How Tough Are Scotsmen?

**MNlad** · 28th October 13, 03:44 PM

Stardate 2013: Dr. McCoy has been confined to quarters pending a court martial hearing for insubordination. Meanwhile, Kiltedrennie has been allowed to maintain his Trek card on a provisional basis pending the findings of the review board.

**kiltedrennie** · 28th October 13, 04:23 PM

"I cannae change the laws of physics! I've got to have thirty minutes!"

**unixken** · 28th October 13, 04:42 PM

Mr. Scott. Do you always multiply your repair estimates by a factor of four?

**MNlad** · 28th October 13, 04:51 PM

Scott: Certainly, Sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?

**Deirachel** · 28th October 13, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by EagleJCS

Actually, Data said 'It is green.' (He didn't use contractions when speaking, only Lore did. That's one way to tell them apart.)

According to the Lore.... in practice, there were a few "slips".

**rmccool** · 31st October 13, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by unixken

The perfect tombstone epitaph... "He's dead, Jim."

Our county coroner's first name is Jim.

When he arrived at an incident that I was working, looked at a sheet covered figure on the pavement, and asked "What do we have?"...

It was just too good an opportunity to pass up.

Some folks might find such an incident to be a poor time for humor, but those who've managed to survive a couple of decades as emergency responders have generally learned to find humor in some really sad situations.

**Phil** · 31st October 13, 02:09 PM

How tough are Scotsmen? We'll they were imported into Ireland to supplant the native Irish there then they went to America and opened up the West. Armstrongs, Bells,Scott's etc. were a pretty hardy lot from the Borders of Scotland and England in the times when survival meant looking after yourself. The early cattle drovers were Scots who had spent their lives doing just that. The early tobacco traders settled in Virginia and exported back to Glasgow. And, less justifiably, slave traders such as the Stirlings made fortunes in the West Indies. Just a pity that their predecessors from Oliver Cromwell's time hadn't looked favourably on the Scots exported to the Americas as slaves. It wasn't just Africans who suffered in this way in case anyone is unaware of the true nature of the trade.

**MacGumerait** · 10th November 13, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by EagleJCS

Fans of the Star Trek 'universe' have some shorthand acronyms when referring to the different series, characters, episodes, etc.

TOS - The Original Series
TNG - The Next Generation (the second television series, started 1987)
DS9 - Deep Space Nine - the spinoff series from TNG

Scotty's kilt wearing was discussed on XMTS in this thread. In summary, he rarely wore it, he had a fly plaid, and it was in the Scott Black and White tartan.

To continue with the Scotty quotes:
From TOS episode ‘By Any Other Name’
Scotty: [Trying to drink Tomar - a Kelvan crew member attempting to take over the Enterprise - under the table, Scotty enters, a bit tipsy, with a bottle of green liquid] I found this in the ganner room... ganner...
Tomar: What is it?
Scotty: It's, [looks for a label]
Scotty: uh, [looks under the bottle; sniffs it]
Scotty: ... It's green.

Here you go John , a vid of the above scene , one of my favorites !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWEDZFoLmyA

Mike