# STAAAAARRRRR Trekkin' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915 "2004-12-21T03:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 21, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/1 "2004-12-21T03:18:35Z")
. Across the Universe! Always goin’ forward 'Cause we can’t find reverse. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/2 "2004-12-21T03:22:14Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > . > > Across the Universe! > > Always goin’ forward > > 'Cause we can’t find reverse. And your point would be … ? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/3 "2004-12-21T03:26:34Z")
There’s Klingons off the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow There’s Klingons off the starboard bow, starboard bow, Captain! ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/4 "2004-12-21T03:32:09Z")
It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it. It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Cap’n. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/5 "2004-12-21T03:39:39Z")
Ahhhhh! We come in peace, Shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, We come in peace, Shoot to kill, shoot to kill, men! ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/6 "2004-12-21T03:42:26Z")
Ye canna change the laws o’ physics laws o’ physics, laws o’ physics! Ye canna change the laws o’ physics! Laws o’ physics, Jim! Fave line: It’s worse than that, it’s physics, Jim! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/7 "2004-12-21T03:46:54Z")
Ye canna change the script, Jim! ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/8 "2004-12-21T03:47:54Z")
“You’re being illogical, emotional, and irrational– how very fascinating,” he observed, and raised an eyebrow. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/9 "2004-12-21T03:54:26Z")
Speaking of filksinging, what’s the one that goes… _I wanna, I wanna I wanna be An Imperial Engineer_ [something, something, something] _For half a million years…_ ? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/10 "2004-12-21T04:03:27Z")
I dunno, **Johnny**. E-mail [this guy,](http://www.trekkieguy.com/trekkin.html) maybe he would know. (includes a link for an MP3. Seems like there were lots of these things around at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/11 "2004-12-21T04:11:44Z")
Maybe everybody has seen this, but I still want to post the link. [http://www.seuss.org/seuss/seuss.sttng.html](http://www.seuss.org/seuss/seuss.sttng.html) Well, what if ST-TNG _was_ written by Dr. Seuss? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/12 "2004-12-21T04:23:22Z")
You mean it wasn’t? Horton Hears a Q ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/13 "2004-12-21T06:03:24Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I dunno, **Johnny**. > > E-mail [this guy,](http://www.trekkieguy.com/trekkin.html) maybe he would know. (includes a link for an MP3. > > Seems like there were lots of these things around at one time. Wow. It’s…it’s…it’s… …_worse than the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_. HOW?! And for the love of Og, WHYYYYYYYYY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/14 "2004-12-21T06:08:09Z")
Not only that, but there are _hand_ motions. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/15 "2004-12-21T06:11:30Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Wow. It’s…it’s…it’s… > > …_worse than the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_. And it’s not even funny! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/16 "2004-12-21T06:28:08Z")
Ah, I was looking for an MP3 of that song! Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/17 "2004-12-21T08:26:08Z")
Its worse than that, he’s dead jim, dead jim, dead jim, Its worse than that, he’s dead jim, dead jim, dead jim, DEAD! Classic. Big smiles this morning. I actually bought this lots album when i was only a nipper. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/18 "2004-12-21T17:55:00Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > . > > **Always** goin’ forward The word you mean is “boldly”, sir “Boldly”, sir “Boldly”, sir The word you mean is “boldly”, sir Get it right, man! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/19 "2004-12-21T18:04:34Z")
> [@bubastis](#): > > Its worse than that, he’s dead jim, dead jim, dead jim, > Its worse than that, he’s dead jim, dead jim, dead jim, > DEAD! > > Classic. Big smiles this morning. I actually bought this lots album when i was only a nipper. 😃 Wait, this is a \*real \*song? Holy hell. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/20 "2004-12-21T18:14:14Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > The word you mean is “boldly”, sir > “Boldly”, sir > “Boldly”, sir > The word you mean is “boldly”, sir > Get it right, man! That was my evil self. From _The Enemy Within_ Yeah, I was going by pure memory. HEY! Anyone remember that dance song from a while back that had a sample of Spock saying “Pure energy” ?? But, still. It was a memory ingram fault that I corrected by actually looking up the damn lyrics, Jim. I blame **Tracer**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915.md?page=2)