 origins of orbital bovine launcher?, i got to ask... |
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 Apr 5 2009, 06:07 PM
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panda!  Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242  |
a old dumpshock joke is the orbital bovine launcher. the ultimate solution to any problem a GM may face...
i kept wondering where the idea came from, until i bumped into this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DropTheCow |
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Apr 5 2009, 06:13 PM
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Stay away from that site !! It'll eat both your life AND productivity !
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Apr 5 2009, 07:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 24-July 08 From: Resonance Realms, behind the 2nd Star Member No.: 16,162 |
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Apr 5 2009, 07:15 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (Professeur @ Apr 5 2009, 08:13 PM)  Stay away from that site !! It'll eat both your life AND productivity ! i have neither, so its winwin for me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Apr 5 2009, 07:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 20-October 08 Member No.: 16,537 |
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Apr 5 2009, 08:07 PM) a old dumpshock joke is the orbital bovine launcher. the ultimate solution to any problem a GM may face... i kept wondering where the idea came from, until i bumped into this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DropTheCow MOOOO!!!!!! Thanks for the link! MOOOOOO |
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Apr 5 2009, 08:12 PM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
There was also an urban legend about post-soviet Russian military landing cargo planes in fields to steal cattle. As the story goes the cows got agitated mid-flight and started rocking the plane. The Russian were thus required to open their loading ramp and drive the cattle out. Then hilarity ensued, usually in the form of sunken Japanese fishing vessels. All confabulated of course...
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Apr 5 2009, 08:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 20-October 08 Member No.: 16,537 |
QUOTE (Method @ Apr 5 2009, 10:12 PM) There was also an urban legend about post-soviet Russian military landing cargo planes in fields to steal cattle. As the story goes the cows got agitated mid-flight and started rocking the plane. The Russian were thus required to open their loading ramp and drive the cattle out. Then hilarity ensued, usually in the form of sunken Japanese fishing vessels. All confabulated of course... MOOOOO!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!! MOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Apr 5 2009, 09:53 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Apr 5 2009, 12:07 PM) a old dumpshock joke is the orbital bovine launcher. the ultimate solution to any problem a GM may face... i kept wondering where the idea came from, until i bumped into this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DropTheCow I thought that was around on the Battletech boards. in that any guilty of munchkin mech builds got a cow dropped on them. |
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Apr 6 2009, 02:22 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I do recollect that story. AFAIK, it was brought to Shadowrun specifically by an old author, Blackjack, who wrote some great stuff (and regularly commented on Orbital Bovine Bombardments specifically). He's the first I heard that particular term from.
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