Like being offbalance has ever concerned me.
But to return to my original question. Pygmalion (i.e. the plot that My Fair Lady was "distilled" from (kudos for spotters of the reference)) is the Greek/Roman (is there really a difference, besides names) myth of a guy who fell in love with the woman he sculpted, so the gods gave her life. Is this really what Looking for Par'Mach is all about? There is no "sculpting" here, except possibly Worf molding Quark. I mean, this episode really is sort of Cyrano in reverse, in that it's the handsome guy tutoring the ugly guy (so to speak) in the ways of love.
Not that it's not a good gag, but I like my jokes to make sense on SOME level, even if it's a metally deranged one. This joke is just gibberish. Funny gibberish, granted, but still...
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate.
Zeke: It comes nateurally to him.
mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea.
Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity.
Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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