>>jIltob'or (classic): This is "your robot" backwards, but does anyone get how this ties in with the concept of being a classic?
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>{tob} "test" and {'or} "pilot" = "test pilot"? There is a classic movie (starring Clark Gable) named "Test Pilot", but I can find no connection
>to anyone named "Jill".
Hmmmmm . . .
>>roqlIpe' (civilian): "Apple core" backwards, but how do apple cores relate to civilian life?
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>Probably a reference to "Apple Corps", the company established by The Beatles. One of their business ventures was "Apple Tailoring
>Civil and Theatrical" which made clothes for both theatrical productions and "civilians".
Apple Corps, as in Apple Records? Well, it looks as if you've found the answer!
>>Selrach (ladder): Obviously "Charles" backwards, but googling didn't find the connection. Does Marc Okrand know a Charles Ladder
>>(or Charles Latter)?
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>Maybe Charles Lederer, the film director? (Okrand does like his movie references. But there are so many "Charles".)