ipenetworks.com.au> 45227e2e   
   From: no@spam.thanks   
      
   Steve B wrote:   
   > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:27:40 +1000, Xam  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Col wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   >>> Or why didn't they simply go back and stay thee?   
   >>> A perfect opportunity to get back to earth, as Lister always wanted   
   >>> yet they don't even dicuss staying. OK, LIster/Rimmer would have   
   >>> to have stayed clear of their doubles but once RD docked somewhere   
   >>> they could have jumped ship and made new lives for themselves   
   >>> elsewwhere.   
   >>   
   >> I think the best answer to all those kind of questions is that Lister   
   >> had to fulfil his destiny, which was to create the Ouroboros loop.   
   >   
   > Bah!   
   >   
   > You can't take any plot points from S7 and S8 and use them to explain   
   > previous things that happened.  S7 and S8 don't count.  :)   
   >   
   >   
      
   Sorry, is that an unwritten ATRD rule then? :)   
   That wouldn't be your 'Achilles heel' showing?   
   You can't cheat your destiny you know! Well, unless you have a   
   time-space machine that is.  IMO "TIKKA TO RIDE" (S7) for instance, was   
   a brilliant episode.  At last the real story of "the gunman behind the   
   grassy knoll"! ;)   
      
   --   
   -Xam   
   --   
   "I'm God, but it's a bit of a drag really."   
   --   
   If you work on a lobster boat,   
   sneaking up behind someone and pinching   
   them is a joke that gets old real fast.   
   --   
   Netscape>Mozilla Suite>Seamonkey   
   A shameless plug for the latest version.   
   http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/seamonkey1.1.2   
   All in one internet application suit.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)