Comments on: But A Wisp of the Dales http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/but-a-wisp-of-the-dales#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=but-a-wisp-of-the-dales I Came, I Saw, I Suffered Immensely Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/but-a-wisp-of-the-dales#comment-780 Mikeachim Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:41:54 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=750#comment-780 <b>Don't be sad, Lan. Be determined to cherish. :) </b> Don’t be sad, Lan.

Be determined to cherish. :)

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/but-a-wisp-of-the-dales#comment-779 Mikeachim Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:40:54 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=750#comment-779 <b>It's true, the Dales take a lot longer to get higher. A wee bit different to, say, tackling an Apennine ridge. But I'd rather be in Italy. Every time.</b> It’s true, the Dales take a lot longer to get higher. A wee bit different to, say, tackling an Apennine ridge.

But I’d rather be in Italy. Every time.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/but-a-wisp-of-the-dales#comment-778 Mikeachim Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:38:27 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=750#comment-778 <b>Or how about pitching the same idea to Steven Moffat AND Joss Whedon, and playing them off against each other? "I'll meet his bid and raise it a signed Angel box-set! Hand-delivered by Summer Glau!!" "<i>I'll</i> set my statues on you." etc. Ovine, caprine, bovine, porcine, ovaltine, whatever. *waves hand* I'm an ARTISTE, I care not for tawdry factual nomeclaturalities. Away with you. But come back when I get my own series. I have a job for you.</b> Or how about pitching the same idea to Steven Moffat AND Joss Whedon, and playing them off against each other?

“I’ll meet his bid and raise it a signed Angel box-set! Hand-delivered by Summer Glau!!”

“I’ll set my statues on you.”

etc.

Ovine, caprine, bovine, porcine, ovaltine, whatever. *waves hand* I’m an ARTISTE, I care not for tawdry factual nomeclaturalities. Away with you.

But come back when I get my own series. I have a job for you.

]]> By: Chelonian http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/but-a-wisp-of-the-dales#comment-772 Chelonian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:05:42 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=750#comment-772 Do not joke about pitching ideas to Steven Moffat. That's like joking about pitching to Joss Whedon. It is a dream that cannot, should not be mocked. (In my field, it's like saying you'll submit your next paper to Science or Nature.) But yeah, hybrid Daleks! Of course I was thinking more ovine than caprine, pedantic taxonomy geek that I am, but hey, if it makes wool, it'll do. They could be the result of a horrifying experiment to breed a less creative-thinking Dalek race, like the Manhattan story but in reverse -- or it could just be an evil plot to infiltrate honest British flocks in a bid to take over from the inside. No doubt you'll need a scientific consultant to develop the genetic engineering aspect of the story; please allow me to offer my services. I can list my credentials if you'd like, they are suitably impressive. I'll even get you a letter of recommendation from the president of the American Society for Microbiology (who coincidentally happens to be my boss). Brag, moi? Never, mon capitaine. Just making sure that, the day you have your big break in tv screenplay writing, you know I'm the go-to person for the sci consult job. Do not joke about pitching ideas to Steven Moffat. That’s like joking about pitching to Joss Whedon. It is a dream that cannot, should not be mocked. (In my field, it’s like saying you’ll submit your next paper to Science or Nature.)

But yeah, hybrid Daleks! Of course I was thinking more ovine than caprine, pedantic taxonomy geek that I am, but hey, if it makes wool, it’ll do.

They could be the result of a horrifying experiment to breed a less creative-thinking Dalek race, like the Manhattan story but in reverse — or it could just be an evil plot to infiltrate honest British flocks in a bid to take over from the inside.

No doubt you’ll need a scientific consultant to develop the genetic engineering aspect of the story; please allow me to offer my services. I can list my credentials if you’d like, they are suitably impressive. I’ll even get you a letter of recommendation from the president of the American Society for Microbiology (who coincidentally happens to be my boss).

Brag, moi? Never, mon capitaine. Just making sure that, the day you have your big break in tv screenplay writing, you know I’m the go-to person for the sci consult job.

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