# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/261 "2014-06-30T20:46:44Z")
There’s more important stuff to do than sell ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/262 "2014-06-30T23:06:32Z")
By Grabthar’s hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged! ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/263 "2014-06-30T23:09:10Z")
That is one opinion, Commander. It does not happen to be mine. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/264 "2014-07-01T00:07:09Z")
I exaggerated. Hours instead of days. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/265 "2014-07-01T00:17:20Z")
Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/266 "2014-07-01T01:02:29Z")
I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/267 "2014-07-01T04:03:36Z")
When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmm? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/268 "2014-07-01T14:12:58Z")
I’m nine hundred and six. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/269 "2014-07-01T14:19:50Z")
Sorry, I’m allergic to bullshit. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/270 "2014-07-01T14:42:52Z")
Buckaroo, I don’t know what to say. Lectroids? Planet 10? Nuclear extortion? A girl named “John”? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/271 "2014-07-01T14:52:06Z")
The king was pregnant ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/272 "2014-07-02T13:51:59Z")
This city seemed miracle piled on miracle. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/273 "2014-07-02T18:58:57Z")
Don’t try to frighten us with your sorcerer’s ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient Jedi religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you enough clairvoyance to find the rebels’ hidden fortress… _ack acckk aaccckkk_ ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/274 "2014-07-02T19:02:14Z")
Ack! Ack! Ack! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/275 "2014-07-02T19:17:30Z")
It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/276 "2014-07-02T21:53:44Z")
It’s a cookbook. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/277 "2014-07-02T22:01:42Z")
Just to be safe side you should have her drained. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/278 "2014-07-02T23:02:08Z")
The quaddies seemed like such peaceful people. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/279 "2014-07-02T23:09:18Z")
See you at the party, Richter! ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/280 "2014-07-02T23:46:40Z")
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