Game: Alien Pet Name for a Human
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Lester Curtis
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Re: Game: Alien Pet Name for a Human
I'd say "hairless ape", but it's been used before. (The Beverly Hillbillies variant was "shaved ape", used by a would-be mugger to describe Jethro, and later Jed.)
We could also use something like "piebald biped" (referring to the fact that most humans have rather patchy "fur")...
We could also use something like "piebald biped" (referring to the fact that most humans have rather patchy "fur")...
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Lester Curtis
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Re: Game: Alien Pet Name for a Human
Mmm, sorry, Robert, but "piebald" refers to a color scheme, and the one referred to doesn't necessarily have to be furred.
I was raised by humans. What's your excuse?
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Re: Game: Alien Pet Name for a Human
And isn't it just like one of those mangy anthropoids to pick a nit like that? (Good "grooming" habits...)Lester Curtis wrote:Mmm, sorry, Robert, but "piebald" refers to a color scheme, and the one referred to doesn't necessarily have to be furred.
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Jack London (1876-1916)
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