# Earl Grey... Hot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176 "2006-09-18T15:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/81 "2006-09-19T22:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] See how nice that sounds? [/QUOTE] I think that might be the real answer. Saying the line that way gave Patrick Stewart a chance to do something with the words, and his way of speaking makes most lines sound more interesting than they are. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/82 "2006-10-06T19:50:15Z")
[QUOTE=spifflog] You can put a man on Ceti Alpha Six… [/QUOTE] No you can’t. Ceti Alpha Six exploded. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/83 "2006-10-07T02:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] > [@SiXSwordS](#): > > Computer, I like my coffee like I like my women… > > Maybe not. Asian and into plants? [/QUOTE] Hot and strong… with a spoon in them. ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/84 "2006-10-07T03:40:54Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Now, trivia time…how does O’Brien take his coffee? [/QUOTE] Coffee. Jamaican blend. Double strong. Double sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/85 "2006-10-07T15:16:25Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] “Set a course for… my tummy!” [/QUOTE] Don’t you mean “Uranus”? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/86 "2006-10-07T20:29:24Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] I thought the computer’s name was Hot, like Hal in 2001. You know: “Earl Gray, Hot.” [/QUOTE] I don’t think so, Dave. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Figment](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@Figment](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figment)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/87 "2006-10-07T21:46:51Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Don’t you mean “Uranus”? [/QUOTE] Speaking of that, what actually happens to all the human excrement? Does it also go back into the replicator for recycling? I can just see Riker taking a dump in the replicator… Picard’s Earl Gray would be some sick, sick concotion in that case :eek:. Or is it expelled out of the ship? That would create some wicked rings to navigate between when docking DS9 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/88 "2006-10-08T00:17:40Z")
Your mention of _Deep Space Nine_ is appropiate considering how often [Waste extraction](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Waste_extraction_system) is mentioned in its later seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176/89 "2006-10-08T00:22:51Z")
I always assumed that the default setting of temperature for tea on the Enterprise was different to what Picard liked - and so instead of having to say “Earl Grey, 70 degrees” every time, he just programmed the computer to give him his preferred temperature when he said “hot”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earl-grey-hot/373176.md?page=4)