How does Stigg fit his head in his helmet? The helmet is bigger on the inside. Jeremy in the back. Reminds me of when I was given a lift in a MGB, in the sideways fitted back seat, with the top down. Liked to guillotine blade. I think NASA used it on the Apollo program.
Comments from author:
The whole Clanger asteroid is bigger on the inside, so why not the helmet?
I think that's where I nicked the idea from. Final part tomorrow!
Review By [MaxGSandeman] • Date [29 Mar 11] • Not Rated
You know, all my children are big Top Gear fans and have drug me kicking and screaming into its fandom as well. I don't know how to explain this story to them OR why it is causing me to roll on the floor in paroxysms of glee.
Comments from author:
I'm sure you'll think of some way to explain it.
Review By [mendenbar] • Date [28 Mar 11] • Rating [10 out of 10]
I think they should detonate the nuke. Those Clangers look almost as bad as smurfs.
Comments from author:
Too late - the musical antigravity machine ate it.
Clangers are better than smurfs in several respects - they don't talk, they don't claim to have a perfect society, and they don't use the word "smurf" every five seconds.
They did sound a bit like giant mice-men the way you described the pink guys. I thought that maybe the bird-robo thing was Crow from Mystery Science Theater.
Comments from author:
Follow to the link to the Wikipedia article on the Clangers, and some of the sites it references, and all is revealed.
Review By [VillageOrchid] • Date [26 Mar 11] • Not Rated
My head hurts from laughing so hard. You have totally nailed the cast of Top Gear. You caught their personalities perfectly. This is an absolute joy to read and I look forward eagerly to more chapters.
I think my favorite line has to be when they were talking about not killing intelligent aliens and the comment was "Dr. Who does it all the time." So perfect!
Thank you!!
Comments from author:
Glad you're enjoying it - Final chapter will probably be up on Monday.
Review By [NiereG] • Date [26 Mar 11] • Rating [10 out of 10]
What was in Jeremy's soup and did you partake as well? Loved the pics.
Comments from author:
Nobody is entirely sure what clangers eat - soup of various colours (prepared by the Soup Dragon) and blue string pudding, but they also like chocolate and other foods.
Review By [mendenbar] • Date [26 Mar 11] • Rating [10 out of 10]