Close to Home by John McPherson for July 30, 2022

You’ve been in space too long if you think she’s cute.

never pick up a girl who can play four handed bridge with herself!

“Huston…we have a problem…On second thought, ignore that. We’ll handle this ourselves.”

Plus they are not headed in the direction of Planet Zorb anyway.

She must be one of those space cadets….

Since she’s green, I’m guessing she’s an Orion. The other two arms are either fake or she was the victim of a mad scientist’s experiment funded by the Orion Syndicate. Either way, she’s not getting on my bus.

i’ve only picked up one hitchhiker in my life, back around 1979-1980, one night driving across I4 to Daytona Beach, i picked up Aileen Wuornos

Her problem is she exists in a vacuum

Like those signs along a desert road: “Eat at Joe’s. Five miles ahead”. In outer space you’ll see: “Eat at Joes! Five light years ahead!”

Well, you were wondering if there is life out there!!!

Guess she didn’t have a The Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic.

Don’t trust her, she doesn’t have her towel with her.

Looks like Great Grandpa Kirk wants to get his alien girl freak on.

Riiight. “Hitchhiker”

What harm could it possibly do?

Does she know where her towel is?

If they’re thinking what I think they’re thinking, things a gonna get complicated.

Haven’t we seen her in a Dr. Seuss book? I say go ahead and open the pod bay doors H.A.L. …

I might make an exception in this case, for the sake of human/alien relations of course….

Someone before spaced her for reason. Don’t even slow down

Humanoid species that can survive without oxygen, for a time at least, does that capsule have an airlock?

NASA denies that Gemini XIII ever occured.

She’s a babe!

Just hang out for a few years, young lady; Bleeb will be along and he’ll give you a ride.