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"Oh my God!" Gordon howled. He was rolling on the floor in Dom's apartment, laughing hysterically, arms over his belly, eyes streaming with tears. "That is just too funny! Aliens from Jupiter!"
Dom, who had been laughing too, asked, "Have you never heard of them before?"
Gordon shook his head. "No! Never! And I'm sure we'd have seen them before now if they'd been at any rescue!" He laughed some more. "Oh, that is too rich!"
Josh clapped his hands and laughed, then toddled over to the still prone Gordon. He made as if to jump on Gordon's belly, but was caught and held in the air at arms' length.
"Hey, little man, no fair tackling a guy when he's down!"
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At the Regis, it was Virgil who had tears streaming down his face from the interview with the aliens. He smacked his brother on the arm. "Hey, John! Picked up any messages from 'home' lately?"
John, trying hard to hold back the laughter and look severe, said, "Idiots! We're from Mars, not Jupiter!"
Grandma gave him a sly, knowing smile and corrected him. "Only half are from Mars, dear. The other half are from Venus."
This set John off, and Virgil fell off the sofa laughing.
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Scott glared at his younger brother. Alan was laughing so hard that he was choking. Scott leaned over and pounded him on the back. "It's not that funny."
Alan looked up at Scott through bleary eyes. "H-How can you...say that?! I'm...dying here!" He took a deep breath, trying to steady himself, then with another look at the television, burst out laughing again.
Scott rolled his eyes, but this time a hint of a smile appeared on his face. "I guess it does explain Gordon."
This time Alan fell off the couch, and a moment later Scott joined in the laughter.
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Elise, Kat, Callie, Nikki and Tin-Tin stared at the screen in various stages of shock and disbelief. "Tell me I didn't hear what I thought I heard." Nikki said.
Elise shook her head. "Aliens? We're aliens?"
"A few of us maybe, but not us girls," Callie added.
They all giggled. "I can't imagine some people actually believing in things like this!" Kat commented.
"That they do. Most people will believe nearly anything they hear," Tin-Tin told them. "However, I've never heard this one before!"
Nikki frowned thoughtfully for a moment. "You know, this explains Dom's accent. He's not really Irish after all! He's...what did they call us? Tryikalican!!" They all burst out laughing.
"We're going to have a lot of fun with this!" Callie grinned mischievously.
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"Gimme that pillow!"
Jeff handed over the spare pillow and Dianne wrapped it around her abdomen, hugging herself hard. "Oh, God, it hurts!"
An alarm went off as Dianne's blood oxygen levels dropped. Jeff hurriedly donned his hat and visor as a nurse came rushing in.
"Doc?! Are you all right?" the nurse cried as she turned off the squealing alarm.
"Y-Yes!" Dianne replied between gasps, tears of both pain and mirth on her face. "It just hurts to laugh so much!"
The nurse's face brightened with comprehension. "Oh! I see! The weirdos! We're watching that, too! Man, where did those kooks come from?"
"They already told you," Jeff said with a grin. "They came from Jupiter."
"I believe it!" the nurse replied. "Come on, Doc. This is no time to start hyperventilating."
"I'll... I'll be all right. Just let me get calmed down," Dianne gasped. She closed her eyes and tried to breathe through her nose. Eventually, she calmed, and her blood oxygen levels looked better. The nurse, satisfied, left, and Jeff took off his visor and hat once more.
"I hope there are no more surprises like that in this show," he said, shaking his head.
"Shouldn't be," said Dianne as she lay back, exhausted. "As I recall, the only things left are the rescue of the King of Thailand, and the most recent stuff."
He nodded. "You're right. But I'm beginning to think this show has a good purpose after all."
"Hmm?" Dianne questioned wordlessly.
"We've been made aware of some public perceptions that we might not otherwise have known. Like our... 'brethren' out there." Jeff rolled his eyes and Dianne let go of a strangled laugh. "For me, it's nice to put a face to some of the people we've rescued. I hear about them second or third hand and it's like meeting them in a way."
"Um hmm." Dianne nodded sleepily. "Shush now. The commercial's over. Here comes the next segment."
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Brains stared, open mouthed, at the view screen. "Crazy, absolutely crazy!" He shook his head. "Aliens! From Jupiter! Everyone knows Jupiter is made up of hydrogen and helium. There's no way a sentient organism can evolve from a gas giant!" He shook his head again. "Crazy..."
--reaction time from Lillehafrue and Tikatu on 11/22/2006
  
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