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Everyone in the Fellowship brings different experiences and skills to the group. Their abilities compliment each other. And the closest thing to bickering is Max’s frequent, goodnatured, complaints about Happy Time! ;–)

That has to be one of the funniest pairs of lines in the chapter! ;–)

The only Dutch TV show that I’m even remotely familiar with is Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (Ja zuster, nee zuster)* – and only because of the hilarious comedy musical movie from 2002. But they probably have one of those Adam & Eve reality TV dating shows where naked people meet each other on a tropical island too, right? (IMDb is uncharacteristically unhelpful, but it looks like there are at least Swedish and German versions, but even those two aren’t linked to each other under Connections.) ;–) * It was shown at Frameline and Loes Lucas led the audience in singing the movie’s theme song! None of us had ever heard the song before, but how difficult is it to repeat the ‘Ja zuster, nee zuster’ chorus? The movie reminded me of an odd blending of Singing in the Rain and Are You Being Served? (mainly because of the broad comedy and the similar time frame). ;–)

On @AC Benus’s Mojo, I Commented that TMZ meant ‘Trainwreck Mumbojumbo Zilch’, but I’m thinking Tyrone Mentalbreakdown Zymurgy. ;–)

Depending on who the homosexual was, I might not object too strongly if he were shoved (gently) down my throat… ;–)

I watched the show back in the ‘80s. I kept up with it for a few years, but my work schedule changed and I never got around to watching the SuperBeta HiFi tapes I recorded. It was shown on the formerly independent San José PBS station. They also used to broadcast lots of BritComs along with Doctor Who and Red Dwarf! PBS with a side of BBC. ;–) But the station merged with the behemoth San Francisco PBS station and it has become pretty much just a repeater station.

I was right about the Fellowship of the Twelve! ;–) It makes sense that Will & Billy would chose to create a container in a form that was not only familiar to them but was beloved by them too. When humans create robots to use in non-factory contexts, we design them with human-like features. Unless, like Sony’s AIBO, they are designed to mimic animals. (Doctor Who’s Daleks and Star Wars’ R2-D2 are yet another source of inspiration.) ;–)

Hey! I’m not a horse or cattle. I don’t do that while standing up! Do you? ;–)

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That’s the only problem? Well. like I said twelve and four months to go. Plenty of time to come up with something good! ;–)

I’m looking forward to the stories celebrating Diwali and Nowruz! When can we expect them? You’ve got twelve and four months, respectively. ;–)

In the ‘80s on Eastenders, Dot Cotton went into an irrational AIDS Panic around Michael Cashman's character just because she knew he was Gay…

At least James got help and didn’t actually do all the work himself! ;–) People who don’t fix their pets shouldn’t be surprised or angry when their animals get pregnant. And I suppose I should expect that a species that has so wildly over-populated Earth does not control the over-population of cats and dogs. But I’m doing my bit to counter those trends by not having bio-children or pets. ;–)

The ship could have been shaped like a ghost or a skull! ;–)

In-law is hyphenated. Sever means to divide by cutting or slicing. Severe is very great or intense; demanding great skill; strict or harsh; or very plain in style or appearance. ;–)

As soon as I get used to your the-whole-story-in-one-long-long-long-chapter, you switch it up on me! ;–) So now the Fellowship of Nine becomes Ten seeking Two more! I suppose any advanced space-traveling species is advanced enough to play around with gravity. At least I hope that’s the solution! The alternative is some sort of tube that reaches out to retrieve ‘solids.’ ;–) I wonder how quickly Murcha processes those ‘chemicals’ back into food? Because it’d be extremely wasteful to be continually leaving behind packets in your trail while needing to take on more raw materials to eat. Only humans would come up with a system like that! ;–)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm… ;–)

I don’t see any unusual fonts on my MacBook Pro, but I do see a section in the middle that’s Bolded. The odd formatting is still visible in Reader View. Apps designed in Redmond often do weird things. ;–)

I live in the other CA (California), but I know they hosted Gay Games ’90 in Vancouver, BC (I was there). A Gay, now former-Member of Parliament was very visible at the Games. And don’t forget that their sexy young Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau marched in an LGBTQ Pride Parade! ;–)

I’m on Disability with an extremely limited income. World travel is not going to happen. I can barely afford to attend Frameline (the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival) every year – and that’s just a Castro Pass and 90 minute BART & Muni Metro ride away for ten days!

Oh, but think how much fun he’d have peeing his name in the snow! Or reenacting Steve-O and his pee snowcone. Or attempting to create obscene snow sculptures. There’d be so much less competition for attention in the Toronto area! He’d be a much bigger fish in the small pond!

Germany has always been some place I’d like to visit someday (when someone pays my plane fare, hotel, and gives me spending money). Lots of sexy guys in all those German movies I’ve seen (Maybe… Maybe Not, Europa Europa, Summer Storm, Center of my World, Guys and Balls, and others). But language, weather, and cost are the big barriers for me! ;–)

What impressed me this time was how many Comments were written by people with relatively low Rep Point numbers. To me that means that they rarely Comment and yet they chose this story to post their opinion! Your story moved them to do something they don’t often do! It was difficult for me to post my first Comments, but obviously it got easier after a while (and a few people wish I’d shut up sometimes)! ;–) A to Z and Predator Prey were very challenging stories to read – and I’m sure to write. While I keep hoping genius inspiration will strike yet again, I’ll have to content myself with your third great opus, Aquinas’ Story which is long over-due a new chapter. You have caused me to have extremely high expectations for each new chapter based on your previous work! ;–)

Based on the time this chapter was posted, I’m guessing @Dodger is not in Canada right now. Are you with ‘Tom’ in London? Or on tour with ‘Nathan’ or ‘Tyrone’? ;–)

It’s obvious that Tyrone needs to move to Ontario, buy a huge mansion, and throw eggs at his neighbor’s house. Then he can visit a Tim Hortons to pee in a mop bucket. Just like the Canadian he’s modeled on! ;–)