Police raid science fiction sex cult

Daily Telegraph ^ | 5/18/06

[Skooz]

Triumph the Insult Dog vs Star Wars geeks

A few years old, but still freaking hilarious.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Well, I don't think any of Norman's books are in print any more, so it won't help him much. ;)

[js1138]

I always considered it more of an art.

[VadeRetro]

Oh, right!

"This Valentine's Day, get her a lab coat from Victoria's Secret!"

[L98Fiero]

"Have you ever been to one of those conventions?"

Yep. Granted, it was a Fanstasy/Science Fiction expo. There was much debauchery afoot in the evenings

[RebelBanker]

or hutt by decendance.

You have obviously been to a few cons!

[JamesP81]

Many years ago I was a war gamer.

I still am something of a wargamer. Never went to any of the meetings or anything, as I wasn't that serious. But I met a few of the types you're talking about. They were definitely pegging a 9.6 on my weird-o-meter.

[JamesP81]

Well...a few things come to mind...but I'd rather not get banned for lewd comments.

[George Smiley]

My thetans have a great time when I jump on the couch.

Man! That phrase is just BEGGING to be made into a bumper sticker!

[DM1]

Don't get me wrong some of the ladies are quite attractive but usually they are in the minority.

[Skooz]

I enjoyed the wargames, and thought I was pretty good. And, as a hobbiest, I probably was.

But, to some of those guys the gaming was their whole life. No job, no girlfriends, nothing (or very little) outside of the games.

They couldn't be beaten, of course, in their games of choice. But, that was because they had dedicated their entire existence to them.

[Lazamataz]

Please add me to your "Heinlein's Heinous Heiny" ping list.

[RandallFlagg]

Mr Thompson, who was once banned from one shop for turning up with a girl on a leash

I hate when that happens.

[Old Professer]

They do it in space suits.

[Skooz]

I know you're not here, but I'm pinging you anyway.

[JamesP81]

Yeah, I know. They make it not fun to play. The problem is that any game, no matter how well balanced, has some kind of 'trick' to it that enough hours of play will reveal. It's no fun playing against people who find these little tricks. It's more fun to play against people who don't spend their whole existence on it because everyone has to think on their feet. It's a much more accurate, in my opinion, gauge of a person's skills as a wargamer and thinker in general.

What games did you play?

[L,TOWM]

Now that's flippin hilarious!

LMBO -- They've probably figured "ole ___'s finally gone completely loony tunes" in the neighboring cubes.

At least no one prarie dogged me yet...

[RadioAstronomer]

ROTFLMAO! I have never seen that.

OMG, I have been to SiFi conventions. Spot on! LOL!

[pawdoggie]

.."called the land of Gor, which is divided into castes, and where women are kept as slaves." AKA Islam

So you're saying that Islam is a "science fiction cult"? Well...that would explain Louis Farrakhan and the "mother ship".