Well, double dumbass on you!

/+1

They weren't stolen. They just dropped a quarter in the meter and hit the sidewalk for a while.

"Captain, there be whales here!"

Kome: Well, double dumbass on you!

I knew this was going to be the Boobies.

I only poked my head in to confirm this fact.

/goes looking for nuclear wessels

TOTALY GHEY

LDS?

Not the hell your whales.

GIS for "Wessels"

I don't get it either.

So yeah, anyone figured out why they needed transparent aluminum?

awfulperson: /goes looking for nuclear wessels

Can you direct me to the naval base in Alameda?

Link (new window)

Who is stealing who's article?

They are not the hell your whales.

dahmers love zombie: Not the hell your whales.

Damn.

save those big fat funky whales
well save all the whales
ohhhh ... shoot the seals

It's so nice when someone takes the time to think of a witty headline that is not a cliche. Thank you submitter - you made my Caturday.

Hello computer.

DaShredda: Hello computer.

Just use the keyboard

Anybody remember Voyage of the MiMi?

Shadow Blasko: DaShredda: Hello computer.

Just use the keyboard

Ah, the keyboard. How quaint.

Tip: The hump is the tastiest part!

Did not RTFA but with a name like "humpback" it seems only natural that the population will grow. Humpback

Danho: GIS for "Wessels"

I don't get it either.

Looks like he did a little too much LDS.

Their BOP was a POS, IMHO. I always thought that it must smell bad in there.

PATS0707: Anybody remember Voyage of the MiMi?
Just barely. Tried looking up a torrent of it, couldn't find it. :(

Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word.

While I know Fark's disdain for pointing the finger at other white people, you'd better hope this article doesn't reach austraila. Their ability to hunt whales to the brink of extinction as long as it's profitable, then back off and declare themselves the protector of an endangered species is remarkable. Hunt until the species is almost depleted. then break off and act like they had nothing to do with it. It'd almost piss you off, but then again, they're white.

Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor (insert your profession here)!

Whatever happened to Mr.Splashypants?

Did that name win?

awfulperson: /goes looking for nuclear wessels

I think they're across the bay. In Alameda!

Lamune_Baba: I think they're across the bay. In Alameda!

You keep playing games with me mister, and we're through here!

Everybody remember where we parked.

I'm from Iowa but I only work in outer space, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

What does it mean, exact change?

-1 subby
Insitute moved them they were not stolen!
Picked up at sea.

/Looks like Kirk is still picking up females
and while pregnant!

I took too much LDS back in the 60's, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

tdpatriots12: So yeah, anyone figured out why they needed transparent aluminum?

They wanted to be able to see into the holding tank, and ~2 inches of clear aluminium would do the job of ~6 inches of glass. Might have been a weight issue? I don't remember all of it, i saw the movie once like 10 years ago.

/Yes i realize how much sense it makes to worry about the weight of a piece of glass when hauling 10 million gallons of water and two whales around... i didn't write it.

Gracie is pregnant.

tdpatriots12: So yeah, anyone figured out why they needed transparent aluminum?

Nerd alert (me)...

They didn't. They used 6 inch thick plexiglass, of course. However, the transparent aluminum, had it been available, would have only been 1 inch thick, lighter, and as strong or stronger. This formula was used to barter for the 6 inch material.

Why plexiglass instead of metal for a short trip? Probably lighter... I'm thinkin' it's probably not as strong, and I'd want some strong for going through a time warp via gravity well of the sun at warp while carrying several thousand tons of whales and sea water...

But the reality is, you can't see the whales in the ship, and that wouldn't make for good movie visuals. Much more exciting to see whales floating about in a Klingon Bird of Prey's hold...

Which is a whole other discussion about space consideration and mission types and the usability of that particular vessel for cargo... But hey, it's a movie. Deal with it.

/not a *total* nerd... Practicality won out. Kirk and co. aren't just *any* crew... they's pretty savvy about the viewing public... :)

PATS0707: Anybody remember Voyage of the MiMi?

Young Ben Affleck FTW.

Damn you LoveVWolf!

Well... mine's cuter. :)

So Starfleet Academy is in San Francisco, right? Then how the hell did they not know where Alameda is??

This question will go with me to my grave.

/do you like Italian?
//no-yes
///yes, I love Italian. And so do you.
////...yes.

Meh, and now I'm teh uber fail.

My apologies LoneVVolf Cute use of 'V's there.

LoneVVolf: They wanted to be able to see into the holding tank

That's what I was getting at. They could have used regular old aluminum, it'd be a small price to pay for not (possibly) changing history by giving some random dude the formula.

But yes, nitpicking a movie with so many silly elements...

The Chekov as a Russian spy bit? Inspired!

/dialysis? what is this, the dark ages?

"You'd think they could at least send a ship. Bad enough to be court marshaled and spend the rest of our lives mining borite -- but to come home in this Klingon flea trap..."

"We could learn a thing or two from this flea trap. It has a cloaking device that cost us a lot."

"I just wish we could cloak the stench."

I love Italian, and so do you.

hornblowerfan: So Starfleet Academy is in San Francisco, right? Then how the hell did they not know where Alameda is??

This question will go with me to my grave.

It's a few hundred years and at least 1 world war later. Perhaps San Fran isn't fully intact anymore?

/Not a Star Trek scholar.
//looked up the dates on Wikipedia...

mikeyb_houtex: tdpatriots12: So yeah, anyone figured out why they needed transparent aluminum?

Nerd alert (me)...

They didn't. They used 6 inch thick plexiglass, of course. However, the transparent aluminum, had it been available, would have only been 1 inch thick, lighter, and as strong or stronger. This formula was used to barter for the 6 inch material.


yep... they traded the formula for transparent aluminum in lieu of payment for the plexiglass.

/a keyboard, how quaint

tdpatriots12: That's what I was getting at. They could have used regular old aluminum, it'd be a small price to pay for not (possibly) changing history by giving some random dude the formula.

In the book, they gave the formula to the guy who later "invented" transparent aluminum. They touch on this in the movie, but it's confirmed in the book. Thus, McCoy has to practically hold Scotty back from hero worshipping the plexiglas guy.

/geek
//not apologetic
///bunch of wtf? bits in ST:IV if you think about it too much, but that ruins the fun

This!

hornblowerfan:So Starfleet Academy is in San Francisco, right? Then how the hell did they not know where Alameda is??

This was one of my fav movies growing up

/Not now madeline!
//Everybody remember where we parked.
///nerd

Mofo_Jones: Thus, McCoy has to practically hold Scotty back from hero worshipping the plexiglas guy.

Would have been way cooler if they did it this way in the film. You'd still have the "haha Scotty doesn't know how to use old computers" part of the scene, and it wouldn't be quite so stupid.

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