Trope-a-Day: Measuring the Marigolds

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@Jade Nekotenshi <nekotenshi0@gmail.com> on 2016-10-21 10:47:41 wrote

“feth-witted” - it’s not exactly often I see that turn of phrase outside of the DakkaDakka 40k forum. And yet, it fits

@Alistair Young <athanasius.skytower@arkane-systems.net> on 2016-10-21 10:57:26 wrote

I blame Ciaphas Cain.

@Specialist290 <specialist290@hughes.net> on 2016-10-21 19:32:55 wrote

Except “feth” is the slur of choice among Gaunt’s Ghosts. Cain is a bit more fond of “frak”

@Alistair Young <athanasius.skytower@arkane-systems.net> on 2016-10-31 12:35:49 wrote

Don’t know where I got it from, then, as the Cain books are the only WH40K I’ve read.

@Specialist290 <specialist290@hughes.net> on 2016-10-30 10:11:57 wrote

It just hit me that in light of their “Nothing ineffable must be left uneffed” attitude, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the observer effect must drive the Imperials absolutely 'round the bend.

@Alistair Young <athanasius.skytower@arkane-systems.net> on 2016-10-31 12:37:33 wrote

Jeness Rafientar, the chap who discovered the Indeterminacy Barrier (as 'twas known locally), spent pretty much the entire rest of his increasingly-frustrated career trying to find a way to work around it.

@Specialist290 <specialist290@hughes.net> on 2016-11-02 17:09:15 wrote

How did he end up? Is he still at it?