{"id":321,"date":"2004-03-14T22:01:29","date_gmt":"2004-03-15T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=321"},"modified":"2007-01-02T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2007-01-02T21:23:32","slug":"wait-for-the-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Wait For the John"},"content":{"rendered":"

H.E. and I had never seen the last Star Trek movie, Nemesis<\/a>, so when it played on TV today, we stuck around to watch part of it. Anyway, Jean-Luc Picard was gearing up for a battle and said something that confused me.<\/p>\n

“The crew has responded with the dedication I’ve come to expect from them… And like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields, I wait for the [blank].” The blank, of course, was something I couldn’t quite hear, but it sounded like John.<\/p>\n

“What did he say?” I asked.<\/p>\n

“I wait for the [blank],” H.E. said, and I was certain then that the blank was John, which only confused me more. The line sounded great, almost Shakespearean, but it made absolutely no sense. I wait for the john? The John?<\/p>\n

“Who’s the John?” I asked H.E. “Is that the name of the bad guy?”<\/p>\n

H.E. buried his head in his hands. “The dawn,” he said, laughing. “The dawn<\/i>! It’s based on a lot of great lines having to do with war.”<\/p>\n

“Oh! Well I could have sworn you said John,” I said, and H.E. began naming book titles.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, dear. The Red John. The John Patrol. I Die at John.”<\/p>\n

“It’s always darkest before the john,” I added helpfully.<\/p>\n

H.E. rolled his eyes. “Yes, dear.”<\/p>\n

It’s a good thing I don’t plan on watching John of the Dead<\/i>.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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H.E. and I had never seen the last Star Trek movie, Nemesis, so when it played on TV today, we stuck around to watch part of it. Anyway, Jean-Luc Picard was gearing up for a battle and said something that confused me. “The crew has responded with the dedication I’ve come to expect from them… And like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields, I wait for the [blank].” The blank, of course, was something I couldn’t quite…<\/p>\n

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