tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post4249114112197934259..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Pretzel Helmke LogicRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-71327811714743238152010-11-25T08:53:33.549-05:002010-11-25T08:53:33.549-05:00I should have known. His short fiction was striki...I should have known. His short fiction was strikingly original. There'll only ever be one Lafferty! Now I'll have to hunt the yarn down.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-69041100768198271522010-11-25T00:34:30.940-05:002010-11-25T00:34:30.940-05:00"Hog-Belly Honey" was written by R.A. La..."Hog-Belly Honey" was written by R.A. Lafferty.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84021500324049227382010-11-21T23:19:09.713-05:002010-11-21T23:19:09.713-05:00Um, I shoulda wrote "un-instantiate." (M...Um, I shoulda wrote "un-instantiate." (Make it never have existed)<br /><br />Not Sturgeon: His style was more elegant.<br /><br />Tenn, maybe?Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62151850846983637382010-11-21T23:06:49.013-05:002010-11-21T23:06:49.013-05:00It sounds suspiciously like Cyril Kornbluth, thoug...It sounds suspiciously like Cyril Kornbluth, though Sturgeon and William Tenn are p0ossiilities, too.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-9409250628925416682010-11-21T22:25:06.866-05:002010-11-21T22:25:06.866-05:00I am reminded of an SF story I read years ago whos...I am reminded of an SF story I read years ago whose author and title I don't remember. It involved a self-educated tinkerer who invented a nullifier (a device which could make things go "pop" and disappear) which could posit moral and ethical judgements. You could, for example, point it at a bucket of bolts and screws, and it would un-extantiate the good-for-nuthin ones. <br /><br />Well, he took it to a trade show and started demonstrating it. He pointed it at people and it would nullify their ugly moustaches and bad ties, etc., until somebody noticed that the number of people who left the booth was smaller than the number who entered. Yup, it nullified good-fer-nuthin people. <br /><br />He did not survive the riot.<br /><br />I think the title was Hog-Belly Honey.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-41079513935595900092010-11-21T14:54:02.091-05:002010-11-21T14:54:02.091-05:00Huberty killed a lot of people with the slide-acti...Huberty killed a lot of people with the slide-action shotgun. He did not use the Uzi carbine until the shotgun malf'd.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80333645298219360732010-11-21T11:45:23.903-05:002010-11-21T11:45:23.903-05:00You're right, Helmke is a "helpless tool....You're right, Helmke is a "helpless tool."Seceshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65834876968925531162010-11-21T10:57:17.910-05:002010-11-21T10:57:17.910-05:00Actually, a cup of gasoline is more dangerous than...Actually, a cup of gasoline is more dangerous than a clip of 9mm. Remember, the largest mass murder in American history was committed with a half a can of gasoline and a match. <br /><br />Had Klebold and Harris troubled themselves to test the bombs they intended to blow up Columbine HS with the death toll would certainly have been in the hundreds. <br /><br />The paid anti's are not afraid of machines. They think everyone is the same as themselves, and they are absolutely terrified of allowing such people weapons.<br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-38136188157225724432010-11-21T09:52:03.341-05:002010-11-21T09:52:03.341-05:00but if we banned things on the basis of ugliness a...<i>but if we banned things on the basis of ugliness and relative uselessness, there's a whole lot of people who'd never be allowed out of the house.</i><br /><br />Ain't it the truth? :)<br /><br />Yeah, I have no tan. What about it?Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.com