Seven Words in TNG

satisfied that it distracted enemy tactical officers

 

long enough for the vessel to lock

 

and fire. The Enterprise's ablative armor though

 

was more than enough to deflect the

 

fire of those weapons. Picard taunted them

 

with "the Bird" as well as flashing

 

lights, but his "The Bird's the Word"

 

dance routine simply confused the Romulans and

 

they backed up into their space, swearing

 

off of the spicy chilli served in

 

the Risian restaurants in the Romulan capital.

 

Chili on Romulus was notorious for being

 

as bland as plomeek soup,

 

using very few spices that humans would

 

call anything but unsavory. Romulans of course

 

all loved it...or else, under pain

 

of death, they would be forced to

 

watch Rosie O'Donnell's stand-up comedy collection and

 

love it because the Tal Shiar Chairman

 

had a very peculiar sense of sadism