A MOMENT OF SILENCE

For Scotty, who's been beamed up.

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[Madjedi]

First?

[Dave R]

AUTHOR: Dave R
EMAIL: [email protected]
IP: 198.232.63.42
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DATE: 07/20/2005 01:33:49 PM
AUTHOR: Dave R
EMAIL: [email protected]
IP: 198.232.63.42
URL:
DATE: 07/20/2005 01:33:49 PM

[mudstuffin]

Scotty: Seamus, would ye grant me one last request?

Seamus: Aye, what would that be?

Scotty: I've been savin' this bottle of whiskey for when I go. When they bury me, would ye pour the whiskey on me grave?

Seamus: Aye. And Scotty -

Scotty: Aye?

Seamus: Would you mind if run it through me kidneys first?

[VictoriaE77]

"youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian and dentist, and his wife Sarah."

Can you just go to one school for that?

[WriterDude]

Vaya con dios, Scotty. Give 'er all she's got.

*sniff*

[LadyLahatiel]

DaHjaj 'oH QaQ jaj Daq Hegh. RIP. (James Doohan invented Klingon, you know.)

[Capt. Pike]

Sigh. He couldna change the laws of nature.

[Aunt Nancy]

*sigh*

*sniffle*

*sigh*

[pogo]

Vic - Since Doohan was 88, he was born about 1917 in Western Canada. His father born probably 20-40 years before that. it's just possible you could hold each of those professions back then and not have attended school at all.

[Sybok]

Thanks for the memories Mr Scott. Hofully I will see you Shaka-Ri somday.

[Christobol]

*meanwhile, in heaven*

St. Pete: "Engine room! Steer Hurricane Emily back out to the gulf and shut her down. I repeat, SHUT HER DOWN!"

Scotty: I've only just got here, but I can tell you your hyperdrive is shot, and there's no way this dilithium crystal is going to turn that hurricane, she's too powerful and set in her ways! That reminds me of...

St. Pete: I SAID SHUT HER DOWN!

Scotty: I'm giving her all she's got, but I don't think she can take much more of this!

[Giddy]

C-bol,

SNORK

[Aunt Nancy]

He died of complications due to Alzheimer's...

I hate that disease.

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

This seller says Scotty was his favorite character. I'm sure it breaks his heart to part with this item just after the guy died . . .

[ceeg22]

I loved Scotty, he was my favorite. Doohan was a good guy and nice to his fans.

[OriginalEnigma]

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[pogo]

Gratutious information dropping: In the era of steamships, it was widely believed that only the Scots could comprehend the complexity of the ocean-going steam engine and keep them working, so ships' engineers were by and large Scots.

I have no idea if that's why Scotty was Chief Engineer on the Enterprise, but I always wanted to think so.

[AO]

Jimmy "Scotty" Doohan is bodly traveling the stars. Here's hoping his spirit is at peace. He'll be missed.

[Boo Augustus]

judi,

If I send Dave my copy of Scotty's photograph with a SASE, will Dave autograph it for me so I can sell it on eBay?

[ncc1701]

Goodbye Scotty and sweet travels.

[opiesgirl]

Scotty- thanks for givin' her all ya got.

[Guin]

First Bones, now Scotty....sigh.

"He called the Enterprise a garbage scow!"

[kj]

pogo: You're right. In the article it quotes James Doohan: "...he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents.

"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.' "

I didn't understand that until I read your comment. Thanks!

[sandy beach]

In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric, Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.

Suppose she was 20 when they got married. He was 54. So if he was 80 when the last baby was born, she was 46. Not bad...

[jamester]

Mr Scott, you always got the ship home in (more or less) one piece.

Thanks for the memories.

[insomniac]

pogo - only Scots could understand the complexities of a steam engine?

Going back to James Watt I suppose...

[pogo]

Sandy - if he was 88 in 2005 and 80 in 2000, and 54 in 1970, he must have been in a time warp.

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

R.I.P. Scotty. May the devil know you're dead five minutes after you're in heaven. Or something like that. Crap, I think that's an Irish saying. Oh well.

[pogo]

Insom - There's usually no good reason for one race/nationality to be considered good or bad at any particular talent, but it often happens.

I'm sure you can think of examples.

[sandy beach]

Pogo--impressive either way...

[Addicted to 24]

An old Irish toast to my favorite Scott.
May your life be long and fruitful
May your offspring bring you many years of joy
And
May you be in Heaven 50 years before the devil knows your dead.

[Punkin Poo]

Too bad the good doctor preceeded him to the mother ship....maybe he coulda whipped out his 24th Century doohickies and saved him.....

(knows she's gonna get corrected by the true Trekkies who know exactly which century and the name of his doohickies.)

*tosses back a shot of Scotch Whiskey in Scotty's memory*

*coughs and chokes alot*

[Gretchen C.]

MAARUIG (n) The inexpressible horror experienced on walking up in the morning and remembering that you are still Scotty in Star Trek. Pronounced loudly, as if in pain.

(From "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" by the late Douglas Adams)

[Carr]

God just beamed Scotty up one last time.

As a life-long Trekkie, I am extraordinarily sad. Thanks for remembering him, Dave.

[Sondra]

For Scotty, who's been beamed up.

I'll bet Nobody said, "Scotty who?"

*grabs another Kleenex*

[Christobol]

Okay, Scotty was 85, and leaves a 5 year old child?

WTF?

[U.O]

NEone else notice the seller has 100 of these available ... ?

That's true sentiment ...

[Kristen]

Oh Scotty.
I had the pleasure of meeting the man at a small event and he was very very nice. I'm glad he got his star on the walk of fame before his death.

He was just a cool character on a cool show, he will be missed. Give me Warp 5 Mr. Scott!

[queensbee]

i hope he's sitting with Bones, toasting a great life, now that he is free of alzheimers. Godspeed Scotty.

[Eleanor]

oooh, queensbee....what a wonderful thought:)
*sobs quietly*

[U.O]

queensbee, El -

Yup.

Kinda like when my mother passed away ... most comforting thot I had at the time was, "She doesn't hurt any more ..."

Scotty has all his fun and glorious moments back now, to enjoy with his friends ...

[Morgana]

He was a sweetheart. A long time ago he came to my town and I had smuggled a bottle of Scotch beneath my winter coat. (I don't think it was winter, so I was overheating...)

He signed my bottle and got quite a kick out of all the trouble I went through. That was in the 80s and I still have the bottle. And no, it's not for sale.

It's in the eyes... the man played a character, was a character and had character.
... sniff

[Maud]

(with abject apologies to Mr. Hammerstein II and his descendants, both physical and spiritual, including Stephen Sondheim.)

Poor fans - he's dead
Montgomery Scott is dead
All gather round a bottle now and cry
He had a heart of gold
And though he was rather old
Oh why did such a feller have to die?

Poor fans - he's dead
Montgomery Scott is dead
His friends are weepin' wail for miles around
But he'll go out into space
And achieve his destined place
They're not putting Scotty underneath the ground

Poor Scotty's dead
The stars will light his head
Cause he ain't layin' in a coffin made of wood
And folks are feelin' sad
'Cuz he treated no engine bad
And now they know their friend has gone for good

Poor fans - he's dead
Montgomery Scott is dead
No more jiggered crystals of dilithium
His engineering feats were powerful
But the reason we're so sorrowful
He's taken Jimmy Doohan along with him.

[Morgana]

Hey not bad... I could hear the melody as I read your tribute. I liked the 2nd stanza best :)

[bbescuela]

He's dead Jim.

[alanboss]

My favorite Scotty line (from one of the movies)

"The more complicated the plumbing, the easier it is to clog up the pipes."

God speed, Mr. Doohan.

[Candy Tutt]

Maud- SUPERB!!! Great tribute to a nice guy.

[Azamiel]

Did anybody catch that Scotty's agent's name is Steve Stevens? Don't people think before they name their children?