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* [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7273308&postcount=221 In regards]] to Music/{{Queen}} ITTL:

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* [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7273308&postcount=221 In regards]] to Music/{{Queen}} Music/{{Queen|Band}} ITTL:



-->[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Meninsky MENINSKY]] [excitedly]: Yeah, it’s the other side of my mom example. Moms want the ‎practical game machine for their kids. But what do dads want? They’re pushing 40, all of a ‎sudden you don’t want a station wagon any more, [[MidlifeCrisisCar you don’t want a Ford. You want something ‎sexy. [She pouts, mock-seductively, and the all-male table starts laughing.] You want a Mustang, a Porsche, a Ferrari.]] Something that says [[CompensatingForSomething 'I have an enormous penis,']] but, you know, with a sense of fun. ‎[The rest of the table breaks out into uproarious laughter.]‎ So, it’s our ‘mid-life crisis computer.’ When you’re ready to be a ‎real man, you’re ready to upgrade from that 64 to an Atari. We emphasize all the business stuff, ‎but then, they know, we’re also cranking out manly video games. You work hard, you play hard.‎

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-->[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Meninsky MENINSKY]] [excitedly]: Yeah, it’s the other side of my mom example. Moms want the ‎practical game machine for their kids. But what do dads want? They’re pushing 40, all of a ‎sudden you don’t want a station wagon any more, [[MidlifeCrisisCar you don’t want a Ford. You want something ‎sexy. [She pouts, mock-seductively, and the all-male table starts laughing.] You want a Mustang, a Porsche, a Ferrari.]] Something that says [[CompensatingForSomething 'I have an enormous penis,']] but, you know, with a sense of fun. ‎[The rest of the table breaks out into uproarious laughter.]‎ So, it’s our ‘mid-life crisis computer.’ When you’re ready to be a ‎real man, you’re ready to upgrade from that 64 to an Atari. We emphasize all the business stuff, ‎but then, they know, we’re also cranking out manly video games. You work hard, you play hard.
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Shocking Swerve is merging into Ass Pull, and this doesn't count as that.


-->'''Andrew''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.

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-->'''Andrew''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], Prenter, I'm afraid so.
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-->[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Meninsky MENINSKY]] [excitedly]: Yeah, it’s the other side of my mom example. Moms want the ‎practical game machine for their kids. But what do dads want? They’re pushing 40, all of a ‎sudden you don’t want a station wagon any more, [[MidlifeCrisisCar you don’t want a Ford. You want something ‎sexy. [She pouts, mock-seductively, and the all-male table starts laughing.] You want a Mustang, a Porsche, a Ferrari.]] Something that says [[CompensatingFOrSomething 'I have an enormous penis,']] but, you know, with a sense of fun. ‎[The rest of the table breaks out into uproarious laughter.]‎ So, it’s our ‘mid-life crisis computer.’ When you’re ready to be a ‎real man, you’re ready to upgrade from that 64 to an Atari. We emphasize all the business stuff, ‎but then, they know, we’re also cranking out manly video games. You work hard, you play hard.‎

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-->[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Meninsky MENINSKY]] [excitedly]: Yeah, it’s the other side of my mom example. Moms want the ‎practical game machine for their kids. But what do dads want? They’re pushing 40, all of a ‎sudden you don’t want a station wagon any more, [[MidlifeCrisisCar you don’t want a Ford. You want something ‎sexy. [She pouts, mock-seductively, and the all-male table starts laughing.] You want a Mustang, a Porsche, a Ferrari.]] Something that says [[CompensatingFOrSomething [[CompensatingForSomething 'I have an enormous penis,']] but, you know, with a sense of fun. ‎[The rest of the table breaks out into uproarious laughter.]‎ So, it’s our ‘mid-life crisis computer.’ When you’re ready to be a ‎real man, you’re ready to upgrade from that 64 to an Atari. We emphasize all the business stuff, ‎but then, they know, we’re also cranking out manly video games. You work hard, you play hard.‎
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-->'''Andrew''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.

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-->'''Andrew''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.so.
* [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/dirty-laundry-an-alternate-1980s.231820/page-2#post-6387970 The beginning of the car analogy that leads to a computer codenamed Cadillac]]
-->[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Meninsky MENINSKY]] [excitedly]: Yeah, it’s the other side of my mom example. Moms want the ‎practical game machine for their kids. But what do dads want? They’re pushing 40, all of a ‎sudden you don’t want a station wagon any more, [[MidlifeCrisisCar you don’t want a Ford. You want something ‎sexy. [She pouts, mock-seductively, and the all-male table starts laughing.] You want a Mustang, a Porsche, a Ferrari.]] Something that says [[CompensatingFOrSomething 'I have an enormous penis,']] but, you know, with a sense of fun. ‎[The rest of the table breaks out into uproarious laughter.]‎ So, it’s our ‘mid-life crisis computer.’ When you’re ready to be a ‎real man, you’re ready to upgrade from that 64 to an Atari. We emphasize all the business stuff, ‎but then, they know, we’re also cranking out manly video games. You work hard, you play hard.‎
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-->'''Andrew T''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.

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-->'''Andrew T''': -->'''Andrew''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.
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-->'''[=AndrewT=]''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.

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-->'''[=AndrewT=]''': -->'''Andrew T''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.
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* [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7273308&postcount=221 In regards]] to Music/{{Queen}} ITTL:
-->'''Heavy Metal Poisoning''': Speaking of Queen, they were pretty much done in America after Hot Space and the video for "Radio Ga Ga". I suppose that'll stay the same ITTL?
-->'''[=AndrewT=]''': Unless I reboot the timeline such that the POD [[ShockingSwerve causes Don Henley to go on a murderous rampage and kill Paul Prenter]], I'm afraid so.

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