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Caption Contest #10: Oh, Stella!

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May 182011

The previous caption contest is hereby declared a bust. There was not one single entry after running the contest for 16 days. However, since every contest must eventually have a winner, I am going to take the liberty of declaring myself the winner with this entry:

Kirk: Spock, help me get him back to sickbay. I'm sick of him hanging out on my bridge and spitting tobacco juice all over the floor!

For the new caption contest, post a caption for this image:

If there are no other entries in this contest, the winning caption will again be mine, and it will be:

Kirk (offscreen): Harry, If you’re going to start selling coogi clothing then the first thing you’re going to have to do is get a different model. Here’s my little black book.

As usual, the rules are:

Post your caption in the comments
Rate other comments with the thumbs-up and thumbs-down tools at the bottom of each comment.
The caption with the highest rating will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen by me.
Enter as often as you wish.
Please keep all captions family friendly (PG-13 or nicer)
As the author of this blog, I simply don’t feel right declaring myself to be the winner unless there are no entries other than my own, but I do reserve the right to participate.
Most importantly, have fun. Since the only “prize” is a simple congratulatory pat on the back, there’s no reason to get all up tight and nasty about it. The goal here is to laugh and to make others laugh.

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McCoy was bored

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Apr 092011

It’s a good thing that there weren’t very many times when someone in Jim Kirk’s crew stumbled into sickbay needing emergency medical assistance, given all the time that Dr. McCoy spent hanging out on the bridge for no apparent reason. In reality, I know that it was just a convenient way for DeForest Kelley to get his fair share of time on screen, but seriously, none of the doctors from any of the other Star Trek shows just hung around on the bridge. TNG‘s Dr. Beverly Crusher came close, but then she had a reason, however flimsy it may have been; her son was at the navigation station and, deep down, she had the hots for the captain. McCoy just popped up to the bridge and stood there (or sat on that railing) for no real reason. I guess sickbay just wasn’t exciting enough for the good doctor.

McCoy: I tranquilized the daylights out of everyone in sickbay. What's happening up here?

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How to view the past

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Feb 282011

While wandering around the internet today we ran across this picture that supposedly shows how to view what was happening on Earth 2,000,000 years ago:

Any science fiction fan worth his salt will tell you there are a few problems with this idea.

Assuming we could travel at the speed of light (which Einstein claims is impossible), it would take 1 million years to get the mirror in place.
Once the mirror was in place, it would take another 1 million years for light from the mirror to reach Earth.
The positioning of the mirror and the telescope would have to be so precise as to be, for all practical purposes, impossible.
The mirror couldn’t just be put at some point in space and left there. It would have to be in orbit around the Sun at a distance of 1,000,000 light years.
By the time anyone was able to use the telescope in question, they’d be viewing events that were happening on Earth when this genius undertaken was started.
Without going to the trouble of calculating just how huge the mirror in question would have to be, it would obviously have to be beyond enormous. The ship carrying it would be unbelievable in size, and finding a way to fuel the monstrosity would be, shall we say, impractical at best.

These are some pretty big obstacles to overcome just so that someone someday can watch you overcome these obstacles. It’d be much more cost effective to simply keep accurate and well-preserved historical records.

Giant Lasagna or Alien Acne Monster?

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Feb 262011

Do you Star Trek fans recognize this creature?

We were having a debate about the Horta from Season One’s “Devil In The Dark”. The debate revolved around whether the creature looked more like a giant lasagna or a gigantic alien zit.

What do you think is the proper way to defeat this alien? Do you grab a fork and start eating as fast as you can before it eats you or do you grab a huge container of the universe’s best acne treatment and go to town?

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Caption Contest: What is this guy saying to the Doctor?

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Feb 192011

Maybe we have developed something of a twisted sense of humor, but looking at this picture, the only caption that comes to mind is something on the order of, “You will give us all of your acne remedies or we will be forced to destroy your ship as an example to others of your kind.”

If you can think of a better caption, please feel free to post it in the comments.