# Speak to me only in Science Fiction **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 12, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621 "2014-06-12T13:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/181 "2014-06-22T03:27:55Z")
Continue with the operation; you may fire when ready. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/182 "2014-06-22T04:37:46Z")
“Nice climate you have here. High oxygen content.” “I seldom use it myself, sir. It promotes rust.” ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/183 "2014-06-22T04:48:42Z")
And I was standing over there, rusting for the longest time. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/184 "2014-06-22T06:28:38Z")
If the primates we descended from knew that bureaucrats would be part of the species they would have written off the whole evolution thing as a bad idea and stayed in the trees. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/185 "2014-06-22T15:25:35Z")
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/186 "2014-06-22T18:46:35Z")
Why does anybody want to go anywhere? Why did the bear go round the mountain? To see what he could see! I’ve never seen the Rings. That’s reason enough to go anywhere. The race has been doing it for all time. The dull ones stay home–and the bright ones stir around and try to see what trouble they can dig up. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/187 "2014-06-22T19:18:03Z")
I’m only a head, and you’re whatever you are. Together we’re strong. More powerful than any of them. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/188 "2014-06-22T20:34:29Z")
Perhaps I’ll cure Frank and every other alcoholic if I can solve the mystery of Donovan’s Brain. I think it’s a matter of chemistry how the brain thinks. The problem is to find out what chemical combinations are responsible for success… failure… happiness… misery. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/189 "2014-06-22T21:22:37Z")
You and me got chemistry that would make Dow ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/190 "2014-06-22T21:34:46Z")
Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which even God has never seen. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/191 "2014-06-22T21:51:53Z")
I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/192 "2014-06-22T22:48:52Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys. Don’t they have a home to go to? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/193 "2014-06-22T22:57:14Z")
E.T. phone home. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/194 "2014-06-22T23:08:05Z")
“I want you to think of yourself as a non-communications officer.” ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/195 "2014-06-23T00:30:54Z")
Quiet, all of you! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/196 "2014-06-23T19:55:41Z")
All you zombies … ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/197 "2014-06-23T20:53:05Z")
His death was a rotten piece of luck. But he is dead. Let him rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/198 "2014-06-23T21:05:17Z")
I guess we can’t punish Victor for bringing Sparky back from the dead. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/199 "2014-06-23T22:22:26Z")
The same thing we do every night, Pinky–try to take over the world! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/200 "2014-06-23T22:45:33Z")
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