Over the Rainbow

[Guest guest]

" They came to a place where they could see from above a line of light,

straight as a column, extending right through the whole heaven and through the

earth, in color resembling the rainbow, only brighter and purer, and there, in

the

midst of the light, they saw the ends of the chains of heaven let down from

above; for this light is the belt of heaven, and hold together the circle of the

universe, like the undergirders of a trireme. From these ends is extended the

spindle of Necessity, on which all the revolutions turn. "

Plato's Republic Bk. 10

Kirk: " Captain's Log, stardate 3anda3rd. We finally made it over that

blasted rainbow, not the one you're thinking, like that little girl Dorothy and

her

dog. I mean that fake photon rainbow we had to employ to fool the Klingons

into thinking we were technologically superior. But Spock and y finally

reverse engineered the real McCoy, just like Plato described and there's no

stopping the Enterprise now! Right Bones?

Senob: " Right Jim, but could you get them to reverse engineer my name back

the way it was before? I'm just a country doctor, not a mechanic! BTW, where

are we now? Last thing I remember before that last bottle of Andromedan

Absinthe, we were spinning out of control back through Time! "

Kirk: " That's right Bones, we are now in orbit around Earth, circa 360BC,

didn't you read the intro? And now we are getting ready to make a social call

on those daughters of Necessity, the Fate sisters Plato mentioned! "

y: " Cap'n! Yer gonna get us all killed They're a real mean bunch a

haggis, from what I heard! I thought you said this was gonna be just another

routine " Bootleg Scotch run " , for Alice! "

Kirk: " So I did! And you are a Scot right? "

y: " Aye Cap'n. Pure blooded! "

Senob: (Beep, beep,,,) " Tricorder readings show a bit of Pict, and a drop

or two of Mongol! "

y: " Mr. McCoy! Whatever happened to patient confidentiality! "

Kirk: " Never mind that for now,,as I was saying,,you're also wearing standard

issued Starfleet Federation patent leather boots, right y? "

y: " Aye Cap'n! Spit polished this morning! "

Bones: " Looks like the mongrel left a little slobber on the heals, from

here!! "

y: " I canna help it Doctor, the smell of patent leather boots always

makes me drool! "

Kirk: " Never mind that for now,,,as I was saying,,Mr. Scot,,how about you

Running down to the Engine room with those Bootlegs of yours and GET ME SOME

MORE POWER for the new Photon rainbow thingy! "

y: " Very well Cap'n,, I see how it is now,,fooled me twice, shame on

me! But if I divert any more of our power to your new fangled photon rainbow

torpedo thingy, we're gonna have to all get out and start pushing the

Enterprise! "

Spock: " That is illogical, Mr. Scot, according to Newton's laws of force,

wherein any inertial motion is countered by an opposite motion, we cannot push

the Enterprise anywhere! "

Kirk: " Shut up Spock,,,Newton hasn't been born yet,,Attention all Enterprise

personnel,,Prepare to disembark the Ship and Push! "

Episode 1, to be continued maybe!

Hello Jung Fire friends,

Been a while since I could spare some time for a bit of humorous

correspondence with the group, but I have been reading the posts and enjoying

them

immensely while working on my latest project. Hope to have some more time in

the

future to contribute more in the discussions around here, but in the mean time,

I

have just updated a new website that I mentioned a few months ago if anyone

would care to have a look. The animation graphics are a bit long on loading

however, if you have a slow computer modem speed.

<A HREF= " http://magisterchessmutt.com/ " >Celestial Chessworks index</A>, If you

can't get the hyperlink, just type in:

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Take care,

W. Dail