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Fighter Aces...

#1 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:43 pm

A place for people like Arnold Rimmer's brother...



but also people like...
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#2 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:46 pm

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Re: Fighter Aces...

#3 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:39 am

The creators of the series acknowledge that Rimmer's surname comes from a snobby prefect with whom they attended school. They joke that only the boy's name was used, and not his personality because that would imply he had one.
One wonders who that was. :YMPARTY:
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Re: Fighter Aces...

#4 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:00 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:39 am
The creators of the series acknowledge that Rimmer's surname comes from a snobby prefect with whom they attended school. They joke that only the boy's name was used, and not his personality because that would imply he had one.
One wonders who that was. :YMPARTY:
Ex-Ascot, have you taken to signing your letters with the Ace monicker? :)
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