Comments on: The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon &Co., Chapter Seventeen (Pt. 2)

By: Darkstarr

Darkstarr — Sun, 15 May 2016 18:06:24 +0000

In reply to Paul Anderson (pmanderson). Did you mean Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction? And it looked more like a baseball bat to me, although it could be a rounders bat.

By: Paul Anderson (pmanderson)

Paul Anderson (pmanderson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:10:48 +0000

Actually, it is a cricket bat; it's just rounded by the Fitz-Gerald contraction.

By: Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish)

Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:10:47 +0000

Huh, Mell is quite clearly wielding a Rounders bat, not a Cricket bat. Cricket bats are longer (in my experience, it’s easy to lean on if you’re feeling lazy), and have a distinctive flat side as well as a v shaded ridge on the other.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_bat

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:10:46 +0000

I'm disturbed by the size of crickets Mell apparently encounters, given the size of that bat.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:10:45 +0000

Ed: Huzzah!

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:10:44 +0000

(TUNE: "Three Little Maids From School", Gilbert & Sullivan)

Three odd Venusian refugees!
Right through the roof they launch with ease!
Sailing away on the solar breeze!
Three little es-ca-pees!

One is a ce-pha-lo-pod, quite fat!
One is a madwoman, lost her hat!
One is a thug with a cricket bat!
Three little es-ca-pees!

Cheers for the madgirl space explorer,
Fresh from the realm of Queen Victoria!
If you would live, then you can't ignore her!
She is the boss of these ...
Three little ES-ca-pees!