The Octuple Gloucester

David Dasinger bodkota at cyberramp.net
Thu Sep 4 10:49:54 CDT 1997


Joe Varo wrote:

> 
> I dunno.  When I read this scene I thought something along the lines of
> "Geez...this is just silliness."  

Well, I do enjoy silliness...
But is it a stretch to consider it a reference to technology out of
control?
Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should do it.
Nuclear weapons, HAARP, and Oelestra come to mind.

A-and even without the Octuple Gloucester, the footage I saw
of the cheese rolling was pretty silly on it's own.
DD



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