From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: YourName@YourISP.com   
   Subject: Re: General Order 24   
      
   In article , Bast    
   wrote:   
   > Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , Bast    
   > > wrote:   
   > >> ToolPackinMama wrote:   
   > >>> Funny   
   > >>>   
   > >>> http://evilpicard.com/?p=392   
   > >>   
   > >> I don't get it.   
   > >   
   > > It might have been (slightly) funnier if it was General Order 66 as a   
   > > reference to the Star Wars Sith order.   
   >    
   > I still don't get it.   
   > Is it supposed to be funny because he got the number wrong ?   
   > And how does that relate to photon torpedos    
      
   Yep, the "joke" is that he got the numbers mixed up. It is playing on   
   the silliness of Star Trek (and others) having obscure, meaningless,   
   and easily confused numbers for important things. (Another example is   
   Stargate's code-numbering of the planets they visit.)   
      
   General Order 23  is (according to the joke) "Rotational shore leave   
   for all crew mamebers", while General Order 24 is apparently to   
   "Destroy the planet with photon torpedoes" ... only one number out, but   
   a VERY different result.   
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