These puns came from a discussion on the Larry Niven-L mailing list which was originally about two Known Space starships on a collision course; one had to turn aside to the left to avoid a collision. How would the species of Known Space define “left”?
BY ANDY LOVE
The standard Grog response would be:
"You feel a crystalline certainty that left is the direction we say it is"
The standard Kzin response is
"Die, ambidextrous monkey-beast"
The standard puppeteer response is
"Adopting our definition of left will be profitable to you"
The standard Outsider response is (of course)
"Knowledge of true left can be purchased for 1 trillion stars..."
BY GORDON DAVIEE
Jotoki response:
"You only have *two* alternatives, and you're complaining about it?"
Though of course left would turn out to be whatever direction Teela Brown
guessed it would be.
BY FRANK W. MOORE
You forgot the Pak:
"Which definition of 'left' will benefit my descendents."
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