Oh boy, they finally found my spacecraft!

[Xelebes]

Sorry about the extinction.

 

[Ebonyfire]

Sorry about the extinction.

We were so ready to move anyway. No harm, no foul.

 

[Shankara20]

Sorry about the extinction.

at least 5 of your buddies have done the same damn thing - when you guys gona learn to parallel park?

 

[graceanne]

at least 5 of your buddies have done the same damn thing - when you guys gona learn to parallel park?

They must have gotten their licenses at K-mart.

 

[DVS]

"Attention K-Mart shoppers...for the next 10 minutes, driver's licenses will be redeamable, at the flashing blue light. There's a special today...only one to a customer, please. Thank you, for shopping at your neighborhood K-Mart store."

 

[Xelebes]

Dimetrodons don't seem to run their licensing systems efficiently.

 

[snowy ciara]

I thought that aliens got their liscences at the Wal-martian stores?

 

[SpectreT]

"Attention K-Mart shoppers...for the next 10 minutes, driver's licenses will be redeamable, at the flashing blue light. There's a special today...only one to a customer, please. Thank you, for shopping at your neighborhood K-Mart store."

Man, I used to do those announcements - my first job, in fact. well, that and I mixed paint.

 

[DVS]

Man, I used to do those announcements - my first job, in fact. well, that and I mixed paint.

Oh yeah? That sounds like fun. Did you go where the light was, or were you in some back office somewhere reading text?

Oh, and how close did I get to the real thing? It's been a loooong time since I've heard that announcement.

 

[DVS]

I thought that aliens got their liscences at the Wal-martian stores?

OK, that's just SICK! Where's my paddle?

OK, actually, it's pretty funny.

 

[SpectreT]

Oh yeah? That sounds like fun. Did you go where the light was, or were you in some back office somewhere reading text?

Oh, and how close did I get to the real thing? It's been a loooong time since I've heard that announcement.

neither - there was a customer service counter with a microphone that broke into the Muzak. (hey, I said it was my first job. tech was a little lower then.) We didn't have to read copy, just memorize the basic formula, then plug in the featured items or aisles.

Oddly enough, I used to do the closing announcements for Borders when I worked there, too - and that was a lot more recent. It was also funny because I did it from the sales floor; the looks on people's faces when they walked past the information desk were priceless - they thought that it was prerecorded by a professional voice actor, then they walked by me making the announcement.

I'll see if I can get an audio attachment up - it will probably amuse you.

 

[shy slave]

Xelebes, how wil get home now ???

Or are you stuck here on earth with the rest of us forever?

If so, I bet you wish you had had better driving lessons!

 

[Xelebes]

It's not so bad. The next planet with some life form that you can talk to with this translator contraption is in the next galaxy cluster.

 

[shy slave]

It's not so bad. The next planet with some life form that you can talk to with this translator contraption is in the next galaxy cluster.

And I guess you need a space craft to get there....

 

[saw_man1]

You must have known that your secret would come out some day.

 

[snowy ciara]

OK, that's just SICK! Where's my paddle?

OK, actually, it's pretty funny.

Thank you DVS.

 

[brioche]

"Good afternoon Sobey's shoppers, while you're in the store make sure you stop by the bakery and pick up one of our baguettes right out of the oven. They're hot, they're fresh, and they're only 99 cents. Thank you for shopping Sobey's, and ejoying the rest of your day."

That was part of one of my jobs.

I wasn't in a little room though.
Customers could actually see me. I had to do it on the phone we answered price checks on.

 

[satin_coals]

bwahaha. they're just finding something new that wiped something out every single day, aren't they? perhaps they should put this much money and effort into the cure of AIDS? we'd probably be alot further long with it if we did.

 

[Xelebes]

bwahaha. they're just finding something new that wiped something out every single day, aren't they? perhaps they should put this much money and effort into the cure of AIDS? we'd probably be alot further long with it if we did.

Maybe these discoveries are finding answers to such pestilences and the sort. You never know with the world of science - you must not let science be hindered with politics.

 

[Xelebes]

"Good afternoon Sobey's shoppers, while you're in the store make sure you stop by the bakery and pick up one of our baguettes right out of the oven. They're hot, they're fresh, and they're only 99 cents. Thank you for shopping Sobey's, and ejoying the rest of your day."

That was part of one of my jobs.

I wasn't in a little room though.
Customers could actually see me. I had to do it on the phone we answered price checks on.

I used to work at IGA (now Sobey's). I know what you're talking about.

 

[satin_coals]

I used to work at IGA (now Sobey's). I know what you're talking about.

IGA rawks. Better than Coles or Safeway. I live right next to one and I don't know what I would do without it. heh.

And I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they did find some crazy disease cure in a crater, now you've pointed it out

 

[DVS]

It's not so bad. The next planet with some life form that you can talk to with this translator contraption is in the next galaxy cluster.

So...you got the scoop on a better fuel than oil based combustion engines? What do those flying teacups run on? Is there some huge hand like catapult out there that throws 'em like a Frisbee?

 

[Xelebes]

So...you got the scoop on a better fuel than oil based combustion engines? What do those flying teacups run on? Is there some huge hand like catapult out there that throws 'em like a Frisbee?

What do I look like? A rocket engineer?

 

[Evil_Geoff]

What do I look like? A rocket engineer?

Well that's definitely not Werner Von Braun in your av....

 

[DVS]

What do I look like? A rocket engineer?

Well, I just assumed, you being space boy and all...that you'd have a better way to fuel our planet than with fossil fuels.

Don't you ever watch science fiction movies? Ever seen "The Day The Earth Stood Still"? You spacy folks are suppose to be more technically advanced than our simple one horse society. After all, if we were the smart ones, we'd be coming to visit you.