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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Thought that'd get your attention.

Frank sent me a copy of the original Deffie War thread, and I just wanted to say something: you are all very silly people!

That is all...

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

*runs like all bloody hell from this thread, never to return*

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I didn't know that there was an "original" thread. I thought this was a discussion that existed in one form or another over a long period of time. But, actually, I think I remember the thread you're talking about... :-)

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I also read this thread at TBG. Very anal, I must say.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

*Chest starts to constrict. Breathing coming in short ragged gasps*

Am I the only one who remembers beating this to death on the original UP forum? That was in 1997. Please, let this one die.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

No, no. I have no intention of debating it here again. My personal debate with Tim on it is quite enough, thank you. I'm just saying how silly the whole debate is. Which means that now that I'm arguing Tim about it, I'm pretty darned silly, too...

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on :

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"And I shall now propose that the Defiant is a physical and tangible object, is it not?"

"It most certainly is."

"And since the Defiant is a physical and tangible object, then tell me, shan't it most certainly have a size?"

"That is only natural."

"That is how we prove that the Defiant has a size. And here is how we shall determine that measure. Let us, my dear Glaucon stick this end of the rope right here...and walk with it all the way over to that nose over there".

"Yes, let us."

They stop at the end of the ship.

"And so, Glaucon, we seem to be 7/8ths through with our rope. And tell me, what shall now be the proper size?"

"I have no idea."

"You have a mind, don't you? If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"

"Forgive me for asking, but how long is a Zeuslength?..."
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[This message has been edited by Boris (edited September 27, 2000).]

Posted by Yakaspat The Trekker (Member # 355) on :

*wipes tear*

Boris, that was worthy of Douglas Adams....

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I've been needing a new signature... :-)

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"If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"
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