# Enterprise "Carbon Creek" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560 "2002-09-25T03:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/61 "2002-10-01T13:55:19Z")
But, but, but I **like** the Enterprise theme song. _[runs sobbing from the room]_ ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/62 "2002-10-01T14:10:04Z")
elf6c you are a sick and twisted individual. I for one am glad they didn’t name the kid. I find it annoying that time travel episodes sometimes turn into moments that become this: “And that little boy no one liked, who couldn’t afford college until a generous person left a $2000 tip, grew up to be… Bill Gates. Now you know the rest of the story…” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/63 "2002-10-01T14:20:40Z")
Few people know that Saddam Hussein spent his formative years in Pennsaylvania; he became interested in dictatorship after taking a college course at the U of PA, “Applied Despotism 1301”. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/64 "2002-10-01T15:39:57Z")
I dunno, but I found T’Pols 2nd foremother’s breasts to be highly distracting. They were just so. . . so. . . huge and pointy! In the space cadet uniform it doesn’t seem so strange, but in 1950’s garb it seemed freakish. Alla time I was wondering “how in the hell does she keep those things afloat without an anti-gravity thingamabob?” Hubby found them fascinating. He wondered if her breast to waist porportions are similar to a Barbie doll. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/65 "2002-10-01T16:34:04Z")
Hmmmmm…When was Barbie invented? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/66 "2002-10-01T16:58:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Hmmmmm…When was Barbie invented? \*\* ['59](http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsawyer/barbie/barb2.html) and her appearance was inspired by [Lilli](http://www.hom.net/~pennlee/bildlilli.html). The first Lilli doll was produced in '55 and based on a '52 comic strip character. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/67 "2002-10-01T17:43:58Z")
Darn you and your facts!! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/68 "2002-10-01T17:46:15Z")
😛 If it wasn’t for Google I would probably have never found those pages. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/69 "2002-10-01T19:37:14Z")
Dispair not, Oh Green One. Obviously a ploy by the Vulcans to cover up Granny’s points. Ears. Pointed ears. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/70 "2002-10-01T20:34:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\* > > Aha! Vulcans are vegetarians! Cockleburrs are the seeds of a plant. What more proof do you need? \*\* Better watch out, **plant** , T’Pol has her chopsticks!! ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/71 "2002-10-01T20:45:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > **I for one am glad they didn’t name the kid** GonzoGal and I were happy about that too, The whole episode we were dreading that Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandpa Archer would show up. (Although we would have been pleased if, after helping the kid go to college, T’mir looked in a mirror to reveal Archer’s face and then was suddenly bathed in blue light. 🙂 “Oh boy…”) ---
**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:** [December 5, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/72 "2002-12-05T15:43:16Z")
It just got reran, and someone asked the thread was in another thread of mine. Here it is. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/73 "2002-12-05T15:45:36Z")
Ziggy! Where am I now? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/74 "2002-12-05T21:22:53Z")
And the Vulcan who was left behind grew up to be…Tom Cruise! And now you know the rest of the story! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/75 "2002-12-06T17:20:08Z")
I figured that the Vulcan who was left behind moved to Hamburg and inspired the Beatle Haircut. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/76 "2002-12-06T17:57:24Z")
I really feel that there should be a kids’ book called The Vulcan Who Was Left Behind. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/77 "2002-12-06T18:19:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > \*\*I for one am glad they didn’t name the kid. I find it annoying that time travel episodes sometimes turn into moments that become this: > > “And that little boy no one liked, who couldn’t afford college until a generous person left a $2000 tip, grew up to be… Bill Gates. Now you know the rest of the story…” > \*\* He was named - Jack. I was kind of hoping the kid’s name would have been George or Steven instead … 🙂 “Gene” was my first thought, but he would have been too old to be a match. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/78 "2002-12-06T20:32:51Z")
Steven? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/79 "2002-12-06T22:51:40Z")
Lucas or Spielberg, I imagine. The kid probably grew up to be a middle manager. Or maybe an attorney in the Reagan administration, in charge of gutting safety regulations for Pennsylvania coal miners. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560/80 "2002-12-07T15:01:50Z")
Yer a curmudgeon, Ike. Admit it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-carbon-creek/129560.md?page=5)