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What?? You mean he did plumbing and decorating too?bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Wasn't he a smelly unemployed pikey/hippy who had no fixed abode, kept bad company - thieves and prostitutes - and couldn't commit himself to anything for any amount of time. No doubt these days he'd be camping up a tree on the site of a proposed bypass and calling himself swampy.Comment
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It was until Sylvester McCoy blew it up. The git.Originally posted by zeitghostWhat planet are you on?
No.
Don't answer that, it must be Skaro.
These days I hang around in a variety of space stations / cruisers.Comment
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emperor , how do you cope in zero-g with such a big head. Do you have trouble balancing ?(\__/)
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You should see the size of my sensor spheres. Unfeasibly large, they act as an effective counter-balance.Originally posted by EternalOptimistemperor , how do you cope in zero-g with such a big head. Do you have trouble balancing ?Comment
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Originally posted by Emperor DalekYou should see the size of my sensor spheres. Unfeasibly large, they act as an effective counter-balance.
Which are entirely superfluous since in zero-g there is no gravity to pull him off balance in the first place.....
No manageing the momentum once he gets moving might be an issue. I can see an interesting 3 body problem coming up
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if the emperor was wearing 'magne-boots' (available from Wallace & grommit space waer inc) he might easily become overbalanced in zero g.Originally posted by DaveBWhich are entirely superfluous since in zero-g there is no gravity to pull him off balance in the first place.....
No manageing the momentum once he gets moving might be an issue. I can see an interesting 3 body problem coming up
get your space-facts right DaveB
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