Tuesday, March 31, 2015

I Only Used It for Medicinal Purposes

I had an obituary for the recently-deceased Leonard Nimoy in the works, but time and a lack of writing skill have rendered it unworthy of posting. Meanwhile, our own CRH introduced his own tribute at a recent social gathering, the profound wisdom of which (the tribute, not necessarily the social gathering) we will not debate at these proceedings.

Behold the limited edition Romulan Ale:


There were six phrases/sayings at the bottom of each label in the six-pack (though to be fair, CRH, knowing his audience, brought two of them):
  • Wanting a beer is not so pleasing a thing as having a beer
  • Drinking this beer is your first, best destiny. Anything else is a waste of material
  • Sauce for the goose
  • I have been and always shall be your ale
  • The needs of the thirsty outweigh the needs of the few, or the one
  • Live long and prosper
Although they are all wonderful, the first two on the list are in a dead heat in my mind, regardless of what the second one implies about the drinker in question.

We are eagerly looking forward to the next shipment across the Neutral Zone.

2 comments:

Reed Pugh said...

As the Romulans would say, "Ilea thealh!"

jjv said...

Call me old fashioned but I think Romulan Ale should have a Romulan on it, not a Vulcan trader in Kivas and Trillium.

Also great to see Reed commenting here!