# Enterprise: Dead Stop 1/1/03 \[Spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150 "2003-01-02T04:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [June 12, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/201 "2003-06-12T22:15:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*Read _The Science of Star Trek_. It has a whole chapter on transporting and why it’ll never work. > > Good book. Highly recommended. \*\* But it only covers science as we know it. You never know what weird discoery might happen tomorrow. ---
**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 12, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/202 "2003-06-12T22:27:11Z")
The Vulcan Science Academy has determined that weird discoeries are, well, weird. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/203 "2003-06-12T22:33:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*The Vulcan Science Academy has determined that weird discoeries are, well, weird. \*\* You don’t need a Science Acadamy full of Pointy Ears to tell me disco is weird! ---
**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 12, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/204 "2003-06-12T22:38:57Z")
Hey! **V** is coming! Then, you can use it again in words! ---
**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:** [June 12, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/205 "2003-06-12T23:29:38Z")
remember, the **V** isitors are our friends! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/206 "2003-06-12T23:37:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*To quote Mr. Scott: > > “Any good Scotch will do that.” \*\* [geek]The exact quote is “Any decent brand of Scotch will do that.”[/geek] 😉 **Aes** thinks I’m “pretty cute for an older chick.” [Jeremy Irons]He has NO idea.[/Jeremy Irons] ---
**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 13, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/207 "2003-06-13T00:21:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*\ > But if you have the same genes and the same memories, isn’t that all that matters in the end? \*\* Not to the one that gets wiped out in the process. See what I started? Good. Bwahaahaa. You are correct. V is coming. And we…I mean they have a new plan. They plan to get the humans so involved discussing the nature of existance that we…they… can just walk in and take over. At least we know what “V” stands for: Verbose. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/208 "2003-06-13T02:10:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*[Jeremy Irons]He has NO idea.[/Jeremy Irons] \*\* Damn it, now I’m picturing Jeremy Irons drooling over the Rod of Savrille right after it’s handed to him by Bruce Payne (wearing blue lipstick). Get out of my head! Out, foul movie! ---
**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 13, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/209 "2003-06-13T02:19:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > \*\*They plan to get the humans so involved discussing the nature of existance \*\* Do y…they have spell checkers? The _Beastmaster_ guy is a fairy, but Michael Ironside will kick your ass. ---
**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 13, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/210 "2003-06-13T02:22:43Z")
Thank you, Viva. Do you explain everyone’s jokes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/211 "2003-06-13T02:41:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > \*\*Not to the one that gets wiped out in the process. > > See what I started? Good. \*\* I started it by bringing up transporters. 😛 And I still think it wouldn’t matter. The “meaning of life”, if there is such a thing, is to propogate the species. If my clone lives on, then my genes will too. Plus, as I said, if you think you’re you, everyone else thinks you’re you, and all the diagnostic tests that people can come up with say that you’re you then you’re you. I like Yoohoo. ---
**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 13, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/212 "2003-06-13T02:50:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*If my clone lives on, then my genes will too. > \*\* My clones exists for transplants so that I may smoke Sobraine Black Russians and drink Chevas. Oh, and slave labor so that I may afford the above. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/213 "2003-06-13T02:56:27Z")
Tobacco is Satan’s plant. ---
**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 13, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/214 "2003-06-13T03:08:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Do y…they have spell checkers? > \*\* Yes. But w… they use them to make sure that there is at least one mispellling per message. That way, the humans have one more petty thing over which to obsess. Which only works in our favor you foolish earthlings! Or have I said too much? ---
**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 13, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/215 "2003-06-13T03:18:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*Tobacco is Satan’s plant. \*\* Damn straight. And speaking of which, Linus, did you bring enough for everyone? ---
**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 13, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/216 "2003-06-13T03:31:22Z")
And before anyone asks, overblown prose is also just another tool…yadda, yadda, yadda. Enough what? Tobacco? Wacky Tabacky? Foolish earthlings? Clones? Whatever the heck I’m taking? If it’s the last, it’s easy. Just don’t get enough sleep for a few days while working a night shift and you’ll get nice and punchy 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:** [June 13, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/217 "2003-06-13T03:40:14Z")
Punch?! Where’s Judy? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/218 "2003-06-13T03:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Thank you, Viva. > Do you explain everyone’s jokes? > 🙂 \*\* Yes. I also proofread them. And I have been known to whip out a pen in public places and correct signs in stores, if possible. I bad. I like muffaletta. ---
**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 13, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/219 "2003-06-13T04:06:07Z")
Uh, oh. The teacher red pen of death! Run! ---
**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 13, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150/220 "2003-06-13T13:06:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*…I like Yoohoo. \*\* But the important question is: Do you Yahoo? (I do) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-dead-stop-1-1-03-spoilers/146150.md?page=12)