Thread: If Space Colonization Happens, It Will Be Done By Catholic Church
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Old July 3rd 06, 10:20 PM posted to rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
Rand Simberg[_1_]
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Default If Space Colonization Happens, It Will Be Done By Catholic Church
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:08:07 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: Oh, right. I had forgotten that I heard it was a travesty. I haven't
: seen the movie, and probably won't until it shows up on late-night TV.
: As a measure of how badly the story was mangled, how much energy do you
: think one could extract from the angular momentum of Heinlein's corpse?

Depends on just how much 'Rumblings from the Grave' he emits...

Got ya! Thanks for spinning that straight line.

Eric, a "straight line" is something that sets up a witty comment.
Since you didn't provide one, it wasn't a "straight line." Not to
mention the fact that you got the title wrong. But what else is new?