>Suddenly, a car pulled up into the parking lot and pulled right
>next to Ken's. He was a black man of about twenty,
EMMY: The car's a black man?
WAND: Wasn't that an old cartoon?
I'd give a lot to remember the name of the show, but when I was about five or so, there was a Saturday morning cartoon about a kid who turned into a red sports car when he got doused with cold water. In retrospect, it sounds like a "Ranma" ripoff, but...
> ***
DANA <singing>: Star fucker... just like my daddy...
Tori Amos, "Professional Widow," off the Boys For Pele album.
> curled herself into a ball, and it happened!
SAMAS <mystified>: She found the Maru Mari?
Damn it, SD, stop. You're making me feel quite elderly.
The Maru Mari is a powerup from the original 8-bit Metroid, which might actually be about as old as you are by now. It let your character roll up into a little ball.
Thomas Wilde
a.k.a. Wanderer
GET OFF MY DAMN GRASS™!
You're making me feel quite elderly.