Whoa. Looks like Bunz has had a bellyful of Dirt. Can’t imagine why. Like Lord Whorfin, she “feels so broke up, she want’s to go home.”
Meanwhile Katz is taking a play from the book of the greatest cinematic tank commander of all times: “I only ride in ’em. I don’t know what makes ’em work.” Meantime we begin to wonder what has happened to their spacecraft in the…. what? couple of hours? since they left it in a crater, hatch open, in the middle of the street….
Tune in next time for; Beach Blanket Doom-Boom or Apocalypse Never!
Well… It isn’t so much that Katz couldn’t fix the Scout Craft – it’s more a matter of getting the parts… It’s a bit of a loooonnnngg jaunt back to Iapetus… And then there’s the matter of the time involved…
Did Bunz keep enough of the useless green paper to take a bus ride to the California Science Center? Perhaps Katz could “borrow” something useful from the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It would make an interesting side trip, obtaining spare parts or not.
Y’know, that’s a bit of an interesting idea… Not that our archaic technology would do them any good… In any case, events will likely render this option moot…
Ah, Bunz’s simple, childlike faith in Kat’s mechanical skills is so refreshing in this age of doubt and skepticism… of course, she has no way of knowing that the required parts have been on back-order for several millennia…
Even if our technology is dated by alien standards, Katz could make a deal using some of that worthless green stuff, to hire dirt engineers to produce his space craft parts. Making patents would take time, but there are faster methods.
But the really crucial parts are probably all made of ridiculum, absurdium and unobtanium. (You ever try to mill absurdium?) Maybe Katz could use inferior local materials and bodge together something that would get them back to Lapetus. Depends on whether or not he has his “Scotty” on.
Ahh… You do recall that we – um, Dirt Creatures, are their enemy — don’t you?? You wouldn’t really expect Bunz an’ Katz to seek aid an’ succor from those they intend to exterminate… Or… Perhaps they’re cleverer than we suppose…
You mean allow the Dirt-lings to supply the means by which they might be destroyed? Oooo that is dark yes? Depends on how much green paper they can get their virtual manipulators on – or whether or not Bunz has been programmed with the concepts of “flirt” and “vamp”.
It seems that Bunz is a li’l cranky lately… and our next installment isn’t likely to make her any happier…
So how’s that for dangling a carrot to get you all to check back next week?
…Um… I don’t think she likes carrots either…
Whoa. Looks like Bunz has had a bellyful of Dirt. Can’t imagine why. Like Lord Whorfin, she “feels so broke up, she want’s to go home.”
Meanwhile Katz is taking a play from the book of the greatest cinematic tank commander of all times: “I only ride in ’em. I don’t know what makes ’em work.” Meantime we begin to wonder what has happened to their spacecraft in the…. what? couple of hours? since they left it in a crater, hatch open, in the middle of the street….
Tune in next time for; Beach Blanket Doom-Boom or Apocalypse Never!
Well… It isn’t so much that Katz couldn’t fix the Scout Craft – it’s more a matter of getting the parts… It’s a bit of a loooonnnngg jaunt back to Iapetus… And then there’s the matter of the time involved…
Yeah but it’s just so HARD to hold a tweaker when you don’t have any hands!
Uh… Haven’t we mentioned Katz’ Quasi Virtual Manipulators?
Oh now you’re just makin stuff up!
(and uh, no… uhmm… you really don’t need to examine that remark too closely)
Did Bunz keep enough of the useless green paper to take a bus ride to the California Science Center? Perhaps Katz could “borrow” something useful from the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It would make an interesting side trip, obtaining spare parts or not.
Y’know, that’s a bit of an interesting idea… Not that our archaic technology would do them any good… In any case, events will likely render this option moot…
How does she feel about remaining two seconds longer?
Not at all happy about it – I would imagine…
Ah, Bunz’s simple, childlike faith in Kat’s mechanical skills is so refreshing in this age of doubt and skepticism… of course, she has no way of knowing that the required parts have been on back-order for several millennia…
Uh oh – actual work…
Don’t leave in a huff!
Wait 60 seconds and leave in a minute and a huff!
(rim shot!)
Even if our technology is dated by alien standards, Katz could make a deal using some of that worthless green stuff, to hire dirt engineers to produce his space craft parts. Making patents would take time, but there are faster methods.
But the really crucial parts are probably all made of ridiculum, absurdium and unobtanium. (You ever try to mill absurdium?) Maybe Katz could use inferior local materials and bodge together something that would get them back to Lapetus. Depends on whether or not he has his “Scotty” on.
Ahh… You do recall that we – um, Dirt Creatures, are their enemy — don’t you?? You wouldn’t really expect Bunz an’ Katz to seek aid an’ succor from those they intend to exterminate… Or… Perhaps they’re cleverer than we suppose…
You mean allow the Dirt-lings to supply the means by which they might be destroyed? Oooo that is dark yes? Depends on how much green paper they can get their virtual manipulators on – or whether or not Bunz has been programmed with the concepts of “flirt” and “vamp”.
Didn’t John Lennon once say: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Or was that Vladimir?
No matter – I doubt that Bunz has heard of either of them…