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in reply to The worst case scenario

<joke>There is no option for 'Earth destroyed to make way for hyperspace bypass', which I for one fear.</joke>

Martin

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Re^2: The worst case scenario
by blazar (Canon) on May 15, 2006 at 10:38 UTC

    Quite in the same vein I fear the poetry section being eventually replaced by vogon poetry...

Re^2: The worst case scenario
by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on May 15, 2006 at 14:25 UTC
        Earth destroyed to make way for hyperspace bypass

    Just don't forget your towel!

    And thanks for all the fish...


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Re^2: The worst case scenario
by swampyankee (Parson) on May 15, 2006 at 14:42 UTC

    Drat...too close to my main fear, which is the coming of the Great White Handkerchief

    emc

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    —G. Steele
Re^2: The worst case scenario
by john_oshea (Priest) on May 15, 2006 at 09:53 UTC

    Well, if we're talking about worries like that, what about "Perl Monks bought and assimilated into the MySpace empire"? 'Seekers of Perl Wisdom' becomes 'Seekers of cool embedded .wav files', that sorta thing. Shudder... ;-)

      I'm not really sure, but I suspect you didn't notice the implicit reference to a famous fictional work.

Re^2: The worst case scenario
by felonius (Scribe) on May 16, 2006 at 08:15 UTC
    A Project Manager told us it's the Mutant Star Goat we need to be worried about !
    :-)

    oops it's a Star Goat !!

      Yes, exactly. Or invasion by a gigantic swarm of twelve foot piranha bees.