# 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:** 8
**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 10, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/142 "2003-03-10T04:03:00Z")
What ep was that? I remember seeing it. The season premier? Time guy and no Fed in 30th, right? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/143 "2003-03-10T04:48:36Z")
peep peep peep. peep peep peep? peep peep peep! (“chick” translation: huh? what are you guys on about?) * * * Grammar nit in “The Communicator”: Just before Malcolm and Cap’n go back to get the device, Cap’n tells Trip, “The fewer set of eyes, the better.” That should have been “The fewer _sets_ of eyes, the better.” Bad writing or bad enunciation. Bad bad! ---
**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 10, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/144 "2003-03-10T13:19:29Z")
What does it mean, “Porm Spammer”? ---
**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 10, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/145 "2003-03-10T14:33:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*peep peep peep. peep peep peep? peep peep peep! > (“chick” translation: huh? what are you guys on about?) > > \*\* Peep peep. Peep peep peep PEEP peep. Chi-peep peep peep! (trans: HaHAH! Silly cockerels cannot understand our language. Even their Universal Translaters are foiled. They will never know we are planning to take over the worruld!) Kn(PEEP)ckers P.S.: Maybe the Chick Revolution would go better if I hadn’t translated that… ---
**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 10, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/146 "2003-03-10T14:49:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*peep peep peep. peep peep peep? peep peep peep! > (“chick” translation: huh? what are you guys on about?) > > * * * > > Grammar nit in “The Communicator”: Just before Malcolm and Cap’n go back to get the device, Cap’n tells Trip, “The fewer set of eyes, the better.” > > That should have been “The fewer _sets_ of eyes, the better.” > > Bad writing or bad enunciation. Bad bad! \*\* Funny story I have to say you guys to here. I had my closed captioning turned on for this ep, and the line **Viva** ’s being all anal retentive about was listed as, “Why don’t we just strip naked and take a bath together like grown men used to in the 20th century?” Just thought I would share.:dubious: ---
**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 10, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/147 "2003-03-10T15:51:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > [B Even their Universal Translaters are foiled. > > \*\* Translators and spell checkers be darned! Hoshi can figure it out. The Chick Revolution ™ is doomed. ---
**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 10, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/148 "2003-03-10T16:08:46Z")
Darn, I should really keep my CC on more often… I miss all the good lines! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/149 "2003-03-10T21:37:37Z")
To PEEP\*ERS: peep peeppeep peep peep! Peep? Peeeeep! (Agreed?) (I totally understood every chirp you posted.) NCB: At least I can catch those grammar nits. You cannot, for your sphincter is too loose. ---
**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 10, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/150 "2003-03-10T22:03:54Z")
PEEP you, viva. 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/151 "2003-03-10T22:11:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*What does it mean, “Porm Spammer”? \*\* Porm is like porn but without all the porn. You dig? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/152 "2003-03-10T23:19:22Z")
Hey, I have email too. (Click WWW to go to my website and click About for the email link.) Yes, that’s right, I’m a Panda Fan. ---
**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 10, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/153 "2003-03-10T23:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\* You dig? \*\* Hebert. ---
**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 10, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/154 "2003-03-10T23:59:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\* You dig? \*\* You reach, man. ---
**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 11, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/155 "2003-03-11T00:10:12Z")
Sorry about the double post, I… aw, hell. ---
**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 11, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/156 "2003-03-11T00:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Hey, I have email too. > > (Click WWW to go to my website and click About for the email link.) > > Yes, that’s right, I’m a Panda Fan. \*\* I’m at work now, then i have class tonight, so i will hit you up later. It’s finger Ling-Ling good! **plant** , you keep posting, your gonna blow out the server again! Chicago will be covered in Hamster guts! the Terror Alert level will be raised to Raspberry! ---
**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 11, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/157 "2003-03-11T01:46:19Z")
My work partner and his wife call _Enterprise_ are you ready? _Star Trek Underpants_ _Heee!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/158 "2003-03-11T04:02:25Z")
You have mail, **Cervaise**. ---
**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 11, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/159 "2003-03-11T05:39:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*You have mail, **Cervaise**. \*\* Hehehe, the Hoshi virus spreads… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/160 "2003-03-11T06:39:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*PEEP you, viva. > 🙂 \*\* * * * Well, PEEP you up the PEEP with a PEEPING PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. What is this eMALE that the males speak of? ---
**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 11, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/161 "2003-03-11T06:53:48Z")
it’s e-female. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533.md?page=9)