13 Things I Learned From Watching Star Trek
I’ve shared 13 Things I’ve Learned from Watching Star Wars , 13 Things I’ve Learned from Watching Battlestar Galactica, and 13 Things I Learned From Watching Quantum Leap in the past. Here are 13 Things I Learned From Watching Star Trek:
1. No one stays dead forever. Unfortunately.
2. Don’t ever wear a red shirt on an away mission.
3. Tribbles are the perfect pet. No head, no rear end, and no waste. Low maintenance. That’s my kind of pet.
4. Got too many tribbles? Stop feeding them. Or just toss them out the nearest air vent. (Works for other pets too. Trust me. There is no PETA in the future.)
5. No budget for weapons? No problem. Just glue together a tiny plunger to some metal boxes.
6. They had to recycle all those unused garage door openers somehow. Mine only works within 10 feet of my house, but somehow their communicators work out in orbit.
7. The Romulan Commander looks an awful lot like Spock’s dad, Sarek. They went to the trouble of giving him Romulan/Vulcan make-up, but they couldn’t disguise him at all?
8. Why is everyone staring at Spock? Well, have you seen the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?
9. The appearance of a giant space amoeba is only slightly more intimidating than a Tholian web. And by “intimidating,” I mean “ridiculous looking.”
10. Got a hot date? This may not be the best way to impress her.
11. Some fake ears and straight eyebrows are a great disguise. No one will notice you. Bet you can’t tell that that’s really Kirk underneath that disguise.
12. Right after fighting, Kirk and the Gorn resolve their differences and embrace to show there are no hard feelings.
13. Kirk got around more than the Enterprise did.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:30 am
Great list. Happy TT. (Mine’s up and it’s a movie list).
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:59 am
I was waiting the entire list for something along the lines of #13! Great fun
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:25 am
Muahaha… #1 is, I think, my fave, although it’s hard to pick.
As to the Bilbo Baggins thing… uh, I hadn’t seen that before. I kind of wish I still hadn’t; it’s… um… wow. I mean, what can you say about that? lol
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:55 am
I like 11. That is surely a cunning disguise. It’s almost uncanny how he passes as a Vulcan.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:13 am
The one about Gorn could be how, in dangerous situations, random nearby items can be assembled to make weaponry — aka, The MacGyver Principle.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:49 am
I was never really a Star Trek fan but I do remember the old school show. My Dad was a big fan. Great pics:) Happy TT.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:07 am
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August 23rd, 2007 at 10:43 am
This great!
I just found out there is a Trek Expo in October about an hour away (Tulsa, OK)! I’m going to go with a few people from work. Should be fun!
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:46 am
LOL! These are great. My husband has a T-shirt with a list of “everything I need to know, I learned from Star Trek,” but it’s not nearly as amusing as this list.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:04 am
On 10., Spock is all, “You’ve got some schmutz… right… here.”
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:33 am
I am just ROARING over here that is hilarious. And #7 ya I thought so too when I saw that episode. HEY THAT’s SAREK!
And the straight eyebrow ear thing. Hilarious.
Also Klingons in a few episodes didn’t have the head thing.
There’s also a weird episode about the creator of the warp engine (can’t remember his name right now) living on a planet with a female keeper alien who takes over the body of a dead female. Did he … I mean when in the movie First Contact he didn’t seem the type of person as he was in that original episode. COCHRANE that;s the name Zephram Cochrane. Ok enough of that. Hilarious post.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Not really a “Trekkie,” but I did enjoy the shows.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Hands down my favorite TT this week!
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
(tongue in cheek) man, i missed a lot…
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I must confess, I’m not a Trekkie….but those are great. Especially the one about the low-budget weapons. LOL.
My TT’s up–the first in a long while–about my favorite Movie Spoofs. Come by and share your faves!
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Ha Ha…that’s a great 13!
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
“Don’t ever wear a red shirt on an away mission.” My favorite! The Sam Rockwell part in “Galaxy Quest” really plays on this bit of wisdom.
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
#13 is so true. If only they could see into the future to see what Capt’n Kirk would look like and they would not have made out with him at all. EEk!
Thanking my fellow TTer’s this week. Come get thanked!
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
LOVE this TT!
Especially #13!
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
An excellent list; for obvious reasons, I liked it a lot.
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
I loved it! Thanks for the laugh.
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
LOL! I think I have seen all those episodes. I have always wanted a Tribble.
My son LOVES Star Wars and cannot stand Star Trek.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Kirk got around more than the Enterprise. snicker
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
I’ve learned from Star Trek to “live long and prosper.” Hahaha!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Leonard Leonard-you would do just about anything for a buck wouldn’t you?!
And the Gorn? Kirk would kiss ANYTHING!ewww
And you have to admit, the communicators then look just like the cell phones we use now!
Since I am a trekkie, I LOVED it! Have you seen the iszcheezeburger(sp?) take off on star trek? Classic.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
LOL great list, my friend is Bill Shatners webmaster and is in charge of the Shatner vision stuff he is doing now, Bill is NUTS btw lol
I called someone a redshirt the other day , he had NO clue what I meant.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Somewhere you drifted from things you learned to real geekdom in your post–it cracked me up. Love these lists, keep em coming!
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Oh, by the way, I bought Leonard’s album. Yep.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Ciar – No way! LOL Is the rest of the album as… unique as The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:56 pm
This TT had me cracking up! I had no idea that Leonard recorded a song called “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”. Two movies that you should check out if you haven’t already are “Free Enterprise” and “Trekkies”. I caught them on one of the premium channels a few years ago and really enjoyed them. They made a sequel to “Trekkies”, but I haven’t seen it yet.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Great TT. I was and always will be a Trekkie.
Live long and prosper.
ed
August 24th, 2007 at 6:22 am
I’m late, but it was good to come here. Star Trek, yay! The red shirt on an away mission, or some previously unknown character coming along… watch out!
My new kitten Maia took over my TT to introduce herself with 13 pictures.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:42 am
And never, ever sign on to the Enterprise crew as a member of the security depatrment. They were always the first to die every week.
August 25th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Oh my!
Spock singing about hobbits!
That’s a hilarious mind-bending experience, I must say!
Great list, thanks for sharing.
cjh
August 26th, 2007 at 3:04 am
These are so funny. I’ve thought about stealing the idea, but frankly, I couldn’t do it better.
August 26th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
I don’t think I’ve heard a funnier song, Weird Al included.