Bespin Copilot 10,731 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Turning 52… in few days... please sign my Golden Book before I officially become vintage.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,173 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 52 is the new 30 Bespin Copilot 1
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 In a few days, you'll develop a sudden interest in bingo. Bespin Copilot 1
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 3 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said: In a few days, you'll develop a sudden interest in bingo. 2 hours ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: And countryside walks 1 hour ago, Nick1Ø66 said: And show tunes. 37 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: And back pain. What we're trying to say, Bespin, and failing miserably, is... Bespin Copilot 1
Popular Post Nick1Ø66 8,119 Posted February 28 Popular Post Posted February 28 Surely, the best of times. Andy, Naïve Old Fart and Bespin Copilot 3
Andy 7,543 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Happy belated birthday. I'm turning 54 this year, it just gets better and better! You're gonna love it. Bespin Copilot 1
Naïve Old Fart 12,881 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 On 28/02/2026 at 1:23 AM, Bespin Copilot said: Turning 52… in few days... please sign my Golden Book before I officially become vintage. 7 hours ago, Andy said: Happy belated birthday. I'm turning 54 this year, it just gets better and better! You're gonna love it. 52? 54? You two are just a slip of a lad. Andy and Bespin Copilot 2
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 This is depressing. Remind me never to celebrate my birthday on JWFan.
Andy 7,543 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Dammit, Bespin. Other people have birthdays. Why are we treating yours like a funeral? * Sorry for the Trek quote in your own birthday thread. Bespin Copilot 1
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 10 minutes ago, Andy said: Dammit, Bespin. Other people have birthdays. Why are we treating yours like a funeral? * Sorry for the Trek quote in your own birthday thread. Which reminds me, an acquaintance wants me to attend a birthday party during which we'll be invited to talk about her as if she was dead. Wonderful. Andy and Bespin Copilot 1 1
Tallguy 7,276 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Happy Birthday. No depressing. This is awesome. We're a goofy bunch of people. (Someday you'll wonder how you didn't realize how YOUNG you were when you were 52.) Naïve Old Fart and Bespin Copilot 2
Popular Post Andy 7,543 Posted March 4 Popular Post Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Mr. Hooper said: Which reminds me, an acquaintance wants me to attend a birthday party during which we'll be invited to talk about her as if she was dead. Wonderful. There was an episode of Little House on the Prairie where this old woman fakes her death so that her kids will finally come visit her from out of state. I have brain cells that have the one job of retaining things like this. Tallguy, Mr. Hooper and Naïve Old Fart 2 1
Bespin Copilot 10,731 Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 I'm afraid of level 52, I have to avoid all those holes!
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 5 Posted March 5 I hired Level 42 to perform at your party. It was the closest I could find. Naïve Old Fart and Bespin Copilot 1 1
Popular Post Tallguy 7,276 Posted March 5 Popular Post Posted March 5 4 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said: I hired Level 42 to perform at your party. It was the closest I could find. I got that beat. I got that beat. Naïve Old Fart, Mr. Hooper and Bespin Copilot 2 1
Popular Post Sweeping Strings 3,381 Posted March 5 Popular Post Posted March 5 Happy Birthday, Bes ... I'm turning 55 later this month, and am going for beers with buddies tomorrow night and to see a stand-up comedian on Sunday night. And there'll be other nights out this month, too. Fight late middle-age decrepitude, lol! Bespin Copilot, Andy and Mr. Hooper 2 1
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 I think Jean Benoit is asking for a hazing from us older venerable members. benoitjean 1
Xander Harris 9,546 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Tallguy 7,276 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 42 minutes ago, Xander Harris said: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times Message?
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 44 minutes ago, Xander Harris said: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times "Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa... Which was it?" (RIP George Wendt.) Tallguy 1
Xander Harris 9,546 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 None that I am conscious. Except, of course… *censored due to forum political rules* Happy birthday. Okay, what I was going to say which is totally apolitical is, what man really celebrates his birthday? At some point, it’s a burden and something you just ignore. Yes, like Admiral Kirk, you solemnly sip Romulan Ale with Bones surrounded by your gun collection. It’s women who make a fuss about their birthdays and it’s some bizarre form of narcissism. They take the week off to celebrate it. They post it on Insta, usually scantily clad with performative balloons and asinine captions. Bespin, come on. Get naked. Or get a gun collection.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,173 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Not a single track by John Williams. You should be ashamed of yourself. Bespin Copilot 1
BloodBoal 8,522 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 But there is a Aznavour track! All is forgiven! Bespin Copilot 1
Bespin Copilot 10,731 Posted March 6 Author Posted March 6 Can I offer you something to drink? Whisky, Maple Syrup, Mr. Clean?
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,173 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Justin fucking Timberlake! I was too old for that and i'm far younger than Bes. Desperate! Just now, Bespin Copilot said: Can I offer you something to drink? Whisky, Maple Syrup, Mr. Net? Whiskey with maple syrup please. Slightly warmed. Bespin Copilot 1
Andy 7,543 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 1 hour ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: Whiskey with maple syrup please. Slightly warmed. YES. Delicious. Dash of lemon and you’re set. Tallguy 1
Edmilson 12,209 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 @Bespin Copilot: Are you ready to learn The Secrets of the 52? Bespin Copilot 1
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 16 hours ago, Edmilson said: @Bespin Copilot: Are you ready to learn The Secrets of the 52? 9 minutes ago, Bespin Copilot said: Yes? Edmilson—give him The Secrets of the 52! Hesitant though he may be to receive them!
Bespin Copilot 10,731 Posted March 7 Author Posted March 7 If he doesn't reveal his secret, I'll reveal mine.
Edmilson 12,209 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 47 minutes ago, Bespin Copilot said: Yes? 36 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said: Edmilson—give him The Secrets of the 52! Hesitant though he may be to receive them! It's a DC Comics thing. To summarize it, between the early 60s and 1985, DC had an infinite multiverse, or, in other words, a Multiverse composed of an infinite number of parallel universes. Because, by the late 70s, DC's continuity was getting too convoluted, they did a miniseries called Crisis on Infinite Earths, which was published in 1985. It sees an old, evil and powerful being named Anti Monitor destroying the Multiverse and simply erasing the infinite universes. The heroes from multiple universes gathered for a final confrontation and managed to defeat the monster, but by the end of the battle there weren't multiple Earths anymore. Just one, condensing the continuity of many different Earths into a single, unified narrative. No one even remembered there was a Multiverse before. DC writers tried to bring back the Multiverse multiple times, but it only happened 20 years later, in an event named Infinite Crisis, where, after a bunch of comic book shenanigans too convoluted to explain, the Multiverse was back. But no one in the DC Universe knew that yet, except for a selected few, like the characters seen in the panel I posted. The secret of the 52 is that, at that time (mid 2000s), there was 52 parallel universes. Not an infinite number, just 52. And that if the main Earth (the Earth where all of the Batman and Superman adventures in the main continuity happen) was destroyed, the whole Multiverse would be destroyed, because the 52 parallel Earths rest upon the main Earth. The battle to protect the Earth and prevent the collapse of the Multiverse was the main plot for many big DC events at the time, such as The Sinestro Corps War (from where this panel is taken) and Final Crisis (where Darkseid takes over Earth, is killed by Batman but before he dies he sends Bruce into a trip through time, and is finally defeated by Superman singing a tune - trust me, even comic book diehards struggle with this one). Bespin Copilot 1
Mr. Hooper 8,623 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 2 hours ago, Edmilson said: It's a DC Comics thing. To summarize it, between the early 60s and 1985, DC had an infinite multiverse, or, in other words, a Multiverse composed of an infinite number of parallel universes. Because, by the late 70s, DC's continuity was getting too convoluted, they did a miniseries called Crisis on Infinite Earths, which was published in 1985. It sees an old, evil and powerful being named Anti Monitor destroying the Multiverse and simply erasing the infinite universes. The heroes from multiple universes gathered for a final confrontation and managed to defeat the monster, but by the end of the battle there weren't multiple Earths anymore. Just one, condensing the continuity of many different Earths into a single, unified narrative. No one even remembered there was a Multiverse before. DC writers tried to bring back the Multiverse multiple times, but it only happened 20 years later, in an event named Infinite Crisis, where, after a bunch of comic book shenanigans too convoluted to explain, the Multiverse was back. But no one in the DC Universe knew that yet, except for a selected few, like the characters seen in the panel I posted. The secret of the 52 is that, at that time (mid 2000s), there was 52 parallel universes. Not an infinite number, just 52. And that if the main Earth (the Earth where all of the Batman and Superman adventures in the main continuity happen) was destroyed, the whole Multiverse would be destroyed, because the 52 parallel Earths rest upon the main Earth. The battle to protect the Earth and prevent the collapse of the Multiverse was the main plot for many big DC events at the time, such as The Sinestro Corps War (from where this panel is taken) and Final Crisis (where Darkseid takes over Earth, is killed by Batman but before he dies he sends Bruce into a trip through time, and is finally defeated by Superman singing a tune - trust me, even comic book diehards struggle with this one). And thus, The Secret to Falling Asleep in the Middle of Something has been conferred upon Bespin! Tallguy and Bespin Copilot 1 1
Xander Harris 9,546 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 I’ll never live to your age. I’ll be dead by then, thank God.
Bespin Copilot 10,731 Posted March 8 Author Posted March 8 You are an old soul like me. The difference is that I assume my sexuality.
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