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Star Wars Fan Puts Himself in Carbonite
sneezesteve writes "How do you secure your nerd-cred for eternity? By acquiring a life-size replica of Han Solo in Carbonite, having Han's face removed, and replacing it with your own. 'It is made from fiberglass, and the short story is that a friend who is a special effects guy owned the piece, which was a direct casting off the original prop. He was moving, (aka getting married and yelled at) and asked me if I wanted it. I screamed a huge lispy "Yes!", and picked it up, but knew I wanted to do something cool with it. So I called my other nerdy special effects pals, and they offered to replace Harrison Ford's face with mine. I was so tired of hearing this offer in my daily life, but decided to finally consider it, so off it went.'"
From the looks of those pictures his head is a little too big, just like his ego undoubtedly must be.
Is it just me, or is his head way too big for the body? If he was ever unfrozen, his neck would instantly snap under the weight of that enormous melon.
it all sounded pretty cool, but this bit, well I just don't know.
The one thing I didn't know until later was that my friend Dana had been holding his bare ass and balls directly in front of my algae covered face while my head was encased. Talk about a missed opportunity.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
That's no moon...
...if he survives the freezing process.
...his parents must be so proud.
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We can only hope the rest of the fan base follows. It would make it much easier for their mothers to dust around them when they cleaned their basements.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qx-t3eugoM
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It's funny... laugh
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"Waiting for thesneeze.com"
Zomg, I already have to wait for my real sneezes...
Bring him and the wookie to me.
> You can take a closer look at Rob in Carbonite
No thanks. I've seen enough of Rob, closer would just be that much more uncomfortable.
How did you convince your mom to let you keep it in your room?
Did anyone else read the title and post and immediately think: "Shit, what's Adam done now?"
What if it is just turtles all the way down?
Who is more foolish? the fool who posts the quote, or the fool who comments on it?
He would have been better off getting his face remodelled to look like Harison's.
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Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
Its like hundreds of megabits of bandwidth suddenly cried out and were suddenly silenced.
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For the geek with everything... freeze them in carbonite! Have the souvenier of a lifetime when you return from your vacation to Bespin! Amaze your friends, shock your family! And you can pick and choose when you are dethawed! Wake up in a week, a month, a year, when the Cubs win the world series, it doesn't matter! So come on down and have yourself frozen today!
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I'd have taken a dump on his face and told him it was a mud mask that he needs to rub into his skin.
But that's just me....
It's spelled "virginity," not "nerd-cred."
Yes but did you get laid? A couple of hundred thousand geeks saving up for a sports car want to know?
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I can see it now: "If this were an original Harrison Ford model, it would be worth $5 million, but because your grandfather's brother* replaced Harrison Ford's handsome mug with Butt Head's, the piece is now only worth $5,000**"
Great niece nods and grits her teeth look while trying to hide her disappointment/embarrassment.
*has to be handed down to nieces/nephews -- no way this guy is breeding
** $5 adjusted for inflation
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I have altered the fiberglass replica from the original casting. Pray I do not alter it further.
There are 01 kinds of cars in the world. The General Lee, and everything else.
When I saw the pictures I thought they had frozen Napoleon Dynamite in Carbonite.