TheDOCTOR: sorry, the Sontauran is taking a sabbatical after his recent appearance in the Dick Tracy “explosive Stradivarius” series. What got all over him in “DT” was far nastier than a mere oil spill. He hopes to be back in print soon.
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value — you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you — daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
WillardMBaker said, The BLOB was from Outer Space. It will have a Spleen appetizer.
But how would you tell the difference between it and the oil?
The spill’s going to have an adverse effect on sci-fi:
Tar Wars. Lukoil Skywalker must defeat Tarth Vader.
Tar Trek. “Scotty, clean me up!”
Targate. Tarman. The Last Tarfighter. Space Tarballs. BP the Extra-Viscosital…
For those who are still wondering, the third alien in line is called the Metaluna Mutant. And if you really want to laugh at him, watch Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.
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Marvin: “Oh dear, this is most inconvenient. My Q38 explosive space modulator was hopelessly ruined by those oil rocket people, and it will take 20 years to order another one. They make me very angry.”
Just run them through a transporter. Adjust the biofilter so it will filter the oil off of their skin/fur/whatever they use for an outer shell. They’ll be clean as a whistle, and Winky won’t have to risk his spleen…
margueritem over 14 years ago
Marvin the Martian! Jabba the Hut! ET! Etc.!
dataweaver over 14 years ago
Hmm… Jabba the Hutt, Darth Vader, a Xenomorph, Wall-E, Marvin the Martian, ???, Alf, E.T., and Winky. Eight out of nine in one try.
It’s official: I have no life.
wndrwrthg over 14 years ago
The one between ALF and Marvin the Martian is from the movie “This Island Earth”.
ksoskins over 14 years ago
The creature lined up after Wall-E is the title character from Alien. If Winky’s lucky, all she’ll want is his spleen.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Why did I know that Winky would be involved in the cleanup somehow?
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
Get out the Dawn and start scrubbing.
zero over 14 years ago
There will be blood… and spleen…
Kvasir42 Premium Member over 14 years ago
Hey, where’s the Babblefish? Or Marvin?
WillardMBaker over 14 years ago
The BLOB was from Outer Space. It will have a Spleen appetizer.
Dkram over 14 years ago
Isn’t the “Alien” the mother of cliff’s son?
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Dkram over 14 years ago
It just dawned on me, Wall-E is not an alien.
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Constantinepaleologos over 14 years ago
ET, ALF, Marin Martian, Wall-E, Alien, Darth Vader, Jabba the Hutt…who’s the third guy?
Dkram over 14 years ago
See the movie “This Island Earth.”
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lewisbower over 14 years ago
The collective spaceman knowledge on this strip is astounding.
TheDOCTOR over 14 years ago
WHAT?!? No Autons, Daleks, Cybermen , Silurians, Sontaurans or Rutans?
puddleglum1066 over 14 years ago
TheDOCTOR: sorry, the Sontauran is taking a sabbatical after his recent appearance in the Dick Tracy “explosive Stradivarius” series. What got all over him in “DT” was far nastier than a mere oil spill. He hopes to be back in print soon.
starguy over 14 years ago
“I’m a doctor, damnit! Not a gas station attendant!”
artisanx over 14 years ago
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value — you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you — daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
alan.gurka over 14 years ago
Is that the best that Winky could do for E.T.?
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
WillardMBaker said, The BLOB was from Outer Space. It will have a Spleen appetizer.
But how would you tell the difference between it and the oil?
The spill’s going to have an adverse effect on sci-fi:
Tar Wars. Lukoil Skywalker must defeat Tarth Vader. Tar Trek. “Scotty, clean me up!” Targate. Tarman. The Last Tarfighter. Space Tarballs. BP the Extra-Viscosital…
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
For those who are still wondering, the third alien in line is called the Metaluna Mutant. And if you really want to laugh at him, watch Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marvin: “Oh dear, this is most inconvenient. My Q38 explosive space modulator was hopelessly ruined by those oil rocket people, and it will take 20 years to order another one. They make me very angry.”
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
Darth Lawyer isn’t having a good day.
jmcenanly over 14 years ago
With 700 years between maintenance stops, Wall-E would probably enjoy an oil bath.
Trebor39 over 14 years ago
I’m hungry for spleen. Got an extra one Winky?
JP Steve Premium Member over 14 years ago
“In space, nobody can hear you drip…”
captainedd over 14 years ago
Just run them through a transporter. Adjust the biofilter so it will filter the oil off of their skin/fur/whatever they use for an outer shell. They’ll be clean as a whistle, and Winky won’t have to risk his spleen…
GreenBikeGuy over 14 years ago
I have an idea: why don’t we just sic ALL of these creatures on BP?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 5 years ago
Poor Marvin.