Kerry and Tasered Student at Tenagra.

[Richard Steele]

[JTG of the PRB]

1. Tasered Student, his arms open.

Kerry, his eyes shut. Tasered Student on the ocean.

[Richard Steele]

2. People who loved the USA...

...their eyes wet.

[JTG of the PRB]

6. Kerry at America, his eyes open.

Tasered Student at Guantanamo, his eyes wet.

George W. Bush at Pennsylvania Avenue, his head empty.

[IndianaJones]

3. Miami, when the walls fell. nt.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Tasered student, his limbs flailing, his freedom eaten.

America, and the tip of the iceberg.

[Richard Steele]

5. The Titantic; its chairs rearranged. nm

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. .

:thumbsup: :7

[Pierre.Suave]

8. WTF?

I have NO idea what is going on in this thread. Did I miss something?

[DarkTirade]

9. Combo copycat thread with sci-fi geek humor subtly embedded within

You had to be there. For about 3 or 4 different things. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

10. Well, if any of them were

Sci-Fi related, and unless it was Battlestar Galactice, then I missed it.

[DarkTirade]

11. Trekkie humor, to be specific.

Luckily one of the episodes I've seen, so I got it. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

13. Ah

no wonder I did not get it.

[Richard Steele]

12. Ok, let me take a whack at explaining...

This is a discussion of the current topic du jour in GD,
in the form of a COPYCAT of a thread which was discussing
one of the few truly great Episodes of "Star Trek: TNG".

In that episode, Picard's life depended upon establishing
communication with a new race. Although the "Universal Translator"
was translating all their words properly, they were still
unintelligible because their species never said anything
DIRECTLY- all information was passed in the form of stripped-down,
bare-bones CULTURAL REFERENCES.

For example: Suppose (were I one of them) I showed up somewhere
with a black eye, and someone asked me how I got it...

And suppose the answer was: a client at my job had been breaking
a rule; he had refused my request that he obey it, first becoming
argumentative and eventually escalating to physical violence
which resulted in his arrest and removal.

I would convey ALL of that information by simply saying,
"The jobless man- his porn denied".

I hope that clears this up a bit. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

15. LOL

That form of communication is simple, but requires EVERYone using it to know EVERY reference. The possibility for a mis-understanding is huge.

[JTG of the PRB]

16. You couldn't have said it any better!

That's why the crew of the Enterprise had such a hard time understanding. They heard the words, but out of the cultural context, they were nearly meaningless.

Incidentally, I am starting to get twitchy for the final season of Battlestar Galactica. "Razor" comes out in 2 months, and the season premiere is in late January. it's going to be a SPECTACULAR season.

[SeattleGirl]

14. LOL!

Good one! :thumbsup: