At Penn Station in NY today, I passed by an Auntie Anne's that had a big sign saying RESISTANCE IS FUTILE...
Trek-related Euphemisms
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That reminds me a friend of mine practices law in Fresno, and he tells me there's a judge there who quotes the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition in his decisions.
When I'm alone on elevators (which is often at work) I'll say "sheee whut" when the doors open. I sometimes do this at home when going from room to room, even though there are no sliding doors.
Cool. Except that, IMO, Auntie Anne's pretzels are very easy to resist. They're a disgrace to pretzeldom.
That reminds me a friend of mine practices law in Fresno, and he tells me there's a judge there who quotes the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition in his decisions.
I love it!
Pretzels have a dominion? I didn't know that.
What kind of condiments do they demand you put on them? Jam Hadar?
"There she is"
I sometimes say "there are four lights" when someone mentions anything about a room's lighting.
^I used to say, or at least think, that when I checked my modem. Now that I have wireless, there are five lights, but I can't bring myself to say that!
"I am a pretzel, and I am salted. As of this moment, we are all salted. We go into battle to reclaim our other toppings. This we do gladly, for we are Jam Hadar. Remember, victory is cheese."
That is the order of things. No, I will not take your order.
I will sometimes use "Botany Bay!" in place of a mild curse, inspired by Chekov in TWOK. Sometimes I'll even use the full: "Botany Bay? Botany Bay! Oh no!"
Yes, I know I'm weird.
Yes, I know I'm weird.
No, you're strange. Weird people are normal people who act strange to attract attention.
This isn't really a euphemism, but sometimes if my friend is wearing a red shirt, I'll go up to them and say "Nice knowing ya!";D
Heck, I don't even use it in place of a curse, I always say it that way, with Chekov's inflections, whenever I meet *anyone* who studied... wait for it... Botany.
Windows Vista and computer updates, in general, cause this reaction from me.
I also use "Make it so", "Engage" and "No intelligent life here".
Recently, I have been teaching my friend's son to drive my truck. When I said, "Is the parking brake on?" he gave me a look that would kill most normal people...
At least, he got the reference.
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