Post by karlsie on Nov 2, 2011 3:05:15 GMT -5
Good evening subverted travelers on all life's deserted highways and strange unmarked roads.
Our fearless; well maybe not quite so fearless, but fool-hardy and oblivious; editor chose to explore the alternate dimensions of what might have been and still does exist on another plane of reality; the world of steam power. But first, a word from our sponsors.
Okay kids, listen up. Your parents want you to get your trick or treating over with early so you'll go to bed, but if you eat enough candy, that just won't happen. That's right. A couple of tips: make sure you put a few handfuls of candy in your pocket before returning home, or your parents will take most of the loot and hide it. Is this fair? No. You have to dress up in a silly costume and go door to door trying to look cute so the neighbors will dish out the goodies, then have ninety percent taken away when you get home? I don't think so. And here's another tip to make sure you're sugar rushing. Hold a lollipop in each hand and try to squeeze both into your mouth at the same time. It'll be midnight before you fall asleep and you'll get to peek at the big folk behaving goofy. Remember, Halloween is for kids, not grown-ups, no matter what they say and how much they try to creep you with that bloated spider. And no, I don't think that was funny. It was sick, sick, sick.
What would it be like if our world had chosen to run off steam instead of oil? According to our hosts, Corey and Reg, the world would be much sootier as the main energy source would be coal instead of oil. People would dress in darker colors, often covered with coal dust. Accessories would lean heavily toward nuts, bolts, chains and everyone would have a tool kit containing hammers, wrenches and screw drivers. The machinery would be large, often altered with bizarre improvisations as bits and parts are sabotaged to adapt to specific needs. However, some things would not change.
There would still be romance, and there would still be the Beatles. The Beatles will survive any alternative dimensional world, although it's questionable as to whether or not we'd have Madonna.
Unfortunately, there is another aspect of the Steam Punk World that would not change. Where there's a devil, you'll still find some devil rejects.
Poor editor. I don't know if she made it safely out of the alternate world of steam powered engines, of nuts and bolts, soot and coal and the most frightful characters to place on a planet. If you never hear from her again, you'll know what happened.
Our fearless; well maybe not quite so fearless, but fool-hardy and oblivious; editor chose to explore the alternate dimensions of what might have been and still does exist on another plane of reality; the world of steam power. But first, a word from our sponsors.
Okay kids, listen up. Your parents want you to get your trick or treating over with early so you'll go to bed, but if you eat enough candy, that just won't happen. That's right. A couple of tips: make sure you put a few handfuls of candy in your pocket before returning home, or your parents will take most of the loot and hide it. Is this fair? No. You have to dress up in a silly costume and go door to door trying to look cute so the neighbors will dish out the goodies, then have ninety percent taken away when you get home? I don't think so. And here's another tip to make sure you're sugar rushing. Hold a lollipop in each hand and try to squeeze both into your mouth at the same time. It'll be midnight before you fall asleep and you'll get to peek at the big folk behaving goofy. Remember, Halloween is for kids, not grown-ups, no matter what they say and how much they try to creep you with that bloated spider. And no, I don't think that was funny. It was sick, sick, sick.
What would it be like if our world had chosen to run off steam instead of oil? According to our hosts, Corey and Reg, the world would be much sootier as the main energy source would be coal instead of oil. People would dress in darker colors, often covered with coal dust. Accessories would lean heavily toward nuts, bolts, chains and everyone would have a tool kit containing hammers, wrenches and screw drivers. The machinery would be large, often altered with bizarre improvisations as bits and parts are sabotaged to adapt to specific needs. However, some things would not change.
There would still be romance, and there would still be the Beatles. The Beatles will survive any alternative dimensional world, although it's questionable as to whether or not we'd have Madonna.
Unfortunately, there is another aspect of the Steam Punk World that would not change. Where there's a devil, you'll still find some devil rejects.
Poor editor. I don't know if she made it safely out of the alternate world of steam powered engines, of nuts and bolts, soot and coal and the most frightful characters to place on a planet. If you never hear from her again, you'll know what happened.
