
Picard or Pickhard?
I just stumbled upon this little nugget in Google Docs and thought I’d post it. I wouldn’t mind expanding this into a short parody of Star Trek. This snippet made me laugh a few times. Think it’s worth continuing?
“Captain on the bridge!” shouted the guard standing by the door to the elevator in the bridge. The door opened, and Captain Pickhard stepped quickly into the bridge, pausing only to trip, look around confusedly, and then get up again.
“At ease,” said the captain, dusting himself off. He was not a graceful man by any means, and on his worse days he was, to put it bluntly, a bumbling klutz. He stumbled over to his captain’s chair and sat down. Well, tried to sit down would be more accurate, seeing as his first attempt landed him back in the elevator, and the second one resulted in a five minute struggle to get his backside out of the trash can. Pickhard did eventually get situated properly in his chair, with his feet coming out the correct side and everything! The officers manning the bridge all applauded, very impressed, and then went back to their work. The Chief Science officer, Block, was meditating quietly in his seat, trying to remember how to turn on his computer console. Instead of the usual “Ohhhmmm” one associates with meditation, Block was uttering more of a “Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnn” nasal sound, flecked with quiet spattering sounds as drool made its way out of his mouth and onto the black screen of his console.