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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Sure. It comes from the original Star Trek series. They'd beam down to a planet with the usual main characters and a security officer or two. The security guy (or guys) would always die before the first commercial. Security wore red shirts.
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Ringo used it as a red-shirting opportunity to drum up votes for the "best romance novel" thing. But only after he stopped laughing hysterically over having Ghost nominated in the first place. His name for Ghost is "the wanker book," which may tell you his attitude about it.
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heh. actually, i know *of*
Ghost from reading about it here, and i get the profound irony of the nomination.
(or was it some sort of subversive joke ????) thanks for explaining red-shirting
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Originally Posted by stxopher
Stolen wholesale from the Baen Universe site:
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But as for getting killed off due to your own effort, kudos! My grandpappy always used to say a man should be knocked off due to his own bad habits. 'Course grandpappy used to think that the squirrels in the yard could play a mean game of poker. Needless to say, he was a bit crazy. Let's be real: squirrels can't bluff worth a darn. Tails give it away you know.
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and thank you for explaining tuckerization.
watch out for the squirrels. you may not think they can bluff, but they're a lot sneakier than you give them credit for...
