# Enterprise: Cogenitor (SPOILERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022 "2003-04-29T22:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/121 "2003-05-05T05:20:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*TRIP: “The coast is clear!” > COGENITOR: “What coast? We’re nowhere near the sea.” > TRIP: “Uh, that’s not what I meant, let me try a different tack.” > COGENITOR: “We’re not on a sailing vessel, either.” > TRIP: “No, no! I mean – look, just tag along behind me, okay?” > COGENITOR: “Okay. Tag! You’re it!” \ \*\* * * * TRIP: “No, Cogenitor. _You’re_ **it**.” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/122 "2003-05-05T05:23:47Z")
It wouldn’t know what tag is any more than it’d know what “the coast is clear” means, dorks. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/123 "2003-05-05T05:25:56Z")
Isn’t a **dork** a little person, in some other country? There’s a novel called **The Dork of Cork** , and I’m pretty sure it’s not about dumbasses, buttmunches, maroons, or such. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/124 "2003-05-05T05:26:26Z")
Would, too! Spaz! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/125 "2003-05-05T05:27:41Z")
the title of the book would seem to indicate Ireland. A bit slow tonight, are we? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/126 "2003-05-05T05:29:10Z")
Random Guest Alien: “What’s a spaz?” Trip, in full joking mode: “Well, it’s a…tool I use in Engineering. It’s also a very great compliment. And an appetizer. And in some parts, it’s a hairdo.” Do you think the Universal Translator translates all the slang and idioms too? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/127 "2003-05-05T05:29:48Z")
Like Chekov with the playing games bit in STIV:TBWH\* “Look, you play games with me, you’re through!” “I’m through? May I go now?” \*There Be Whales Here ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/128 "2003-05-05T05:30:43Z")
Yeah, but I ain’t read the book. I like the title, though. Too bad they changed it for the movie, which was called **Frankie Starlight**. Didn’t see it. Dumb title. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/129 "2003-05-05T05:31:03Z")
I em lookeeng for nuclear wessels. Ken you tell me where dee nuclear wessels are? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/130 "2003-05-05T05:36:06Z")
I think they’re in Alameda. And don’t call me Ken. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/131 "2003-05-05T05:37:36Z")
Alameda? Det is what I sed! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/132 "2003-05-05T05:38:38Z")
Do you like Italian? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/133 "2003-05-05T05:39:41Z")
But where is Alameda? Italian language? I like Spaghetti Eddie’s. Yes, I dig Italian, though I’ve been in a Thai mood lately. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/134 "2003-05-05T05:41:26Z")
Bah! What kind of Trekkie are you? That’s the funniest part of the whole movie and you don’t even recognize it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/135 "2003-05-05T05:43:26Z")
And every time I place a phone order, the Thai Guy says, “Thank you, **sir**. Bye bye.” I chose to futz with you. The correct response is: “(Kirk and Spock, interrupting each other)Yes. No. Yes. No. I love Italian. And so do you.” See? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/136 "2003-05-05T05:44:59Z")
Wrong! You forgot Spock saying yes afterwards… double dumbass on you ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/137 "2003-05-05T05:47:01Z")
\*I hate you And I berate you And I say SCREW YOU We’re all bloody worthless\* CLUNK Now _there’s_ a song to have stuck in your head. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/138 "2003-05-05T05:48:03Z")
Well, hate, screw and berate my coding. I have a hunger that never dies. And it is messing with me! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/139 "2003-05-05T05:49:46Z")
It’s been a long time… getting from there to here… ---
**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:** [May 5, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022/140 "2003-05-05T12:42:10Z")
Well, I was following this thread okay, right up until the part about Alien Fresh Jerky, but then I kind of lost it. Mmm. Alien Fresh Jerky. For all your jerky needs. Kn(who has never eaten jerky - alien or otherwise - in all her life)ckers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor-spoilers/172022.md?page=8)