THIS POST ORIGINALLY CONTAINED RUSSIAN DIALOGUE, BUT I AM REMOVING THAT IN COMPLIANCE WITH MOD-COMPREHENSION POLICY. IF THEY EVER MAKE _ME_ A MOD, I'LL COME BACK HERE AND MAKE THIS POST THE WAY IT WAS, BECAUSE THEN THERE'LL BE A MOD WHO UNDERSTANDS IT.
The retired sailor who had previously spoken with Emmett now came up and tapped Mr. Connery on the shoulder. "Excuse me, sir, but you're not the one who should be resenting Mr. Lindros, I am."
"Why is that?" asked the famous actor.
The Navy man sighed. "I had been hoping to take that Dutch lady out dancing; but with Eric Lindros here, I might as well be a cockroach for all the attention I'm going to get."
Mr. Connery immediately looked sympathetic. "Well, since this is YOUR post, you could always imagine that, say, Liv Tyler shows up and begs you to take her dancing."
The sailor pondered that. "Hmmm...the idea has merit. But maybe Gillian Norris from 'Lord of the Dance.' "
The two bearded gentlemen ended up walking off in a continued conversation, as the submarine veteran explained to the James Bond veteran why the Nautilus in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" could not possibly have squeezed into the Venetian canals.