They begin to talk about a mythical-like

他们开始谈论一个
figure like Ned Ludd,

像内德·勒德的神秘人物
except this wasn't a real one.

但这次他不是一个真实存在的人
My favorite--

这是我最喜欢的部分
I had this former girlfriend a long time ago at Mighty Michigan,

很久以前我在密歇根大学有一个女朋友
and we were going to write a screenplay about this.

我们当时想要写一个有关此事的剧本
We never did.

未遂
One of them said, they all said,

这些人说他们都在说
"If you don't get rid of the threshing machine,

如果你们不扔掉打谷机
your agony will begin.

痛苦深渊等着你们
We will destroy your machines.

我们要毁掉你们的打谷机
We will burn you out."

我们要烧毁你们的机器