Baron Vladimir Harkonnen today reiterated his insistence that Arrakis possesses worms of mass destruction, despite growing skepticism that proof of WMDs will ever be found. "We know for a fact that they have worms," Vladimir said in a statement to the Emperor, "but it will take time to uncover them, as they are likely hidden deep underground." Rival houses, however, have stepped up their criticism of Harkonnen, accusing the House of exaggerating the threat of WMDs to justify "Operation Arrakis Freedom," the March 20 Harkonnen-led invasion of the desert planet. "We were told that an attack on the Empire by worm-riding Fremen was imminent," said Duke Yoshihide of House Radding. "If that was the case, Baron Harkonnen, then I ask: where are the WMDs?" Others have been more blunt in their criticism. "I think it's clear now that this was all about the spice," said Duchess Asplund, who has also called for an investigation into lucrative contracts Harkonnen awarded the Spacing Guild following the war. In addition to the question of WMDs, the Harkonnen administration has also been under fire because of continued attacks on Imperial forces by the Bene Gesserit, and because Paul "Maud'dib" Atreides -- the Fremen leader and "Ace of Spades" in the "Arrakis Most Wanted" playing-card deck -- remains at large.
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This may well be my geekiest post to date.
Let there be no doubt of that.
Brilliant.
water…water…water….
NO BLOOD FOR SPICE!!!
George W. Bush: plans within plans within plans…
I have trouble with that.
Oh, man. That is just priceless. It’s even funnier when you imagine dubya in an inflatable suit and bouncing around the oval office.
You mean he doesn’t?
I was wondering what the administration was dune about this public-relations disaster.
LET ME TAKE HIS WATER MUAD’DIB!!
That was good. :)
Very very funny…and what a coincidence. Don’t sell yourself so short…you’ve had plenty of geeky posts…plenty…some would say loads.
An acquaintance of mine points this.
i will say it once again…never get involved in a land war in asia…
Just remember…fear is the mind killer. Or was it a bullet to the head? I forget.
SPIIIIIICE!
To be even more geeky, I’ll correct your
spelling. It is ‘Fremen’ although a Google
search on ‘arrakis dune freman’ shows 119
people make the same mistake.
i harbor my worms of mass destruction in my cat’s butt.
Yep. Pretty geeky. A Toto reference probably would have drawn the line for me, but I like it.
Wow, I don’t know which of us is the bigger geek…you for writing this post, or me for actually getting it…
Excellent!! Absolutely perfect. Yeah, you *do* have to wonder about those of us who get it.
I’d like a side of worms of mass destruction to go, you know, for fishing later.
Just a little rant. Comparing Shaddam to Paul Atreides? That is a bit rich. Second of all: the Atreides possesed and used weapons of mass-destruction (they blast through the wall, circumvention the restriction that nukes were not to be used against other houses). It was a very funny post, and I am a geek for getting it, but the analogy is false.
Xarius… dude… take 2 steps back. ;)
Besides: the comparison is between W and Harkonnen.
unless of course you meant to say “saddam” vs. paul atreides, in which case you are correct in the analogy, but still wrong about the primary target of this spoof.
It’s not all that geeky, really. I mean, when it comes to SciFi fans the “Dune” series is fairly mainstream. The SciFi channel is still making new movies from it, and the successors to Mr. Herbert are writing new books in the universe. I would wonder more about those of us who *didn’t* get it. Or, sorry, are we all supposed to be 12 year olds who don’t read scifi?