Probley an easy question to answer.. but

BooBooTheGhost · #1 March 12th, 2002, 03:53 PM

Thanks so much.. see one easy question to answer. =)

Growltigga · #2 March 12th, 2002, 03:58 PM

BooBootheghost

Whilst we are talking about what Gryphin so rightly described as the first primary cock-up we all make, keep in mind that your military freighters/population transports should never be idle - use them to move excess population from your core worlds to your new colonies - there is no point having your homeworld generating populationm is can't hold so skim a couple of hundred million off and move them to your new planets

wr8th · #3 March 12th, 2002, 05:25 PM

"so skim a couple of hundred million off and move them to your new planets"

Yeah, y'know... the way the New World and Australia were populated....

General Chang: We need breathing room.
Captain James T. Kirk: Earth, Hitler, 1938.

Growltigga · #4 March 12th, 2002, 06:04 PM

Ouch, that was a bit harsh if possibly true - it would have been more accurate if I said 'ship out 200 million of your convicts and other unwanted's'

wr8th · #5 March 12th, 2002, 06:19 PM

That would be more reminiscent of Castro's emptying his jails and sanitoriums in the early 80's... but yes, that allusion is apt.

I think it was Steve Martin who claimed that the US was a product of the offal of every other country on earth. It doesn't appear that they did too badly after all.

Whatever expands your hegemony over known space.

Growltigga · #6 March 12th, 2002, 06:21 PM

Well, it is always a touchy subject for us Brits after we got rid of lots of celts to the US and the contents of our jails to Australia - let me think about this, do I weant to freeze my cojones off here in MAnchester or run down Bondai beach with Kylie Minogue?

That is what in technical jargon is called a complete no brainer

Mephisto · #7 March 12th, 2002, 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by Growltigga:
Ouch, that was a bit harsh if possibly true - it would have been more accurate if I said 'ship out 200 million of your convicts and other unwanted's'

A friend of mine travelled to Australia a while back and was asked by custom officers if he had any convictions. His answer?
"Is it still necessary to get in?"

Naturally, the custom officers were not amused.