Hey, I never noticed that before....

[Phaser Two]

You're right, but a clarification. In Armen's "The Gamesters of Pentathlon," the arena isn't an arena but a large, chess-type board (it's called a board in the script) with12 alternating black and white squares arranged in a 3x4 grid. The players can only advance one square at a time and only if they can disable the person on the target square.

In the climatic fight, Kirk, McCoy, Spock, Sulu, and Uhura face off against Shana, Taky, Roork, Klong, and Lars. The two teams move alternately. Kirk calls the moves for the Enterprise team and Shana calls the moves for the Pentathlon team.

That sounds like . . . they did a good job changing it.

 

[Swedish Borg]

There was a budgetary reduction so they had to scale down from penta to tri...

 

[FormerLurker]

More likely they had a set budget for the episode, and couldn't go above it. Not so much their reach exceeding their grasp as having to sacrifice two facets to save three. I guess this could be seen as a shortfall by some metrics.

 

[publiusr]

I never noticed before that the Triskelion symbol/game floor is a stylized Roman triskelion: three bent legs like spokes set in a geometric shape.

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...and as on the flag of the Isle of Man...
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The entity BUER is similar

 

[Swedish Borg]

Speaking of TCOTEOF, I understand that people in quiet neighborhoods get their milk delivered that way but why would they do so in a big city where it can be casually stolen by passing vagrants?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Speaking of TCOTEOF, I understand that people in quiet neighborhoods get their milk delivered that way but why would they do so in a big city where it can be casually stolen by passing vagrants?

Since it's a matter of historical fact, the question isn't why would they, it's why did they.

From https://food52.com/blog/20229-milkmen-history:

Because many homes were without refrigeration and relied on another bygone home-delivery service, the iceman, a more or less daily milk delivery ensured that milk could be used without worrying about spoilage. Additionally, most other regular staples—produce, meat, bread, and dry goods—had their own dedicated storefronts. Because milk was so perishable, delivering it daily was the safest and most cost-effective way to get milk (and a few other perishables, like butter and eggs) to customers.​

And there you have it.

 

[Swedish Borg]

Since it's a matter of historical fact, the question isn't why would they, it's why did they.

From https://food52.com/blog/20229-milkmen-history:

Because many homes were without refrigeration and relied on another bygone home-delivery service, the iceman, a more or less daily milk delivery ensured that milk could be used without worrying about spoilage. Additionally, most other regular staples—produce, meat, bread, and dry goods—had their own dedicated storefronts. Because milk was so perishable, delivering it daily was the safest and most cost-effective way to get milk (and a few other perishables, like butter and eggs) to customers.​

And there you have it.

But vagrants would know where the milk is and would steal it anytime. So it's not the most reliable way to have milk every day.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

But vagrants would know where the milk is and would steal it anytime. So it's not the most reliable way to have milk every day.

Maybe you could use the Guardian of Forever to go back in time and set people straight?

 

[Hofner]

But vagrants would know where the milk is and would steal it anytime. So it's not the most reliable way to have milk every day.

Maybe so, but apparently, it wasn't enough to kill the practice.

Robert

 

[Swedish Borg]

Maybe so, but apparently, it wasn't enough to kill the practice.

Robert

I see, so maybe the stealing wasn't as common as the episode might lead one to think.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I see, so maybe the stealing wasn't as common as the episode might lead one to think.

Everyone knows the housewives were there at the door to greet the milkman.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I see, so maybe the stealing wasn't as common as the episode might lead one to think.

We saw a single theft of milk...

 

[Swedish Borg]

Everyone knows the housewives were there at the door to greet the milkman.

Sounds like the beginning of an... erotic... movie.

 

[Swedish Borg]

We saw a single theft of milk...

That's the casual way he does it that strikes me as funny. He doesn't even leave the place before drinking it.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Sounds like the beginning of an... erotic... movie.

It's a pretty old joke.

 

[Swedish Borg]

It's a pretty old joke.

Less to me since I don't live in America or in England.

In "The Lullaby Of Broadway" there's a verse about the milkman being on his way... I think.

 

[Phaser Two]

It's a pretty old joke.

The Iceman Cometh, as it were.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Less to me since I don't live in America or in England.

In "The Lullaby Of Broadway" there's a verse about the milkman being on his way... I think.

I'm sure most countries have a version of the basic concept of the cuckold.

 

[Swedish Borg]

I'm sure most countries have a version of the basic concept of the cuckold.

Well, In France it's traditionally the mailman...

 

[Hofner]

Yeah, it's remarkable how so many of the housewives' children looks like the milkman.
Robert