# Enterprise: The Crossing (spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364 "2003-03-31T03:54:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/101 "2003-04-05T23:17:50Z")

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You can have powder blue. Its panisness will go well with the yellow streak down your back and your lily liver. 😃

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**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:** [April 5, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/102 "2003-04-05T23:25:13Z")

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You insult me, Sir! I must have satisfac…

dammit.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/103 "2003-04-05T23:28:51Z")

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This IS an _Enterprise_ thread, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/104 "2003-04-05T23:36:20Z")

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Maybe it is… maybe it isn’t.

We have a third paintball gun if you want to make an issue of it…

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/105 "2003-04-06T00:16:28Z")

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i got me the brand new fully automatic paintball 5001! I am an unstoppable force of doom that all must reckon with! Bow before my superior ::BAM!!::

I seem to have shot myself.

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/106 "2003-04-06T00:38:05Z")

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Gosh darn it, I guess this means the duel is off.  
I’m terribly dissapointed, but what with my Second being\* hors d’combat\* as well as\* non copus mentis\*, and my spell checker in the shop, I guess we’ll have to call it off.  
Darn.

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/107 "2003-04-06T03:01:16Z")

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Hmph… and here I was looking forward to my salad.

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/108 "2003-04-06T03:41:21Z")

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Yes, tragic about Tars being _non-compost menace_ and _horsey combat_.

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/109 "2003-04-06T04:21:56Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Aesiron \*  
> \*\*Hmph… and here I was looking forward to my salad. \*\*

You gonna _eat_ **Carni**?

:eek:

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**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/110 "2003-04-06T04:51:20Z")

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2:1 odds on **carny**.

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/111 "2003-04-06T04:54:16Z")

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_You’re_ odd…

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/112 "2003-04-06T05:05:47Z")

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Now that I’ve searched for it again, maybe it _was_ **enderw24** …

My eyes get tired at night and I’m also on the phone and getting The Phone and The Dope mixed up in my mind.

No, really, you’re much prettier than she was…

[oh crap!] I wonder what I just said on the phone? [/oc!]

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**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:** [April 6, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/113 "2003-04-06T05:06:51Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \*  
> \*\*Now that I’ve searched for it again, maybe it _was_ **enderw24** …
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> My eyes get tired at night and I’m also on the phone and getting The Phone and The Dope mixed up in my mind.
> 
> No, really, you’re much prettier than she was…
> 
> [oh crap!] I wonder what I just said on the phone? [/oc!] \*\*

in re: Panda

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/114 "2003-04-06T06:43:48Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Aesiron \*  
> \*\*You forget yourself. As the challenged, weapon choice is _my_ domain.
> 
> **Viva** , my isomagnetic disintegrator, please. \*\*

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One technobabblicious weapon of your choice, comin’ up, Ae **sir** on!  
You see, he picked that username on purpose so we wind up calling him “sir” inadvertently every damn time we write his name. Clever!

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/115 "2003-04-06T06:45:12Z")

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Vegetarians cannot eat **carni** but might be willing to eat **plant**.

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/116 "2003-04-06T06:49:05Z")

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Hm… actually, as an Aesir, you’d have to capitalize it with me being a deity and all. 😃

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/117 "2003-04-06T06:57:20Z")

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To His Lordly Highfalutin’ Majestical Would-Be God AeSIRon:

😛  
– **viva** The Insouciant

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/118 "2003-04-06T07:00:43Z")

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We have dictionaries in Asgard, mortal… do not think your erudite words are beyond My comprehension!

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/119 "2003-04-06T07:02:52Z")

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Where is this ASSgard you speak of?

Seriously, where is it? It is the source of your username, is it not? Eh?

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-crossing-spoilers/165364/120 "2003-04-06T07:06:04Z")

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You’re seriously not familiar with Norse mythology? Asgard is the home of the Teutonic gods (Odin, Freya, Loki, Thor, Balder, etc), who’re collectively known as the Aesir.

Or to draw a corollary, the Aesir are to the Olympians as Asgard is to Mount Olympus.

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