>>>The Thing can lift 85 tons over his head and survive direct artillery
>>>hits unharmed. Hoffman's only 3 Gs. :)
>>
>>So, basically, he could survive a round of "howdy's" at a Hoffmanite
>>family reunion. Gotcha.
>>
>><grin>
>
>Wouldn't last long. I'm sure each Hoffmanite would be wincing at the
>first hit of greeting. ("Hello!" *wham* "....owwwwww.")

Hmm I got an image of the thing learning about
'the local custom' on hoffman
and er... basically putting the whole planet
into the hospitals for a few days. :)

*thing* "HEY! Nice ta' meetcha! Oh look I havent
said hi to that guy yet!" WHAMM! bounce WHAM!
"HEY! Nice ta' meetcha!" *thing*