# 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:** 7
**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 17, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/121 "2014-06-17T16:51:03Z")
It’s too big to be that fast. It’s too fast to be that big! It’s the Prince Serg! ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/122 "2014-06-17T16:55:27Z")
What’s the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN? ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/123 "2014-06-17T18:58:41Z")
Klaatu Barada Nikto ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/124 "2014-06-17T19:26:23Z")
Only one human captain has survived battle with the Mimbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives… **be somewhere else**. ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/125 "2014-06-17T21:27:14Z")
Allow me to congratulate you, sir. You have the most totally closed mind that I’ve ever encountered. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/126 "2014-06-17T22:14:35Z")
Eliminate 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 17, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/127 "2014-06-17T22:34:17Z")
Exterminate! Exterminate! ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/128 "2014-06-17T23:25:55Z")
Is this going to be a standup fight, or another bughunt? ---
**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 17, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/129 "2014-06-17T23:42:57Z")
I think I have a plan. Why don’t we throw a bomb the way we want to go and then when it goes off, we run like goddamn bastards! ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/130 "2014-06-18T01:01:46Z")
You cannot make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/131 "2014-06-18T01:15:58Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Klaatu Barada Nikto Should have been post #1 or #2, well done! ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/132 "2014-06-18T01:41:19Z")
I am not a number, I am a free man! ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/133 "2014-06-18T03:18:35Z")
T-H-X eleven-thirty-eight will be taken into custody at a minimal monetary expenditure. Total operation cost: six thousand credits under budget. Congratulations. Be efficient, be happy. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/134 "2014-06-18T03:24:26Z")
Hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it. ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/135 "2014-06-18T03:34:35Z")
I’ll buy that for a dollar! ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/136 "2014-06-18T03:40:34Z")
Well, that’s the trick, isn’t it? And it’s going to cost you something extra. Ten thousand in advance. ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/137 "2014-06-18T13:48:12Z")
Oh, my children, we’re going to hit them in the payroll. ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/138 "2014-06-18T15:41:48Z")
Hail, hail, fire and snow: Call the angel we will go: Far away, for to see: Friendly Angel, come to me. ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/139 "2014-06-18T15:47:29Z")
It’s got a great defense mechanism… you don’t dare kill it… ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/140 "2014-06-18T15:53:28Z")
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