# The USS Enterprise's bowling alley **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220 "2016-09-29T17:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/61 "2016-09-30T19:52:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I gave up bowling for sex. The balls are lighter and you don’t have to change your shoes. Get your mind out of the gutter. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/62 "2016-09-30T20:47:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I gave up bowling for sex. The balls are lighter and you don’t have to change your shoes. > > I’ll be here all week. Try the veal, and always remember to tip your waitress. There’s isn’t as much waxing, either. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/63 "2016-09-30T21:41:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, sure, the sport isn’t extinct. But sixty years ago, you might have had a half-dozen bowling alleys in your area doing pretty good business. > > And Montana State University (another cold-climate school) still has a few lanes in the basement of the student union, or at least did as of 2013. Actually, there are seven bowling alleys within five miles of me. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/64 "2016-10-01T00:39:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Is that like cow tipping? > > because I don’t think the waitresses like it. At least, not in my experience. In that case, you could try tupping the waitress… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/65 "2016-10-01T00:54:41Z")
The hell? Waitresses like tips! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/66 "2016-10-01T00:59:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The hell? > Waitresses like tips! What about the mohel who wouldn’t take paym… never mind. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/67 "2016-10-01T02:34:26Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > What about the mohel who wouldn’t take paym… never mind. There is a joke about watches in the window of the mohel’s office, but I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/68 "2016-10-01T02:41:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There is a joke about watches in the window of the mohel’s office, but I got nothin’. You know the difference between a pickpocket and a Peeping Tom, don’t you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/69 "2016-10-01T02:45:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > You know the difference between a pickpocket and a Peeping Tom, don’t you? 😉 Yes, thank you for reminding me. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/70 "2016-10-07T23:45:24Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > James Blish had intelligent dolphins being sent to a water world in ‘mission to the heart stars’. He did some work on novelising the star trek scripts, so that may be where it came from. Did he work on anything TNG? I did some searching on Memory Alpha, and it reminded me where I first came across the idea, in a “technical manual” they put out on the NCC1710D. It gets weirder… "The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual indicates that the dolphins were part of the ship’s complement, serving as navigational specialists. " :eek: ---
**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 7, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/71 "2016-10-07T23:50:30Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Did he work on anything TNG? I did some searching on Memory Alpha, and it reminded me where I first came across the idea, in a “technical manual” they put out on the NCC1710D. > > It gets weirder… > > "The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual indicates that the dolphins were part of the ship’s complement, serving as navigational specialists. " :eek: Blish died in 1975, so that was well before the premiere of ST:TNG in 1987. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/72 "2016-10-07T23:55:10Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > In that case, you could try tupping the waitress… Is that anything like “shtupping”? :dubious: :o ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/73 "2016-10-08T00:43:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Is that anything like “shtupping”? :dubious: :o No. This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 1 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-enterprises-bowling-alley/767220/74 "2016-10-08T04:53:10Z")
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