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Or maybe HG's already done it themselves...

Anyways, let's get back on-topic. The topic, of course, being that Shatner has, by pissing a rock and turning it into gold, proven the alchemists were right.

*scratches head* I'd've swore the oldest system with games coming was still the 2600... http://www.atariage.com/store/

Mmmm, Twix...

I wasn't even particularly serious with the part you highlighted. But the first part of it is true. Some women DO claim it.

Well, given the female reproductive system is designed to pass a baby and the urinary tract isn't designed to pass a kidney stone... There's also anecdotal evidence that at least some women experience orgasms during the birthing process. So they don't get to complain. I think the main point with pregnancy is those of us with Y chromosomes don't run around with a parasite growing inside us for 9 months mucking with our hormonal balance and making us eat pickles and ice cream with ketchup.

Hums Star Trek Original Series deathmatch theme: Dun dun, dun dun dun, dun dun dun.... Passing stones. Owie. So are you supposed to help it along down the pipe manually? I imagine it'd be a feat pushing it down yourself by bladder pressure alone. And... does it ever get stuck... you know... mid-pipe? O_O 362081[/snapback] I don't really know. I strongly suspect it's just with piss power, and that they operate if there's a risk of getting lodged mid-pipe

Hmm? Oh, well that's great! Just to be sure though, I'm sending Elin over to check your Hard Drive and RAM, just to make sure that your unit is performing up to everyone's expectations... 361989[/snapback] Okie-dokie. I'll go through the full set of diagnostics, just to assuage everyone's concerns.

Dutch, not German. Also, in the US, nearly everyone pronounces "Fokker" as "Foke-er" AFAIK. It wasn't until I was in college and I had a Dutch guy who liked planes in my class that he corrected me that it was in fact pronounced "Fock-er". Just FYI. 361981[/snapback] Whoops. Like Spock. He's a nod to german plane manufacturer Fokker. The spelling's off, but pronunciation is the same. Hollywood agrees. Harmony Gold ran with spoke, but that's likely because they wanted to avoid any "ZOMG THEY SAID FUC|< ON A CARTOON!111 KILL!111" situations. Especially since they changed to the double-k spelling. Heh.... guess I was wrong on Exedol. No one uses the official spellings. They're too hard to remember. 361818[/snapback] Actually, you've got that backwards, The official Pronunciation is like "spoke," HG ran with the "spock" sound & double k spelling 362039[/snapback] I'd've sworn it was the other way around. Ah well, so I'm 0 for 2 on that one.

In this corner, we have the campy and humerous version of everyone's favorite superhoer! Nananananananana BAT-MAN! And in this corner! The one! The only! Captain James! TIBERIUS! KIRK!

To bodily go, where no man has gone before... I have to admire the fact that Shatner's willing to do this, despite it being kind of tacky. And in the end, the tacky's actually part of the charm, as Shatner willingly exploits himself for a laugh and charity. Wait, so you're actually suppose to... pass these things? Through there? *looks down* But... the orifice... is not... that big. O_o It's supposed to hurt like hell. And you're only expected to pass the small ones. Larger ones can't get into the pipe, and have to be operated on(especially if they jam befor ethey get to tbhe bladder, as the kidneys are vERY sensitive to pressure).

Yes.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story I think its the only movie that both are in. 361819[/snapback] Was Shatner in that? I guess it's the ultimate movie then. Come to think of it with that movie you get Hasslehoff, Shatner and Chuck Norris. 361823[/snapback] But no Vin Diesel or Mister T.

Ha! With the issue of system failures for some people, it just occurred to me that maybe the removeable hard drive wasn't such a bad idea after all. If my system one day fails after my extended two year warranty runs out, I can easily pop the hard drive off, buy a core system, and clip on the old drive. That couldn't be done with the original Xbox. You COULD just open teh original XBox and swap hard drives. Admittedly not as easy as a clip-on expansion, but they were a hundred bucks cheaper, too.

Like Spock. He's a nod to german plane manufacturer Fokker. The spelling's off, but pronunciation is the same. Hollywood agrees. Harmony Gold ran with spoke, but that's likely because they wanted to avoid any "ZOMG THEY SAID FUC|< ON A CARTOON!111 KILL!111" situations. Especially since they changed to the double-k spelling. Heh.... guess I was wrong on Exedol. No one uses the official spellings. They're too hard to remember.

Yeah, I mean, it'd be one thing if Shatner was just so full of himself that he figured he could sell it and use the money to build a statue of Kirk on his front lawn. But since it's going to charity, then it becomes kind of admirable. I mean, anything that can help the unfortunate without hurting anyone in the process is respectable. If he wanted a statue, he coulda just made one out of the kidney stone. Be the only Kirk merchandise in the world that was the 100% genuine article. "GoldenPalace.com originally offered $15,000 for the stone but Shatner turned it down, noting that his "Star Trek" tunics have commanded more than $100,000." His counteroffer was accepted." Ya know, I'm not quite sure that bodily waste and TV props belong in the same category... But really, I have to applaud anyone that can sell a kidney stone. He could've used the 25 grand to wipe his ass and I'd still applaud, just because he managed to sell somebody a piss crystal.

My unit's as good as ever. ... Or did you mean XBox 360 unit?

Officially, it's battroid with an R, Exedol with an L, Millia with an L, and TREAD with an R. Not really relevant, but all of them except Exedol/r roll off the english-speaking toungue easier that way. MOSPEADA was big on english acronyms, and TREAD is one of them(standing for TRans-EArth-Deployment). Unlike the other 3, there's not any room for translation variances here.

He IS an overdressed cyborg. Of course, a lot of the bulk is battle armor. That was out-of-continuity. ... *spoiler* He DOES get a new fleshy body back at the end of the series. */spoiler* Yah. 2 pairs of trucks(3 pair in Final), a cop car-motorbike-helicoptor set, and a lion-cyborg-train-jetplane-drilltankthingie combination, then Big G + a tank. HyoRyu and Enryu were designed primarily as support vehicles. Their main purpose is to protect civilians. Combat is a secondary role. That's why you have a crane and a firetruck. As far as FuRyu(cement mixer) and RaiRyu(dump truck)... well, they needed somewhere to stick the FuRyu's missile launcher, and RaiRyu... there's no excuse evident. They just wanted him to be construction equipment so he'd match his cement mixer "brother." The dimension pliers aren't really relevant. Trust me. No personality, and they show up all of... 3 times, I think. Once is just so they can get smashed. As far as original series goes, the 4 Ryus, GoldyMarg, Mic Sounders, and Volfogg are the relevant 'bots. And Gaogaigar, of course. It doesn't take itself very seriously. It's a super robot show, with all the cheese that entails. You have shouted attack names, trademark killer moves, mechs ranging from utterly absurd to almost plausable if you're drunk, giant alien monsters, little children running around underfoot, and all that good stuff. GGG isn't a deep program. There's no drama, the plot's paper-thin, plot twists are almost non-existant(and very deus ex machina when they DO show up), the good guys always win, the bad guys always lose, both sides are very clearly defined as heroes and villians, and so on. You're not going to spend a lot of time thinking about it afterwards. It's just fun to watch. And that's why it's recommended. ... And Taiga rules!

Another bootleg 361561[/snapback] As of right now, the ONLY complete legitimate english version is the 9-disk Animeigo set. If it's not 9 disks, it's a bootleg.

Bootleg, using Animeigo art.

Some pussies can cock hammers.

Yah. Bunch of nifty merchandise. Coffee mug included. http://www.goshouworld.com/GaoGaiGar/merch_other.htm Personally, I got nothin'. Just the fansubs.

I thought one Hyuuma was quite enough. Having said that, I DO want this...

Pretty much. Except they launch him as a robot and after he lands, he has to jump BACK into the air for docking. Sometimes Goldymarg helps fight, but not often. Given he's the only safe way for Guy to kill the zonder, they like to keep him out of the battle until the hammer is needed so he can't get damaged. But yeah, it's definitely marketing.