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Storm Saxon
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Also, here is an interview with Neil Gaiman and somebody named Joss Whedon.

If this has already been posted, let me know and I'll delete the thread. I tried to do a search for it, but the search function on this site isn't working. As in, every time I try to search for something, I can't access Hatrack for about five minutes.

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NG: Last time I was at Comicom, there were like 5,000 people there, and the audience was going to try and cut me off with stuff to sign. They had to figure out how to get me off the stage. All of a sudden, I'm getting to the end of the conversation. Dave McKean and I were doing a Mirrormask thing and we're ready to leave the stage. I look up and they have a bodyguard line of 30 Klingons. They're six-foot six and four-feet wide and they have the foreheads and they had linked arms. We were being lead off behind a human wall —a Klingon wall—of Klingon warriors. And I thought, how good does it get?

[Smile]
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Jacare Sorridente
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Where's the part where members of that weird cult eat babies? I didn't see that part in the interview.
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Storm Saxon
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It's metaphorical or allegorical, or something.
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Jacare Sorridente
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oooh... is it a parable? The vampires from buffy are like the Mormons, who through their cultural imperialism are draining the life's blood out of the wider cultural materialist society.
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The Rabbit
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Hey, don't knock it until you've tried it. They are both tasty and nutritious.

or so I here.

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quote:
or so I here.
Rabbit is tripped up by a freudian slip! Her insipid denial reveals itself to be nothing less than a confession!
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Storm Saxon
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While I can't comment on the similiarities between vampires and Mormons, not being a Buffy fan, I can definitely say, though I am not what you would call a Star Trek afficionado, that there are many similiarites between Klingons and Mormons.

Consider:

  • *Klingons have big foreheads.
  • Their females are very aggressive.
  • They are often confused, disgusted, bemused, etc, by the alien culture that surrounds them.
  • They were at war with the dominant culture in their past.
  • They like green jello with whipped cream on top.
  • They like to fight.
  • They like to eat anything that moves.
  • They hate tribbles.
  • They like to eat babies.

Really, it's all very clear.

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Jacare Sorridente
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The tribble similarity is really the clincher. That and their nefarious development of quadrotriticale.
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Glenn Arnold
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Well, I hear that atheists eat babies, too. So that means that Mormons are actually atheists.

Or maybe it means that atheists are actually Mormons.

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Glenn Arnold
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Or maybe it means that babies are atheists and Mormons are Klingons.
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I don't know, as a Mormon, I've always felt I had a lot in common with Tribbles.
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You reproduce at an insane rate? You're fluffy and make a pleasant noise when petted?
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Jon Boy
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Both?
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The Rabbit
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What denial? I was eating a Baby as I wrote that post.

It said Baby right on the wrapper. Here in Utah, you can buy them in vending machines.

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LadyDove
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I've always felt that it was very sexist to only sell Baby Ruth.
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Icarus
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Right. Like you don't know where Butterfingers come from.
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The Rabbit
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There are also Sugar Babies. I haven't been able to determine their gender. Maybe genetic testing is in order.
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Heffaji
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Of course, since the first 3 Musketeer bars were made, the rest have consisted of their babies.
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LadyDove
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Rumor has it that Mr. Goodbar was involved.
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Time to eat the baby!

Don't eat the baby.

Eat the baby! *munch*

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Babies are delicious! Can I still eat them if I am a pantheist? That's the *real* theological question, as far as I am concerned.

Oh, and I totally married a Klingon. Ask mack. Chuck's got the huge forehead and grumpy demeanor down pat.

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The Rabbit
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While Baby Ruth, sugar babies, and the infant off spring of 3 Musketeers are all quite tasty, they definitely lack in the nutrition category.

What I want to eat are babies that not only taste good but are good for you.

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[ROFL] This thread is hilarious
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The Rabbit
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Got it, chinese babies (corn). Tasty and nutritious.
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Yeah, but 2 hours later your hungry for more.

You just can't eat just one.

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Tante Shvester
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In New York, they make them into desserts.
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The Rabbit
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Babycakes

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no sugar, no wheat, no gluten, no dairy, no eggs, no nuts, no soy
What would we have to bake with if it weren't for babies?
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LadyDove
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Rabbit, are you hinting that you have something in the oven?
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The Rabbit
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No, I'm still at work. Who has time to bake on week days?
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Well I do my best cooking at night, especially when I want to put a bun in the oven if you know what I mean, wink wink, nudge nudge.
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[Big Grin]
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"I have to get home, my wife's going to have a baby!"
"Wow. When's it due?"
"About nine months after I get home."

--Enigmatic

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Storm Saxon
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Heh, heh.
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Glenn Arnold
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I have a good recipe for Dutch Babies.
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Tante Shvester
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Sounds yummy.
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What I want to eat are babies that not only taste good but are good for you.
How about baby carrots?
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Babies are overrated. The fat content is too high, and they're bad for your cholesterol.

A lean kindergartner is much better for you.

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Tante Shvester
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I dunno. Some of those kindergarten kids can be pretty tough.

Do you use a tenderizing marinade?

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Jon Boy
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The fat is what gives them so much flavor.
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The Rabbit
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Check out how they prepare their Baby's on Coney Island.

http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink8945.html

I didn't think there were even very many Mormons there.

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The Rabbit
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In case your baby isn't fat enough, you can always add butter.

http://www.idrink.com/v.html?id=3528

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*shocked* Rabbit, alcoholic babies?!?
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The Rabbit
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What, you've never heard of fetal alcohol syndrome?
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rivka
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That's not what I meant. I mean, you are advocating that Mormons eat alcoholic babies?!?
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Well, we do cook the babies. I hear the alcohol doesn't exist after that.
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Glenn Arnold
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We used to eat Babies Tartar. Nowadays that's not safe, what with salmonella and everything.
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I don't eat babies.
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