This is the Plane you are looking for... (4/14/2016)

[k5jm]

...ANA Star Wars BB-8 777 landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport today. Lots of Star Wars and Disney fans were on top of the Terminal E Parking Garage waiting for its grand arrival...

 

[KingLlama]

But can it make the Vegas to Houston run in less than 12 parsecs?

 

[KathyTX]

You are such a nerd.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Not into Star Wars, but that's pretty cool, I have to admit

 

[rteetz]

Awesome Plane!

 

[k5jm]

You are such a nerd.

...and this is a surprise?

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I think ABC 13 has shown the plane 3x so far today.

 

[k5jm]

I think ABC 13 has shown the plane 3x so far today.

Make that 6 times now.

 

[MinnieGarden]

You are such a nerd.

Yes, yes he is! If he could have bought a ticket and been on it, heaven help us all!

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Make that 6 times now.

Darn! I missed it. Stupid softball games

 

[pjweaver]

But can it make the Vegas to Houston run in less than 12 parsecs?

This has bothered me for 40+ years, a parsec is a measure of distance, not speed. How did the Lord Lucas screw that up, and it continues to be quoted. This is more proof that when the Chinese take us over we will fall like a house of cards. How s this possible you ask? The Chinese are covered in gluten and peanut flakes, and Jayden is allergic to them so he's going to take a nap rather than fight for his country. Then all the Mexicans will cross over the wall that Trump built, and they will be the only ones left to defend Merica.

I doubt I can offend more people or nationalities in this one post, but it's 7:30 am and I'm getting drunk. I blame all parents of young children and the fact that in this American Idle world I have to choose between Hillary and Donald. Put zombie Reagan on the ticket and he still wins. The point that an E2 in the Army makes in a year what Trump makes in 2 hours and a public school teacher makes the same in 4 years as Clinton makes for a one night speaking engagement makes me sick. I have no idea how I got on this tangent, but I need to end it before it gets ugly.

 

[OKW Lover]

This has bothered me for 40+ years, a parsec is a measure of distance, not speed. How did the Lord Lucas screw that up, and it continues to be quoted.

Hmm, is everything else in the series an accurate depiction of space travel and alien life forms?

 

[pjweaver]

Hmm, is everything else in the series an accurate depiction of space travel and alien life forms?

It is actually. Every planet has only a single ecosystem like the ice world or swamp world (terra is unique), laser blasters fire in bursts rather than a direct beam and even though they move at the speed of light, people can dodge them. Also it takes 30 years to build a death star while ignoring the fact that one shot in the right place destroys it and everyone in the universe speaks English, or at least understands it. Graggghhh ga raawwww ra ra ra gaw hu uh hu hu grrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaww.

 

[pjweaver]

It's still better than people translating the Bible into Klingon