Vroom Vroom

[dee_lorean81]

[There is a DeLorean, heavily modified, doing laps in an empty, paved part of the Nexus. One might wonder what the driver is doing -- practicing for a race? Working on their turning? Just burning rubber because they're bored?

And then one might get a little closer -- and see that there IS no driver.

. . .perhaps it might be fairer to say that the car is bored.]

Comments

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee, frowning] There must be ways. I mean, people have lived with bears for ages.

[Marty] Also died to bears for ages. Bears are big and probably don't like being kept out of places.

[Victor, as Chester entertains himself with his sleeve] Tall enough fence?

[Alice] I think at least some bears are pretty good at climbing.

[palmerthing]

Yeah, bears are great climbers. More with trees than fences, though.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee, looking over at Victor] Wonder if they're as good at you at climbing trees then.

[Marty] We'd better hope not, because there'd be no WAY to stop a bear getting inside anywhere if there was a tree nearby.

[palmerthing]

I should learn to be a bear at some point, they seem useful.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee, grinning] Think anybody who doesn't want a bear around would disagree.

[Alice] Not loudly, though, because there's a bear around.

[palmerthing]

Another useful thing about being a bear!

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee laughs] Yeah, there's not much that wants to mess with a bear. Except maybe another bear.

[Marty] And we're pretty sure you could take another bear.

[palmerthing]

I'm definitely smarter than most bears, for a start.

[dee_lorean81]

[Marty, grinning] Smarter than the average bear?

[Dee, groaning] Marty!

[Marty, snickering] He walked right into it!

That was indeed the reference in my head :D

[palmerthing]

I'll take Yogi Bear over Yogi Berra.

Hehehehe XD

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee, puzzled] Yogi Berra?

[Marty] He played baseball back in -- think it was late forties through mid-sixties? Anyway, he was a catcher who turned coach, and he had a habit of saying stuff like "it's deja-vu all over again" and "you can observe a lot by watching." Became pretty well known for it, in fact -- they call stuff like that "Yogi-isms" now.

[Victor, surprised] You know a lot about this.

[Marty, shrugs] I like baseball.

[palmerthing]

I honestly don't know if the guy was really an idiot or just playing it on TV, but I remember the 'deja-vu all over again' one. Also 'nobody goes there, it's too crowded,' 'a nickel ain't worth a dime anymore' and 'go to people's funerals or they won't come to yours.'

[dee_lorean81]

[Alice, chuckling] I mean -- if saying that sort of thing kept you famous and in the public eye, wouldn't you keep doing it?

[Marty, holding up a hand] I do wanna point out he was actually a damn good baseball player. I mean, he made All-Star for 15 seasons. And he was the catcher for Don Larsen's no-hit perfect game in the 1956 World series.

[Dee] Guy just couldn't resist maling a prop, huh?

[Marty] Well, he quit school after eighth grade, so. . .

[palmerthing]

So maybe he was just an idiot.

[dee_lorean81]

[Marty] Or was just better at baseball than talking.

[Dee, shrugging and nodding] We do all have our strengths. His was catching baseballs.

[palmerthing]

Yeah, maybe. Not like I'm the world's most sophisticated talker or anything, I mean. But still, he was unique. *Until Dan Quayle, but Palmer never saw Dan Quayle. Or indeed a lot of awful idiots.*

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee, tilting her head] I dunno about that. . .I mean, he was probably more entertaining with the mangled metaphors than a lot of people. . .

[Doc] Perhaps not unique, but still one of a rare breed. [because these guys aren't familiar with a lot of awful idiots either]

[palmerthing]

Definitely a rare breed, man. Well, I hope.

[dee_lorean81]

[Marty] Maybe we should just all hope that they're great at baseball and thus not doing anything else with their lives.

[Dee] Fingers crossed?

[palmerthing]

Hopefully they’re good at something, anyway.

[dee_lorean81]

[Dee] Shouldn't everybody have something they're good at?

[Doc] That's a hard thing to research, as what someone is good at might be something they might never try under normal circumstances.

[Alice] And I can say from personal experience what some people are good at is being utter arseholes to everyone around them.

[palmerthing]

I feel bad for people who never find their niche.

*Alice's comment makes him sigh.* Fuck those people.

[dee_lorean81]

[Victor, bouncing Chester] I feel especially bad for the ones who are forced into different niches. Ones that might not suit them. My parents tried to do that with me, and -- it wasn't fun.

[Dee, nodding in agreement with Palmer's comment] Yeah. Still wish sometimes I could find Biff Tannen now and smack him in the face with my door. Once in an alternate timeline wasn't enough.

[palmerthing]

Rarely is.

Just smack him? You have restraint.

[dee_lorean81]

[Victor nods] I'm very glad I got out. Even if -- it was a very CONFUSING way of getting out.

[Dee, shrugging] Depends on the version of Biff I run into. The one in the current version of 1985 in my timeline keeps his assholishness to small stuff these days.