As I sit at my desk, sipping my tea, a thought occurs to me:
Why does Jean-Luc have to specify that he wants his tea hot? I mean, it’s a nice catch-phrase, but really, is the temperature at which tea is imbibed so varried in the future that a person needs to tell the computer to make his tea hot?
I can just see what desert with Jean-Luc might be like:
But surely the computer can identify the person and recall his/her preferences? Picard should be able to just say “tea” and get a cup of hot Earl Grey.
By the way, is Earl Grey good cold? I’ve never tried it but it seems it might be nice.
"Why not share this with your friends?’
“Because,” said Arthur tartly, “I want to keep them.”
Best comeback ever.
Seriously, I agree with Marley23 but at the same time I would think he could easily just have a “Picard” setting. I mean, he’s the damn captain. How hard would it be for the computer to make tea the same way every time?
It’s loverly. Specially if brewed with a pinch of lavender flowers and drizzled with a little honey. A dash of milk and you have the loveliest cold drink in the world.
Perhaps he feels it would be pretentious.
Perhaps Geordie says there isn’t enough RAM for individual settings. Everyone would want one.
Perhaps Westley misused his personal settings to ignore the “root” in root beer and everyone lost their privileges.
As a slight hijack does anyone remember the episode where some visiting dignitary asked Riker for a glass of cold water? Riker, trying to impress the dignitary’s hot bodyguard, looked at her with his best “I’m the studliest guy in the galaxy” look, and said “Computer, a glass of water. (pause for effect) Five degrees.” That’s what every attractive bodyguard is looking for - a guy who can get water any temperature he wants.
This is freaky - we’re just back from a fortnight in the States and I had to teach myself to ask for “hot tea” (to avoid any confusion with Pearl Tea / Ice Tea etc.) and Ponster quoted Jean-Luc !
But then one my Californian cousins also specified “Snow-skiing”. I guess it just depends what your default is or if you have one.