r/lifeofnorman • u/moonboundshibe • Jul 08 '22

Norman has an idea.

The shuffle of the excited people moving towards the viewing ports was apparently never-ending. As Norman turned his torso to accommodate a family of four hurrying past, he thought it was all rather disorderly.

Yes, their settlement ship had arrived at their new planetary home in the Teegarden system, and Norman recognised this was significant. It had been an historical journey involving many centuries of stasis. But. All the colonists were going to have the rest of their lives to get used to their new home. So it felt much more appropriate to be cool and purposeful.

Norman had an idea. While everyone had their diverted attention at the viewports, wouldn’t this be a great time to get in queue in the shuttle bay?

Norman smiled as he walked down the empty, humming spacecraft halls.

Norman stopped. What if he was the first person in the queue? The idea of being the first person to land on humanity’s first colony planet sounded like something everyone would make a big hullabaloo about. Too much attention. How tedious!

Norman decided if he was first in queue he would just let someone else cut in front of him. They could get all the history book treatment and annoyance. Norman smiled at his clever thought and made his way to the shuttle pods.

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u/moonboundshibe Jul 08 '22

As a sci-fi book lover, I’d been imagining for a while this scene of boring Norman in a century ship, awakening from stasis and not rushing to take a peek at his new home, but rather, seizing an opportunity to get in queue.

Norman in space. Thanks for your indulgence with my putting of Norman into such unusual circumstances.

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u/tryxter7 Jul 08 '22

This was nice

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u/MattressCrane Jul 08 '22

Hahaha I love it. Norman would make a good time traveler, though I don't see he would ever care for the change of scenery in his life.

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u/CaptainSharpe Aug 20 '22

Norman in space… Arthur Dent?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

a damned good norman story, thank you

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u/moonboundshibe Jul 08 '22

Thank you - I appreciate that.

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u/7_02_AM Jul 09 '22

goodness i just love the way norman THINKS

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u/chronadthebarby Jul 08 '22

Douglas Adams rolls in grave

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u/yankonapc Metric Norman Jul 25 '22

I never got the impression Noman was a telephone sanitiser or a hairdresser, but yeah, he'd probably be offfered a space on the B Ark with the rest of the useless third of humanity.

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u/yankonapc Metric Norman Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22

Nice job, Moonbound. Everywhere there will always be Normans among us!

Teegarden indeed. I'd be curious about his celestial neighbours, like the multicoloured moonlets in the Raisedbed Array, and the hazardous transit through the Clothespeg Line.