palace, to show my subjects that I was a tough customer, not to be trifled with. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/190 "2013-08-05T19:28:51Z")
But the natives were, to put it mildly, restless. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/191 "2013-08-05T19:34:50Z")
So I summoned the mother ship. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/192 "2013-08-06T03:42:53Z")
But the ion thrusters needed a full Class-7 recalibration. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/193 "2013-08-06T12:25:14Z")
So I decentered the molybdenum portaloid, rerouted the electrophasic hemoclares, introduced a combinant remulsifier, hammered out the spark plugs, bypassed the forensic catalyst, solidified the unobtanium fuse and turned the nanowarp oscillators up to eleven. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/194 "2013-08-07T00:44:37Z")
But none of that meant much to me as long as my cabin had a window. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/195 "2013-08-07T08:21:30Z")
SO, I tore back the curtains hoping to see the sea ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/196 "2013-08-07T13:58:33Z")
But by that point we were well on our way to Proxima Centauri. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/197 "2013-08-07T14:01:27Z")
So, I looked for the transporter room, so I could beam down to a nice looking nearby planet. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/198 "2013-08-07T14:02:46Z")
But they had stationed Hawkguards outside my door. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/199 "2013-08-07T17:26:34Z")
So I offered them a hundredweight of field mice. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/200 "2013-08-07T17:40:22Z")
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