Trekkies who watch Star Trek reruns while sitting in their replica Enterprise Captain chairs and wearing costumes are the walking — or should I say sitting — definition of pathetic:
So what, beyond pushing buttons, do these men — as all Kirk chair owners appear to be — do with the most conspicuous piece of furniture in the room?
Some watch TV in theirs, or simply loll, and some seem to find the chair an empowering place from which to deal with others. “When we have a little family powwow — I have four children — I sit in it to lay down the law,” said Mr. Boyd, the auto parts manager.And most, of course, indulge their fantasies, imagining doing battle with Klingons and otherwise cruising the cosmos. “Sitting in it,” said Mr. Bradshaw, the graphic designer, “I find myself striking an action pose quite unconsciously.”To his regret, he must strike those poses in his home office. “My wife is not big on it,” he said. “I’ve actually been threatened with divorce if it comes into the living room.”
I’m sure I’ve seen scarier stories with my morning coffee, I know I have, but this is right up there.
Lee, Admit it, you secretly want one.
I’d get one, but it would clash with my life size reproduction Robby the Robot.
Karen
no matter what I do with the rest of my life I will never be this much of a dork.
cool.
How pathetic is it that the first thing I thought was “that style uniform was never worn in that model chair”?
Not that I actually own either prop.
More pathetic, I know he’s right.
That’s told me. I’m going to sell off my Monk costume and stop counting things.
This guy’s not a proper Trekkie. He’s married.
I’ve been wanting a captain’s chair since the classic series first aired.
These days, a captain danged-well better be one of the accessories.
I’d like a Shatner model, please. After we defeat the bumpy-headed aliens we can go horseback riding.
That’s a bit harsh!
I still can’t believe that this is real, but unfortunately, it is. It is frightening to think that there are people like this- swimming in their own delusion.
Ooh P.N. Can I go horse back riding too?
This made me revisit the 100 ways Kirk is better than Picard, but my favorite is
#91. Diplomacy for Kirk is a phaser and a smirk.
See Lee, and you thought only guys were geeks.
But I know deep in my heart I’m not a true blue treckie, Because I LOVED Galaxy Quest. And hey, they were kinda poking fun at us.
(I mean them)
Karen
One man’s pathos is another man’s whimsy.
Is it any more pathetic than a guy who spends his spare time playing golf ?
Or, worse still, watching television?
All married men should have hobbies that their wives don’t understand.
It is what keeps half the human race sane.
Mac
“Is it any more pathetic than a guy who spends his spare time playing golf? Or, worse still, watching television?”
Yes.
It could be worse. He could be wearing a football jersey and a hat with a football team logo on the front, watching football in a room with football memorabilia all over the walls.
Guys who dress up and go to football games are the pathetic ones. At least this guy isn’t in public.