That softie? Didn't survive the encounter, to nobody's surprise. That's a good one! Kruge also seemed to enjoy strangling the beast found in Spock's coffin as it was strangling him, while his crew shared looks of apprehension. Perhaps proof of him being proud of his exceptional strength? As in, he's willing to demonstrate it at every opportunity, to the extent of becoming an embarrassment? Timo Saloniemi
Yes, I know that. But it was some confusion on my part, the actor who played Ruk also played Lurch in the Addams Family TV series. The actor who played Mr. Homn played Lurch in the Addams Family movies from the 1990s.
Didn't Worf say in (I believe) Code of Honor that to fully appreciate sex, he would need a Klingon Woman because human females were too fragile? Also, while it was years later than the time we're talking about, he brings up his physical strength to Dax in "Let He Who is Without Sin". Granted, we don't really see his strength first hand that much, but we got some kind of idea as to how strong he was.
Both cases refer to the fragility of the human body (in the latter case, Worf's skull apparently cracked that of a human boy; in the former, we probably don't want to know), but neither seems to actually involve Klingon muscular strength. Klingons just happen to be less fragile. As in, thicker bones and less tear-prone genitals (or other body parts that may get harmed in Klingon copulation or foreplay or afterplay, the nature of which is largely unknown, beyond women hurling heavy objects and men reciting poetry), in addition to the canonically established redundant internal organs. I don't think that sort of stuff would help Worf outdo Mr Homn in the art of carrying Ambassadorial luggage... Timo Saloniemi
The Lurch/Ruk/Homm connection is even acknowledged in the old Star Trek Encyclopedias. Under Ruk, it says "Also see Mr. Homm" and under Homm it says "Also see Ruk" - but that's it. It's left to the reader to figure out why they reference each other.