With My Good Self, I just found the idea fascinating. And fun.
And I was right!
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Larry Barron <knot_disclosed_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
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> BET I can find it on Netflix!!!
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> Count your life by smiles, not tears;
> Count your age by friends, not years.
>
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> *From:* Edward Fox <spambucket0_at_cox.net>
> *To:* SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:42 AM
> *Subject:* [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Curiosity and dead kitties
>
>
> Now that I think of it there was a comedy science fiction movie in the
> 70's (I think) about three furry aliens who landed in a swimming pool. I
> can't recall the name of the movie. They and their craft were much smaller
> than human scale. They enlarged themselves and made themselves human so
> that they could make contact with the hot local human girls. It came out at
> about the same time as My Stepmother is a Space Alien.
>
> Edward Fox
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Lily Kara <lilykarafox_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Awww! You're ruining my fantasy of UFO's full of fuzzies! Bad Firepaw.
> No cookie. :P
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Rick Pikul <chakatfirepaw_at_...>
> > To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 9:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Curiosity and dead kitties
> >
> > Â
> >
> > On Sunday 28 July 2013 05:42, Edward Fox wrote:
> > > All of that talk about furries and multi-species worlds got me
> thinking. If
> > > you really think about it humans won the evolution lottery big time.
> Of all
> > > of the creatures that could have evolved intelligence a creature got it
> > > that doesn't have either fur or a muzzle. That didn't have to be the
> case.
> > > Now consider that intelligent life has probably evolved on worlds
> > > throughout our galaxy. Are they going to look more like us or more like
> > > earth's other animals? I bet a quarter that if earth is ever invited to
> > > meet with representatives from a galaxy government (if one actually
> exists)
> > > that there will be grins on the faces of the furry fans and shock on
> the
> > > faces of everybody else. What if none of those representatives look
> like
> > > humans? Oh the disappointment! Imagine how people would feel if they
> had to
> > > face the simple fact that humans are not the model for all intelligent
> life
> > > in the universe. I'd love to see that so bad that I can taste it. :)
> >
> > Everyone that seriously considers the possibility of there being fellow
> tool
> > users out there has long figured out that they probably look nothing
> like us.
> >
> > And by nothing like us they seriously mean it: We aren't talking 'they
> don't
> > look like thin-furred apes that are about 2m tall,' or even 'they don't
> look
> > like mammals,' we're talking 'clearly not a descendant of the early
> tetrapods
> > that predate amphibians.' At best we can expect vaguely humanoid and
> > centauroid body forms to commonly develop, (bilateral symmetry plus a
> mix of
> > grasping and motive limbs).
> >
> > Furry aliens are just as much of a authors conceit as humans with
> forehead
> > bumps.
> >
> > --
> > Chakat Firepaw - Inventor & Scientist (Mad)
> >
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