'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I, um, saw that, msbelle. And your acquaintence B had my jaw dropping. Yowza.
OTOH, FB gave me this a few minutes ago: The Atlas of The Firefly Verse. [link]
ita !, page 3 of that might be matter of pride to you. Ita Moon!
ETA: Oh, Kate, WHY DID YOU LOOK?
I was so curious, Erin! Aspirin between the knees? What could that possibly mean??
It was wrong of me and I'll never do it again.
I feel old. That's not the first time I've heard the aspirin between the knees thing.
I feel old. That's not the first time I've heard the aspirin between the knees thing.
Me too. I thought it was a common thing. I'm sorry for anyone hearing the "logic" of that for the first time.
edit: Physicists really need to start studying that strange magnetic force between a woman's legs that is so attractive to a penis that a man is so utterly unable to keep away. It's probably part of the Unified Field Theory. Definitely one of the Strong forces. Probably a Nobel in it for somebody.
Hee!
Ita is the smallest body in the Verse to undergo terraforming. As a result, the terraforming efforts have not been successful. Ita has become a test bed for experimental terraforming techniques. In 2470, Ita was chosen as a location for a secondary Alliance orbital drydock facility. However budget restructuring has left the Ita facility as little more than a holding facility and scrapyard. “Towed to Ita” has become a euphemism for permanent impound. While there is a small used spaceship business at Ita, most ships leave Ita in pieces. The scrapyards at Ita’s L4 and L5 positions are havens for small-time salvagers, both legitimate and otherwise.
"That's no moon!"
Now I want to work "towed to ita !" in conversation.
And scientists are now discovering moons in other solar systems. I bet sometime in the next 10-100 years, some Firefly fan will name a real moon ita.
Or ita !
I feel old. That's not the first time I've heard the aspirin between the knees thing.
Indeed, and it wasn't funny decades ago either.
I would kill for that period...
most ships leave Ita in pieces
Don't you know it! I'm a wreck...
Har.
I just bought this for my sister, primarily because my fridge is full. Oh, and because I'm an awesome sister. RADIATING awesome.
Ooh, I need that.