# Enterprise Judg(e)ment spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467 "2003-04-09T02:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [August 4, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/241 "2003-08-04T19:51:02Z")
Huh. “The beach of something” But WHAT is it a beach of? Of the ocean? Of a lake? Mighty puzzling poser you pose there, hoser. But in truth, **Sycorax** , I think you’ve correctly observed a certain ennui amongst the Enterprise faithful; thus what ought properly to be a thread about this particular TV show has become (as so many do) a disasterous mix of in-jokes, wordplay, nitpicking and tomfoolery. Bu you should catch **Tars** ’ performance as Anna in the new remake of that classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, “The Future Guy and I.” Dam fine rendition of _Getting to Know You (Even Though You’re Semi-Invisible)_ ---
**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:** [August 4, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/242 "2003-08-04T21:13:02Z")
The critic for the _SF Chronicle_ said it was the best musical he ever walked out of! ---
**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:** [August 4, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/243 "2003-08-04T21:33:50Z")
I thought the high point was _The Ballet of my Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Grand-Nephew (who may also be my Grandfather but we’re really not sure) Tom._ It uses the most amazing five-dimensional choregraphy I’ve ever seen. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/244 "2003-08-05T05:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > **(I believe I mentioned it when I came back from my wife’s family reunion)** Dog gone it, even the attention-seeking geek can get a mate these days! I’ve got this great big 5-bedroom house with no one living in it but me, and at this rate it’s going to _stay_ empty for the rest of the decade. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/245 "2003-08-05T07:20:21Z")
If you’re that lonely, my Vulcan targ and I can move in if you want. We’ll take the smallest room. All we ask is that you don’t enter without knocking. Or that you eat pork products around him. He can be a bit sensitive. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/246 "2003-08-05T08:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Dog gone it, even the attention-seeking geek can get a mate these days! > > I’ve got this great big 5-bedroom house with no one living in it but me, and at this rate it’s going to _stay_ empty for the rest of the decade. :dubious: \*\* Hmmm. Apparently that little joke appears to be coming around to bite me. I hope I don’t get in trouble with **Aesiron** for stealing his gig. 😉 Fortunately I’m feeling pretty mellow (sitting back, sipping a beer) so I’ll let it go for now. (checks post count) You know **tracer** , it’s hard to meet anyone if you don’t actually _leave_ the room where you keep your computer… All kidding aside, I know it sucks to be involuntarily single. The only possible comfort that I can give you is my own experience - a veritable dating desert, meeting my future wife unexpectedly, and now marriage to a wonderful woman. It can truly happen when you least expect it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/247 "2003-08-05T19:23:56Z")
I just got a call and I’ve got an interview for tomorrow. It’s too freakin’ early in the morning (7:15) and it’s at a place I’m not all that enthused about working at (furniture factory) but it’s full time work and I definitely need the money. Whoo! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/248 "2003-08-05T20:42:18Z")
Good luck to you **Aes**. Hopefully, this might cheer you up- the hours might not be as bad as you think. I got a job a few years back where I had to be there at 5:45. It really sucked at first, but I got used to it, and when I did I found there were benefits. Yeah, it still was a pain when the alarm went off in the morning but, for example, days off were great. I woke up at 8:00 feeling like I’d really slept in and was able to get a lot done. And just remember, the interviewer is more afraid of you than you are of him. Oh, wait. That’s snakes. Eh. Close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/249 "2003-08-05T20:47:57Z")
The interview’s at 7:15am, not the job itself… I don’t know what I’m being interviewed for since I applied for all shifts and any open positions due to legal fees and high insurance rates (I’m a craptastic driver) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/250 "2003-08-05T20:49:13Z")
Er, that should say “due to my owing legal fees and having to pay high insurance rates” ---
**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 5, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/251 "2003-08-05T21:21:05Z")
\*\*\*S T A R T R E K\*\*\* There. That’s beter. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/252 "2003-08-05T21:22:45Z")
What does Enterprise have to do with Star Trek? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/253 "2003-08-05T21:56:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*The interview’s at 7:15am, not the job itself… I don’t know what I’m being interviewed for since I applied for all shifts and any open positions due to legal fees and high insurance rates (I’m a craptastic driver) \*\* Interviewer: Can you lift 5 couches at once? Aesiron: Uh, I dunno… Interviewer: Well, pee in this cup and you got the job! You’ll be working with Hooky Johnson, he lost his hand in a Laz-e-boy accident in '94. ---
**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 5, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/254 "2003-08-05T21:56:51Z")
Just redirecting back to center so I can hijack it again. Bleah! 😛 ;j ---
**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:** [August 5, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/255 "2003-08-05T23:57:20Z")
See the Crewman Daniels Law Firm; “Protecting our clients BEFORE they get into trouble.” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/256 "2003-08-06T02:25:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*Er, that should say “due to my owing legal fees and having to pay high insurance rates” \*\* Ah, the self-correction kicks in. My work is (nearly) done. Good luck with that interview, **Aes**! I saw Crewman Daniels on a Lexus commercial. Better than furniture, I suppose. ? Hijack! Hi Kn\*ckers! Hi NCB! Lojack! Hi Lo! Well, I don’t teach in the summer. Back to school on the 18th. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/257 "2003-08-06T06:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > (checks post count) You know **tracer** , it’s hard to meet anyone if you don’t actually _leave_ the room where you keep your computer… But that’s where all the online personals ads are! ObEnterpriseThread: panda, phaser-cutting phasers, naked Hoshi ---
**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:** [August 6, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/258 "2003-08-06T12:18:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*Ah, the self-correction kicks in. \*\* You’re _really_ my third grade teacher, Mrs. Zelsman, aren’t you? I remember that damned triangular ruler… ---
**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:** [August 6, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/259 "2003-08-06T14:44:17Z")
Triangular ruler? What did you use it to measure, new-age pyramids? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467/260 "2003-08-06T15:22:38Z")
They make you kneel on it, Detention Hall Breath. AKA engineer’s scale. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-judg-e-ment-spoilers/167467.md?page=14)