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"Here's a quick video trailer for the Deep Space Nine episode Apocalypse Rising. Enjoy!
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(Bill Christensen 1/11/2012 7:56:07 AM)
"Klingons are whusses; they don't drink 24/7 (or however many hours their planet takes to revolve).
But then I always thought that starfleet officers were kind of whimpy too; damn, synthanol? what kind of training is that? Call yourselves diplomats? IT IS DIPSOMATES in the klingon empire folks."
(Icecycle 1/12/2012 10:18:39 AM)
"Researchers are really trying to make Star Trek's synthehol, Take a look at this previous article "Synthehol Sought By Psychopharmacologists"."
(Bill Christensen 1/12/2012 12:41:11 PM)
"I seem to recall an episode of 'Get Smart' where Max had a pill that would absorb the alcohol he drank... as long as he kept it in his mouth all was good, then he swallowed it. This has the prospective to be the ultimate hangover remedy too."
(Dewtey 1/12/2012 5:38:57 PM)
"I'll have to check, but I think in H. Beam Piper's SPACE VIKING there were "alcodote" pills."
(Winchell Chung 1/17/2012 9:44:19 AM)
"You're right, there is a reference to 'alcodote-vitamin pills' - thanks!"
(Bill Christensen 1/18/2012 7:20:44 AM)
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