# Enterprise "The Communicator" (Spoilers maybe) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533 "2002-11-13T05:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [March 6, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/102 "2003-03-06T19:00:58Z")
I’ll consider myself complimented, then… Unless this is some pathetic attempt to assuage my vanity, in the hopes that I won’t break into your house at night to drain the lifeblood from your body as a bracing nightcap. In which case, hell, I’ll still consider it a compliment. I don’t like salty drinks, anyway. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/103 "2003-03-06T19:08:29Z")
hey, c-plant has nector, not salty blood. that’s why he keeps getting attacked by bees! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/104 "2003-03-06T19:41:38Z")
But he attacks the bees right back, being carnivorous, and all… ---
**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:** [March 6, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/105 "2003-03-06T20:19:04Z")
It is a vicious cycle. Only bumblebee man from the simpsons can mediate this dispute “Aye Aye Aye, no me gusta! El Planto tiene néctar dulce! Las abejas tienen los aguijóns!” ---
**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:** [March 6, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/106 "2003-03-06T20:49:55Z")
Su Madre es muy bonita. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/107 "2003-03-07T05:53:49Z")
Ummm…Viaje de Estrellas. ? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/108 "2003-03-07T05:54:50Z")
**No[what’sclueinSpanish?]Nino**, comprende? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/109 "2003-03-07T06:02:36Z")
Why did you plural it? I wonder what Star(s) Journey/trip/voyage is called in Mexico. Oh, Star Trek. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/110 "2003-03-07T06:08:14Z")
Me llamo es **Niño con no pista**. ¿Verdad o no? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/111 "2003-03-07T06:11:53Z")
Mi traductor dice que usted es “boy with nontrack”. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/112 "2003-03-07T06:15:21Z")
**viva** \<------one-third Spanish Two-thirds gringa. 100% Geek. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/113 "2003-03-07T06:22:37Z")
I didn’t know “clue,” so I had to look it up. “Pista” was what it gave me. Oh well… Texican is what I learned at home. If you didn’t know a word in one language, just use the other. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/114 "2003-03-07T06:27:42Z")
I’m fluent in English and can speak Hick if need be. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/115 "2003-03-07T06:28:42Z")
Can somebody 'splain how Rancho El Nopal restaurant in San Diego gets away with calling one of their dishes “chingalingas”? Ain’t it half-dirty? I tried asking them but they ran away. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/116 "2003-03-07T06:31:51Z")
I don’t know… about the only Spanish I know is “I have a cat in my pants”. A cookie to whoever gets that reference. It isn’t that hard. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/117 "2003-03-07T06:38:21Z")
F\_cklinguist? As food? “Tengo un gato en mi pantalones!” It’s a macho thing ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/118 "2003-03-07T06:39:25Z")
Ya know me… I talk a blue streak. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/119 "2003-03-07T06:42:24Z")
I was hungry so I ate the cookie. Sorry. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/120 "2003-03-07T06:47:10Z")
shakes and looks up at boomed camera and yells: _ **Aesiraaaaahhhhhhn!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/121 "2003-03-07T06:49:19Z")
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