# Enterprise Bounty spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077 "2003-05-13T22:50:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/521 "2003-06-04T14:37:58Z")
You’ve seen Mother? ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/522 "2003-06-04T14:50:35Z")
Is Mother predjudiced against the Asteriskites? Well, I’ll tell the others at the big secret meeting, and then Mother will be sorry she ever crossed us. What do you mean you didn’t know there were others? There ARE others, I tell you, LOTS of others. You’ll see! You’ll be sorry you ever doubted me! Okay, then. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/523 "2003-06-04T15:23:34Z")
Mother doesn’t usually let me play with people who have secrets. I think it’s exciting. Do I get a secret decoder ring? Is there a handshake? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/524 "2003-06-04T16:51:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > \*\*Hmmm. I don’t remember ever mentioning my age. Is it the way I write? Here, let me try again. > > SNIP How old _do_ I sound? > > “I used to be with it. Then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary .” - Grandpa Simpson \*\* You sound like you’re in your 30s. Another favorite Grandpa Simpson quote: “I used to be full of piss and vinegar. Now it’s mostly vinegar.” ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/525 "2003-06-04T18:22:15Z")
**carni** : I could explain the secret handshake to you, but you have to be very flexible to do it. Why do you hink **ms. twages** does all that yoga and Pilates? It’s all about the handshake. Kn(woman of mystery)ckers ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/526 "2003-06-04T18:35:38Z")
Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/527 "2003-06-04T18:35:49Z")
Kn(In my head, I always pronounced it with an “i”)ckers, before you show anything to him, I’d make sure you meet his mother first. But only if you take a group of large men with you when you do. And whatever you do, if he suggests that a quick shower might be a nice way to freshen up, **run!**. Don’t knock the blanket, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/528 "2003-06-04T18:46:16Z")
My little sister had a blanket just like that. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/529 "2003-06-04T19:02:15Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\ ***carni** : I could explain the secret handshake to you, but you have to be very flexible to do it. Why do you hink **ms. twages** does all that yoga and Pilates? > > It’s all about the handshake. > > Kn(woman of mystery)ckers \*\* hink? hinky? 😉 Durn right. Last year I was wound up so tight(ly) that I couldn’t even manage a simple shoulder-stand. Now t’ain’t nothin’. Elasticity, yes. I’m just being careful not to do any yoga-ing of my tongue, 'cause I don’t want to wind up with a tongue like Phlox’s. \<–ham-handed attempt to return thread to Enterprise-ing state. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/530 "2003-06-04T19:49:24Z")
**Kn\*ckers** : You being a young’n like myself makes you _cooler_. 😛 I was beginning to think I was literally the only twentysomething Enterprise Doper (aside from maybe **Tars** ). Not that there’s anything wrong with that, though… most of my friends online are five to fifteen (and in some cases, twenty or more) years older than I am. 🙂 **Linus** : I read some post of yours somewhere that you mentioned doing something twenty-five years ago or somethin’. Until that point, I’d assumed you were about 28 or so too. Again, not that I mind. **viva** ’s pushin’ forty and she’s probably my favorite Doper. _ducks tossed shoe_ 😃 _sniff_ What I’m basically sayin’ is that I love _all_ you guys… even **tracer**. Group hug! ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/531 "2003-06-04T20:00:59Z")
**viva** , honey, you KNOW that tongue comment is going to get you flak from the fellas, don’t you? Just making sure. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/532 "2003-06-04T20:03:36Z")
Bah, I overlook the obvious joke to compliment you and I get ignored. Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/533 "2003-06-04T20:06:55Z")
I’m all befuddled now, learning all the TrekDoper’s approximate ages, because they’re never even close to what I thought. I give up. I KNOW you’re all fifteen, IRL, so just stop makin’ shit up, 'kay? Gah. Kn(seriously wigged out. Need to go home.)ckers ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/534 "2003-06-04T20:09:17Z")
I have a learner’s permit. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/535 "2003-06-04T20:10:54Z")
_still ignored_ _weeps like a little girl_ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/536 "2003-08-23T01:08:03Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before, but…Aren’t Vulcan MALES the only ones who go through _pon farr_ ? Spock mentions this in “Amok Time,” Tuvok goes through it in VOY, and Saavik tells it to David in ST3. So why does T’Pol have to deal with it at all? Only for the Panda’s sake? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/537 "2003-08-23T03:57:26Z")
I’m still waiting for **Kn\*ckers** to thank me. (On-topic, I’m not sure if it’s ever been said for sure that it’s only a male thing. Granted, T’Pring was rather reserved in “Amok Time” but I don’t remember there being anything said about only the male gender having to endure it. Also, since Vulcans are betrothed by a mind-meld at like seven or so, wouldn’t their minds be linked and pon-farr be shared?) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/538 "2003-08-23T04:11:30Z")
. …an inflatable goat… . ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/539 "2003-08-23T04:16:48Z")
Missing K that much? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-bounty-spoilers/175077/540 "2003-08-23T04:22:51Z")
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