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"Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star
linuxwrangler writes "Actor James Doohan, aka Scotty on the original Star Trek series received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today. This is expected to be Doohan's last public appearance as he suffers from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and lung fibrosis as well as recently diagnosed Alzheimer's disease."
That's actually good. The trick is you have to get multiple diseases so then they start attacking eachother instead of you.
Scotty is an Engineer and Kirk is just management :)
Yeah, and Kirk's the one who always got laid... still doesn't say much for the geeks.
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"And may your days be long upon the earth."
Don't forget that he is the REAL inventor of Transparent Aluminum.
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Just one of the many great things Scotty has done for us
Thank you Mr. Doohan.
There is nothing inherently safe about liberty. That's why so many people died protecting it.
An old man is getting the bad news from the doc.
Doc : I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you have cancer and Alzheimers'
Man : Phew ! At least it's not cancer !
"God, no! Even the slightest breeze could--"
"Invincible..."
English is easier said than done.
- Estimate the time to finish the job,
- Double that,
- Change up to the next highest units.
For example, if you think the job takes two weeks, say it's impossible to get it done in under four months. So when you spend three weeks drinking beer then knock it out in an afternoon, your boss will think you're some kind of miracle worker."Scotty! I need warp power in three minutes or we're all dead!"
"I can give you three minutes next Thursday. How's that sound, ya cheese eatin' surrender monkey?"
This is not my sandwich.
Oh, we can all sympathize with Scotty. Kirk isn't just management. He's management that's forgotten to take its Ritalin. Sometimes I think this PTT thing on Nextel was created to be an engineer's nightmare.
Kirk (on intercom): Scotty, how long before we have warp drive?
Scotty: That's be five minutes, captain.
Kirk: Well hurry it up.
(Scotty picks up his doubletalk spanner)
Kirk (immediately on intercom again): How's that warp drive coming?
Scotty(Putting down doubletalk spanner): It'll be five minutes, captain!
Kirk: OK, but I need warp right now!
Scotty: I'll see what I can do.
(Picks up doubletalk spanner)
Kirk (on intercom): Scotty, now would be a good time.
Scotty (putting the spanner in his back pocket): For the love of Pete!
(Kirk finally realizes he's irritated his top engineer)
Kirk: That's OK, Scotty. You're our miracle worker. Any time in the next two minutes would be fine.
Scotty(under his breath): F*****g a*****e!
(Scott looks around but can't find his spanner)
Scotty (yelling at unnamed subordinate): Where's my damn spanner?
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