# 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:** ![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 13, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/381 "2011-10-13T23:59:59Z")

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Your logic is impeccable, Captain. We are in grave danger.

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**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 14, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/382 "2011-10-14T00:33:59Z")

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“‘Gave’ her to you, Captain? I doubt it was that easy with Adm. Nogura.”

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/383 "2011-10-14T01:12:20Z")

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“Nice place you have here Mr. Pike.”

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**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 14, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/384 "2011-10-14T02:02:10Z")

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non sequitur, your facts are incomplete

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**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/385 "2011-10-14T03:14:58Z")

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“You _hit_ me. \*Picard \*never hit me.”

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**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 14, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/386 "2011-10-14T19:36:32Z")

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“Barbarian! Emotional Earther! You’re a Terran, Spock! You could never be a true Vulcan!”

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**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/387 "2011-10-14T19:40:40Z")

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> [@h.sapiens](#):
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> Brain and brain! What is brain?

My favorite, and one I’ve been quoting since the original air date!

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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:** [October 14, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/388 "2011-10-14T20:26:05Z")

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“Granted, sir! Gran…ted.”

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> “‘Gave’ her to you, Captain? I doubt it was that easy with Adm. Nogura.”

I love the back story behind that line that’s given in the novelization.

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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:** [October 14, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/389 "2011-10-14T22:01:02Z")

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I am Proconsul’s slave Drusilla. Although for this evening I was told I am your slave. Command me.

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**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/390 "2011-10-14T22:54:34Z")

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M o r e c o m p l e x t h a n B r o w n, m u c h s u p e r i o r.

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**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 14, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/391 "2011-10-14T23:01:10Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> I love the back story behind that line that’s given in the novelization.

Remind us, please…?

“Receive from us this symbol of total logic.”

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/392 "2011-10-15T02:30:43Z")

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**"Lord Garth!"**

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**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/393 "2011-10-15T03:21:48Z")

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Ohhhh, bitter dregs.

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**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 15, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/394 "2011-10-15T03:55:24Z")

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Anan 7: “I’m glad you approve.”  
Spock: “I do not approve. I understand.”

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/395 "2011-10-15T12:05:53Z")

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Antibodies.  
ANTIBODIES!!!

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/396 "2011-10-15T13:08:52Z")

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“Behold the god who bleeds!”

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/397 "2011-10-15T14:53:17Z")

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“I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer!”  
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“By golly, Jim! I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!”

(For some reason I “remembered” the comparison as “broken heart” instead of rainy day. So it’s a good thing I checked with the memory Alpha site.)

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**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/398 "2011-10-15T15:49:21Z")

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“I’ve already got a female to worry about. Her name’s the Enterprise.”

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/399 "2011-10-15T16:20:41Z")

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I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose.

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**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 15, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/400 "2011-10-15T16:42:53Z")

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> [@Trans Fat Og](#):
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> “By golly, Jim! I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!”
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> (For some reason I “remembered” the comparison as “broken heart” instead of rainy day. So it’s a good thing I checked with the memory Alpha site.)

Or you could have just checked post #338 😃

I like this quote better when it includes the previous sentence (“It won’t die”), but that’s just me.

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