Borg silliness

[Lumpy]

Two rather MPSIMS on the subject of the Borg.

First, I'm suprised someone hasn't dubbed the Borg Queen "Borgia".

Second, I keep seeing in my mind's eye the Borg drones marching along whiling singing the Witch's guards chant from Wizard of Oz:
"Ooo - eeeee - hoo! Yooo - ho!"

[Johnny L.A.]

I'd always wandered if there was a Borg named Warner.
(Borg-Warner is an auto part of some sort, IIRC from my youth.)

[Ike Witt]

Do you think that the Borg are all good tennis players?

[pluto]

And are all the Danish Borgs named Victor?

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

WE ARE THE BORG-SMURF. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE A-SMURFALATED.

[neuro-trash grrrl]

I am Tweety of Borg. I tawt I assimiwated a puddy tat! I did! I did assimiwate a puddy tat!

[Unauthorized Cinnamon]

I'm an attorney, and we had a big serious case involving a company named . . . Rauland-Borg. I couldn't keep from snickering once in a while. "NOW THEREFORE, the Plaintiff prays the court that the Defendant be assimilated . . ."

[MrWhipple]

Second, I keep seeing in my mind's eye the Borg drones marching along whiling singing the Witch's guards chant from Wizard of Oz:
"Ooo - eeeee - hoo! Yooo - ho!"

I believe the Wicked Witch of the West's guards are singing "Oh we love the old one."

Can anyone confirm this?

[Homer]

Borg Warner makes shifters and transmissions.

--Tim

[Dragwyr]

In the next room, they are playing the Cat in the Hat so...

Borg,Hat
in French Borg, chapeu,
in Spanish, El Borgo en el Sombrero...

[Esprix]

"I am Homer of Borg. You will be... Ooo! Donuts!"

The brand name of the scale in my parents' bathroom is Borg. Every time I stand on it I'm afraid little assimilation tubules will come out and assimilate my feet.

:wally

Esprix

[CalMeacham]

One of the more popular baby carriers is called the "Baby Bjorn". Of course, I couldn't call it that, of course. I started to call it the "Baby Borg". Eventually I got my wife saying it, too, without her meaning to.

[katana]

there is a borg warner in my town, Ithaca NY, i swam in the pool there too, strange... i never really new what part they make,..

[madd1]

I believe the Wicked Witch of the West's guards are singing "Oh we love the old one."

Can anyone confirm this?

Close, it is "Oh we love No one."

[Flutterby]

http://www.plif.com/archive/wc036.gif

[AWB]

I had dreams of dressing my newborn daughter up like a Borg for Halloween (she'll be 7 months old). But I think my wife would kill me.

[lurkernomore]

Two rather MPSIMS on the subject of the Borg.

First, I'm suprised someone hasn't dubbed the Borg Queen "Borgia".

Second, I keep seeing in my mind's eye the Borg drones marching along whiling singing the Witch's guards chant from Wizard of Oz:
"Ooo - eeeee - hoo! Yooo - ho!"

No, but her head consort is Cyrus. Just call him Cy....

[CalMeacham]

Nancy Leibowitz, who sells calligraphic buttons at sf cons (and had a site at http://www.nancybuttons.com that seems to have vanished) sells several "borg" buttons, including the "Homer of Borg" one cited above. My favorite is:

"Welcome to Borger King. Have it our way. Your way is irrelevant."


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"Tell Zeno I'm willing to meet him halfway."

[Arnold Winkelried]

originally posted by madd1

Close, it is "Oh we love No one."

And, madd1, you know this how? (I've never heard this interpretation of the Winkies' song.)

[Karen Too]

Its: "All we are, we owe her"

[pluto]

If you play Pink Floyd's The Wall while watching The Wizard of Oz you'll find they are actually saying, "If you don't eat your meat, you won't get any pudding. How can you get pudding if you don't eat your meat?". However, if you play the Beatle's White Album while watching Star Trek: First Contact you'll find that "Oh Bla Di" is still the best song on the album.

If you play "Love Me Tender" while watching a Burger King commercial Elvis will appear.

If you play any song by Lyle Lovett backwards while staring at the sun, the Borg will pop out of hyperspace and assimilate you. Kids, don't do this at home! I lost my brother and a cocker spaniel this way.

From IMDb trivia for Star Trek: First Contact:

The eyepieces of the Borg flash the Morse code of the names of people associated with the production.

I hope this has cleared all this up.

[Lumpy]

Now we have a mystery. Just what the hell are the Winkie guards chanting? The version I posted is from a Wizard of Oz web site, but who knows if they got it right?

[Lumpy]

P.S., found the reference.

http://www.westol.com/~wizardoz/script12.htm

[Lumpy]

P.S.S. Here's a site where you can get a .WAV of the chant and judge for yourself!

http://www.moviesounds.com/oz.html

[GuanoLad]

I once tried to convince a friend of mine to name his Trek influenced BBS "Smorgas-borg" but he wouldn't go for it.

"I am Dyslexic of Borg. Prepare to have your ass laminated."

[SPOOFE]

Now we have a mystery. Just what the hell are the Winkie guards chanting? The version I posted is from a Wizard of Oz web site, but who knows if they got it right?

Simple. Their chant is made up of a repeating pattern of "o"s and "e"s. "O-e-o..." etc.

Why must things be more complicated than that?

And as for the borg... am I the only one familiar with the X-men storyline dealing with the Phalanx? The Phalanx were basically Borg on crack, and they were uglier (but they didn't have huge, cubular starships).

[lolagranola]

I am Yoda of Borg. Assimilate you, we will.