VOY s7e7 “Body and Soul”
Narrator:
Martok was not as amused with the joke as Buster was.
It’s one bottle of vodka (hiccup), Harry. How much could it cost? 10 replicator rations?
I am so looking forward to having Janeway stand in for Lucille when she insults Lindsay (to be played by Seven, naturally).
Unless Seven is running a still in her alcove… or something… that vodka is synthhol anyways.
oh. wait. Borgs can’t hold their fake booze
She doesn’t produce the enzyme to break down synthehol like normal humans as a result of her early Borg assimilation. It’s a great plot point in the episode being referenced.
Edit: You caught on before I posted.
yeah. I remembered that detail a second after hitting post
Though I’d have to say it’s a pretty silly plot point. The idea that borg nanites can somehow install extremely complicated implants and control people but can’t deal with a little fake-booze is amusing
Janeway: Tuvok, B’Elanna, go down to engineering and convert all the photon torpedoes into giant hyposprays, replicate as much vodka as you can, and fill 'em up. We’re about to show the Borg what a Tuesday night was like when I was at the Academy.
Best not to delve too greedily and too deep on such matters.
I mean, it’s star trek. The level of “science” in the science fiction is on par with star wars, and star wars wasn’t even trying.
But like. The borg could have been really easy to deal with if you just got them all drunk. But trying to drink a borg under the table is how Picard winds up getting the Queen knocked up.
(alright I think I have the next lower decks episode…)
This gif confuses me, where is it from?
That SNL skit was actually pretty damn funny, but only if you’re at least mildly familiar with 70s celebrity panel game shows
My mom told me wine went bad and I legitimately thought once you opened it you had to finish the bottle
Wine does go bad. Vodka does not.
Well yeah, even 24 hours later it picks up and oxidized flavor (port-like) and becomes a shadow of its former glory. So no, it’s not gonna get you sick, but you should definitely finish it the night you open it for maximum enjoyment.
I mean, it does have a shelf life once opened.
that’s when you use it for cooking!
granted, I probably opened the bottle for cooking to begin with. I’m not very good at the whole alcoholic thing.
Eight months before my grandfather passed, I bought a bottle of chateau Picard. I thought since he liked TNG and wine, he’d share it with me. Wasn’t to his liking. He told me to finish it fast. By the end of the week it tasted awful.
EDIT: There was sediment at the bottom of the bottle which formed.
Sediment isn’t an indicator of quality. It’s OK for even very fine wine to have some, they are usually tanins that crystallize. The only way to really tell wine quality is serving it.
The flavor is noticeably worse after just a few hours
Good wine improves flavor in the first hour. And maintains for longer too.
I’ve always been so very disappointed the writers didn’t do more to explore drunk seven shenanigans during the series
It was already the 7th season, though she does become a full blown alcoholic by Picard.
It’s ok… they never gave enough time to go bad around these parts
