A Holiday Message from Doc

[doc3d]

Thou mayest quest and query regarding the reloading of the holy Blaster, as it is never seeneth in the Film nor done by Doc. On another list, Doc's counting skills have been challenged. Wilt thy Blaster shoot unto Forever? Is it all "suspension of disbelief" as that opiated Absinthed genius Coleridge opined (surely he must playeth an accordian in Hell for such a statement).

This revelation did Doc see in a Vision, and the voice of Deckard spake, and this was Made Known, yea unto his Follower...

Then did he raise on high the holy Blaster of Los Angeles, saying, "Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemy Replicants to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs and toads and tree-sloths and fruit-bats and orangutans and breakfast cereals ... Now, quoting frometh the Manual, did Deckard say, "First thou pullest the Holy Trigger. Then thou must count to five. Five shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be five. Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three, followeth penultimately to four, and with great joy and jubilation, five. Six is right out. Once the number five, being the number of the counting, be reached, then reloadest thou the Holy Blaster, pointest in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall continuest to snuff it... until thou again reachest five, remembering thou that "First thou pullest, etc..."

Restest well, fellow travelers, enjoy the Solstice, and may thy Blaster always be loaded. (with apologies to Monty Python)

[andy]