Apologies if this was mentioned and I missed it, but TeeVee's April 1st site is, as always, brilliant. And enormous. I quite like the Star Trek entry:
In 1966, Roddenberry pitched NBC executives his vision of a science fiction television series, which he described as "Wagon Train to the stars." Executives were initally dismayed when Roddenberry showed them concept drawings of covered wagons with rocket engines, pulled by teams of oxen wearing tiny space helmets
Some of the discussion pages are also worth a look.
Oh god, I meant to say how funny that was. I especially liked the TAR reference here: [link]
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Kitchen implement, not sex toy. Those I expect to have shoddy craftsmanship.
I need one of them restaurant ones. That you could puree the ocean with, if one wanted a whole lot of lump-free fish stew.
I spent 30 seconds staring at that thinking, "...What TAR reference? There's just a -- oh! Tee hee."
Kitchen implement, not sex toy. Those I expect to have shoddy craftsmanship.
fairly phallic nonetheless
I need one of them restaurant ones. That you could puree the ocean with, if one wanted a whole lot of lump-free fish stew.
Oooh! Pacific Ocean chowder. Nummy.
fairly phallic nonetheless
Kinda phallus dentatus, though. Not the most inviting.
fairly phallic nonetheless
There are some serious performance issues, as well.
We have found the non-fetished blade!
I really was thinking of the over all shape. Had she been talking about a mix master or a crock pot it never would have occurred to me.
Had she been talking about a mix master or a crock pot it never would have occurred to me.
I refuse to believe that.
