From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: fakename@nomail.invalid   
   Subject: Re: General Order 24   
      
      
      
   Your Name wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
      
      
   Ohhhhhhhh. ....Warf destroyed the planet by mistake due to Picards goof.   
   ...I still don't see why that would be funny.    
      
      
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