Ian Phillips
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Philip Coutts
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There's also a terrible pun for anyone wanting to buy a new engine...
"I need a new engine do you have any?"
"Why yes my good man, I have this Engine 'ere"
I thank you
"I need a new engine do you have any?"
"Why yes my good man, I have this Engine 'ere"
I thank you
Oh dearie me, that was my second choice!!!
Climbing the Greasy Poll
The professor addressed his class apologetically. "This is where topology gets tricky. Paraspace encompasses Hyperspace, Subspace, and indeed Space, which is how we test the results of the mathematics..."
Thomason's head reeled as the lecture continued. He knew that designing Frameshift Drives wasn't easy, but he was into his third year of the course and they hadn't even looked at any engines.
The advanced hypermaths he learnt during his college years stood him in good stead for his job. He could check that the till worked out the proper discount for buying two Gut Fizzers with a McThargoids Happy Meal.
The professor addressed his class apologetically. "This is where topology gets tricky. Paraspace encompasses Hyperspace, Subspace, and indeed Space, which is how we test the results of the mathematics..."
Thomason's head reeled as the lecture continued. He knew that designing Frameshift Drives wasn't easy, but he was into his third year of the course and they hadn't even looked at any engines.
The advanced hypermaths he learnt during his college years stood him in good stead for his job. He could check that the till worked out the proper discount for buying two Gut Fizzers with a McThargoids Happy Meal.
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Philip Coutts
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Oops-a-daisy!
“Gonna cost you mate” chuckled the engineer whistling to exaggerate his statement, “Really gonna cost you”.
The Commander sighed, taking a big breath “Look I just need it fixed and quick” he said sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck, “Just give me your price”.
“Well you’ve borked your whotsit” He waved a wrench vaguely at a pile of scrap “And your power distributer is completely…well…distributed. I’ll be honest guv, you’d be cheaper buying a new one, what in Laves name did you do to it?”
The Galactic Intern looked embarrassed, “Hit the boost button instead of my landing gear….”
“Gonna cost you mate” chuckled the engineer whistling to exaggerate his statement, “Really gonna cost you”.
The Commander sighed, taking a big breath “Look I just need it fixed and quick” he said sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck, “Just give me your price”.
“Well you’ve borked your whotsit” He waved a wrench vaguely at a pile of scrap “And your power distributer is completely…well…distributed. I’ll be honest guv, you’d be cheaper buying a new one, what in Laves name did you do to it?”
The Galactic Intern looked embarrassed, “Hit the boost button instead of my landing gear….”
Never buy dodgy Steve's beam lasers.
"What's this?"
"Issa huge beam laser innit?"
He sighed, Dodgy Steve was known as the cut-me-own-throat Dibbler of engineering circles, so much so that any of his work is grounds to invalidate life insurance.
"All you've done is take a large laser, randomly solder on some 30amp mains cabling and a selector pointing to some shapes!"
"It's f'r cuttin' 'oles innit? look i'll puts it on low power mo' so you c'n sees!"
The laser began to draw a red square on the far wall.
"See, it c'n even do squares! that's hard see!"
Without warning, the laser exploded.
"What's this?"
"Issa huge beam laser innit?"
He sighed, Dodgy Steve was known as the cut-me-own-throat Dibbler of engineering circles, so much so that any of his work is grounds to invalidate life insurance.
"All you've done is take a large laser, randomly solder on some 30amp mains cabling and a selector pointing to some shapes!"
"It's f'r cuttin' 'oles innit? look i'll puts it on low power mo' so you c'n sees!"
The laser began to draw a red square on the far wall.
"See, it c'n even do squares! that's hard see!"
Without warning, the laser exploded.
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Tongue Twisting Drabbler
Engineers or wagoneers have to also be bombadier cavaliers making enemies disappear if they interfere.
Mutineers who persevere trying to profiteer as racketeers search for volunteers to sell souvenirs to as auctioneers.
Marketeers and pamphleteers handing out careers on New Year's at premieres of the music of the spheres.
Wearing rabbit ears, ending tears for those whose cares about bears and your ears.
Summiteers of electioneers, canvassers consulting seers about deBeers and Frontier's cheers.
Voters, here's a drabbleer's fears for those who are tongue twisting wet behind the ears submitting the words rhyming with Engineers (but not with any swears).
Engineers or wagoneers have to also be bombadier cavaliers making enemies disappear if they interfere.
Mutineers who persevere trying to profiteer as racketeers search for volunteers to sell souvenirs to as auctioneers.
Marketeers and pamphleteers handing out careers on New Year's at premieres of the music of the spheres.
Wearing rabbit ears, ending tears for those whose cares about bears and your ears.
Summiteers of electioneers, canvassers consulting seers about deBeers and Frontier's cheers.
Voters, here's a drabbleer's fears for those who are tongue twisting wet behind the ears submitting the words rhyming with Engineers (but not with any swears).
Best. Line. Ever.
Hi guys - it's been a very long time since I was here. I think I may have won one of these at some point, the story was about eyeball eating space spiders, I vaguely recall...
Anyway, since I just wrote my Drabble that I backed for Selezen's Elite Encounters, it seems to have got me back in the mood for Elite based drabbles. So I thought I'd offer this one up for your consideration:
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Title: Silence is Golden.
He’d always craved a complete lack of human contact and here, at the furthest reaches of civilisation, he’d achieved his dream. Jobs arrived electronically. Fully auditable, no wiggle room compared to the nuances of verbal communication. As he worked on the probe’s type four plasma pump he pondered the last time he’d heard a human voice, even his own…
Years…
He reached for his favourite #6 torque wrench, the one with the dodgy maglock, and turned to look for it when his fingers failed to find it. It hit him squarely between the eyes and he was silent no longer.
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Anyway, since I just wrote my Drabble that I backed for Selezen's Elite Encounters, it seems to have got me back in the mood for Elite based drabbles. So I thought I'd offer this one up for your consideration:
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Title: Silence is Golden.
He’d always craved a complete lack of human contact and here, at the furthest reaches of civilisation, he’d achieved his dream. Jobs arrived electronically. Fully auditable, no wiggle room compared to the nuances of verbal communication. As he worked on the probe’s type four plasma pump he pondered the last time he’d heard a human voice, even his own…
Years…
He reached for his favourite #6 torque wrench, the one with the dodgy maglock, and turned to look for it when his fingers failed to find it. It hit him squarely between the eyes and he was silent no longer.
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Was that a follow on from something in The Thargoid and Fer-De-Lance?
Not sure what you mean - the spider eyeball eating story, or the one I've just written?
Actually - neither I think - since like I said, it might be as long as a year or more since I walked these hallowed corridors of drabbleness...
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Thanks Frank - I hope you enjoy Synthesis - I'm very proudly a part of it - I think it's a great anthology.
Title:- Where on earth has the engineer gone?
Commander Galactic Midden went in search of a new weapon
He searched for a top class engineer so it was
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Scoop, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look,
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Scoop, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
After all that he couldn't find the engineer.
So he went back to the beginning.
Commander Galactic Midden went in search of a new weapon
He searched for a top class engineer so it was
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Scoop, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look,
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Scoop, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
Waypoint, Waypoint, Look
Waypoint, Waypoint, Waypoint, Look.
After all that he couldn't find the engineer.
So he went back to the beginning.
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Not sure what you mean - the spider eyeball eating story, or the one I've just written?
Actually - neither I think - since like I said, it might be as long as a year or more since I walked these hallowed corridors of drabbleness...
I remember the spider eyeball eating story, that was quite vivid, and mention of spiders jogged this nugget lodged in my cerebrum https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4577&page=301&p=1820187&viewfull=1#post1820187
Oh and RoyalHankey, "Pirate Galactic Midden!?" My mum will so disappointed to hear that,
Well I'm glad it was memorable. To be honest, to write a memorable story, for whatever reason, is a quite a complement - so I thank you for that...
Just drop your drabble in a post here in this thread. If you "go advanced" you can easily add a title
Happy drabbling cmdr o7
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