Geekiest In-Joke Ever

I've been introducing my new flatmate to the delights of Galactica recently. We were watching an episode where President Roslyn is about to succumb to her terminal cancer, and Adama is with her.

I just couldn't resist a quick "It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?"

I'll get me coat.

Gaff

Adama

Update: Vulgar Marxism says he doesn't get this gag. Here's the punchline, since I'm such a nice guy (and since my enigmatic picture link has stopped working)...


To switch universes a moment and quote Trillian, 'anything you still can't deal with is therefore your own problem'.

John Polkinghorne Will Live Forever

From this week's Graun science podcast:

I believe death is a real thing, but I don't think it's the ultimate end, because I believe that only God is ultimate. I think I shall have a destiny beyond death, it's obviously hard to imagine in detail ... I think it's a remarkable destiny that lies ahead of us. ... I also think it's intrinsic to human beings that we do have a body, and that's why I very much accept the Christian hope of resurrection. It isn't a sort of spiritual survival ... God will, I believe, in an unimaginable but true resurrection re-embody me in a new
form*

This can mean only one thing:

All this has happened before, and will happen again.

John Polkinghorne, yesterday.

*Whilst these are Polkinghorne's actual words, I may have edited them for comic effect (although they are in the original order. I've just cut some qualifying statements about harps and angels out).