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because they are here, Misc. We're no longer trying to stop them, but counter them... it's like chess, see, they've moved their peices into position...and now...check-mate?
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quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball: because they are here, Misc. We're no longer trying to stop them, but counter them... it's like chess, see, they've moved their peices into position...and now...check-mate?
I'm scared.
I was under the impression that counter was American for anti. Well that's what I thought to myself this morning while I ate breakfast at my kitchen anti.
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Someone suggested a cynical 'Gordon Brown comes to power - suddenly we find a bomb' conspiracy that I tried to laugh off but depressingly believed within a small part of me.
quote: I moved my family out of London 6 years ago because I feared for their safety. The risk then was high, now it's critical I think I did the right thing.
Linda, East Sussex
quote: It's only just occured to me that this jeep is a smaller version of planes crashing into the twin towers 9/11. I wonder if this burnt terrorist was/is expecting to have many virgins to entertain him if he dies? What sort of brain washing do these terrorists get when they get educated in their after school clubs.
raikesend harry, skipton, United Kingdom
quote: why do we feel the need to take a terrorist to hospital and treat him for injuries sustained whilst trying to inflict pain and suffering on civilians by carrying out a terror act.
he should be left to suffer the consequences of his actions.
Linda, East Sussex - It's only just occured to me that this jeep is a smaller version of planes crashing into the twin towers 9/11. I wonder if this burnt terrorist was/is expecting to have many virgins to entertain him if he dies?
I had TERROR on my mind yesterday, as I enjoyed the Newbury Carnival. I kept thinking one of the clowns on stilts was going to rip off his clown costume to display the suicide bomber outfit beneath. Thankfully the only TERROR involved seeing a few middle aged blokes dressed as ladies.
As Kellifer and I watched the parade, we heard near constant sobbing from a lone majorette stood at the side of the road with her leg in a plaster cast, who was obviously livid about not being able to perform with her troupe. Poor angry-sad majorette.
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There were a number of armed police officers at Reading station this morning. I'm not sure if they were there to protect us from TERROR or simply to enforce the smoking ban on a shoot-to-kill basis. Either way, they looked pretty excited to be there.
It seems ridiculous that they can ban smoking in open areas. Even if I walk down to the trainspotter end of the platform, I would still be fined £50 for lighting a cigarette. However, if I stand the other side of the metal gate, I'm allowed to smoke to my lungs' content. Also, the smoking ban doesn't seem to apply to trains.
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There was an openly and unashamedly Asian chap on the platform at Manchester Airport this morning smoking a cigarette. I was aghast at his nerve. I mean, breaking two laws at once like that, and with armed police walking around. Cool customer that one.
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Apparently that particular transformer's name was Astrotrain - which shows incredible foresight on the part of the robots in disguise - considering that they crashed to earth millions of years ago before the a) humans b) industrial revolution c) space race.
Maybe his parents were hippy robots?
PS - sorry Herbs - I changed the picture now - it was a tiny tiny picture of Harold Shand before, but then became that big bloke.
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quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Airports have platforms now?
I was going to write "on the platform at the train station which serves Manchester Airport", but it became terribly clumsy and I knew that everyone would know exactly what I meant, so I left out the train station bit.
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The Astrotrain! That means it must have spent time among us here at TMO, transformed into the ever-fragrant form of the lovely Lady Astro de Mariner.
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quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball: Apparently that particular transformer's name was Astrotrain - which shows incredible foresight on the part of the robots in disguise - considering that they crashed to earth millions of years ago before the a) humans b) industrial revolution c) space race.
O aren't we a smart little c*nt. As any fool knows the Transformers lay dormant for millions of years and when the ark was bumped into life by a Mount Oregon eruption in the eighties it remade the Transformers in the image of the machines the ark assumed were the planet's dominant form of life. By the nineteen-eighties both space shuttles and trains had already been invented.
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quote:Originally posted by Nathan Bleak: O aren't we a smart little c*nt. As any fool knows the Transformers lay dormant for millions of years and when the ark was bumped into life by a Mount Oregon eruption in the eighties it remade the Transformers in the image of the machines the ark assumed were the planet's dominant form of life. By the nineteen-eighties both space shuttles and trains had already been invented.
Mount St Helens - fool And they were named before they crashed on Earth - idiot
My reason behind the name is a) hippy parents thought it sounded cool, but, because of bullying at Cybertron Elementry, Astro Train turned Decepticon and killed a few class mates or b) he just really digs earth things
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The word 'astro' can simply refer to astronomy, or any kind of vehicle which travels through the cosmos. This part of his name has nothing in particular to do with the space shuttle other than the fact the shuttle is a human invention which does just that.
While 'train' is commonly used to refer to a string of locomotive carriages, the phrase predates the industrial revolution and can refer to a line of vehicles carrying goods or people to a specific destination.
There's no information in Transformers canon regarding Astrotrain's Cybertronian form, but it's reasonable to assume that what became his locomotive form was some kind of Cybertron equivalent, and the name was simply translated into whatever most accurately matched his Cybertronian name.
Although in cybertron flashbacks, the characters are seen referring to each other using Earth names, it's generally accepted that a number of transformers chose their earth-bound name when they made the transformation to earth-bound form. Many of the transformers have names which stem from contemporary human culture: Jazz is a good example. Cliff Jumper another (Cybertron has no cliffs). While a number of others seem to retain names which seem like translations of more robotic designations: Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Omega Supreme etc etc.
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