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Originally Posted by Peter Graham  "Johan flicked the hyperdrive switch. But because the ship was less than three space roods from a sun which was due to collapse in less than 3 million years, the resultant gravitational pull caused the flamblox interface to cross with the sub-orbital wanger flange, which, of course, set off a massive explosion in the underwoofers." |
Ooohhh! I like that Peter!
I think you've just invented a new style of humorous SF! Write some more! write some more!
Never-mind, I'll take the next bit.
The problem of course is that the massive explosion in the underwoofers would set off a chain reaction in the megomagneto interglidators, and topple the whinfillcline exgrotuners and wham! The resulting domino effect would collapse every sub-atomic string in a radius of 29 nanometers or so - creating a black hole just big enough to swallow the whole ship, all of it's inhabitants, and any space dogs that happened to be passing by. Then things might really get hairy...
When it comes to research, yes, all of the magazines that have been mentioned are sources, but there's also Wikipedia, HowStuffWorks.com, etc. and there's something kind of historic and outdated that still functions in a research capacity - the Library. *Ducks, and runs for cover*
- Z.