# Getting Their Kirk On **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043 "2009-03-19T16:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Superhero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Superhero)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/1 "2009-03-19T16:57:48Z")
Kinda funny story from the NY Times about people building their own “Star Trek” captain’s chairs: [link](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/garden/19trek.html) I don’t think I’d ever want one in my living room. In a studio/office space…maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/2 "2009-03-19T17:04:18Z")
[Amateurs](http://www.reighn.com/theatermain.html). ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/3 "2009-03-19T18:49:21Z")
I can see how this would be kind of cool, but somewhat lame without a bridge crew to snap orders at. You could grab your remote and say, “_TV, change to warp channel six!_” I suppose.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/4 "2009-03-19T19:03:24Z")
Somehow, I imagine that these guys very rarely get their “Kirk” on…can you imagine how their dates go? Even if they impress a chick enough to get her come home with him, just imagine the look on the date’s face when he shows off his chair. “Kirk”: And here’s my homemade “Starfleet” chair. I like to put on a starfleet uniform and pretend I’m captain of a ship facing off with the Romulans. At which point, the date decides she has to get up early and is therefore out the door at warp factor nine. She leaves so fast it looks as if she’s beamed out of there. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/5 "2009-03-19T19:22:07Z")
Superman, from the article it looks like they are married already so they hopefully don’t bring dates home anymore. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/6 "2009-03-19T20:02:58Z")
I notice that while they are building the chair from the original episodes, many of them have the later Kirk body. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/7 "2009-03-19T20:11:22Z")
Why would I want to have a chair I keep falling out of? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-their-kirk-on/490043/8 "2009-03-20T00:35:31Z")
I’ve always wanted to build an Emperor’s Throne Room from _Return Of The Jedi_. A grand comfortable chair that overlooks the endless sea of stars. With a battle taking place far off in the distance above the surface of my Death Star.