Earl Grey... Hot!

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.

No you can’t. Ceti Alpha Six exploded.

Hot and strong… with a spoon in them.

Coffee. Jamaican blend. Double strong. Double sweet.

Don’t you mean “Uranus”?

I don’t think so, Dave. :rolleyes:

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 :smiley:

Your mention of Deep Space Nine is appropiate considering how often Waste extraction is mentioned in its later seasons.

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”.