# Star Trek non sequitur thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/21 "2011-09-29T12:51:25Z")

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One is the beginning.

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/22 "2011-09-29T14:16:06Z")

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“All of my old friends look like Doctors. All of _his_ look like _you_.”

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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/23 "2011-09-29T14:28:14Z")

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Pain! No kill I! The end of eternity!

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/24 "2011-09-29T14:40:50Z")

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Greetings and felicitations.

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/25 "2011-09-29T14:42:43Z")

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Brain and brain! What is brain?

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/26 "2011-09-29T14:47:25Z")

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Mr. Data, what kind of cake is this?

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/27 "2011-09-29T15:12:48Z")

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Pardon the hijack, but this is the perfect thread to make mention of Shatner’s latest project:

[I Am Iron Man!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICbc8DpcX3w)

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**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:** [September 29, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/28 "2011-09-29T15:18:32Z")

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Sorry, neither!\*

- 100 quatloos to the first person to give the line this is the awesome response to.

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**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:** [September 29, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/29 "2011-09-29T15:21:15Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Sorry, neither!\*
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> - 100 quatloos to the first person to give the line this is the awesome response to.

“Ahh, a Nubian maiden!”

Not chess, Mr. Spock. Poker.

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**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:** [September 29, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/30 "2011-09-29T15:23:56Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> “Ahh, a Nubian maiden!”

You’re half right.

“You’re bluffing.”

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/31 "2011-09-29T15:36:12Z")

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“I’ve been a captain’s woman and I like it!”

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**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:** [September 29, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/32 "2011-09-29T15:40:02Z")

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“I’ll protect you, fair maiden.”

Vulcans _never_ bluff.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/33 "2011-09-29T15:42:12Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> Vulcans _never_ bluff.

_Sequitur_. Ten point penalty.

“Scotty, can you rig me a thirty-second delay detonation device?”

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/34 "2011-09-29T15:43:33Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> You’re half right.
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> “You’re bluffing.”

I think it was Trelaine, saying something about a “fair maiden” while addressing Uhura. (“Squire of Gothos” episode.)

I have been watching the remastered TOS episodes while riding my exercise bike. Her reply was almost lost in cross talk from Kirk. (Damn that Shatner! Stealing someone else’s moment.)

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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/35 "2011-09-29T15:44:26Z")

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Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/36 "2011-09-29T15:48:39Z")

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“_Antares…_”

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/37 "2011-09-29T15:51:33Z")

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No tribble at all.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/38 "2011-09-29T15:53:29Z")

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“People of this time believe in witches, and witchcraft is what I’ve been accused of.”

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/39 "2011-09-29T15:56:45Z")

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Microbrain! Growl for me…let me know you still care.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/40 "2011-09-29T16:14:11Z")

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> [@mlees](#):
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> I think it was Trelaine, saying something about a “fair maiden” while addressing Uhura. (“Squire of Gothos” episode.)

No, it was Mirror Mirror.

Two, four, six. Six. Six times six… _weeping_ thirty _weeping_ six…

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