my speed is as the speed of ten

[Scot LaFaive]

You just blew my mind.

BTW, I too watched that movie. Well, some of it. Until I couldn't take
anymore and had to turn it.

Scot

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Sci-Fi Channel's 2007 film _Grendel_ begins with a voiceover explaining
> that
> Beowulf of the Geeks ( he says /gits/ but few will hear it that way) had
> the
> "strength of ten and the speed of a hundred."
>
> So if you line up a hundred fat guys who can barely move and have them
> race,
> that's _at least_ how fast Beowulf was.
>
> With a small head start Beo could beat the Flash, because by the time the
> Flash could make up half the distance, Beo would have moved ahead even
> farther, _ad infinitum_.  That's just logic!
>
> _Ad infinitum_ -- and beyond!
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