De Kelley's Pinkie Ring

[Cakes488]

I laughed because crusher disciple came along and asked "so does anybody know about the ring" -- right after you had explained it, then you replied to him/her that you had no idea...after you just explained it. Am I missing something? No I went back and checked...that's what happened.

I stand by my

What I explained was what I read about DEFORREST KELLEY's reason for wearing the ring. What Crusher disciple then asked was if there was a reason why MCCOY wore the ring. I was talking about real life, she was asking about In-universe.

Two different things.

What the heck is in-universe??

 

[AstroSmurf]

Well I am not sure what the TOS "in universe" explanation would be but I think in the "alt universe" it was meant to be his class ring. I could be mistaken though. (Whatever the reason, I thought it was a nice touch having Karl wear a pinky ring in the movie. I am a huge fan of DeForrest and seeing him being honored in such a small way was touching.)

 

[Jeri]

I am not seeing that on my McCoy action figure.

 

[AstroSmurf]

^ I hadn't noticed that... since mine is still in the box.

But he was wearing it in the movie, pinky swear.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I am not seeing that on my McCoy action figure.

Mine no longer has underwear. I have no idea what happened to it....

 

[Jeri]

I'm thinking about losing mine's underwear, too; I haven't taken him out of the box either, but I'm cogitating on it. Are there stands for them in the box?

What's worse, I'm also wondering if I shouldn't get the Kirk and Spock figures, even though they don't favor the actors as much as the McCoy one. You people have ruined me.

 

[RandyS]

I laughed because crusher disciple came along and asked "so does anybody know about the ring" -- right after you had explained it, then you replied to him/her that you had no idea...after you just explained it. Am I missing something? No I went back and checked...that's what happened.

I stand by my

What I explained was what I read about DEFORREST KELLEY's reason for wearing the ring. What Crusher disciple then asked was if there was a reason why MCCOY wore the ring. I was talking about real life, she was asking about In-universe.

Two different things.

What the heck is in-universe??

It means within the context of the Star Trek universe.

 

[Kirk1980]

*sighs

Women.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

After seeing the disco medallion and chest hair in TMP a pinkie ring seems to be par for the course.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

*sighs

Women.

You know you love us.

 

[Kirk1980]

*sighs

Women.

You know you love us.

.... *sadly nodding

Kidding

 

[Gil T.Azell]

Never noticed it

 

[Biggshow]

In Star Trek (2009), the line originally was, "...got the whole damn planet in the divorce, and all I got are my bones...and this ring."

It was deleted for pacing, and also McCoy's new nickname for the reboot, "Bone Ring", just sounded too suggestive.

That's just wrong.