You Know You're a Trekkie When...

[JadziaKathryn]

Ha! Good one, and it reminds me of that ficlet someone wrote...

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

You know you are a Trekkie when...

...you think about TnT and how two people from really different backgrounds came together when you learn about the engagement between Crown Princess Victoria and a man of the people, Daniel Westling.

[Asso]

Ah! This one is great, KTR! Very great!

[TPoptarts]

You know you are a Trekkie when...

your grandchildren give you a blank look because you asked them about their homework and in exaspiration spit out:

"and I suppose you didn't hand it in because your sehlat ate it!"

[Alelou]

Cute!

[JadziaKathryn]

You know you are a Trekkie when...

...you think about TnT and how two people from really different backgrounds came together when you learn about the engagement between Crown Princess Victoria and a man of the people, Daniel Westling.

Hmm, I can't say as though it made me think of TnT so much as, 'Wow, wouldn't it be annoying to need the government's approval to marry someone?' But it's an excellent romantic story. And, now that you point out the TnT comparison...

[Deci]

What a lovely story! Reminds me about Crown Princess Mary from Tasmania who married Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark. Australia's magazines are as full of stories of the Danish Royals now as they are about the British ones.

[JadziaKathryn]

What a lovely story! Reminds me about Crown Princess Mary from Tasmania who married Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark. Australia's magazines are as full of stories of the Danish Royals now as they are about the British ones.

I was surprised by that when I was there; Tassie bookstores also had a biography of her prominently displayed. It's like a real-life fairy tale.

Hey, there was a series where T'Pol was descended from Surak and Trip pretty much married into Vulcan royalty...

[Aquarius]

That's hilarous, T'Poptarts!

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Hmm, I can't say as though it made me think of TnT so much as, 'Wow, wouldn't it be annoying to need the government's approval to marry someone?' But it's an excellent romantic story.

That's a common misconception here among (the few) Republicans. Victoria is free to marry whoever she wants. It's just that if she wants to remain Royal and successor to the throne - with all the duties to the state that that entails - she needs the approval of the government. When you think about it, it makes sense for a Monarchy. Suppose a Prince or Princess Royal wanted to marry a criminal or otherwise a person of poor judgement, then obviously the government which he or she would represent would have to possibility to say "no, we don't want he/she to represent us".

It would get even trickier if, for example, Victoria, who as Crown Princess one day will be reigning Queen, were to marry the successor to another country's throne. Then suddenly we would be faced with the possibility of creating a dual-monarchy, a "personal union" between Sweden and this other country.

[Aquarius]

...so I'm driving to the salon yesterday and I'm behind a van that has this company's logo on it...and the whole time I'm following it all I can think is, "Hmmm...turn that on its side, make the triangle part bigger, stick a gem in the middle, and that's TOTALLY an IDIC!!"

Yeah, I know, I'm reaching, but it amazed me how little it took to bring Trek to mind.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

^ And on a similar note.

You know you're a Trekkie when...

...you think the logo of Iran's first satellite reminds you of something.

[Aquarius]

^ Oh, MAN!! Somebody should sue over that one!!

[JadziaKathryn]

Excellent points about royal marriage, KTR. And the article didn't say that she could still marry him without approval if she renounced the throne, although it makes sense.

^ Oh, MAN!! Somebody should sue over that one!!

Like Iran would care if anyone sued them. The resemblance is striking, though.

[Aquarius]

^ Oh, MAN!! Somebody should sue over that one!!

Like Iran would care if anyone sued them. The resemblance is striking, though.

Not that I thought they would. Obviously, any serious notion about suing would have to be filed under "Yeah, THAT'LL happen!" I was just being facetious.