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Scorpion King Gets the Point (SPOILERS)

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Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey

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Dec 4, 2002, 1:38:06 PM12/4/02
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My wife Kelley and I rented *The Scorpion King* last week
(brief review: don't bother) and settled down to watch this
action-packed film.

[Spoilers ahead...]


Near the end of the movie, the Scorpion King-- who is not a king yet, he's
just Scorpion Guy-- storms the bad guy's citadel.

Hacking and hewing at foes, he enters a room. There he finds his own
beloved bow, which the Boss Bad Guy had confiscated earlier. It has been
established that Scorpion Guy is really, really good at archery.

Then enemy archers appear. Ouch! Scorpion Guy is shot in the back!

Then the Boss Bad Guy enters. Shoot him! Shoot him! But Scorpion Guy
has no arrows.

He reaches behind him and (OUCH!!) yanks out the arrow that's embedded in
his shoulder. He nocks the arrow and shoots the Boss Bad Guy.

I turn to Kelley. "Look!" I say. "He's all aquiver!"

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Nels E Satterlund

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Dec 4, 2002, 3:29:40 PM12/4/02
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Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey wrote:
>
> My wife Kelley and I rented *The Scorpion King* last week
> (brief review: don't bother) and settled down to watch this
> action-packed film.
>
> [Spoilers ahead...]
>
Snipped

I can't believe I read the whole thing.

Bad Man

Nels


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Del Cotter

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Dec 4, 2002, 6:41:49 PM12/4/02
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey <hig...@fnal.gov> said:

>I turn to Kelley. "Look!" I say. "He's all aquiver!"

And she hasn't divorced you? Astonishing.

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Mark Evans

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Dec 5, 2002, 9:53:11 AM12/5/02
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Del Cotter (d...@branta.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
: Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey <hig...@fnal.gov> said:

: >I turn to Kelley. "Look!" I say. "He's all aquiver!"

: And she hasn't divorced you? Astonishing.

Divorce? He is lucky to still be alive.

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Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey

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Dec 5, 2002, 3:25:57 PM12/5/02
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On 5 Dec 2002, Mark Evans wrote:

> Del Cotter (d...@branta.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> : On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
> : Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey <hig...@fnal.gov> said:
>
> : >I turn to Kelley. "Look!" I say. "He's all aquiver!"
>
> : And she hasn't divorced you? Astonishing.
>
> Divorce? He is lucky to still be alive.

Indeed, she is a remarkably tolerant woman.

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Daniel R. Reitman

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Dec 15, 2002, 2:53:21 AM12/15/02
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On 5 Dec 2002 09:53:11 -0500, mev...@gcfn.org (Mark Evans) wrote:
>Del Cotter (d...@branta.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
>: Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey <hig...@fnal.gov> said:

>: >I turn to Kelley. "Look!" I say. "He's all aquiver!"

>: And she hasn't divorced you? Astonishing.

>Divorce? He is lucky to still be alive.

Perhaps, but her response must have been an arrowing experience.

Dan, ad nauseam

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