Sunday 23 November 2008

Narrator: Data mining (Read: "Hacking") from the comfort of the mercenary warship Touch-And-Go.

Ennesby: Thurl, why would humans be trafficking in "fuller's soap?"

Thurl: What is fuller's soap?

Ennesby: It's an alkali used for whitening wool prior to dying it. I don't think it's seen use since the invention of bleach.

Thurl: What does twenty-first century anime have to do with whitening wool?

Ennesby: How long has it been since you did your own laundry?

Ennesby: Thurl, I think "fuller's soap" is a code-word for fullerened antimatter.

Thurl: Could be. Fullerenes were named after some bucky kat fuller guy.

Ennesby: And in some earth religions, fuller's soap was used a metaphor for purification.

Thurl: Are you suggesting that we might have a religious nut referring to antimatter using a code-word that also means "purification?"

Ennesby: Gives you a bit of a chill, doesn't it?

Ennesby: Or perhaps a "hot flash."