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jimmy olsen

#1665
June 22, 2009, 09:12:54 PM
Whee!
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#1666
June 22, 2009, 09:13:33 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 09:10:47 PM
What is that behind it? A river paddleboat? :P

Aren't they a bit far from the Mississip?
In the book the Thunderchild is protecting civilian refugees.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

Neil

#1667
June 22, 2009, 09:24:25 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 09:10:47 PM
What is that behind it? A river paddleboat? :P

Aren't they a bit far from the Mississip?
It does seem a little high to be oceangoing.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

jimmy olsen

#1668
June 22, 2009, 09:32:05 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 22, 2009, 09:24:25 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 09:10:47 PM
What is that behind it? A river paddleboat? :P

Aren't they a bit far from the Mississip?
It does seem a little high to be oceangoing.
Didn't the battle occur in the Thames?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

Neil

#1669
June 22, 2009, 09:35:18 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 22, 2009, 09:32:05 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 22, 2009, 09:24:25 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 09:10:47 PM
What is that behind it? A river paddleboat? :P

Aren't they a bit far from the Mississip?
It does seem a little high to be oceangoing.
Didn't the battle occur in the Thames?
Never read it.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Syt

#1670
June 22, 2009, 11:47:30 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 22, 2009, 09:01:38 PM
The battleship is imaginary.  It doesn't correspond to any class of battleship.  Still, it could easily defeat the crappy walker.

The HMS Thunder Child destroyed two tripods before being sunk by another machine's heat beam. :nerd:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Josquius

#1671
June 23, 2009, 06:54:40 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 22, 2009, 09:32:05 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 22, 2009, 09:24:25 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 22, 2009, 09:10:47 PM
What is that behind it? A river paddleboat? :P

Aren't they a bit far from the Mississip?
It does seem a little high to be oceangoing.
Didn't the battle occur in the Thames?
The estuary iirc
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Neil

#1672
June 23, 2009, 07:03:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 22, 2009, 11:47:30 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 22, 2009, 09:01:38 PM
The battleship is imaginary.  It doesn't correspond to any class of battleship.  Still, it could easily defeat the crappy walker.

The HMS Thunder Child destroyed two tripods before being sunk by another machine's heat beam. :nerd:
That's a terrible name for a battleship.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Ed Anger

#1673
June 23, 2009, 07:13:17 AM
In the story, it was an Armored Cruiser, IIRC.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Pishtaco

#1674
June 23, 2009, 08:06:17 AM
I think it was a torpedo ram, modelled on HMS Polyphemus.

jimmy olsen

#1675
June 23, 2009, 08:10:32 AM
Quote from: Pishtaco on June 23, 2009, 08:06:17 AM
I think it was a torpedo ram, modelled on HMS Polyphemus.
You sir, are correct, however everyone ignores this when painting the scene, because as Neil would say, dreadnoughts are cooler.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

charliebear

#1676
June 23, 2009, 08:12:52 AM
I believe I'll have a nice cup of coffee.

Tamas

#1677
June 23, 2009, 08:13:03 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 23, 2009, 08:10:32 AM
Quote from: Pishtaco on June 23, 2009, 08:06:17 AM
I think it was a torpedo ram, modelled on HMS Polyphemus.
You sir, are correct, however everyone ignores this when painting the scene, because as Neil would say, dreadnoughts are cooler.

On the picture, thats a pre-dreadnought battleship at best.

jimmy olsen

#1678
June 23, 2009, 08:18:31 AM
Quote from: Tamas on June 23, 2009, 08:13:03 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 23, 2009, 08:10:32 AM
Quote from: Pishtaco on June 23, 2009, 08:06:17 AM
I think it was a torpedo ram, modelled on HMS Polyphemus.
You sir, are correct, however everyone ignores this when painting the scene, because as Neil would say, dreadnoughts are cooler.

On the picture, thats a pre-dreadnought battleship at best.
Quite right, I should have said guns are cooler than torpedos.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

jimmy olsen

#1679
June 23, 2009, 08:19:52 AM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point
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