Ah yes, because there are no plotholes. Only spoons.
Anyway, in this case there's no "ineptitude" involved -- quite the opposite. The Kirk line is from one of Kira's fivers. If she knew
how popular it is (as she may already), there'd be, as they say, no living with her. Bad enough that
I know. I find it really galling that I've been doing this site for seven years and all the most popular things on it are by other people.
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short
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FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of
scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem.
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IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction