Happy Birthday Gusto!

[Piotyr]

Eyes on the prize, Gusto....

That's some fantastic looking pie, I mean.

 

[Calleja]

No, see, look at the buttocks. They're nice.

 

[MindDetective]

What day is today?
It's Gusto's birthday.
What a day for a birthday;
Let's all have some cake.

And you smell like one too!

 

[Matt²]

Happy (belated) Birthday!

 

[Gusto]

Happy (belated) Birthday!

Buh?

In my time zone, it's still my birthday for 11.5 more hours.

And my actual birth TIME is 10:10pm EST.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

gusto, you fiend.

 

[Gusto]

 

[phil]

That's a complement! That gives you like an extra 2d8 HP and attacks of opportunity.

 

[Jay]

Happy birthday, friend.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

not to mention all the SLAs

 

[Gusto]

I'm really more of an Inevitable.

 

[Dream Goddess]

Happiest of happy birthdays my artsy friend!

 

[Gusto]

Wooooo o home/drunk/weird

 

[ElJuski]

It's not your birthday anymore. Back to the salt mines, jerk.

 

[Azurephoenix]

Hey, at least it's better than the spice mines on Kessel.

 

[Calleja]

I once did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, you know?

 

[Azurephoenix]

I once did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, you know?

You may be cool.... but you're not Han Solo and Chewbacca cool...

 

[ElJuski]

I once did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, you know?

Found a secret wormhole to cut on the distance?[/QUOTE]

I thought parsecs was a measure of distance, not time. I don't know why I know / think that.

 

[Azurephoenix]

They are a measure of distance... it's a real astronomical term...

---------- Post added at 04:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 PM ----------

I believe the whole "less than 12 parsecs" thing is actually a nod to Han finding a "creative" (aka DANGEROUS) shorter hyperspace route to Kessel. I think hyperdrives are programmed to cut out when certain anomalies and gravitational fields are detected so the closer you travel to planets, asteroid fields and stars... the more distance you can shave off the trip. That's what the whole less than 12 parsecs thing refers to (in my mind anyways). Han was just that good at navigation that he came up with the most efficient route (even though it would probably be deemed batshit insane by most pilots).

I could also be horribly wrong... which has been known to happen frequently.

 

[Azurephoenix]

Just remember... Han shot first! (stupid Lucas!)

 

[Gusto]

Woo.

Mild hangover but NOT BAD.

 

[figmentPez]

There are multiple explanations for the parsec/Kessel run thing. I'm not sure which is cannon. One is that a parsec is a measure of time in the Star Wars universe. Another is that the Kessel Run involves transferring cargo between moving ships. I'm sure how many other explanations there are.

 

[Jay]

Hungover but waking up with company... right????

 

[Tinwhistler]

There are multiple explanations for the parsec/Kessel run thing. I'm not sure which is cannon. One is that a parsec is a measure of time in the Star Wars universe. Another is that the Kessel Run involves transferring cargo between moving ships. I'm sure how many other explanations there are.

Millennium Falcon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On the A New Hope DVD audio commentary, Lucas comments that, in the Star Wars universe, traveling through hyperspace requires careful navigation to avoid stars, planets, asteroids, and other obstacles, and that since no long-distance journey can be made in a straight line, the "fastest" ship is the one that can plot the "most direct course", thereby traveling the least distance.

This sounds like some bullshit after-the-fact weaseling to cover for a mistake, to me. But don't get me wrong...it's some pretty good bullshit.