Seven Words in TNG

same could be said of your...Enterprise."

 

Picard rolled his eyes and smacked the

 

shoe over his opponent's head.

"Take that,

 

you odd mix of offensive historical caricatures!"

 

"You hit me! You are not Sisko!"

 

"No, but Enterprise uses Cisco Systems in

 

its central computer so I think that

 

we are allowed some latitude in our

 

dealings with the likes of you."

"I'm

 

surprised that you would divulge such information

 

to rank-and-file members of our august organization.

 

There used to be a time when

 

such things were kept so secret that

 

even Cardassian interrogators couldn't get us to

 

reveal our mother's name, or how many

 

'you-know-whats' there are."

"Oh...Lights?"

 

"THERE...ARE...FOUR...LIGHTS!!!.......oh, excuse me,"

 

he stammered, the painful memories welling up

 

.

Gul Madred suddenly appeared with a wry

 

smirk upon his lips, sitting comfortably in