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[-] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

Pippin's barrels and brooch at Isengard. One of the best chapters.

Was the Tachi ejected to save MCRN? Or did it float out of a wreck?

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 hours ago

You can dere-lick my balls, cap-ee-tan.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 hours ago

TIL flotsam and jetsam were not made up punny names in The Little Mermaid

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

I immediately thought of Neopets hahaha

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

TiL those words exist

[-] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Now I've got 'er, boys.
The boss is on a roll!

[-] NemoWuMing@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago

I didn't know the difference between flotsam and jetsam an hour ago and I do now.

That's life I suppose, full of flotsam and jetsam.

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 14 hours ago

"It was a derelict spacecraft. It was an alien ship. It was not from there. Do you get it?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiXGpT1IUgQ&t=78s

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago

Rimmer: This venom — are we safe in here?
Lister: It penetrated the hull of a class D space corps seeding ship. In comparison, we're a sardine tin.
Rimmer: It's coming straight for us.
Lister: There's only three alternatives: it thinks we're either a threat, food or a mate.... It's either gonna kill us, eat us or hump us. Either we persuade him we're not that kinda oceanic salvage vessel, or we scarper pronto.
Cat: To get diddled by a giant squid on a first date? Think how I'd feel in the morning!

You'd feel amazing, Cat. And I'd even make you breakfast.

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