[trapped on top of a boulder by a Graboid, Val, Earl, and Rhonda are thinking of explanations for where the creatures came from]
Valentine McKee: [joking] I've got it: They're mutations caused by radiation. No, wait- the government made 'em. *Big* surprise for the Russians.
Rhonda LeBeck: Well, there's nothing like them in the fossil record. Okay, so they predate the fossil record. [not buying it herself] That'd make them a couple of billion years old, and we've just never seen one until now. Right.
Earl Bassett: I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys.
Valentine McKee: [joking] I've got it: They're mutations caused by radiation. No, wait- the government made 'em. *Big* surprise for the Russians.
Rhonda LeBeck: Well, there's nothing like them in the fossil record. Okay, so they predate the fossil record. [not buying it herself] That'd make them a couple of billion years old, and we've just never seen one until now. Right.
Earl Bassett: I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys.
[ trapped on top of a boulder by a Graboid, Val, Earl, and Rhonda are thinking of explanations for where the creatures came from ]
Valentine McKee : [ joking ] I've got it: They're mutations caused by radiation. No, wait- the government made 'em. *Big* surprise for the Russians.
Rhonda LeBeck : Well, there's nothing like them in the fossil record. Okay, so they predate the fossil record. [ not buying it herself ] That'd make them a couple of billion years old, and we've just never seen one until now. Right.
Earl Bassett : I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys.
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