Two things:
1. I'm going to put together an article for Travellers' Digest (something
to do when I go back to Tennessee in three weeks, ugh) on insult, invective,
and humor among the major races in the MegaTraveller universe. The only data
on these areas is a brief article in JTAS#9 on what to call a Zhodani or a
Vargr ("gral"? Puh-LEASE!) when you want to be nasty, and a sidesplittingly
funny comic called "Our Friends the Aliens" from JTAS 14 or so... its caption
reads something like, "Many people think the Hivers have no such things as
jokes, since they can't talk. Nothing could be further from the truth, as this
hilarious example demonstrates...." The cartoon that follows depicts a Hiver
gesturing to another, followed by the other Hiver reacting. No dialog or
translations provided. |->
2. I'm quitting TML as of today, for a period of about three weeks. I'm getting
married on Sunday, May 20, and I'll be back from my honeymoon (and back in Oak
Ridge, alas) soon after Labor Day. I'll see you all then, all right?
Take care,
metlay