# 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:** 27
**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 31, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/521 "2014-07-31T04:49:53Z")
Let everything that’s been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. And most important, let them believe in themselves. ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/522 "2014-07-31T16:28:18Z")
Ted: Dude, are you sure we should be doing this? Bill: Ted, you and I have witnessed many things, but nothing as bodacious as what just happened. Besides, we told ourselves to listen to this guy. Ted: What if we were lying? Bill: Why would we lie to ourselves? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/523 "2014-07-31T17:23:56Z")
For a man to lie beaten, and yet breathing? It makes him a coward. ---
**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 31, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/524 "2014-07-31T18:30:18Z")
Then, to the accompaniment of some of his trilling, he said, “No–no,” and gave two or three whistling breaths. ---
**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 31, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/525 "2014-07-31T18:44:37Z")
[breathing in] Best air I ever tasted. ---
**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 31, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/526 "2014-07-31T18:53:46Z")
The atmosphere appears to be breathable, Captain. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/527 "2014-07-31T19:34:39Z")
'Ammonia! Ammonia…" ---
**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 31, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/528 "2014-07-31T19:42:41Z")
It’s a serious problem. What would you do? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/529 "2014-07-31T19:45:55Z")
I’ll be in my bunk. ETA: > [@eburacum45](#): > > 'Ammonia! Ammonia…" Get off! Get off!! ---
**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 1, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/530 "2014-08-01T02:37:00Z")
B-b-buzz off! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/531 "2014-08-01T02:44:47Z")
Well that makes you a tease. ---
**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 1, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/532 "2014-08-01T02:50:31Z")
Look, it’s been swell, but the swelling’s gone down. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/533 "2014-08-01T11:27:47Z")
He sat by himself at the far end of the ledge, watching Tau Ceti go redly down, chucking pebbles into the nearest pond, wondering morosely which nameless puddle was to be his Lethe. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/534 "2014-08-01T13:33:56Z")
You did not expect to find me. You thought this was Ceti Alpha VI. Why are you here? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/535 "2014-08-01T13:51:33Z")
It’s a rescue mission, you’ll love it. There’s some juicy colonists’ daughters we have to rescue from their virginity. Heh! ---
**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 1, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/536 "2014-08-01T13:52:51Z")
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/537 "2014-08-01T20:57:51Z")
The attendant at the car lot was daydreaming when I pulled up–a big, lazy-looking man in black satin chequered down the front. ---
**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 1, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/538 "2014-08-01T21:12:33Z")
You’re in a Johnnycab. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/539 "2014-08-01T21:19:22Z")
I feel so funky. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/540 "2014-08-01T22:55:48Z")
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