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Atrocities
June 4th, 2001, 12:29 AM
Surefire Signs that Star Trek Is Taking Over Your Life

1. Saying, "make it so" in casual conversation

2. Indignation because the periodic table doesn't include dilithium and tritanium.

3. Able to use "variable phase inventor" in a sentence without excessive thought first

4. More than one pair of Spock ears on junk drawer

5. Have figured out the stardate system

6. Sudden urge to wear lots of Lycra

7. Scanning shelves at local liquor store for synthehol

8. The Star Trek theme becomes background music for your dreams

9. Major quote sources for thesis are Shakespeare, the Bible, and "The Omega Glory"

10. Memorization of the crew's authorization codes

11. Forgetting that present-day elevators don't have voice interface

12. Attending a convention wearing non-Terran vestments

13. Actual serious thoughts about buying that $300 model of the Enterprise from the Franklin Mint

14. Understanding Klingon

15. Lecturing any science professor on how transporters work

16. Playing fizzbin and understanding it

17. "The Outrageous Okona" seems like a fine piece of writing and dramatic stylistics

18. Paying rapt attention during those endless special effects sequences in ST:TMP

19. Inexplicable rock-climbing urges

20. More than three original episode outlines buried in your drawers

21) You never leave your room, and have blow up dolls of Jadzia and Ezri Dax...

22. You have you're room designed like Picards Ready room

23. You can't stop thinking bout Treks

24. You have EVERY Star Trek movie

25. Own a phaser prop, and try to use it on parents

26. Owns, and plays a 3D chess board

27. Ability to explain how warp drive works

28. Have every starship class memorized

29. Know all the Capts of the Starship Enterprise by heart and know what classes they are

30. Play Star Trek Games 24/7

31 you have devised a perfect fantasy of a star trek episode starring you as yourself

32 Before you get out of bed you say: Computer, light ____ COMPUTER, LIGHT____ COMPUTER oh sh** Ill do it myself!
BTW I have the Star Trek theme as background music for every dream isn't this normal?
And for all science professors: The warp-drive works like the following: They use______ *panth*, *panth* where is the O2-bottle?

33. Stand in front of doors, expecting them to open for you.

34. Wait for food to materialize in the microwave

35 You try to modify your phaser riffle by using kinetic energy (you throw it against the wall and question yourself: For such a useless thing I spend 150$?)

36. You stand on your scales in the morning and say "Energy" expecting to rematerialize next to your destination.

37. You tell your car to plot course to work and engage wondering why the warp drive hasn't activated.
38. You pose in your Starfleet uniform in front of a mirror and ask yourself, "Do I look phat?" (No, not FAT, phat!)

39.You walk into a local bar expecting to see Whoppi Goldberg.

40.Your going over the alphabet with a kid, and when you reach "Q" you clench your fists.

41.You often crash into doors.

42.You get rid of your TV and build a big room with yellow gridlines.

43.You're engine breaks down, and you try to eject it before it explodes.

44.You worry that your X-girlfriend will impregnate herself with your DNA.

45.You see a hair clip and put it over your eyes

46.You make up a song to go with theme of star trek.

47.You call your assistant number one.

48.More than one of your screen names are trek ones.

49.You tell your partner they are giving you Umoxx.

50.You respond to every problem by saying, "raise shields

Downunder Tom
June 4th, 2001, 06:48 AM
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51. Instead of saying goodbye you say Live long and prospure with the Vulcan hand sign.

52. You pickup a computer mouse and say 'Computer' as Scotty did in Startrek IV.

Anyway I must be doing OK :

I Sit up each Saturday night and watch Startrek on Austar 2030 Original, 2130 TNG,2230 DS9

Have both DS9 and NCC1701 Wall papers and sounds and theme setup for NCC701 but an using a Babylon 5 one at them moment (probly just as bad).

Have all except the Last movie, Seen it on pay and Will fix soon I hope.

Have all execpt the Last 12 issuses of Star Trek Fact Files, There still comming and will have it all in 12 weeks.

Have some of the Startrek computer games

Building a list of Federation Starship from the fact files.


Tom


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Trekkie
August 2nd, 2001, 07:20 PM
LOL!
I can understand some words in Klingon... but I'm not a Trekkie.


Honest!

Fine, be like that! Q'apla!*

*Goodbye

Exculcator
August 16th, 2001, 01:50 AM
Doesn't Q'apla mean 'good luck' ?

oh oh, I seem to be guilty of number 53: nitpicking or not being able to let an opportunity pass to correct people on their presumed knowledge of Star Trek.