1 | * The Thing trying to adjust its language to deal with the less technically-advanced nomes. |
2 | --> '''Thing:''' Vitally important I communicate information of utmost significance to community leaders, concerning imminent destruction of this artifact.\ |
3 | '''Masklin:''' I'm sorry, could you try that again?\ |
4 | '''Thing:''' You do not comprehend?\ |
5 | '''Masklin:''' I don't know what "comprehend" means.\ |
6 | '''Thing:''' Evidently language has changed in ways I do not understand. I will endeavor to clarify my statement.\ |
7 | '''Masklin:''' Oh. Jolly good.\ |
8 | '''Thing:''' Big-fella Store him go Bang along plenty soon enough chop-chop? |
9 | * And when Masklin misunderstands the Thing later on. |
10 | -->'''Thing:''' Do you even remember that you are shipwrecked?\ |
11 | '''Masklin:''' I'm Masklin. I don't know who Shipwrecked is. |
12 | * This conversation, from the TV series. |
13 | --> '''Vinto Pimmie:''' ...So this girl fell down this hole, and there was a white rabbit! Oh, a rabbit, er, a big, white, furry thing...\ |
14 | '''Grimma:''' Yes, we know rabbits. There were lots of them where we lived.\ |
15 | '''Vinto:''' Really?! With watches?\ |
16 | '''Grimma:''' Well, we didn't ask them the time...\ |
17 | '''Vinto:''' Oh...\ |
18 | '''Grimma:''' We ATE them! |
19 | * The Nomes' attempts to drive a truck. Especially when they spot a sign "Road Works Ahead". [[AmbiguousSyntax They're quite happy for the confirmation.]] |
20 | * Masklinn giving some thought to where the wind could come from, eventually coming to the conclusion that it is the leaves in the trees moving that cause it. |
21 | * In ''Wings,'' Thing is horrified at the thought of countermanding the orders of a Nome. It immediately changes its tune after watching Angelo try to land. |
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