i now have an image of a street sweeper with a proton pack
i wish ghosts were real, just so that proton packs could be real
( spacefish committing suicide to free the zombie!, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 12:31, archived)

Why do you think those sludge-gulper trucks need to have a big round chamber on the back?
The ghosts get washed into the drains, and have to be sucked out by a portable cyclotron.

It's the idea that you could fit one in a backpack that's just utterly preposterous.
( joefish Are we human - Or are we denser?, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 13:09, archived)