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[MacQuarrie]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"

[saintsaucey]

Wow, thats funny. glad you have an open relationship with your daughter so that she felt comfortable enough with you to share the conversation. I could never tell my parents something like that. What year in college is she?

Since moving in with my roommate, when ever he calls to me from the other room my responce is "I'm comming, and I'm on my way."

[SUPERECWFAN1]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"


So no on the Dick huh ? Have you been able to find any Dick around town ?



:p

[Dark Galaxy]

Getting your hands on dick, can be tricky.

Good luck to her on her quest.:p

[MacQuarrie]

Wow, thats funny. glad you have an open relationship with your daughter so that she felt comfortable enough with you to share the conversation. I could never tell my parents something like that. What year in college is she?

Since moving in with my roommate, when ever he calls to me from the other room my responce is "I'm comming, and I'm on my way."

She's a Junior. Just turned 21.

[Lester C.]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"

I took that class myself years ago. Warn your daughter that there will be a LOT of reading involved and a fair bit of writing.

[KevinTBrown]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"

Damn.... the poor guy is Dick-less...

[saintsaucey]

I took that class myself years ago. Warn your daughter that there will be a LOT of reading involved and a fair bit of writing.

science fiction literature


Implies a lot of reading. I took a high school class on it when I was a senior. I had to take it when I got kicked out of journalism.

[vbartilucci]

At a convention, two of my friends are having a discussion in the audience of a panel. One of them was trying to track down copies of the soft-core porn books that a certain well-known SF writer had written to pay the bills. There was a moment of silence in the room, and their conversation because audible to others in the room. So a whole room heard him say...

"I wanna get 'Blown' by Philip Jose Farmer."

[MacQuarrie]

So no on the Dick huh ? Have you been able to find any Dick around town ?



:p

Nope. I went to a couple places looking for Dick, but no luck. She'll need to find it on the internet.

This concludes my creepy innuendo.

[Kyuubi]

You mean the same daughter that's going to the same University as me, with the same major as me?


. . .science fiction literature. . .




Hmmm. . .

[MacQuarrie]

You mean the same daughter that's going to the same University as me, with the same major as me?


. . .science fiction literature. . .




Hmmm. . .

.....mmmmmaybe.

Or maybe it's a tangentally-related class in an entirely different discipline, that happens to involve some science-fiction literature....

It might not even be part of the English department.

[Sarah Beach]

.....mmmmmaybe.

Or maybe it's a tangentally-related class in an entirely different discipline, that happens to involve some science-fiction literature....

It might not even be part of the English department.

There speaks the suddenly protective dad. :)

[Kyuubi]

Or. . .



. . .it's an English class that still has seats open. . .

[MacQuarrie]

There speaks the suddenly protective dad. :)

Nah. Just honest. I'd feel bad if Kyuubi ran out and enrolled in a class thinking my perfect progeny would be in it, when in fact she's in another entirely different class.

I don't need to be protective. She's armed.

[MacQuarrie]

Or. . .



. . .it's an English class that still has seats open. . .

That's one possibility. It could also be something else. Or both. Or another one entirely.

[Kyuubi]

It may just be at a time I already have another class scheduled and therefore can't attend. Or, maybe I just might drop that class and pick this other one.



. . .you never know. . .

[Sarah Beach]

It may just be at a time I already have another class scheduled and therefore can't attend. Or, maybe I just might drop that class and pick this other one.



. . .you never know. . .

Give in, blue bird. Just ask for her number. :)

[Kyuubi]

I have asked. Apparently, she's #1.

[Lester C.]

Implies a lot of reading. I took a high school class on it when I was a senior. I had to take it when I got kicked out of journalism.

We were reading three books a week in that class. It was a very expensive and time consuming deal.

[Sarah Beach]

I have asked. Apparently, she's #1.

PHONE number! ;)

[Kyuubi]

That was MacQ's response to that question.

[MacQuarrie]

PHONE number! ;)

I never give out other people's phone numbers without permission. The blue duck will just have to stalk her on his own.

[Kyuubi]

Did he just give me permission to stalk his daughter?

[Night Swordsman]

I believe so,Little Blue Duck. But i do believe he is also giving her permission to shoot you if you do. :p


Good luck.
Hmmm.
Kyuubi MacQuarrie. :D

[CutterMike]

Nope. I went to a couple places looking for Dick, but no luck. She'll need to find it on the internet.

This concludes my creepy innuendo.

So, no more Dick innuendo (*ouch*) for you?

[Alan Lynch]

We could give duck innuendo a go instead.

[CutterMike]

We could give duck innuendo a go instead.

I don't think a duck would fit.

[Solaris]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"

THANK YOU for that WONDERFUL story. I needed a good laugh about now. :D

[Solaris]

Nah. Just honest. I'd feel bad if Kyuubi ran out and enrolled in a class thinking my perfect progeny would be in it, when in fact she's in another entirely different class.

I don't need to be protective. She's armed.


And quite, quite dangerous. :D

[Solaris]

I believe so,Little Blue Duck. But i do believe he is also giving her permission to shoot you if you do. :p


Good luck.
Hmmm.
Kyuubi MacQuarrie. :D

One word:

Archery.

:eek:

[Gladiaria_Alata]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"

Haha!

If I was there I would fail spectacularly at keeping my face straight. :D

[Alan Lynch]

I don't think a duck would fit.
A little lube goes a long way.

[MacQuarrie]

One word:

Archery.

:eek:

She's better with sabre, actually.

[KevinTBrown]

She's better with sabre, actually.

Point well taken.

[CutterMike]

A little lube goes a long way.

It'll have to, the average mallard is almost 20 inches long from tip to tail!

[Kyuubi]

I'm not average. . .

[Dreadstar]

I'm not average. . .

It's OK, we all fall short in some way.

[Kyuubi]

Mike said ducks are 20 inches long.



I'm only half that.

[Solaris]

Mike said ducks are 20 inches long.



I'm only half that.


*remembers old joke about how women can't measure, because guys say THIS (hold fingers apart to indicate about 3 inch space) is six inches...*

Moneypenny: "Why James---I do believe you're ducking the question."

Bond: "Moneypenny---I would *never* let you down that way."

Moneypenny, muttering to self: "More's the pity."

[Michael P]

Point well taken.

Yes, he just said that.

[CutterMike]

*remembers old joke about how women can't measure, because guys say THIS (hold fingers apart to indicate about 3 inch space) is six inches...*

Going in that direction, and thinking about your "Snowing in Atlanta" thread, I had a girlfriend in my long-ago youth who used to say that sex was like snow - you could never be sure how many inches you were going to get or how long it was going to last.

[Gail Simone]

So my eldest is taking a college class in science fiction literature, and is hitting all the used book stores in town trying to acquire the stack of books she needs read (or at least the ones that I don't already own).

One that she needs to find is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. (I can't find my copy.) So she goes to Cliff's Books in Pasadena and asks for it.

The guy's response?

"Dick? No, we don't have Dick. We can't keep it in. Dick comes in and goes right out again. In and out. We can't keep Dick in. We don't have Dick."

The whole time, my daughter is struggling to keep a straight face, thinking "I'm a 12-year-old boy! All I want to do is say 'that's what she said!'"

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

That is so SAD. :)

Gail

[Spike-X]

Damn.... the poor guy is Dick-less...
"Is that true?"

"Yes. This man has no dick."

[Alan Lynch]

"Is that true?"

"Yes. This man has no dick."
I recently saw an edited for TV version of Ghostbusters which cut out any reference to dicks in that exchange. basically you get Venkman admitting that they're at fault for everything, and Peck getting angry about it for some reason.

[Solaris]

So Jim, did she ever find the Dick she was looking for? I've heard you can get it online.

That's far better than the alternative: going to her professor and having to say, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't get my hands on any Dick to save my life! I tried *everywhere*."

[MacQuarrie]

She ordered it from Powell's. They'll send Dick to anyone.