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"I'm telling you...something's weird about this food!"
"Shuddup...I'm trying to eat."
"But --" (Face gets slammed into plate)
"I'M TRYING TO EAT!!"

SRoss wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:and the bit about recycling reminds me a scene in Yamato 2199.. a crewmember (with a fairly heavily laden plate) asks the head scientist how the OMCS (a ship system which synthesizes the food they eat, among other things) gets the raw materials it needs to make the food. the scientist just pauses for a second, then remarks "just don't worry about it"

Actually, I believe his line was "You're better off not knowing."

i think your right.. not watched it enough to have memorized it yet.

and i'd be really tempted to steal the description of how the wave motion gun works and adapt it to the heavy particle beam main gun of the SDF-1 and the Synchrocannons..

taalismn wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:i
though i wish i could find more information on tthe MRE's of other nations.. i know which companies make the swedish and norwegian MRE kits, but can never find any details on what exactly they put in them..

I recently saw an article...it might even have been in a National Geographic, in one of their 'food issues', a 2-page spread comparing the MREs of the major nations engaged in Iraq/Afghanistan peacekeeping...America came off initially rather badly, but as the makers and dieticians listened, the 'trade factor'(how many American MREs could be traded for another nation's) turned around in our favor.

I recall one of the issues of Challenge magazine had an article on the contents of the US Army MREs and what they were like, in comparison to the Soviet version. Apparently the black bread in the Soviet version was hard enough to use as a weapon in a pinch.

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:i
though i wish i could find more information on tthe MRE's of other nations.. i know which companies make the swedish and norwegian MRE kits, but can never find any details on what exactly they put in them..

I recently saw an article...it might even have been in a National Geographic, in one of their 'food issues', a 2-page spread comparing the MREs of the major nations engaged in Iraq/Afghanistan peacekeeping...America came off initially rather badly, but as the makers and dieticians listened, the 'trade factor'(how many American MREs could be traded for another nation's) turned around in our favor.

I recall one of the issues of Challenge magazine had an article on the contents of the US Army MREs and what they were like, in comparison to the Soviet version. Apparently the black bread in the Soviet version was hard enough to use as a weapon in a pinch.

Could be worse: http://www.mreinfo.com/reviews/mre/1982-pork-patty.html

SRoss wrote:[

I recall one of the issues of Challenge magazine had an article on the contents of the US Army MREs and what they were like, in comparison to the Soviet version. Apparently the black bread in the Soviet version was hard enough to use as a weapon in a pinch.

Supposedly, in one Soviet-era anecdote, the troops were using their black bread rations to filter antifreeze for the alcohol(in a related anecdote, the 'Blinder' supersonic bomber used several dozen gallons of onboard pure grain alcohol as part of its de-icing systems. Naturally, ground mechanics came to know the aircraft as the 'booze wagon').

"In Soviet Russia, MRE was CIA invention to kill brave soldiers of the Motherland. True story."
"So...why are you eating one?"
"Vodka kills whatever is in MRE. True story."

Arnie100 wrote:"In Soviet Russia, MRE was CIA invention to kill brave soldiers of the Motherland. True story."
"So...why are you eating one?"
"Vodka kills whatever is in MRE. True story."

"In Russia, vodka is universal solvent."

SRoss wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:and the bit about recycling reminds me a scene in Yamato 2199.. a crewmember (with a fairly heavily laden plate) asks the head scientist how the OMCS (a ship system which synthesizes the food they eat, among other things) gets the raw materials it needs to make the food. the scientist just pauses for a second, then remarks "just don't worry about it"

Actually, I believe his line was "You're better off not knowing."

Arnie100 wrote:"I'm telling you...something's weird about this food!"
"Shuddup...I'm trying to eat."
"But --" (Face gets slammed into plate)
"I'M TRYING TO EAT!!"

glitterboy2098 wrote:

SRoss wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:and the bit about recycling reminds me a scene in Yamato 2199.. a crewmember (with a fairly heavily laden plate) asks the head scientist how the OMCS (a ship system which synthesizes the food they eat, among other things) gets the raw materials it needs to make the food. the scientist just pauses for a second, then remarks "just don't worry about it"

Actually, I believe his line was "You're better off not knowing."

i think your right.. not watched it enough to have memorized it yet.

and i'd be really tempted to steal the description of how the wave motion gun works and adapt it to the heavy particle beam main gun of the SDF-1 and the Synchrocannons..

All 3 seem very similar.

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:i
though i wish i could find more information on tthe MRE's of other nations.. i know which companies make the swedish and norwegian MRE kits, but can never find any details on what exactly they put in them..

I recently saw an article...it might even have been in a National Geographic, in one of their 'food issues', a 2-page spread comparing the MREs of the major nations engaged in Iraq/Afghanistan peacekeeping...America came off initially rather badly, but as the makers and dieticians listened, the 'trade factor'(how many American MREs could be traded for another nation's) turned around in our favor.

I recall one of the issues of Challenge magazine had an article on the contents of the US Army MREs and what they were like, in comparison to the Soviet version. Apparently the black bread in the Soviet version was hard enough to use as a weapon in a pinch.

Arnie100 wrote:

SRoss wrote:

taalismn wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:i
though i wish i could find more information on tthe MRE's of other nations.. i know which companies make the swedish and norwegian MRE kits, but can never find any details on what exactly they put in them..

I recently saw an article...it might even have been in a National Geographic, in one of their 'food issues', a 2-page spread comparing the MREs of the major nations engaged in Iraq/Afghanistan peacekeeping...America came off initially rather badly, but as the makers and dieticians listened, the 'trade factor'(how many American MREs could be traded for another nation's) turned around in our favor.

I recall one of the issues of Challenge magazine had an article on the contents of the US Army MREs and what they were like, in comparison to the Soviet version. Apparently the black bread in the Soviet version was hard enough to use as a weapon in a pinch.

Could be worse: http://www.mreinfo.com/reviews/mre/1982-pork-patty.html

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:[

I recall one of the issues of Challenge magazine had an article on the contents of the US Army MREs and what they were like, in comparison to the Soviet version. Apparently the black bread in the Soviet version was hard enough to use as a weapon in a pinch.

Supposedly, in one Soviet-era anecdote, the troops were using their black bread rations to filter antifreeze for the alcohol(in a related anecdote, the 'Blinder' supersonic bomber used several dozen gallons of onboard pure grain alcohol as part of its de-icing systems. Naturally, ground mechanics came to know the aircraft as the 'booze wagon').

Arnie100 wrote:"In Soviet Russia, MRE was CIA invention to kill brave soldiers of the Motherland. True story."
"So...why are you eating one?"
"Vodka kills whatever is in MRE. True story."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"In Soviet Russia, MRE was CIA invention to kill brave soldiers of the Motherland. True story."
"So...why are you eating one?"
"Vodka kills whatever is in MRE. True story."

"In Russia, vodka is universal solvent."

And, of course, it was erroneously believed that vodka provided some protection from radiation(though this was probably more to dull the nervousness of the workers assigned clean-up at Chernobyl, before and after fifteen minutes of bucket and shovel brigade duty tossing bits of reactor core back into the pit).

"But...Vodka is universal painkiller!"

Arnie100 wrote:"But...Vodka is universal painkiller!"

Yeah, but gamma radiation is cell-killer.

"Can be easily repaired with enough bottles of Vodka!!"
"What about him? (Points at all 64 peices of Edwards)"
"Bozhe Moi!!! Here you go, Comrade!!! Drink!! Not for peices of person!!"
"Oh, let's get plastered, then!"

Arnie100 wrote:"Can be easily repaired with enough bottles of Vodka!!"
"What about him? (Points at all 64 peices of Edwards)"
"Bozhe Moi!!! Here you go, Comrade!!! Drink!! Not for peices of person!!"
"Oh, let's get plastered, then!"

...and thus the port of Stockholm became the ninth city to ban Captain Henri Gloval from ever entering its limits again....

taalismn wrote:And, of course, it was erroneously believed that vodka provided some protection from radiation(though this was probably more to dull the nervousness of the workers assigned clean-up at Chernobyl, before and after fifteen minutes of bucket and shovel brigade duty tossing bits of reactor core back into the pit).

Arnie100 wrote:"But...Vodka is universal painkiller!"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"But...Vodka is universal painkiller!"

Yeah, but gamma radiation is cell-killer.

True.

Arnie100 wrote:"Can be easily repaired with enough bottles of Vodka!!"
"What about him? (Points at all 64 peices of Edwards)"
"Bozhe Moi!!! Here you go, Comrade!!! Drink!! Not for peices of person!!"
"Oh, let's get plastered, then!"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"Can be easily repaired with enough bottles of Vodka!!"
"What about him? (Points at all 64 peices of Edwards)"
"Bozhe Moi!!! Here you go, Comrade!!! Drink!! Not for peices of person!!"
"Oh, let's get plastered, then!"

...and thus the port of Stolkholm became the ninth city to ban Captain Henri Gloval from ever entering its limits again....

taalismn wrote:And, of course, it was erroneously believed that vodka provided some protection from radiation(though this was probably more to dull the nervousness of the workers assigned clean-up at Chernobyl, before and after fifteen minutes of bucket and shovel brigade duty tossing bits of reactor core back into the pit).

actually, depending on the type and severity of exposure, alcohol is actually encouraged as part of immediate treatment by doctors.. if your exposure is to radioactive materials (like say radioactive dust/fallout), and you have not spent a lot of time exposed to them, the main treatment prescribed is basically to flush the body in order to get it out of you fast. (since the body actually does try to get rid of the material) alcohol does fairly well in getting the body to do that.

now, the workers at Chernobyl were pretty much doomed anyway because of their long exposure, but alcohol would have helped at least reduce the immediate effects. though i doubt the russians meant it that way.

"See? Vodka cures ALL!"

Arnie100 wrote:"See? Vodka cures ALL!"

(looking at the hole that a Mars Division dropship has punched in the landscape)
"Going to need a lot more than vodka to fix that...."

"Dis is my newest inwention: a REPLICATOR! I can have as much Vodka as we need!"

Arnie100 wrote:"Dis is my newest inwention: a REPLICATOR! I can have as much Vodka as we need!"

Cue soundtrack from the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' sequence of Fantasia.

glitterboy2098 wrote:

taalismn wrote:And, of course, it was erroneously believed that vodka provided some protection from radiation(though this was probably more to dull the nervousness of the workers assigned clean-up at Chernobyl, before and after fifteen minutes of bucket and shovel brigade duty tossing bits of reactor core back into the pit).

actually, depending on the type and severity of exposure, alcohol is actually encouraged as part of immediate treatment by doctors.. if your exposure is to radioactive materials (like say radioactive dust/fallout), and you have not spent a lot of time exposed to them, the main treatment prescribed is basically to flush the body in order to get it out of you fast. (since the body actually does try to get rid of the material) alcohol does fairly well in getting the body to do that.

now, the workers at Chernobyl were pretty much doomed anyway because of their long exposure, but alcohol would have helped at least reduce the immediate effects. though i doubt the russians meant it that way.

Interesting info.

Arnie100 wrote:"See? Vodka cures ALL!"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"See? Vodka cures ALL!"

(looking at the hole that a Mars Division dropship has punched in the landscape)
"Going to need a lot more than vodka to fix that...."

Arnie100 wrote:"Dis is my newest inwention: a REPLICATOR! I can have as much Vodka as we need!"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:"Dis is my newest inwention: a REPLICATOR! I can have as much Vodka as we need!"

Cue soundtrack from the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' sequence of Fantasia.

Maia Sterling: "You there! You're name's Rush, right?"
Marcus Rush:"h, yes, ma'am..I mean Lieutenant Commander Sterling! What can I do for you?"
Maia: "What's your friend's name?!"
Marcus: "Ah, Alex Romero!"
Maia: "He's cute! Tell him to report to my quarters at oh-eight-hundred."
Marcus: "Ah...what?!"
Maia: "You deaf? Tell him to report to my quarters, and to bring his charm. You got that?"
Marcus: "Ah...yes, Lieutenant Commander Sterling!"
Maia: "Good, and you're assigned to deck walk in the hangar deck! Do a double readiness check on our planes! I'll expect your report in my e-mail by morning shift start! "(walks off)
Marcus: "Yes, Lieutenant Commander Sterling!....Alex, I could just kill you..."

Alex: "Man...she's CRAZY. All I did was rearrange her furniture. One inch here...another inch there..."

taalismn wrote:Maia Sterling: "You there! You're name's Rush, right?"
Marcus Rush:"h, yes, ma'am..I mean Lieutenant Commander Sterling! What can I do for you?"
Maia: "What's your friend's name?!"
Marcus: "Ah, Alex Romero!"
Maia: "He's cute! Tell him to report to my quarters at oh-eight-hundred."
Marcus: "Ah...what?!"
Maia: "You deaf? Tell him to report to my quarters, and to bring his charm. You got that?"
Marcus: "Ah...yes, Lieutenant Commander Sterling!"
Maia: "Good, and you're assigned to deck walk in the hangar deck! Do a double readiness check on our planes! I'll expect your report in my e-mail by morning shift start! "(walks off)
Marcus: "Yes, Lieutenant Commander Sterling!....Alex, I could just kill you..."

Arnie100 wrote:Alex: "Man...she's CRAZY. All I did was rearrange her furniture. One inch here...another inch there..."

Arnie100 wrote:Alex: "Man...she's CRAZY. All I did was rearrange her furniture. One inch here...another inch there..."

Alex: "Let me get this straight....Marcus sabotaged my fighter because he thought I was stealing his girl?"
On the banks of the River Styx, Charon just nods in the affirmative.

Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Marcus: "And how is this any different from how you've acted since we were in the Academy?"

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex: "Man...she's CRAZY. All I did was rearrange her furniture. One inch here...another inch there..."

Alex: "Let me get this straight....Marcus sabotaged my fighter because he thought I was stealing his girl?"
On the banks of the River Styx, Charon just nods in the affirmative.

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Marcus: "And how is this any different from how you've acted since we were in the Academy?"

Alex: "I can't get blindly drunk in the afterlife, Marcus. I am truly in hell."

taalismn wrote:Alex: "I can't get blindly drunk in the afterlife, Marcus. I am truly in hell."

(Someone taps on Alex' shoulder...)

Edwards: "Not yet, you're not."

Arnie100 wrote:

taalismn wrote:Alex: "I can't get blindly drunk in the afterlife, Marcus. I am truly in hell."

(Someone taps on Alex' shoulder...)

Edwards: "Not yet, you're not."

Edwards" "I've been to several...I know hell. You are most definitely NOT in it."

taalismn wrote:Alex: "I can't get blindly drunk in the afterlife, Marcus. I am truly in hell."

Arnie100 wrote:

taalismn wrote:Alex: "I can't get blindly drunk in the afterlife, Marcus. I am truly in hell."

(Someone taps on Alex' shoulder...)

Edwards: "Not yet, you're not."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:

taalismn wrote:Alex: "I can't get blindly drunk in the afterlife, Marcus. I am truly in hell."

(Someone taps on Alex' shoulder...)

Edwards: "Not yet, you're not."

Edwards" "I've been to several...I know hell. You are most definitely NOT in it."

He even got's the T-shirts.

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Aurora: (Tugging on Alex's sleeve) "He mister, if you want to screw up my sister's love life, I'll help. We just have to make a slight detour to plant a Neutron S missile in Tommy's office."

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Aurora: (Tugging on Alex's sleeve) "He mister, if you want to screw up my sister's love life, I'll help. We just have to make a slight detour to plant a Neutron S missile in Tommy's office."

Alex: "Who are you? I don't remember seeing YOU before..."

Arnie100 wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Aurora: (Tugging on Alex's sleeve) "He mister, if you want to screw up my sister's love life, I'll help. We just have to make a slight detour to plant a Neutron S missile in Tommy's office."

Alex: "Who are you? I don't remember seeing YOU before..."

"There's a REASON I'm known as the 'Terror of the Afterlife", you newbie $#!+."

Alex and Edwards suddenly appear in another hell.

Kyle: "Guys! You came!"

Alex & Edwards:

SRoss wrote:Alex and Edwards suddenly appear in another hell.

Kyle: "Guys! You came!"

Alex & Edwards:

Edwards: "Kyle, meet Alex Romero. Romero, meet Lynn Kyle. Alex here is new to eternity, and already he annoys me."
"HEY!!!"

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Aurora: (Tugging on Alex's sleeve) "He mister, if you want to screw up my sister's love life, I'll help. We just have to make a slight detour to plant a Neutron S missile in Tommy's office."

Arnie100 wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Aurora: (Tugging on Alex's sleeve) "He mister, if you want to screw up my sister's love life, I'll help. We just have to make a slight detour to plant a Neutron S missile in Tommy's office."

Alex: "Who are you? I don't remember seeing YOU before..."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:

SRoss wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Alex' Ghost: "I'm gonna haunt that little turd the rest of his life."

Aurora: (Tugging on Alex's sleeve) "He mister, if you want to screw up my sister's love life, I'll help. We just have to make a slight detour to plant a Neutron S missile in Tommy's office."

Alex: "Who are you? I don't remember seeing YOU before..."

"There's a REASON I'm known as the 'Terror of the Afterlife", you newbie $#!+."

SRoss wrote:Alex and Edwards suddenly appear in another hell.

Kyle: "Guys! You came!"

Alex & Edwards:

taalismn wrote:

SRoss wrote:Alex and Edwards suddenly appear in another hell.

Kyle: "Guys! You came!"

Alex & Edwards:

Edwards: "Kyle, meet Alex Romero. Romero, meet Lynn Kyle. Alex here is new to eternity, and already he annoys me."
"HEY!!!"

Alex: "Isn't there the chance of reincarnation?"
Edwards: "Too risky."
Alex: "What do you mean?"
Edwards: "... ..."
Kyle: 'T.R. tried reincarnation....he didn't always come back as human...How many times did you come back as a poodle, Eddie?"
Edwards: "... ..."
Kyle: 'How many times were you FIXED?"
Edwards: "... ..."

Kyle: "And how many times did you come back as a COCKROACH?"
Edwards: "Oh, shut up..."
Alex: "A cockroach?! **snickers**"
Edwards: "At least I didn't come back as a weasel..."

Arnie100 wrote:Kyle: "And how many times did you come back as a COCKROACH?"
Edwards: "Oh, shut up..."
Alex: "A cockroach?! **snickers**"
Edwards: "At least I didn't come back as a weasel..."

Kyle: "That would be redundant..."

taalismn wrote:Alex: "Isn't there the chance of reincarnation?"
Edwards: "Too risky."
Alex: "What do you mean?"
Edwards: "... ..."
Kyle: 'T.R. tried reincarnation....he didn't always come back as human...How many times did you come back as a poodle, Eddie?"
Edwards: "... ..."
Kyle: 'How many times were you FIXED?"
Edwards: "... ..."

Arnie100 wrote:Kyle: "And how many times did you come back as a COCKROACH?"
Edwards: "Oh, shut up..."
Alex: "A cockroach?! **snickers**"
Edwards: "At least I didn't come back as a weasel..."

taalismn wrote:

Arnie100 wrote:Kyle: "And how many times did you come back as a COCKROACH?"
Edwards: "Oh, shut up..."
Alex: "A cockroach?! **snickers**"
Edwards: "At least I didn't come back as a weasel..."

Kyle: "That would be redundant..."

Alex: "Could this get any wor..."

Edwards & Kyle: "Nnnnnnnnooooooo!!!!!!"

Ben Dixon: "Hey guys what's up?"

Edwards & Kyle: (Staring daggers at Alex) "You had to say it..."

Corg: "How did I get down here?! I was killing humans and -- CRAP. Stuck with YOU people for eternity?!"

Arnie100 wrote:Corg: "How did I get down here?! I was killing humans and -- CRAP. Stuck with YOU people for eternity?!"

Satan: "Actually I have something MUCH worse planned for you..."

Annie: (Waving) "Hiii Corgie-poo!"

Corg: (Glaring back at the 4th wall) "I hate all of you!!!"

Edward, Kyle and Alex:
Alex: "Now that IS a fate worse then hell!"

SRoss wrote:Alex: "Could this get any wor..."

Edwards & Kyle: "Nnnnnnnnooooooo!!!!!!"

Ben Dixon: "Hey guys what's up?"

Edwards & Kyle: (Staring daggers at Alex) "You had to say it..."

Edwards: "It's not that he's bad company, it's the fact that he doesn't STAY..."
Alex: "What do you mean?"
Ben: "Hey! Love to talk with you but, whow! just got a text message inviting me back to Valhalla! Gotta go!"#POOF!#
Edwards: "THAT'S what I mean..."

Alex: "How did he get to Valhalla?!"
Edwards: "One of the requirements is to die a noble and heroic death..."
Alex: "Sacrificing myself wasn't --"
Edwards: "Not enough, I guess. Considering you ended up here!"
Alex: "That's not fair!"

Ben had the benefit of already having a valkyrie to carry him from the battlefield..

glitterboy2098 wrote:Ben had the benefit of already having a valkyrie to carry him from the battlefield..