# 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:** 30
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/581 "2014-08-06T16:46:37Z")
Pull up your pants, Romeo. ---
**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 6, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/582 "2014-08-06T16:52:52Z")
Don’t worry. A naked girl is not going to get out of this complex. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/583 "2014-08-06T17:00:30Z")
I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**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, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/584 "2014-08-06T17:03:26Z")
Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/585 "2014-08-06T17:07:12Z")
Will I dream? ---
**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 6, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/586 "2014-08-06T17:57:21Z")
M-O-O-N, that spells Nebraska! ---
**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 6, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/587 "2014-08-06T18:25:47Z")
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ---
**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 6, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/588 "2014-08-06T19:36:55Z")
Something wicked this way comes… ---
**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, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/589 "2014-08-07T12:59:57Z")
All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil. ---
**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 7, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/590 "2014-08-07T20:25:48Z")
Good men don’t need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have\* so\* many. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/591 "2014-08-07T22:25:05Z")
Lack of respect, wrong attitude, failure to obey authority. ---
**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 8, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/592 "2014-08-08T00:31:45Z")
That’s a big No-Can-Do. ---
**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 8, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/593 "2014-08-08T11:19:30Z")
Well, we’re going to have to figure it out. I want people in our simulators, working re-entry scenarios. I want you guys to find every engineer who designed every switch, every circuit, every transistor, and every light bulb that’s up there. Then I want you to talk to the guy in the assembly line who actually built the thing. Find out how to squeeze out every amp out of both of these goddamn machines. I want this marked all the way back to Earth with time to spare! We’ve never lost an American in space, we’re sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch. Failure is not an option! ---
**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 8, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/594 "2014-08-08T12:34:27Z")
Woody Blake: Okay, people let’s look sharp now. We’re gonna run this simulation one more time. If we overshoot, there’s no coming back. Phil Ohlmyer: Yeah, and drifting through eternity will ruin your whole day. ---
**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 8, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/595 "2014-08-08T13:53:42Z")
You bubble-headed booby! You realize what you’ve done? ---
**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 8, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/596 "2014-08-08T18:22:13Z")
nm ---
**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 8, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/597 "2014-08-08T18:58:34Z")
First rule in government spending: why build one, when you can have two at twice the price? Only, this one can be kept secret. Controlled by Americans, built by the Japanese subcontractors. Who, also, happen to be recently acquired, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Hadden Industries. They still want an American to go, Doctor. Wanna take a ride? ---
**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 8, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/598 "2014-08-08T20:23:54Z")
Before I can telephone you to your friend in Kansas City, Miss Lane, I have to take all the air out from in between your atoms and start you vibrating. ---
**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 8, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/599 "2014-08-08T20:25:17Z")
Why not just dig one of your tunnels in that direction? ---
**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 8, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/600 "2014-08-08T21:11:32Z")
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