VR train on a VR track.
The three of us have each other’s back.
Through the lamest section, a big fat maybe,
On a VR train, on a VR track.
VR train on a VR track.
Through a dark tunnel, and a dino pack.
Too dark to see ‘em, it’s bad we’re only
On a VR train, on a VR track.
VR train on a VR track.
Will it hurt plenty when they attack?
They might start rippin’, and we’ll start crying,
On a VR train, on a VR track.
Oh, VR train on a VR track.
We took our chances, will we come back?
Our mission fails, our quest unravelling ,
On a VR train, on a VR track.
—from “Lonesome Train,” Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio.
Would you like to stay in the dark?
Or take a moonlight walk in the park?
You could let the dog have her lark,
Or you could be eaten by a grue.
A grue is a monster thing that dwells in the dark;
Attacks just anything that barks.
It could be invisible, it could be gray.
He can’t be sighted in the light of day.
And by the way, if you don’t want to say “adieu,”
You will get eaten by a grue.
My wife was working Saturday night and I came to the observatory to hang and share a pizza. She had to go to one of the small telescopes and do a reset and took our standard poodle, commenting that she might have to tie him up outside of the telescope as dogs don’t like expanded metal stairs. I replied that he might get eaten by a grue, which is a not empty threat up here: we have all sorts of carnivores up here in a national forest on the top of a mountain at 9,000′, wouldn’t surprise me if there were a few grues too.
They survived, but the poodle didn’t like it when my wife rotated the dome. I think the different referents messed with his brain a bit too much.
in ‘normal’ reality one would have to say “what could go possibly go wrong” to have that sort of thing happen, Here, the VR system is so finely tuned that one need merely infer that nothing can go wrong… before it catastrophically does.
SteveJ: Lizards and snakes aren’t dinosaurs. I think they are more closely related to them than we are, but they and dinosaurs have a common ancestor way back when. By contrast, birds have ancestors who were dinosaurs.
Dr. Steve: Catastrophically go wrong? If anything, this is a bit safer than the last fairground ride Nick went on.
What do you want to bet the dinosaurs are as cutesy as the crows and other creatures here? At least the first wave. The next few coming after is anybody’s guess.
But if dinosaurs were all that tough would they really have gone extinct? ^_~
They didn’t.
Have you ever seen “The Birds”?
… or seen a cassowary in action?
OK, wise guy. Wait there while I get the trillion ton asteroid. I suggest you brace yourself.
That would be why “Meteor” is one of the strongest spells.
Oh, boy, Uncle Beazley is coming over for dinner!
Even the horn-glow went out- they think of everything!
Cute dinosaurs, c’mon cute dinosaurs!
I mean, the dinosaurs they were just talking with weren’t so scary.
…as long as they’re not the ones from “We’re back: a Dinosaur Story”
It seems he hasn’t quite grasped that this is the Extreme, Dark, Edgy remake.
VR train on a VR track.
The three of us have each other’s back.
Through the lamest section, a big fat maybe,
On a VR train, on a VR track.
VR train on a VR track.
Through a dark tunnel, and a dino pack.
Too dark to see ‘em, it’s bad we’re only
On a VR train, on a VR track.
VR train on a VR track.
Will it hurt plenty when they attack?
They might start rippin’, and we’ll start crying,
On a VR train, on a VR track.
Oh, VR train on a VR track.
We took our chances, will we come back?
Our mission fails, our quest unravelling ,
On a VR train, on a VR track.
—from “Lonesome Train,” Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio.
Dioramas? More like dino-ramas, am I right?
It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Someone still remembers Grues!! (it’s been so long! Sigh!)
Text adventures are alive and well! Check out the Interactive Fiction Database! Not so many grues in the latest ones, though.
I made this quote while running a Pathfinder game the other day, and only got blank stares 🙁
Would you like to stay in the dark?
Or take a moonlight walk in the park?
You could let the dog have her lark,
Or you could be eaten by a grue.
A grue is a monster thing that dwells in the dark;
Attacks just anything that barks.
It could be invisible, it could be gray.
He can’t be sighted in the light of day.
And by the way, if you don’t want to say “adieu,”
You will get eaten by a grue.
Very good, Robert!
That’s just something I wrote way back when.
My wife was working Saturday night and I came to the observatory to hang and share a pizza. She had to go to one of the small telescopes and do a reset and took our standard poodle, commenting that she might have to tie him up outside of the telescope as dogs don’t like expanded metal stairs. I replied that he might get eaten by a grue, which is a not empty threat up here: we have all sorts of carnivores up here in a national forest on the top of a mountain at 9,000′, wouldn’t surprise me if there were a few grues too.
They survived, but the poodle didn’t like it when my wife rotated the dome. I think the different referents messed with his brain a bit too much.
Darwin was correct.
Flying dinosaurs – birds
Land dinosaurs – lizards and snakes
Size is not always advantageous.
An alligator sized up could be right out of Jurassic Park.
Don’t ever tangle with an ostrich (you will lose).
And people will bemoan the extinction of the lion and tiger, all the while their housecat is rubbing against their leg.
Ehm, nope, lizards and snakes ain’t dinosaurs. They’re a completely unrelated group.
in ‘normal’ reality one would have to say “what could go possibly go wrong” to have that sort of thing happen, Here, the VR system is so finely tuned that one need merely infer that nothing can go wrong… before it catastrophically does.
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SVGeezer: Nick still remembers grues, anyway. http://skin-horse.com/comic/were-sitting/
SteveJ: Lizards and snakes aren’t dinosaurs. I think they are more closely related to them than we are, but they and dinosaurs have a common ancestor way back when. By contrast, birds have ancestors who were dinosaurs.
Dr. Steve: Catastrophically go wrong? If anything, this is a bit safer than the last fairground ride Nick went on.
What do you want to bet the dinosaurs are as cutesy as the crows and other creatures here? At least the first wave. The next few coming after is anybody’s guess.
You guessed incorrectly.