Comments on: All fun and games at first

By: robin

robin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:33:09 +0000

RM, nice mix on the forested island. And with your weather-controlling powers, you could probably figure out some way to keep the aliens distracted if they came after you, right? Tornado, maybe?

By: RM1(SS) (ret)

RM1(SS) (ret) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:41:54 +0000

Herb Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
annette- When were you close enough to a penguin to smell its breath?

And why?

Lion, elephant or dolphin - lion

Super powers - flying and weather control (like Storm, in the X-Men)

Forest or island - a forested island

Aliens - stay and watch

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:41:09 +0000

You’ll note Space Mom didn’t mention the timing of my birth compared to this sighting. (I was born in Exeter.)

By: Liz Garton Scanlon

Liz Garton Scanlon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:39:47 +0000

Yep. That’s why you got yer guy. Alien Patrol.

By: robin

robin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:55:44 +0000

Annette, every dog in American is going to pee on your leg for saying that. For shame.

Lizzie, would that it were so. I’m just not so sure. I mean, we examine lower species all the time, and it’s not out of malice (I assume), but a need to understand how little minds and nervous systems work. So why wouldn’t aliens be curious about us?

Bill, do you think telekinesis alone would get you enough height and speed to really constitute flying? Magneto is awfully slow. I need the ability to get airborne and out of there in milliseconds. But invulnerability would be a nice addition–back to the Cheerleader.

(And I love your “find file” function idea! Sign me up!)

Beth, you’re right–Alex and Izzie would be a lot of fun. Think of that fab Thanksgiving meal Izzie threw a few seasons ago. So sweet.

Liz, I’ve had those fears, too. That’s why I think I’d need someone beside me to whisper “Run!”

I read that after 9/11, a lot of security experts were hired to go into businesses in the high rises and help the employees come up with an emergency plan. One of the experts actually assigned certain people on each floor the job of saying to everyone else, “Yes, that was the alarm. We need to go now.” Because people freeze up. Then we look around to see what everyone else is doing.

So I need someone on alien patrol to verify that yes, that is a spaceship, and yes, we are running now. Get the dog and keep him quiet.

By: Liz in Ink

Liz in Ink — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:09:50 +0000

Well, here’s the thing. I’d be a runner EXCEPT that I think I’d freeze. My only recurring nightmare is that some nefarious force is after me and my arms and legs are leaden and I can’t speak or move. So I guess I’d observe and try to keep breathing.

The only superpower I want is flight. And I mean, I REALLY want it. Speaking of which, I want to be Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service. Not a TV show, but she flies so I’ll take her…

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:17:27 +0000

Herb, exactly what I was thinking when Annette asked me if I had spelled penguin breath. LOL…

Annette, No, I haven’t smelled penguin breath, but I’ve smelled husband breath. It can’t be much worse!

Oh, and my fantasy best friend…it would have to be Alex and Izzie from Grey’s Anatomy. Alex because he doesn’t hide any crap from you, and Izzie because she’s so stinking sweet and fights for her friends.

By: Bill Coughlan

Bill Coughlan — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:45:54 +0000

I think with the aliens landing, I couldn’t help but watch. Don’t know that I’d go up to them, but if driving away in a truck isn’t going to do much good in the face of advanced technology, I don’t think running is going to have much of a better result. If they mean us harm, we’re pretty much hosed. (In any case, I’d be really curious as to how they got around the whole speed-of-light issue.)

And then maybe it’d be a good idea to have the dolphins around. After all, they had their own means off the planet when the Vogons came, so I figure they might be able to talk to the aforementioned aliens. While I hang out on my island with BSG’s Number Six. (”Honest, honey, she’s strictly imaginary…”)

As for superpowers, I think I’d take invulnerability (to keep the powers-that-be from killing me the moment they found out about it) and telekinesis. The way I figure it, telekinesis would also encompass flying (I could just move myself) — and besides, we saw what Magneto was able to accomplish in the X-Men movies, and he was restricted to metal…

But then again, maybe I would settle for a “find file” function that worked in real life…

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:39:54 +0000

I know I’m coming in late here, and I don’t mean to be crass with this comment, but if aliens flew all the way to Earth with their technology and know-how, what the hell would they want to hurt me for? It makes about as much sense to me as a person traveling around every square inch of the globe, and when they finally get home they think ya know what I’m gonna do with all this knowledge and wisdom I’ve amassed? I’m gonna throw the cat across the room and see what happens. Hey lookit that, she landed on her feet and ran away. Whooda thunk.

Seriously, I’m sure whatever aliens are out there, and potentially landing here, have absolutely no interest in probing my (or anybody else’s) butt.

p.s. Lion; the power to heal people and flight; island; any of the hot male characters created/written by Aaron Sorkin.

By: annette

annette — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:28:46 +0000

a comment on spacies (i prefer not to use the term “aliens”–too pejorative, it’s their universe too) and dogs. just like you don’t have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun “fido”–maybe best to tether the dog to a nearby tree and get the heck outta there…just a suggestion for those who prefer not to have a close encounter of any kind.