#653 - "Camouflage"

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Hmmm - forgot that little quirk...OK, make it so:
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DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:18 am Hmmm - forgot that little quirk...OK, make it so:

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A great picture! You do realize, however, that Captain Kirk never said "Make it so". Since you’re a doctor, why didn’t you choose McCoy?? "I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer!"
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DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:18 am Image
Quirky Kirk, aka Tom Luc Shatner.
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Beam me up!
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Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
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Meg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:32 am
DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:18 am Hmmm - forgot that little quirk...OK, make it so:

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A great picture! You do realize, however, that Captain Kirk never said "Make it so". Since you’re a doctor, why didn’t you choose McCoy?? "I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer!"
Yes I do realize that, but I resemble Picard much more than Kirk. As for the Doctor, few of us wants to be McCoy, he is good but far more irascible than we care to admit. However, because this seems to be a tough room today, OK this time for sure - Make it So!
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AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Well Will, I think we know how you feel about the Buccaneer's Quarterback (as in "because of his swollen head the helmet can hardly fit around his Buccaneers").
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Joe Ross wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:55 am
DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:18 am Image
Quirky Kirk, aka Tom Luc Shatner.
The name is Tom Luc Petard - cause I'm such a blast.....
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AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Or ASTRO.
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DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:18 am
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:52 am
DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:25 am Image
That is some excellent artwork, my friend!
I KNEW you would appreciate it, I think I may keep it for those odd occasions when I do manage to solve.

Thank you sir!

I am not to be left alone with photo editing software.
Photo editing? You mean you didn't go to one of the museum Star Trek exhibits and take advantage of their photo ops? What kind of nerdism is that?
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:21 pm
AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Or ASTRO.
Even more appropriate!
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:25 pm
DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:18 am
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:52 am

That is some excellent artwork, my friend!
I KNEW you would appreciate it, I think I may keep it for those odd occasions when I do manage to solve.

Thank you sir!

I am not to be left alone with photo editing software.
Photo editing? You mean you didn't go to one of the museum Star Trek exhibits and take advantage of their photo ops? What kind of nerdism is that?
IMG_3718 (3).jpg
I am not worthy....obviously I have reached only the 9th level of Trekismic Conversion. I didn't even know there WAS such a thing! Barb you are the trekkie to beat. However, if you decide to do a Next Generation you have to shave your head! I have one step on you there.
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:21 pm
AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Or ASTRO.
Ruh Rho! What you got against futuristic dogs!
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AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:07 pm
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:21 pm
AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Or ASTRO.
Even more appropriate!
Not sure why I even know this. I don't follow baseball at all. I'll blame it on the Fill Me In podcast - they often talk about baseball before they get to crosswords.
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DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:51 pm However, if you decide to do a Next Generation you have to shave your head! I have one step on you there.
Glad that was a Next Generation reference and not The Motion Picture.
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DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:54 pm
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:21 pm
AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Or ASTRO.
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Appreciate the encouragement to not overthink this one (submitted seemingly too-obvious answer and it landed). Also enjoying your trekky art. You all are my kind of nerds.

My first: (ahem) BEAM ME UP!
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Beam me up.
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AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:07 pm
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:21 pm
AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:14 pm Beam me up!

Are we gonna talk about how BRADY also fits in 1-Down???
Or ASTRO.
Even more appropriate!
AHA - secret revealed.............
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