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Talk:882: Significant

2013-04-30T19:31:19Z

178.99.81.144: Y<16, giving a good chance of Redstone.

Those lazy scientists are playing minecraft instead of curing cancer! Lynch 'em! '''[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 00:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
:But I heard that Minecraft cures cancer... Scientists! Investigate! <off: cheers from active group, boos from the control group> [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 19:31, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Talk:883: Pain Rating

2013-04-30T19:19:13Z

178.99.81.144: 33 fiftieths

So, is hell like a 6 or something? '''[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 00:36, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
:Perhaps somewhere around 62/3..? [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 19:19, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Talk:884: Rogers St.

2013-04-30T18:58:48Z

178.99.81.144: You berk...

In the UK, "Rogers" is also a verb. Added to this, "Mr Rogers" does not carry the same cultural references.
All in all Mr Rogers sounds like a great name for a UK Porn Star.
:Oh wow, I didn't know that. Not only is "rogers" a verb, but it's a verb which means to have sexual intercourse.
::To be honest ''most'' verbs mean "to have sexual intercourse", given the chance. Google it! *fnar fnar* (And most nouns mean naughty bits of the body. In fact, I've just been listening to a radio programme about (Doctor) David Livingston, explorer of Africa. There arose the question of "Is it ''really'' true that he took his wife up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambezi Zambezi]?" Momentary mental boggle ensues.) [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 18:58, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Talk:890: Etymology

2013-04-30T16:51:53Z

178.99.81.144: Origins.

It always bothered me how an independent gunslinger with no team of engineers or assistants has a faster ship than the entirety of the empire and all it's technical expertise. Where did he get his funding and kit from? '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|purple|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 10:09, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

The same place as the Falcon.... gambling with people like Lando? (Also Falconry, by whatever name, was practiced in Mesopotamia and by the Bedouin in arguably at least partially desert-planet-like areas. It's quite possible that the ancestral 'Falcons' or equivalent translator-microbe-referenced creatures originated ''on'' Tatooine. A long, long time later, in a galaxy (and planet) much, much less far away (basically, here... and now) our Earth falcons are at least one branch of descendents.) Now, no doubts "Millenium" refers to the Imperial (previously Republican) standard years, but it begs the question of what the length and nature of the Tattooine 'year' is, given it's a binary-star orbitter, eh? ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 16:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)