Birthplace of James T. Kirk

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  1. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Apparently, it's Riverside, Iowa...

  2. Ramen

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  3. Zombie

    Zombie dead and loving it

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    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... Perhaps Futurama was a true story.......

    Looking for Trek pics from Futurama to mock this little town I ran into a real life church:

    http://purgatorio1.com/?p=538

    Founded in 1977, “The Spock,” as the church is called, is the world’s only church of Star Trek, a religion centered on the popular 1960’s television series featuring the adventures of a crew of interstellar explorers. “The Spock” promotes beliefs associated with one of the popular characters in the TV series, Mr. Spock, who was from a peace-loving race of aliens known as “Vulcans.”

    [​IMG]

    :wtf:

    :rofl:
  4. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Probably where Family Guy got the idea for The Church Of Fonzie.
  5. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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  6. Awesome Possum

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    There is a part of me that thinks that it is cool, but the rest of me thinks that it is crazy.


    Well at least they aren't as crazy as the cross dressing guy from Trekkies.
  7. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    I've been to Vulcan, Alberta for their annual Trek convention. It's a tiny little town in the middle of miles and miles of soybean fields, but there in the center of town is this great big starship. It's surreal.
  8. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    At least it's not Riverside, CA.
  9. Linda R.

    Linda R. Fresh Meat

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    I ws watching Trekkies again yesterday, and that place just makes me grin... :D
  10. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    Why is this news now?

  11. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    ^ 'cos maybe not everybody knows about it?
  12. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    If anyone should have known about it, it's this gang that hangs around here.

    Shit, I knew about it.
  13. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    ^Not everyone here is a Trek fan, though.
  14. Awesome Possum

    Awesome Possum Liberal Queen of TNZ

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    I love that shot of the guys standing around the Enterprise model in awe of it.
  15. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    That's true. I don't expect the two or three posters here that aren't Trek fans to have known this. :diacanu: