taalismn wrote:'Ricardo': (looking up) "I'm not sure a repurposed GMU counts as a 'sportscar', Miss Minmei..." Minmei: "With enough coats of wax and a snazzy paintjob, it can be."
taalismn wrote:'Ricardo': (looking up) "I'm not sure a repurposed GMU counts as a 'sportscar', Miss Minmei..." Minmei: "With enough coats of wax and a snazzy paintjob, it can be."
Ricardo: "But in hot pink, Miss Minmei?"
Minmei: "It's not as if it needs to be camouflaged. And once one person has one, EVERYBODY's gotta have one. This will make it that much easier to find in a parking lot." Rocardo: "...you'd trust a parking valet to park it for you?"
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Minmei: "That GMU can make its own parking spaces."
"Just forget about parking it on the top floor of the parking gar-wait a minute; you can still do that, it's just that it becomes the GROUND floor of the parking garage."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Minmei: "And if you can't outrace it, you can always blast it!"
The US Army line about the M1A1 Abrams was "If you can't outrun it, you can always blow it off the road!", so that truism still holds.
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Minmei: "That little toy? BAH. My GMU is a BEAST!"
Kinda hard to step up into from the curb, though...
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Minmei: "Curbs? We don't need no stinkin' curbs!"
"We just collapse the roadbed until the surrounding ground level reaches the doorframe."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Bumper sticker on Minmei's GMU: "My Other Car is a MAC II Monster."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Bumper Sticker on Minmei's MAC II: "B***H, PLEASE."
Or... "Give Me an Excuse."(posted between the main gun barrels)
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:"What MORON gave Minmei a COMMAND FORTRESS?!"
"Here....the SDF-2's supposed to have been destroyed, but we just sort of classified it as 'radioactive' so nobody would check where the salvaged parts REALLY went...."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Hotaru: (Holding Veidlt by the cloak) "Now your gonna tell me and Annie where to find the Awareness, aren't you."
Needless to say, Veidt;s resistance cracked faster than a Yahoo account in front of a KGB hacker....
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
"...you're still a schmegging idiot, Kyle." "...you're still an obsessive fathead, Edwards."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:"Well...we're still alive...that's something.' "For how long?'
(sound of increasing whistling)
Charon: "Piece of Pluto hit you?" Edwards: "That's what the astronomers say."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Dana Sterling: "I'd like to know who put my dating profile up on the website for the Hemlock Society."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Louie Nichols: "And I'd like to know who hacked my smart goggles!"
EBSIS Officer:(tap-type-tap) "Not vas us."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Angelo Dante: "Okay, who's been snitching my mom's fruitcake?"
Emergency Room Physician: "Good god, what's this man been eating, lead shot?! Portland cement?!" Zor Prime:(....groaaaaannnnnnnnn....)
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Sean Phillips: "Apparently nobody told Zor you have drink two quarts of beer to the slice to dissolve the stuff." Louie: "I thought its alcohol content was already high enough!" Dana: "Only if you're planning on setting fire to it." Angelo: "Yeah, Mom's pretty enthusiastic about brandied fruit." Bowie: "I think Lord Nelson was pickled in less!"
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Charon: "Back again?" Zor Prime: "I tried to light up some Fruitcakes..."
"Forgot to calculate the blast radius...again..."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Marie Crystal: "Hey! I have a zero-altitude rolling frame ejection seat!"(FHUMF!)(she automatically ejects as the spinning Logan briefly becomes upright) (Sean Phillips' Hovertank catches the now pilotless mecha, is knocked back into the rocks, and explodes) Marie: (dangling from her chute) "Oops...was that meant as a heroic romantic gesture? Kinda boneheaded one, though." Phillips:(well-toasted)"...oh, to hell with you..."
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Dana: "I may be a blonde, but at least I'm not that stupid!"
GMP Squad around the base of the Hospital(during Dana's little raid to see Zor Prime): "Well, look who just dropped in to say hello?"
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
Arnie100 wrote:Dana: "I was there to...interrogate the prisoner! Honestly!"
Of course they were all looking up her skirt as she came down, so it was no surprise the entire squad got run down by the same ambulance.
(Down Below...)
Charon: "What happened to you lot?" GMP Trooper #1: "We were guarding this important prisoner when we were...." GMP Trooper #2: "Distracted by a blonde.... GMP Trooper #3: "Then ambulance..." Charon: "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You're as bad as they are!" (Points at Kyle and Edwards)
(GMP debriefing... convalescent ward) "Beaten up by a guy in a hospital gown, rum over by an ambulance, outflanked by a TANKER! How the hell did you idiots manage to graduate from the GMP academy?!"
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
taalismn wrote:(GMP debriefing... convalescent ward) "Beaten up by a guy in a hospital gown, rum over by an ambulance, outflanked by a TANKER! How the hell did you idiots manage to graduate from the GMP academy?!"
"Uh, we were hired under the bootstrap initiative."
"Uh, we were hired under the bootstrap initiative."
<Facepalm> "Thank you Senator Moran..."
Dana:"...so 80% of the GMP are really part-timers, central-casting shirt-stuffers hired from backwater employment agencies, and entry-level actors who think they're extras in movies, with only twenty percent being actual trained field agents with any real skill? " Nova: "More like 5% actual field agents, and 15% career bureaucrats..." Dana: "My god, Nova, no WONDER you're a borderline psychotic! You're like an anime ninja horde; majority faceless cannonfodder mooks, with only a handful of real ninjas!" Nova: "Yeah, that about sums it u-wait, 'borderline psychotic'?!"
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
"Uh, we were hired under the bootstrap initiative."
<Facepalm> "Thank you Senator Moran..."
Dana: "...so 80[sup]%[/sup] of the GMP are really part-timers, central-casting shirt-stuffers hired from backwater employment agencies, and entry-level actors who think they're extras in movies, with only twenty percent being actual trained field agents with any real skill?" Nova: "More like 5[sup]%[/sup] actual field agents, and 15[sup]%[/sup] career bureaucrats..." Dana: "My god, Nova, no WONDER you're a borderline psychotic! You're like an anime ninja horde; majority faceless cannonfodder mooks, with only a handful of real ninjas!" Nova: "Yeah, that about sums it u-wait, 'borderline psychotic'?!"
RRRRRIIIIIIIIPPPPPP!
Nova:"NOVA SMASH!!!"
Later...
Charon: "And that's when she stuffed you into your helmet!?!"