# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/101 "2011-09-30T15:41:52Z")
Non canon, but worth saying: You know, before I answer any more questions there’s something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I’ve spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled… y’know… hundreds of miles to be here, I’d just like to say… GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves? You, you must be almost 30… have you ever kissed a girl? I didn’t think so! There’s a whole world out there! When I was your age, I didn’t watch television! I LIVED! So… move out of your parent’s basements! And get your own apartments and GROW THE HELL UP! I mean, it’s just a TV show dammit, IT’S JUST A TV SHOW! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/102 "2011-09-30T22:52:21Z")
Your agonizer…Please! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/103 "2011-09-30T23:39:37Z")
I… have had enough… of YOU! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/104 "2011-09-30T23:51:28Z")
[Possibly similar to a lemur or…pygmy marmoset.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0DTXsk2GoM) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/105 "2011-09-30T23:52:37Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Double dumbass on you! and later… “Are you sure it isn’t time for a colorful metaphor?” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/106 "2011-09-30T23:54:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I… have had enough… of YOU! Oh yeah, as he’s kicking Reverend Jim off of a cliff. ---
**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 1, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/107 "2011-10-01T00:43:15Z")
My name is Mott. I… I’m the barber. ---
**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 1, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/108 "2011-10-01T01:05:14Z")
Eat any good books lately? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/109 "2011-10-01T01:16:40Z")
“I prefer another guide.” ---
**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 1, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/110 "2011-10-01T02:56:20Z")
If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand! ---
**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 1, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/111 "2011-10-01T03:12:48Z")
“I sense hostility.” ---
**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 1, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/112 "2011-10-01T03:15:10Z")
Tronya! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/113 "2011-10-01T03:19:34Z")
“By Grabthar’s Hammer, by the sons of Wartham, you shall be avenged.” What do you mean that’s not from Star Trek? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/114 "2011-10-01T03:47:52Z")
Motherless BEAST! ---
**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 1, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/115 "2011-10-01T04:05:58Z")
I’ll wager 20 quatloos on the newcomer. ---
**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 1, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/116 "2011-10-01T04:14:20Z")
“I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer!” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/117 "2011-10-01T04:48:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer!” I’m a doctor, not a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. a. moon-shuttle conductor b. bricklayer c. psychiatrist d. escalator e. mechanic f. engineer g. magician h. flesh peddler i. coal miner j. mechanic k. physicist l, spy m. botanist n. historian o. decorator p. bartender q. voyeur r. performer s. counter-insurgent t. database u. peeping Tom v. battery w. dragon-slayer x. zoo-keeper ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/118 "2011-10-01T05:35:45Z")
“You’re just supposed to… sit here?” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/119 "2011-10-01T08:56:47Z")
Here’s one for math majors: No idea what episode it’s from (it was one of the original three seasons), or what the exact numbers involved: Spock reads off some statistic with lots of digits: “ point [xxxxxxx] times one to the [some big number]'th power.” (Can anybody help fill in the details?) # – Senegoid ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975/120 "2011-10-01T09:03:39Z")
Star Trek meets Mission Impossible: In college (circa 1970) a certain crowd gathered to watch Star Trek (original series) re-runs, which aired daily. Immediately after that came Mission Impossible re-runs, also daily – mostly the same crowd watched that too. In one episode, Phelps et al are at sidewalk cafe in Paris. A drive-by shooting happens. Screams and pandemonium. Victim laying on the ground. Paris (played by Nimoy, of course) bends over victim, takes his pulse, while Phelps stands in the background, arms folded across his chest, just watching gravely. Paris looks up at Phelps and says: . . . Wait for it . . . He’s DEAD, Jim! Crowd in TV room breaks forth in uproarious laughter! True story! # – Senegoid [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-non-sequitur-thread/597975.md?page=7)