# Star Trek non sequitur thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975 "2011-09-29T04:17:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/321 "2011-10-09T00:03:18Z")
Interesting nomenclature… How does it work? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/322 "2011-10-09T00:14:36Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > This ends the thread…one word, by one character: > > **Captain** Sulu: “Shields!” Nope - “Now we’ve given them something else to shoot at” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/323 "2011-10-09T00:40:09Z")
Fly her apart then! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/324 "2011-10-09T03:12:32Z")
“Clark who?” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/325 "2011-10-11T13:17:45Z")
“Fascinating.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/326 "2011-10-11T14:31:31Z")
“So, Commander, tell me about your genitals.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/327 "2011-10-11T16:14:16Z")
Mortal! You have earned this! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/328 "2011-10-11T16:36:48Z")
I love you. But I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/329 "2011-10-11T17:37:49Z")
“No, I don’t think you’re stupid, Mister Krako. I just think your behavior is arrested.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/330 "2011-10-11T19:11:29Z")
I find myself growing fatigued. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/331 "2011-10-11T21:28:51Z")
“I’ve seen the captain feverish, sick, drunk, delirious, terrified, overjoyed, boiling mad.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/332 "2011-10-12T02:33:12Z")
“Some of us prefer our battles more open. More… honest.” ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/333 "2011-10-12T03:16:00Z")
But first…THE TRANYA! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/334 "2011-10-12T05:09:55Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > “No, I don’t think you’re stupid, Mister Krako. I just think your behavior is arrested.” I have never been arrested in my whole life! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/335 "2011-10-12T14:33:39Z")
“You’re a hard man, Captain.” “And you’re a liar, Mr. Walsh. At least we understand each other.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/336 "2011-10-12T14:35:39Z")
“_Now_ would be a good time.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/337 "2011-10-12T14:57:38Z")
“Let me help.” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/338 "2011-10-12T16:36:34Z")
It won’t die. My God, Jim, I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/339 "2011-10-12T17:30:24Z")
^^^ One of my favorite McCoy lines. 🙂 ^^^ Another: “McCoy, Leonard H. Son of David.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/340 "2011-10-12T17:40:52Z")
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