It’s that funky Klingon battle sword-thing, right…?
But, PHEW! I’m so glad I dodged #2 and #3, the social stigma against Trekkies is just ridiculous…
Megan on
April 2nd, 2008 1:13 pm
I am a Trekkie and darn proud of it! Woot! And yes, I did answer #3. Qapla!
Anonymous on
April 2nd, 2008 1:23 pm
So, is ‘Qapla’ Klingon for ‘You need to get a life’?
Allen on
April 2nd, 2008 1:56 pm
My specialty is in Vulcans, not Klingons.
Stasha on
April 2nd, 2008 1:56 pm
Trekkie or Trekker - there is a difference, both could answer the questions correctly. Although Trekker’s are more likely to answer #2.
eliannrad on
April 2nd, 2008 2:29 pm
I answered yes to 1 and 3.
Darn. I’m not even 18 and I already have no life.
I may never own a bat’leth, but I probably should.
Gail on
April 2nd, 2008 3:34 pm
I don’t have a bat’leth, although I do own a replica of Anduril, not sure if that makes me more or less of a geek. Doesn’t qapla’ have an apostrophe at the end? (OK, I’m a geek.)
chikzrkul on
April 2nd, 2008 4:01 pm
Qapla = success!
I have succeeded in answering 1 & 3. If I could have answered 2, I would have considered myself a petaQ!
Seraphine on
April 2nd, 2008 5:30 pm
One Potato. Two Potato. Three Potato. May the Fourth be with you. (Not a Trekkie)
R. Daneel on
April 2nd, 2008 6:16 pm
Pretty sure it’s q’apla, also.
Oh, yeah. I’m a geek.
Anonymous on
April 2nd, 2008 6:25 pm
My specialty is in green-skinned Orion slave girls, not Klingons.
Kero Hazel on
April 2nd, 2008 6:27 pm
I didn’t realize that’s how “Qapla” is spelled, but I’m a yes for both #1 and #3, and obviously I know I’m a Trekkie.
Also, gotta love closeted geeks like “anonymous” here. He’s obviously way too cool to even FIND a Trek-related thing on the internet, let alone post about it… oh wait.
Anonymous on
April 2nd, 2008 6:31 pm
My specialty is in green-skinned Orion slave girls, not Klingons.
Teeny on
April 2nd, 2008 7:07 pm
I would have known what it was in question 1 if you had put the stupid apostrophe in!
Brian Denham on
April 2nd, 2008 7:20 pm
If the answer to #2 is “No, because my mom doesn’t allow weapons in her basement.”, can I still be a Trekkie?
Leighton on
April 2nd, 2008 7:46 pm
Hmm. I didn’t quite get question #1 at first, but only because I didn’t recognize the word bat’leth without its apostrophe.
Guess that makes me guilty?
V on
April 2nd, 2008 7:52 pm
I think it’s sadder that I noticed qapla’ was spelled incorrectly.
Anonymous on
April 2nd, 2008 8:04 pm
Guys, guys, guys…
It’s betleH, not “bat’leth” — and Qapla’, not “Qapla”.
If you’re going to write Klingon, you might as well use the proper romanization.
Some flavors of geekage apparently never go away…
John on
April 2nd, 2008 8:12 pm
1. Check 2. Check. 3. Nope. Missed it. I guess I’m not a Trekkie.
Michael on
April 2nd, 2008 8:44 pm
Doesn’t Qapla’ have an apostrophe in it as well?
James on
April 2nd, 2008 8:51 pm
What if you answer “Yes” to all three? And no I don’t live in my parent’s basement and I have kissed a girl! (Many in fact)
Lemon on
April 2nd, 2008 9:27 pm
Huh?
Can you do a stargate 1 please?
Lemon on
April 2nd, 2008 9:30 pm
oh and a doctor who one too!
Pockafwye on
April 2nd, 2008 10:09 pm
Leighton said… Hmm. I didn’t quite get question #1 at first, but only because I didn’t recognize the word bat’leth without its apostrophe.
I’m with you. So I’m guilty of 1 and 3.
Edric Hsu on
April 2nd, 2008 10:35 pm
What happens when Trekkies fight? Do you get Star Wars?
Anonymous on
April 3rd, 2008 12:09 am
4) If you know perfectly well that Klingons don’t have head bumps and that therefore whoever it is with headbumps who’s wielding a batleth of whatever spelling is not a Klingon, you’re a trekkie.
Anonymous on
April 3rd, 2008 12:18 am
yes to #1 and #3. But I own a comm. badge! and it makes the noise! and I’ve got a tiny little Enterprise model, and a tiny little romulan scout ship model. And I found out that if was a scout ship with the help of my trusty Star Trek encyclopidia!
Qapla: Hello/What do you want?
Anonymous on
April 3rd, 2008 1:16 am
I bought my brother a mini bat’leth one year, does that mean I have no life? I kinda wonder though, does he have it hanging proudly on his wall, or burried under all his Magic the Gathering cards?
Anonymous on
April 3rd, 2008 4:45 am
‘Trekkers’ uptight Trek nerds who take their Trekishness way to seriously. Should have Bat’leth removed from up their behinds.
‘Trekkies’ old school Trek nerds. Love Trek and oddly enough don’t care what people think of their devotion to said. Run the gamut from hopeless geeks to brain surgeons and astronauts.
Dr Bonzo on
April 3rd, 2008 5:50 am
Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a Klingon linguist!! [i'm also not a cunning linguist, *nudge, nudge*]
Doug Savage on
April 3rd, 2008 7:18 am
Hey thanks for all the great comments everybody!
And special thanks to Wil Wheaton for blogging about this cartoon!
Anonymous on
April 3rd, 2008 1:43 pm
Kerplop!!!
Debra on
April 5th, 2008 5:48 am
Qapla! And a special curse on those who refer to themselves as “Trekkers.” Long live Trekkies!
Tori =) on
April 5th, 2008 6:02 am
I said yes to all three…that’s right, even #2…jealous?
Robert on
April 7th, 2008 3:09 am
Qapla bIHnuches.
Mommmeeeee! on
April 7th, 2008 5:23 pm
Well, it looks like you’ve opened a whole can of tribbles with this one, Doug! (Not to mention awakened my dormant inner Trekkie.) Live long and prosper, anyway.
Yoohoo on
April 8th, 2008 1:39 am
Yes to all three. I even have tribbles and I play Dabo on weekends.
Anonymous on
April 9th, 2008 12:40 pm
I don’t think a true Klingon would worry about petty things like spelling. I am a Trekker and proud to be out of the SciFi closet
Nathan on
April 11th, 2008 8:27 am
And REAL Trekkies know that smooth-headed Klingons are just a genetic aberration, stemming from a failed attempt at eugenics & subterfuge that became the Klingon augment virus.
julian on
April 14th, 2008 10:47 pm
hahaha. I’m a trekkie I guess!
beammeup on
September 7th, 2008 9:07 pm
It’s spelled Qapla’. The Q is always capitalized in tlhIngan Hol, but, of course the apostrophe was missing! May you die an honorless death for your mistake!
VJBinCT on
February 5th, 2009 10:59 am
All my Klingon was learned from tapes in the language lab, so I never got the niceties of its orthography. I had always thought it cognate to the early 20th Century English ‘Ka-Powwww!’ You live and learn.
It’s that funky Klingon battle sword-thing, right…?
But, PHEW! I’m so glad I dodged #2 and #3, the social stigma against Trekkies is just ridiculous…
I am a Trekkie and darn proud of it! Woot! And yes, I did answer #3. Qapla!
So, is ‘Qapla’ Klingon for ‘You need to get a life’?
My specialty is in Vulcans, not Klingons.
Trekkie or Trekker - there is a difference, both could answer the questions correctly. Although Trekker’s are more likely to answer #2.
I answered yes to 1 and 3.
Darn. I’m not even 18 and I already have no life.
I may never own a bat’leth, but I probably should.
I don’t have a bat’leth, although I do own a replica of Anduril, not sure if that makes me more or less of a geek. Doesn’t qapla’ have an apostrophe at the end? (OK, I’m a geek.)
Qapla = success!
I have succeeded in answering 1 & 3. If I could have answered 2, I would have considered myself a petaQ!
One Potato.
Two Potato.
Three Potato.
May the Fourth be with you.
(Not a Trekkie)
Pretty sure it’s q’apla, also.
Oh, yeah. I’m a geek.
My specialty is in green-skinned Orion slave girls, not Klingons.
I didn’t realize that’s how “Qapla” is spelled, but I’m a yes for both #1 and #3, and obviously I know I’m a Trekkie.
Also, gotta love closeted geeks like “anonymous” here. He’s obviously way too cool to even FIND a Trek-related thing on the internet, let alone post about it… oh wait.
My specialty is in green-skinned Orion slave girls, not Klingons.
I would have known what it was in question 1 if you had put the stupid apostrophe in!
If the answer to #2 is “No, because my mom doesn’t allow weapons in her basement.”, can I still be a Trekkie?
Hmm. I didn’t quite get question #1 at first, but only because I didn’t recognize the word bat’leth without its apostrophe.
Guess that makes me guilty?
I think it’s sadder that I noticed qapla’ was spelled incorrectly.
Guys, guys, guys…
It’s betleH, not “bat’leth” — and Qapla’, not “Qapla”.
If you’re going to write Klingon, you might as well use the proper romanization.
Some flavors of geekage apparently never go away…
1. Check
2. Check.
3. Nope. Missed it. I guess I’m not a Trekkie.
Doesn’t Qapla’ have an apostrophe in it as well?
What if you answer “Yes” to all three? And no I don’t live in my parent’s basement and I have kissed a girl! (Many in fact)
Huh?
Can you do a stargate 1 please?
oh and a doctor who one too!
Leighton said… Hmm. I didn’t quite get question #1 at first, but only because I didn’t recognize the word bat’leth without its apostrophe.
I’m with you. So I’m guilty of 1 and 3.
What happens when Trekkies fight?
Do you get Star Wars?
4) If you know perfectly well that Klingons don’t have head bumps and that therefore whoever it is with headbumps who’s wielding a batleth of whatever spelling is not a Klingon, you’re a trekkie.
yes to #1 and #3. But I own a comm. badge! and it makes the noise! and I’ve got a tiny little Enterprise model, and a tiny little romulan scout ship model. And I found out that if was a scout ship with the help of my trusty Star Trek encyclopidia!
Qapla: Hello/What do you want?
I bought my brother a mini bat’leth one year, does that mean I have no life? I kinda wonder though, does he have it hanging proudly on his wall, or burried under all his Magic the Gathering cards?
‘Trekkers’ uptight Trek nerds who take their Trekishness way to seriously. Should have Bat’leth removed from up their behinds.
‘Trekkies’ old school Trek nerds. Love Trek and oddly enough don’t care what people think of their devotion to said. Run the gamut from hopeless geeks to brain surgeons and astronauts.
Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a Klingon linguist!! [i'm also not a cunning linguist, *nudge, nudge*]
Hey thanks for all the great comments everybody!
And special thanks to Wil Wheaton for blogging about this cartoon!
Kerplop!!!
Qapla! And a special curse on those who refer to themselves as “Trekkers.” Long live Trekkies!
I said yes to all three…that’s right, even #2…jealous?
Qapla bIHnuches.
Well, it looks like you’ve opened a whole can of tribbles with this one, Doug! (Not to mention awakened my dormant inner Trekkie.)
Live long and prosper, anyway.
Yes to all three. I even have tribbles and I play Dabo on weekends.
I don’t think a true Klingon would worry about petty things like spelling. I am a Trekker and proud to be out of the SciFi closet
And REAL Trekkies know that smooth-headed Klingons are just a genetic aberration, stemming from a failed attempt at eugenics & subterfuge that became the Klingon augment virus.
hahaha. I’m a trekkie I guess!
It’s spelled Qapla’. The Q is always capitalized in tlhIngan Hol, but, of course the apostrophe was missing! May you die an honorless death for your mistake!
All my Klingon was learned from tapes in the language lab, so I never got the niceties of its orthography. I had always thought it cognate to the early 20th Century English ‘Ka-Powwww!’ You live and learn.