Speaker-to-Animals, IIRC, from the novel *Ringworld*.
Compare and contrast the duelling customs of the Dragaeran Empire, even when the duel is informal, as in the exchange begun on page 35 (location 768) of Paarfi of Roundwood’s *The Phoenix Guards* (translation courtesy of Stephen Brust)
(I considered quoting this exchange, but the several pages it takes made this seem excessive ^_^ )
Apparently you can get the Elvis wedding, the Little Person Elvis wedding, and the Furry wedding (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNinRzhRomk), but not the Little Person Furry Elvis wedding. Give ’em time.
I’ve used that quote here and there for the last 20 years or so. I may have used it here in the comments, which may or may not be where you saw it. I also have no idea where it originated.
Virginia, something you would have learned early in the Bible Belt is that there are three rules for reasoning with stupid people: Don’t bother. Don’t bother. Don’t bother.
Or if you prefer, you can use the quote often attributed to Twain: “Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
Then there’s The Waco Kid’s “People of the Land” speech, which is so apt that in my government office we would simply say, “The common clay of the New West,” and everyone would know what we meant.
Curious. The last couple of times she ran into Anasigma, they just tried to kill her, not capture her. Has Ira changed his mind again, or was this their own initiative? If so, and the group escapes because they didn’t shoot her when they had the chance, I would not want to be them when Ira finds out about it.
When Nick gets his hands on these two…
Oh, wait! He doesn’t have to!
“Louis Wu, I found your challenge verbose. In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.”
Speaker-to-Animals, IIRC, from the novel *Ringworld*.
Compare and contrast the duelling customs of the Dragaeran Empire, even when the duel is informal, as in the exchange begun on page 35 (location 768) of Paarfi of Roundwood’s *The Phoenix Guards* (translation courtesy of Stephen Brust)
(I considered quoting this exchange, but the several pages it takes made this seem excessive ^_^ )
Steven Brust is awesome.
To be fair, Paarfi could make that Kzin sentence take several pages, too. He has a gift for words, and that gift is quantity.
If I remember rightly, Wu’s challenge is a thing of poetry, including the phrase “Since we can’t share a Universe in peace…”
Nobody is dumber than an intellectual who pontificates outside her field out competence. Ginny’s just lucky she didn’t try saying that to Mel. ^o^
She probably wouldn’t say that to Mel, any more than Unity – she’s got a healthy respect for known chaos agents. Faceless minions, on the other hand…
Yeah, but until she’s introduced to Mel Mel would just be another faceless minion.
“Blueberry pancakes” doesn’t work on Mell, so Ginny’d probably try distraction with a shiny, big weapon.
Or was it “waffles”?
A triumph of cynicism and brute force over romance and intellect.
Now I’m gonna have Craig Ferguson’s lyrics to the Doctor Who theme in my head all day.
When all of your problems can be solved by hitting them on the head, all of your unloaded weapons start to look like a hammer.
or something like that.
Two down, three to go. And Baron M. is still hooked into the server, so that leaves two.
I assume you use the word “hooked” advisedly.
I think he would appreciate it if I meant it that way.
My bet is on Tip and Nick. Either could take BOTH, E-Z. And Sweetheart may want a
taste or two of the Chosen.
They can be transported dragged behind the chopper,OK while aireborne….. landings might smarten the oafs a bit.
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Oh my god I just realized this plotline has a reasonable chance of ending with a Vegas Wedding.
A group wedding. And what are the odds that the A-sig agents are one of the happy couples?
Apparently you can get the Elvis wedding, the Little Person Elvis wedding, and the Furry wedding (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNinRzhRomk), but not the Little Person Furry Elvis wedding. Give ’em time.
The
fewmany, the proud, the dumb.reminds me of the $5 crypto
https://xkcd.com/538/
I am reminded of a quote I read once (unknown author): never argue with idiots – they’ll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
I’ve used that quote here and there for the last 20 years or so. I may have used it here in the comments, which may or may not be where you saw it. I also have no idea where it originated.
This why there are separate rolls for intelligence and wisdom.
Very true ^_^
Virginia, something you would have learned early in the Bible Belt is that there are three rules for reasoning with stupid people: Don’t bother. Don’t bother. Don’t bother.
Or if you prefer, you can use the quote often attributed to Twain: “Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
Then there’s The Waco Kid’s “People of the Land” speech, which is so apt that in my government office we would simply say, “The common clay of the New West,” and everyone would know what we meant.
In this case Virginia is the stupid person. “Never throw manure at an armed man!” as Larry Niven would say!
I like Dr. Lee, but there’s some nice poetry to her getting hit on the head with a weapon that wasn’t meant to be used that way, considering her own history of hitting people on the head with weapons that aren’t meant to be used that way. (So what if it didn’t happen to this Dr. Lee in this continuity? One of her did it somewhere. I’m still counting it.)
Curious. The last couple of times she ran into Anasigma, they just tried to kill her, not capture her. Has Ira changed his mind again, or was this their own initiative? If so, and the group escapes because they didn’t shoot her when they had the chance, I would not want to be them when Ira finds out about it.