Miles O'Brien wins a bottle of scotch whiskey from Worf in a bet

[Farscape One]

Scotty had synthehol in "Relics", which is supposed to smell and taste like the real thing, but you can likely tell the difference.

It would be like comparing plant based/vegan/whatever the name bacon to real bacon... the latter is delicious, while the former is just terrible.

 

[Mage]

Season 6, episode 15. Dax is playing Tongo with Quark, and O'Brien bets Worf that she'll lose. If O'Brien wins he'll get a bottle of scotch whiskey from Worf, and if Worf wins he'll get a bottle of bloodwine from O'Brien. Dax loses, and O'Brien wins his whiskey, adding that he'd like if it came from the highlands (meaning a mountainous region of Scotland).

HOW could the actor Colm Meaney (who is Irish, and the character he plays is also Irish) have allowed this to be filmed?

So........because I'm Dutch I'm only allowed to like Heineken and Jenever? Prejudice much?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

So........because I'm Dutch I'm only allowed to like Heineken and Jenever? Prejudice much?

Indeed.

I am of German extraction but I like other beers that aren't German.

Not a LOT of other beers, to be sure, but they do exist.

 

[kkt]

I'm American, so I can't like French wine, only Napa Valley?

 

[Tosk]

Exactly. If real Scotch (which is hard to make) is better than replicated Scotch (which is easy to make) then that would not be post-scarcity.

Post-scarcity doesn't mean that nothing is rare. It simply means that everyone has enough to eat, live, love, laugh, etc. Someone can still own a one-of-a-kind item, they don't bust in and start replicating millions of copies and distribute them to homes across the galaxy.

 

[at Quark's]

So........because I'm Dutch I'm only allowed to like Heineken and Jenever? Prejudice much?

No, no; you're also allowed to like Grolsch and Palm beers (for example) instead of Heineken. As long as it's Dutch.

We patriots really aren't the narrow-minded people we're often made out to be.

 

[Tallguy]

Post-scarcity doesn't mean that nothing is rare. It simply means that everyone has enough to eat, live, love, laugh, etc. Someone can still own a one-of-a-kind item, they don't bust in and start replicating millions of copies and distribute them to homes across the galaxy.

So you have a thing. A distillery, a winery, what have you. You make bourbon. Fancy French wine. 20th century hubcaps for the Tom Parises out there.

How do I get it from you? Or you have 100 bottles. 1000 people want them. How do you decide? Mind you, you're like Joe Sisko, you're only doing this for the art and the fun of it. To better yourself.

Everyone has enough to eat. But replicated alcohol isn't as good as the "real" stuff. (By the lights of people like Scotty and O'Brien it's positively terrible.) Is the food? (Ben and Joseph Sisko say "no".) Who decides who gets the "good" stuff?

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

So........because I'm Dutch I'm only allowed to like Heineken and Jenever? Prejudice much?

And La Trappe so it's not all bad.

 

[matthunter]

Speaking with Irish ancestry, winning free booze of any sort is never to be scoffed at.

I also like both Scotch and Irish when it comes to whisky.

 

[Mage]

No, no; you're also allowed to like Grolsch and Palm beers (for example) instead of Heineken. As long as it's Dutch.

We patriots really aren't the narrow-minded people we're often made out to be.

And La Trappe so it's not all bad.

It's all good. I have a YouTube channel where I review craftbeer, including plenty of Dutch's ones. We got this covered.

 

[Kor]

Season 6, episode 15. Dax is playing Tongo with Quark, and O'Brien bets Worf that she'll lose. If O'Brien wins he'll get a bottle of scotch whiskey from Worf, and if Worf wins he'll get a bottle of bloodwine from O'Brien. Dax loses, and O'Brien wins his whiskey, adding that he'd like if it came from the highlands (meaning a mountainous region of Scotland).

HOW could the actor Colm Meaney (who is Irish, and the character he plays is also Irish) have allowed this to be filmed?

I don't think actors have much say with the dialog on a show like this (unless maybe it's one of the top stars of the show). There would be some complicated rigmarole with the director and the script supervisor needing to go over it and approve changes or whatever.

Kor

 

[ED-209]

You're saying because he's Irish he should only like Irish Whiskey??

Yes that scene with "I thought Chekov would be a Vodka guy" gets me everytime too, about as unroddenberrian as it gets.

 

[Tallguy]

about as unroddenberrian as it gets.

This is the same Roddenberry who said his engineer should be Scottish because Scotts are great engineers?

 

[ED-209]

This is the same Roddenberry who said his engineer should be Scottish because Scotts are great engineers?

Aye and called "Scott" - touche. I tend to ignore TOS to be honest, in my opinion TOS is Toss.

 

[Iamnotspock]

This is the same Roddenberry who said his engineer should be Scottish because Scotts are great engineers?

I think that was Doohan.

 

[somebuddyX]

I always just think the replicators can duplicate anything that's programmed into them but that means someone has to go and do that, but also there's something to the idea of the randomness of the meal or the whatever that preparing in the 24th century would still take into account. If the replicator is like the equivalent to 24th century people of like a healthy fast food service there's people that would still take pride in doing it all themselves for the art or accomplishment of it. I guess.

 

[Oddish]

This will never stop making me laugh.

Reminds me of that "Speed Racer" song that takes a bunch of wordless exclamations by Speed and Trixie from the cartoon and... remixes them.

So........because I'm Dutch I'm only allowed to like Heineken and Jenever? Prejudice much?

I'm American, so I can't like French wine, only Napa Valley?

And I'm of Scottish descent, so I must be into kilts, haggis, and whiskey.

I also like both Scotch and Irish when it comes to whisky.

Honestly... to me, hard liquor tastes like drinking gasoline. Never figured out how anyone can detect its flavor at all over the sheer mouth-pummeling effect of the alcohol, much less appreciate it.

 

[Tallguy]

And I'm of Scottish descent, so I must be into kilts, haggis, and whiskey.

Finally some honesty.

 

[Oddish]

Finally some honesty.

Hmmm...it does sound a bit kinky, presented in that context. But I don't own a kilt, I've never been overly eager to try haggis, and I already discussed how I feel about whiskey.

 

[matthunter]

Honestly... to me, hard liquor tastes like drinking gasoline. Never figured out how anyone can detect its flavor at all over the sheer mouth-pummeling effect of the alcohol, much less appreciate it.

Small sips and spend time rolling it around the mouth.

I'd also be considered heretical but I do tend to drink whisky on the rocks, versus neat.