# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/41 "2014-06-13T20:20:44Z")
I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she’s gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/42 "2014-06-13T20:58:07Z")
And that’s… That’s chaos theory. ---
**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 13, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/43 "2014-06-13T22:50:33Z")
There is no fact, extrapolation of fact, or theory, by which it could be possible. ---
**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 13, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/44 "2014-06-13T23:12:38Z")
I was especially interested in the section on Arroway’s video unit. The one that recorded the static? The fact that it recorded static isn’t what interests me. What interests me is that it recorded approximately eighteen hours of it. ---
**Author:** ![Specklebang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Specklebang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Specklebang)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/45 "2014-06-14T01:33:52Z")
Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert. Drunk, but no longer bleeding, she pushed into a smoky cantina just after dark and ordered a pinch of morphine and a whiskey chaser. She bet all of her money on a boxer named Jaks, and lost it two rounds later when Jaks hit the floor like an antique harem girl. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/46 "2014-06-14T02:06:05Z")
It’s a COOKBOOK! ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/47 "2014-06-14T02:27:26Z")
“The waiter approached. ‘Would you like to see the menu?’ he said. ‘Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?’ ‘Huh?’ said Ford. ‘Huh?’ said Arthur. ‘Huh?’ said Trillian. ‘That’s cool,’ said Zaphod. 'We’ll meet the meat.” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/48 "2014-06-14T02:35:44Z")
He doesn’t know which of us I am these days, but they know one truth. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/49 "2014-06-14T02:37:34Z")
[SIZE=3]You will never amount to anything in the galaxy while you retain your propensity for vulgar facetiousness.[/SIZE] ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/50 "2014-06-14T02:52:22Z")
I told you! You all say I’m paranoid, but it’s true: no one ever frelling listens to me! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/51 "2014-06-14T03:18:22Z")
The spice must flow. ---
**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 14, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/52 "2014-06-14T08:55:21Z")
He doesn’t know how to use the three seashells! ---
**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 14, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/53 "2014-06-14T13:13:01Z")
“You know,” said Arthur, “it’s at times like this, when I’m trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young.” “Why, what did she tell you?” “I don’t know, I didn’t listen.” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/54 "2014-06-14T13:32:00Z")
In space, no one can hear you scream. ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/55 "2014-06-14T16:13:26Z")
Well, that’s what we have in common: a hearing problem. ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/56 "2014-06-14T16:36:32Z")
Boring conversation anyway. LUKE, WE’RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY! ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/57 "2014-06-14T17:31:03Z")
"Look,” whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven. (There is always a last time for everything.) Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/58 "2014-06-14T17:34:29Z")
The sky over the harbor was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel. ---
**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 14, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/59 "2014-06-14T17:57:08Z")
A niche in time saves Stein. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/60 "2014-06-14T18:16:28Z")
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