# Worf's Son Busted.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732 "2010-02-20T04:03:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/21 "2010-02-20T16:51:30Z")

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> [@Mr.Excellent](#):
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> Gah! I think they were less scary as Klingons.

They never really struck me as very scary as far as Klingons went. Mostly they just seemed like a couple of inept plotters.

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/22 "2010-02-20T18:11:05Z")

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> [@Shakes](#):
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> You mean Alexander? As in Star Trek? That kid is white.

“Acting!”

“Brilliant!”

“Thank You!”

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/23 "2010-02-20T18:15:51Z")

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> [@thirdname](#):
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> The Duras Sisters were played by whites: [http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg](http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg)  
> [http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david\_barbera-march\_gwynyth-walsh.jpg](http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david_barbera-march_gwynyth-walsh.jpg)
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> Christopher Lloyd played a Klingon in one of the movies. A lot of Klingon actors were white.

Is that rabbit holding a bat’leth in its ears?

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**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:** [February 20, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/24 "2010-02-20T19:13:27Z")

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> [@Raguleader](#):
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> They never really struck me as very scary as far as Klingons went. Mostly they just seemed like a couple of inept plotters.

_Very_ nice costumes, though.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/25 "2010-02-20T19:32:31Z")

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> [@thirdname](#):
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> The Duras Sisters were played by whites: [http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg](http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg)  
> [http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david\_barbera-march\_gwynyth-walsh.jpg](http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david_barbera-march_gwynyth-walsh.jpg)

Gowron was played by [Robert O’Reilly](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Robert_O%27Reilly), who is about as white as people come. And Martok was played by [J.G. Hertzler](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/J.G._Hertzler).

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**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/26 "2010-02-20T19:40:32Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> _Very_ nice costumes, though.

Indeed.😃

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**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/27 "2010-02-20T20:08:49Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Gowron was played by [Robert O’Reilly](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Robert_O%27Reilly), who is about as white as people come. And Martok was played by [J.G. Hertzler](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/J.G._Hertzler).

[John Tesh](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/John_Tesh) played a Klingon as well, known to fans as K’Tesh.

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**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:** [February 20, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/28 "2010-02-20T20:16:39Z")

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The higher …

The fewer.

Oh well, that’s the cost of living.

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**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:** [February 20, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/29 "2010-02-20T20:24:09Z")

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Does he have a neck tat in that photo?  
:dubious:

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/30 "2010-02-20T20:44:11Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> And a lot of Ferengi weren’t Jewish. 🙂

So how were the Jewish ones circumcized, by removing a piece of their earlobes?

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**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:** [February 20, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/31 "2010-02-20T20:46:03Z")

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forehead skin

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**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:** [February 20, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/32 "2010-02-20T21:48:45Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> So how were the Jewish ones circumcized,

You’ll have to check with the Dabo girls and your spell checker on that one. 🙂

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**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:** [February 20, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/33 "2010-02-20T23:03:20Z")

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Yabo Dabo Doo

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/34 "2010-02-20T23:13:45Z")

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> [@AWB](#):
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> “Acting!”
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> “Brilliant!”
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> “Thank You!”

Genius!

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**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:** [February 21, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/35 "2010-02-21T07:49:10Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> You must kill your cellmate, or be Dishonored!  
> Right here, right now!

I hear they serve replicated _gagh_ in prison, not the live kind.

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**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/36 "2010-02-21T07:50:18Z")

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i had no idea that kid was in blackface

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