wrincewind

I think it means that she'd fly over to them and make a noise that's roughly equivalent to 'hello yes i am hungry, feed me please? :D'

needless to say, that's not a good long-term survival strategy.

Darmok and Jalahd at Tenagra!

The door gag thing is kind of re-used in Shada, an episode of Doctor Who that was written by Douglas Adams!

ah, it was a match for John Cage's 4'33", right?

What do you mean, the test was three weeks ago?