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Sorry, Klingon interpreters, Oregon's not hiring
AP ^ | Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Posted on 05/13/2003 6:50:36 AM PDT by Carpet Kitten

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Officials have said they won't be needing your services, after all.

The office that treats mental health patients in Multnomah County had included Klingon on a list of 55 languages that could be spoken by incoming patients.

But the inclusion of the Star Trek language drew a spate of tongue-in-cheek headlines.


(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Announcements; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: davidwu; fauxklingons; interpreters; klingons; language; wu
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To: Carpet Kitten; Tennessee_Bob
Already posted HERE. Next time you-sa do a search.
21 posted on 05/13/2003 9:02:54 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Carpet Kitten
Betcha Paramount threatened to sue.
22 posted on 05/13/2003 9:21:39 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RedBloodedAmerican; Carpet Kitten
Don't worry - you'll get used to him after awhile.
23 posted on 05/13/2003 10:28:30 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob (Dieses sieht wie ein Job nach Nothosen aus!)
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To: Tennessee_Bob
HAHA click the link in #21 and read the last line in your post #13 "Mesa little clumsy" and the next time I refreshed it was "Ooooo! Gooba fish!" posted by Dune Sea_Bob
24 posted on 05/13/2003 11:35:17 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Now the last line is:

"Die wanna wanga?

Die wanna wanga?"
25 posted on 05/13/2003 11:49:33 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob (Dieses sieht wie ein Job nach Nothosen aus!)
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To: BushCountry
Odd how much it sounds like Arabic... ;^)
26 posted on 05/13/2003 8:44:18 PM PDT by applemac_g4
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
I'm proud of you guys. In 26 posts no one has mentioned the klingons around uranus.
27 posted on 05/13/2003 8:54:50 PM PDT by Montana4Jesus
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To: Hawkeye's Girl
>>>What's the appropriate Klingon phrase for this situation?

um......
"Dang"?
28 posted on 05/14/2003 6:36:35 AM PDT by 4mycountry (You never notice how many ZOTs there are 'til you become a Viking Kittie.)
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To: Hawkeye's Girl
Phasers on full spread. Kill the Klingons, they've been a burr under the saddle for far too many lightyears.
29 posted on 05/14/2003 9:51:58 AM PDT by NCC-1701 ((Good luck, happy hunting, and God-speed to the US military and our allies in this operation.))
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To: r9etb
Sadly, these folks were series...

until it hit the local media...

then it hit the fan.

30 posted on 05/18/2003 10:46:20 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Never have so many, been so wrong, about so much.)
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