The real sign that someone has become a fanatic is that he completely loses his sense of humor about some important facet of his life. When humor goes, it means he's lost his perspective.
Dr. Elefun: "Sorry Astro, but you were the one who wanted to get beamed that badly. I had warned you about my beaming technology hadn't reached Star Trek level yet."
Originally posted by Astro forever@Jul 31 2005, 08:41 PM Reminds me of the "jump from the roof" scene!
Yeah, the parallels are undoubtedly existing, however, in 'The Hijacked Airship / le vaisseau de rêve' he ended up sticking in the ground by impact. In this exemple here, it simply was a malfunction of Doc Elefun's beaming transporter which had Astro materialized with his head in the ground upside-down.
"I'd like to get the x-17 line to get all the subway lines... But I'd like to get the Ministry of Science too... Hmmmmm... Maybe if I give him Cross Island..."