Hehe.

It was later said that Captain Picard shrugged off the "non-incident" (his own words) and would never speak openly of it...

Picard: " Captain's Log XXXXX.X (Actual Stardate withheld for security purposes)...

As per usual, another routine and quite uneventful day on board the Enterprise. So it has been said, nothing and I repeat, nothing happened nor ever took place on the Holodeck that should not have..."

*dramatic pause*

"Captain's Log, supplemental.

Ensign Crusher along with Commanders Data and Riker, are hereby relieved of duties and transferred. They are currently en route to their new duty postings, via shuttlecraft, traveling at maximum warp. Godspeed."

Dang, you beat me to it!

Since Romulans are really just ticked off Vulcans, why do they have forehead ridges and Vulcans don't?

I think I might have to disagree. just look at some seriously ****ed up video-game glitches that takes normal stuff and turns them into the stuff of nightmares.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19507...deo-games.html

now picture that in a holodeck, where the "player" is stuck and can't get out. even if the safety protocols were on, he or she would still see stuff that would haunt his/her nightmares for years to come.

And I have to say that whole gay glitch joke thing is so passe.... you know what would be far more disturbing? having your favorite holodeck character suddenly morph so that he's literally inside out....his guts and blood is all on the outside but he's still "alive" and talking to you. Nobody else in the program notices anything amiss expect you.

Gay jokes are just not as funny now that everyone is either metrosexual and/or has a gay friend to relate to and with. JK!

It's ok. My best friend was gay and still is.

*Badoom tsss*

But seriously, folks...

There is a certain irony of the homophobia that western culture has demonstrated and embraced since it's inception. The roots of today go back to the Hellenic societies of Rome and Greece where same-sex relations were quite accepted and even encouraged. Some how, things have changed along the way and some could argue, not always for the better.

Guess some of my personal story also shows in that if I am not laughing, I am crying and I would rather laugh, hence my attempts at comedic elements in my writing.

I agree that my earlier joking around would not be funny to some and I hope that they understand that I write only in jest of the majority and without malice towards the minority.

What I would find to be a good use of the not-so typical Holodeck malfunction would be where a Hologram went rogue and replaced a crew member fully. Kind of like a virtual and internal "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

Not sure what the limitations of the holographic emitters are or if this has already been referenced in Trek lore but I would consider such an occurrence to be both funny and horrific in the same moment.

P.S.

Looks like I got a topically related question...

Did a Hologram or Holograms ever kill and replace any crew members in ST?

I'd never even thought that the Ferengi were only portrayed by Jewish actors

As a sideline, I was watching Friends with my wife and mother in law the other day, and said:
"David Schwimmer would make an excellent Vulcan..."
"Yes!" said MIL


PS If we're going to be doing gay jokes... If one of Chief O'Brien's kayaking programs was to glitch and get over-written with the Deliverance program, that would be funny...

After some more fact finding, discovered that whatever did take place on the Holodeck really had nothing to do with the transfers which were later rescinded and removed from record. Their trip was written off as a Science mission on the books while Picard was quoted as saying that it was "nothing more than a test and that they all performed admirably!". (his own words)

But that Holodeck malfunction did cause Picard to look at his own life through a new lens, some close to the stalwart starship captain remarked after his passing. Was it much ado about something? On his deathbed, Jean Luc was heard muttering "such tenderness" repeatedly then proceeded to make a very lengthy diatribe about Geordie LaForge before leaving life as we know it.

Rumors about the reasons for Worf's transfer to DS9 from the Enterprise still remain unconfirmed...

OMG!!!

O'Brien: "Computer, initiate White Water Fun 2."

*fizzle sounds*

Computer: "Acknowledged."

*cue banjo music*

O'Brien: "What the..."

[Time passes after hours of squealing.]

Everyone knows of the Vulcan Nerve Pinch which was a non-lethal technique that left no physical marks or damage while rendering an opponent unconscious.

Romulans developed their own version of Nerve Pinching which was focused on the upper part of the face rather than the nerves near the neck. While non-lethal, the Romulan technique rendered their victims disfigured due to inducing nerve damage.

Since it was practiced at an early age for rites of passage, all Romulans bear disfigurement in the form of ridge-like protrusions usually near their forehead.



Good question, No idea! Am dying to hear the answer, too!

That's easy, they were scowling so much that their forehead wrinkles got stuck that way, and then hardened over time.

Hence why our mothers warn us that if we ever make faces, our faces are going to freeze that way.