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echo: startrek
to: JAY P. HAILEY
from: BRIAN DAVIS
date: 1998-01-13 17:22:00
subject: Trek Geeks

 -=> Quoting Jay P. Hailey to Peter Lutz <=-
*snippage*
 JPH> The Debate over "Trekkie" as opposed to "Trekker" rests on the
 JPH> same metaphorical level as the color of Scotty's underwear.
 JPH> BTW, Scotty's underwear is plaid.  Gene Roddenberry revealed
 JPH> this to me in a dream.
Er, dreams aren't canon, even if they do come from the Great Bird
himself. 
... BEWARE - Tagline Thief in this echo
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]
 On 01-11-98 Jay P. Hailey wrote to Maureen Goldman... 
 
 JP>  I am not different.  I *am* a Star Trek Geek.  Period.  All 
 JP>  problems with this reside in someone else.  I am comfortable with who 
 JP>  I am and what I like. 
 
 JP>         Although sometimes I want to go get a set of those ugly rubber 
 JP>  "Spock" ears and wear them with a safety pin through them. 
 
 JP>         "Yeah, I'm a geek. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!?!" 
 
 JP>         Sort of a Punk/Geek groove. 
 
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