Prune juice. A warrior’s drink.
I guess I’m part of the 23rd-century crap, because I haven’t missed a day of work in over 15 years. I’ve been hungover as hell, but I show up for work the next morning and do my damned job.
One of my all-time favorite scenes from TNG.
According to the books, the original Enterprise also had landing legs.
Well, since the last episode was broadcast in 1994, I guess she was living in the future.
But personally, I figure humans will be getting headaches for as long as humans have heads. There might be some furisticky instant-fix version of Anacin, but it would have made more sense to mention in passing a common (in the 20th century) infectious illness that had vanished, like influenza.
It would still seem forced and artificial, though, just like Sulu’s remark in “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” about 20th century racism.
What books??? 
Everything I’ve ever read said explicitly that the Enterprise never lands on a planet; its components were produced at the San Francisco Navy Yards and boosted into Earth orbit where they were assembled. It was neither configured nor equipped to perform a landing.
In storytelling terms, a landing sequence was rejected as being both too slow and expensive to show regularly. That’s why the transporter was conceived.
I always thought it was crazy to show that Voyager had landing capability. Apparently their power problems were nowhere near as bad as they would normally have wanted you to think.
This line is right up there with “I sense joy! And gratitude! And joy! And it’s beautiful!” and “Troi! You’re my friend and you tricked me!”
Of all TNG’s lame jokes, Worf’s prune juice was the lamest!
I forgot the ultimate stupid line: “Lieutenant Worf! That is a very sexist thing to say!”
:roll eyes in disgust: :vomit:
But he did look good in a dress.
Riker or Worf? :dubious:
Did you misunderstand my post, or was I unclear? Because I don’t understand what this has to do with what I said. I’m talking about a disease state that has been completely eradicated suddenly coming back and it’s being treated as not being a big deal.
Sure, In modern times, a headache is no big deal. You’ve got a hangover; it’s just normal. But if headaches have been eradicated, one coming back is a pretty seriously thing. You don’t get to treat it the same way you would in the 20th century.
Yes, 20th century.
How the hell can you eradicate headaches, anyway? They’re a perfectly normal physiological response to a wide range of stimuli.
More lame TNG writing!
According to the episode, it was because they now had a complete understanding of the brain and the nature of pain.
And I did overstate it a bit: Crusher says that headaches are extremely rare, and always part of another condition. She’s so concerned because she can’t find anything physically wrong with Picard.
You can fanwank away why Picard doesn’t realize that headaches are such a big deal–he does have a strange mental disorder that’s dormant but will make him senile in the future, and grew up amongst some pseudo-luddites. He may have just been told that headaches were normal, and thus never really brought them up.
Problem is, there are other headaches in the series that are treated by everyone like no big deal. The only real fanwank is that Beverly was very much overstating things because she was worried about Picard.
Take some aspirin, drink a Coke, and have a lie-down for a half hour. Always works for me, and I know very little about the brain. 
For some reason, **this **came to mind. Just imagine Picard and Crusher doing the same scene in her office…
Riker spent some time telling Worf, “It is not a dress, it is a dress uniform” and when Worf stopped chewing furniture, Riker continued, “Besides, you look good in a dress.”
The Enterprise is under fire by aliens, and Troi says, “I sense great anger, Captain.” 
I believe the correct response is: “You cow! A CHAIR could sense great anger!”
What was it that Wesley said to Guinan after he boffed that hot young shape-shifter—“When does the feeling go away?” Something like that. :dubious:
Uhm… yeah… they must have been planning their datedness a few years ahead for syndication, that’s it…
Crusher’s point was not, “headaches don’t happen”. Certainly one could always be induced by swift application of a medium-sized rock to the patient’s skull, or substantial application of alcohol to the patient’s digestive tract the night before. It’s “headaches without an obvious cause” that are exceedingly rare, and with advanced medical sensors available pretty much everywhere there’s no reason not to know the specific cause of your headache.
I dont remember the book but I think it was a Mr. Scott guide to the Enterprise or something.