XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 8/21/09 9:26 PM, Öjevind Lång wrote:   
   > "Derek Broughton"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:f3r2m6-sq8.ln1@morgen.pointerstop.ca...   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>>>> You know better than that. He was bragging about how fast his ship was   
   >>>>> and then asked Luke to guss how many parsecs it took him to travel a   
   >>>>> certain distance.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, again, that is not what he said.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If you insist on quibbling, it is mandatory that you quibble   
   >>>> accurately.   
   >>>   
   >>> Well,quibble is as quibble does. Since you insist on not believing what   
   >>> Paul, Derek and msyelf have all said, perhaps you'll accept this   
   >>> statement   
   >>> by Troels:   
   >>   
   >>> Yes -- he claims that 'It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less   
   >>> than twelve parsecs!'   
   >>   
   >> Hey - don't use me to justify your statement! I think John's objection is   
   >> to "then asked Luke to guess how many parsecs..." - that didn't happen.   
   >> Luke thought the Millenium Falcon was a heap of junk, so Solo had to brag   
   >> about just how good it was.   
   >   
   > But that *is*quibbling - John claimed that "parsec" culd be used as a   
   > speed measurement.   
      
   No, I did not.   
      
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