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And honour does have a u....
Go figure.
That's Frank for you. Always dropping something in mixed company.
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Those damn Scots have run off with my best again!
Its getting hot in here
"FIRE!"
"Where?"
A finger pointed out of the observation window.
"F@&$!"
Pad 25 was merrily blazing away, with a cloud of firefighting limpets coming down upon it.
A hologram of the station was called up, a red line extending from the docking bay down into the bowels of the station
"Christ, that's the primary fuel supply line damaged, did we get an impatient buckyballer in an Anaconda taking off before the line was detached?"
"Sir, I've issued an evacuation order for the lower quadrant, shall I advice docking control to deny all incoming?"
"Do it, then call the station overseer."
"FIRE!"
"Where?"
A finger pointed out of the observation window.
"F@&$!"
Pad 25 was merrily blazing away, with a cloud of firefighting limpets coming down upon it.
A hologram of the station was called up, a red line extending from the docking bay down into the bowels of the station
"Christ, that's the primary fuel supply line damaged, did we get an impatient buckyballer in an Anaconda taking off before the line was detached?"
"Sir, I've issued an evacuation order for the lower quadrant, shall I advice docking control to deny all incoming?"
"Do it, then call the station overseer."
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Ian Phillips
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Did I hear Welsh again?
I'm just Welshing on letters and it has everyone in a tizzy.
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And that's when Simoof died... in a huge fireball.
Yo Ho Ho And a Bottle of Hydrogen
The Anaconda Galleon loomed over the stricken Sidewinder, and then... nothing.
In the bridge the high-pitched voice of the Captain broke the inky silence, "What the hell happened!?"
Safe in the knowledge the captain wouldn't recognise him, a sarcastic voice squeaked "From the sounds of things I'd guess a fuel leak."
"I've got a cigar lighter here. At least we'll be able to see what we're doing."
A bridge-full of squeaky voices yelled in unison "No! Don't!.."
The Sidewinder pilot was blinded by the blast. He watched the billowing cloud of burning hydrogen dissolve the massive ship. Oh the humanity!
The Anaconda Galleon loomed over the stricken Sidewinder, and then... nothing.
In the bridge the high-pitched voice of the Captain broke the inky silence, "What the hell happened!?"
Safe in the knowledge the captain wouldn't recognise him, a sarcastic voice squeaked "From the sounds of things I'd guess a fuel leak."
"I've got a cigar lighter here. At least we'll be able to see what we're doing."
A bridge-full of squeaky voices yelled in unison "No! Don't!.."
The Sidewinder pilot was blinded by the blast. He watched the billowing cloud of burning hydrogen dissolve the massive ship. Oh the humanity!
Theres no fuel like an old fuel.
Cleonymus was confused. The last thing he had expected was to pick up a weak signal source this far out. His senses and sensors on high alert he approached with weapons deployed and his finger on the run-away button.
The sensors confirmed a non metallic object, and he stared in disbelief as it grew to fill the view in his forward canopy.
"It's a spaceship" But the material it's made of looks like.... wood. How can that be? Then, as the impossible ship slowly rotated, he got his first glimpse of the chimneys that were powering it through the void.
Cleonymus was confused. The last thing he had expected was to pick up a weak signal source this far out. His senses and sensors on high alert he approached with weapons deployed and his finger on the run-away button.
The sensors confirmed a non metallic object, and he stared in disbelief as it grew to fill the view in his forward canopy.
"It's a spaceship" But the material it's made of looks like.... wood. How can that be? Then, as the impossible ship slowly rotated, he got his first glimpse of the chimneys that were powering it through the void.
How American of you Alien.Very colorful.
Why U.....U..... Colonial U!!!!
The ship sat silently except for the steaming pile of resentment boiling over in the cockpit.
Kow stared at Erik's shamefaced expression with a contempt that was encompassing in it's withering exasperation.
'So......... The next time I ask you to message the crew to refuel the ship, what are you going to do?
Eric mumbled a sullen reply. Don't remove the U in all the words.' he paused then spoke again enthusiastically 'I sppose yo cold call the fel rats to resce s?
Kow's brain flipped out, ripping the ships toilet U bend he brandished it menacingly.
'COME HERE U!!!!!'
The ship sat silently except for the steaming pile of resentment boiling over in the cockpit.
Kow stared at Erik's shamefaced expression with a contempt that was encompassing in it's withering exasperation.
'So......... The next time I ask you to message the crew to refuel the ship, what are you going to do?
Eric mumbled a sullen reply. Don't remove the U in all the words.' he paused then spoke again enthusiastically 'I sppose yo cold call the fel rats to resce s?
Kow's brain flipped out, ripping the ships toilet U bend he brandished it menacingly.
'COME HERE U!!!!!'
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Ian Phillips
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Ful rats?
Ian Phillips
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paused the spoke ?
Eagle eyes - I like that!
Eagle eyes - I like that!
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LOL @ Two-Votes-T.j & Ian. (T.j, why do I have two different spellings of my name?)
I tried to LLZ, but that letter keeps falling off.
I tried to LLZ, but that letter keeps falling off.
paused the spoke ?
Eagle eyes - I like that!
Don't tell me Americans are getting rid of upside-down 'u's as well.
Ian Phillips
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I think its probably a case of T.j getting confsed... (it happens a lot you know)
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2 votes T.j, Erik 2 names eric.
Sadly very true...
And I rushed that one as I'm apparently meant to be working and late for a meeting..apparently...
Also, my spelling is nearly bad enough to be Ameri.....
Sadly very true...
And I rushed that one as I'm apparently meant to be working and late for a meeting..apparently...
Also, my spelling is nearly bad enough to be Ameri.....
For the show, I'd like to tag-team this Drabble reading. Hober to read the narrative, then Kow and I to read our respective lines.
Live Drama?? WOOT
Fuel For Thought
My mission allowed too much time to think. Thoughts morphed into ideologies and comparative assessments.
It occurred to me how much different we are now compared to how we were in the past.
As a people we inhabited terra firma and we gazed to the stars and dreamed of traveling to the stars.
Now many of us inhabit space and gaze at the worlds and dream of settling down but never quite make the transition.
It used to be that water was free and fuel was at a premium.
Now fuel is essentially free and water is at a premium.
My mission allowed too much time to think. Thoughts morphed into ideologies and comparative assessments.
It occurred to me how much different we are now compared to how we were in the past.
As a people we inhabited terra firma and we gazed to the stars and dreamed of traveling to the stars.
Now many of us inhabit space and gaze at the worlds and dream of settling down but never quite make the transition.
It used to be that water was free and fuel was at a premium.
Now fuel is essentially free and water is at a premium.
The Lonely Planet...
My fuel ran out in orbit around an earthlike
a thousand suns or more from home
I let my momentum pull me towards the atmosphere
the leaves fell with my ship as it burnt down the trees
some strange looking creatures ran in panic
some stayed never seeing a human life before
and probably will never see one again
it took me a week to walk to the rocky shore
surviving on depleting food cartridges and strange blue fruit
that grew carefree on an unpopulated world.
and I cried into the oceans waves knowing I would never see home again.
My fuel ran out in orbit around an earthlike
a thousand suns or more from home
I let my momentum pull me towards the atmosphere
the leaves fell with my ship as it burnt down the trees
some strange looking creatures ran in panic
some stayed never seeing a human life before
and probably will never see one again
it took me a week to walk to the rocky shore
surviving on depleting food cartridges and strange blue fruit
that grew carefree on an unpopulated world.
and I cried into the oceans waves knowing I would never see home again.
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