James Bond 007 ~ Victory Games (1983)
nah i’m just cutting onions
Catpocalype Now is a fun game that sets you loose with a laser pointer and a little cat, which you use to cause as much carnage as possible within a time limit.
“…Anyway, we shall be leaving shortly. I am just collecting some rocks.”
“I’m sure they will come in useful,” said Lord Vetinari.
“Actually, sir, they will be very valuable,” whispered Ponder Stibbons.
“Really?” said the Patrician.
“Oh, yes! They may well be completely different from rocks on the Disc!”
“And if they are exactly the same?”
“Oh, that would be even more interesting, sir!”
Lord Vetinari looked at Ponder without speaking. He could deal with most types of mind, but the one apparently operating Ponder Stibbons was of a sort he had yet to find the handles on. It was best to nod and smile and give it the bits of machinery it seemed to think were so important, lest it run amok.
“Well done,” he said. “Ah, yes, of course… and the rocks may contain valuable ores, or possibly even diamonds?”
Ponder shrugged. “I wouldn’t know about that, sir. But they may tell us more about the history of the moon.”
Vetinari’s brow wrinkled. “History? But no one lives th– I mean, yes, well done. Tell me, do you have all the machinery you need?”
– on completely different wavelengths | Terry Pratchett, The Last Hero
i love bashir but he’d be one of those insufferable nerd boys that has to mansplain deadpool’s origin because he doesn’t believe you’ve read the comics
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