Harv and Vera's Adventures in Panama - Page 11

zelda_pinwheel · 11-16-2008, 07:25 AM

GeoffC · 11-16-2008, 09:42 AM

calm yourselves children, it's only a story ....

pshrynk · 11-16-2008, 03:18 PM

It's just a model! Wait -- that's for the Python Only thread...

LazyScot · 11-16-2008, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

calm yourselves children, it's only a story ....

Michael Winner?

GeoffC · 11-17-2008, 12:02 PM

Did he ? what was her name ?

pshrynk · 11-17-2008, 03:00 PM

Harv worked feverishly at modifying the harnes of the parachute to the specs given by the sock with the safety pin. He paused briefly to try and figure out how he knew what the sock had been "saying," discovered that his mind went blank and went back to work. Vivalditried to engage the autopilot in small talk.

"So, been an autopilot for long?"

"You're just trying to cheer me up. It won't work."

"Not really, I just get bored easily."

"So you talk to inanimate objects just to pass the time?"

"Pretty much, yeah. Just an hour ago, I was talking to a pair of socks."

"It is difficult for me to fathom that there is someone in the universe more pathetic than me."

"Yah. Anyway, I've been working on a new story about Harv and Vera. I havne't been able to write much, because Harv keeps dragging me on these adventures. Do you suppose there's any way to put all this on autopilot so I can have a life of my own?"

"Don't talk to me about life."

"Okay! Got it! I hope this works." Harv eased himself back into the pilot's seat. "Um, Viv?"

"Yeah Harv?"

"Any idea why we're flying at about thirty feet elevation?"

"Well the autopilot seems a bit depressed..."

Harv and Vivaldi looked out the windscreen at the rapidly approaching coastline with its attendant small, but considerably higher that thirty feet, and severely hard mountains and started screaming.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-17-2008, 03:04 PM

best ! saga ! ever !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

"So, been an autopilot for long?"

"You're just trying to cheer me up. It won't work."

"Not really, I just get bored easily."

"So you talk to inanimate objects just to pass the time?"

"Pretty much, yeah. Just an hour ago, I was talking to a pair of socks."

"It is difficult for me to fathom that there is someone in the universe more pathetic than me."

"Yah. Anyway, I've been working on a new story about Harv and Vera. I havne't been able to write much, because Harv keeps dragging me on these adventures. Do you suppose there's any way to put all this on autopilot so I can have a life of my own?"

"Don't talk to me about life."

best conversation between a depressed (android) autopilot, and a talking dog ever !!!

!!! :llamallol: !!!

!!!!! :standingovation: !!!!!

nekokami · 11-17-2008, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

"Any idea why we're flying at about thirty feet elevation?"

"Well the autopilot seems a bit depressed..."

Harv and Vivaldi looked out the windscreen at the rapidly approaching coastline with its attendant small, but considerably higher that thirty feet, and severely hard mountains and started screaming.

All squids, abandon ship!

pshrynk · 11-17-2008, 09:00 PM

Harv reacted automatically by ramming the throttle forward, pulling back on the yoke, turning the plane starboard, and swearing loudly.

"Beep! Beeeeeeepity beep! What the beeeeeeeeeep!"

"I have no idea what you are talking about."

"That thing just about killed us, Vivaldi! I'm entitled to a few beeps. And a beeeeeeeep!"

"I don't know why you're so upset. You wouldn't have felt a thing. I know I wouldn't have."

"You're just a machine! You have no feelings!"

"Go ahead and rub it in!"

"Turn it off, Viv!"

"Check."

The control panel managed to look hurt and disappointed.

"What the hell was that?" demanded Myatake from the back of the cockpit.

"Nothing! Just an instrument malfunction!" The control panel looked disdainful. "When you took the radio, it damaged the altimeter."

"Well try not to do that again. There are several hundred pounds of high explosives baack here. I nearly had a heart attack!"

"Like I care," muttered Vivaldi.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-17-2008, 09:02 PM

Quote:

The control panel looked disdainful.

GeoffC · 11-18-2008, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

"Like I care," muttered Vivaldi.

dib dib dib

pshrynk · 11-18-2008, 03:03 PM

The Goose flew over the Miraflores Locks and climbed to Lake Gatun. Several large freighters were making their way through the Canal.

"I wonder what he's going to do with explosives," said Harv.

"Drop them with timed fuses at the upper and lower gates of the Gatun Locks, thereby causing a traumatic failure of the upper system. That, in turn, will cause the catastrophic flooding of the Miraflores Locks, the destruction of the American Zone and Panama City, and the crippling of the Panama Canal."

Harv looked over at Vivaldi.

"At least that's what I would do... If, you know, I wanted to destroy the Canal... Which I don't! Quit looking at me like that!"

"Put a little time into thinking about this, have you?"

"Hey, Myatake's kids are reprehensible little heathens! And Frau Myatake? Don't get me started! That woman is a Teutonic Nightmare! I had to clean up my own poo from the yard and double wrap it for the garbage! At night, I spent all my spare time trying to figure out how to get my revenge. I even wrote it down in a notebook... Oh. Crap."

"Well, maybe he destroyed it and the authorities won't be blaming you for the whole sabotage thing."

"I'm going to need a new identity when this is over."

nekokami · 11-18-2008, 03:12 PM

Er... does the Myatake family live in Panama City? Otherwise, I'm not seeing quite how Vivaldi's plan is meant to get revenge on the shums....

pshrynk · 11-18-2008, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

Er... does the Myatake family live in Panama City? Otherwise, I'm not seeing quite how Vivaldi's plan is meant to get revenge on the shums....

They run the "Flower Emporium" in Old Town. Any catastrophic failure of the Canal will rip through there like Patton through Germany. Also, HArv spends most of his time in Rick's Cafe Americain Panama City, so that would go, too.

DixieGal · 11-18-2008, 03:28 PM

(It's funnier if you read it as Panama City Beach, Florida.)

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11-16-2008, 07:25 AM	#151
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11-16-2008, 09:42 AM	#152
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	calm yourselves children, it's only a story ....

11-16-2008, 03:18 PM	#153
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	It's just a model! Wait -- that's for the Python Only thread...

11-17-2008, 12:02 PM	#155
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Did he ? what was her name ?

11-17-2008, 03:00 PM	#156
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Harv worked feverishly at modifying the harnes of the parachute to the specs given by the sock with the safety pin. He paused briefly to try and figure out how he knew what the sock had been "saying," discovered that his mind went blank and went back to work. Vivalditried to engage the autopilot in small talk. "So, been an autopilot for long?" "You're just trying to cheer me up. It won't work." "Not really, I just get bored easily." "So you talk to inanimate objects just to pass the time?" "Pretty much, yeah. Just an hour ago, I was talking to a pair of socks." "It is difficult for me to fathom that there is someone in the universe more pathetic than me." "Yah. Anyway, I've been working on a new story about Harv and Vera. I havne't been able to write much, because Harv keeps dragging me on these adventures. Do you suppose there's any way to put all this on autopilot so I can have a life of my own?" "Don't talk to me about life." "Okay! Got it! I hope this works." Harv eased himself back into the pilot's seat. "Um, Viv?" "Yeah Harv?" "Any idea why we're flying at about thirty feet elevation?" "Well the autopilot seems a bit depressed..." Harv and Vivaldi looked out the windscreen at the rapidly approaching coastline with its attendant small, but considerably higher that thirty feet, and severely hard mountains and started screaming.

11-17-2008, 09:00 PM	#159
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Harv reacted automatically by ramming the throttle forward, pulling back on the yoke, turning the plane starboard, and swearing loudly. "Beep! Beeeeeeepity beep! What the beeeeeeeeeep!" "I have no idea what you are talking about." "That thing just about killed us, Vivaldi! I'm entitled to a few beeps. And a beeeeeeeep!" "I don't know why you're so upset. You wouldn't have felt a thing. I know I wouldn't have." "You're just a machine! You have no feelings!" "Go ahead and rub it in!" "Turn it off, Viv!" "Check." The control panel managed to look hurt and disappointed. "What the hell was that?" demanded Myatake from the back of the cockpit. "Nothing! Just an instrument malfunction!" The control panel looked disdainful. "When you took the radio, it damaged the altimeter." "Well try not to do that again. There are several hundred pounds of high explosives baack here. I nearly had a heart attack!" "Like I care," muttered Vivaldi.

11-18-2008, 03:03 PM	#162
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	The Goose flew over the Miraflores Locks and climbed to Lake Gatun. Several large freighters were making their way through the Canal. "I wonder what he's going to do with explosives," said Harv. "Drop them with timed fuses at the upper and lower gates of the Gatun Locks, thereby causing a traumatic failure of the upper system. That, in turn, will cause the catastrophic flooding of the Miraflores Locks, the destruction of the American Zone and Panama City, and the crippling of the Panama Canal." Harv looked over at Vivaldi. "At least that's what I would do... If, you know, I wanted to destroy the Canal... Which I don't! Quit looking at me like that!" "Put a little time into thinking about this, have you?" "Hey, Myatake's kids are reprehensible little heathens! And Frau Myatake? Don't get me started! That woman is a Teutonic Nightmare! I had to clean up my own poo from the yard and double wrap it for the garbage! At night, I spent all my spare time trying to figure out how to get my revenge. I even wrote it down in a notebook... Oh. Crap." "Well, maybe he destroyed it and the authorities won't be blaming you for the whole sabotage thing." "I'm going to need a new identity when this is over."

11-18-2008, 03:12 PM	#163
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Er... does the Myatake family live in Panama City? Otherwise, I'm not seeing quite how Vivaldi's plan is meant to get revenge on the shums....

11-18-2008, 03:28 PM	#165
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	(It's funnier if you read it as Panama City Beach, Florida.)

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