The British Empire
Thursday was another packed day of sightseeing - Tower of London, St Paul's Cathedral, Millennium Bridge, Globe Theatre, London Eye. Instead of telling you all about the various touristy-things I did on Thursday, I'll just post this.
Pictures do tell a thousand words, but they invariably lead to questions, so I'll take questions from the floor. Yes?
Q: Is this a joke?
A: Yeah, most definitely. But the photo is real.
Q: No really. Did you photoshop that?
A: Nope. The photo is real.
Q: Really? It must be a fake. Because it looks like a picture of you with an Imperial Stormtrooper in London.
A: On the south bank of the River Thames with Big Ben behind us. Yup.
Q: Getting your picture taken with a Stormtrooper. Isn't this the sort of thing you're supposed to do at Comic Con?
A: I look forward to scintillating and erudite discussion of British history over tea and cucumber sandwiches at the San Diego Convention Center, July 26th through 29th.
Q: All joking aside. What's the deal?
A: London has gone all Star Wars geek on us. They have plans to turn Big Ben into a battle station. The ultimate power in the universe. A Madame Tussaud replica of Peter Cushing will stand in the tower as Star Wars cos-players will try to hit a thermal exhaust port two meters wide.
Q: No, really.
A: There's some art of Star Wars exhibition in the center adjacent to the British Airways London Eye. While on the way down from the London Eye, I saw that they'd run a couple guys in Storm Trooper and Galactic Commando armors out there to advertise the exhibit. I tried to keep a straight face in the picture, but I just couldn't do it. Getting my picture taken with a Storm Trooper on the River Thames was just too giggle-enducing.
Q: Isn't he a little short to be a Stormtrooper?
A: Isn't that great? I'm taller than a Stormtrooper!
Thank you everyone for your London suggestions! I'm hoping to fit some of them in, but I'm already finding that I don't have enough time to do everything I wanted to do. Not with me spending all my time hanging out with Stormtroopers...
Pictures do tell a thousand words, but they invariably lead to questions, so I'll take questions from the floor. Yes?
Q: Is this a joke?
A: Yeah, most definitely. But the photo is real.
Q: No really. Did you photoshop that?
A: Nope. The photo is real.
Q: Really? It must be a fake. Because it looks like a picture of you with an Imperial Stormtrooper in London.
A: On the south bank of the River Thames with Big Ben behind us. Yup.
Q: Getting your picture taken with a Stormtrooper. Isn't this the sort of thing you're supposed to do at Comic Con?
A: I look forward to scintillating and erudite discussion of British history over tea and cucumber sandwiches at the San Diego Convention Center, July 26th through 29th.
Q: All joking aside. What's the deal?
A: London has gone all Star Wars geek on us. They have plans to turn Big Ben into a battle station. The ultimate power in the universe. A Madame Tussaud replica of Peter Cushing will stand in the tower as Star Wars cos-players will try to hit a thermal exhaust port two meters wide.
Q: No, really.
A: There's some art of Star Wars exhibition in the center adjacent to the British Airways London Eye. While on the way down from the London Eye, I saw that they'd run a couple guys in Storm Trooper and Galactic Commando armors out there to advertise the exhibit. I tried to keep a straight face in the picture, but I just couldn't do it. Getting my picture taken with a Storm Trooper on the River Thames was just too giggle-enducing.
Q: Isn't he a little short to be a Stormtrooper?
A: Isn't that great? I'm taller than a Stormtrooper!
Thank you everyone for your London suggestions! I'm hoping to fit some of them in, but I'm already finding that I don't have enough time to do everything I wanted to do. Not with me spending all my time hanging out with Stormtroopers...
posted by Eugene at 10:09 PM
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