And that is called paying the Dane-geld,
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

(Rudyard Kipling. That poem also features one of my favorite opening lines in poetry, "It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation... ")

Also I have to say, if my name was Bjorn, I would be hard, hard pressed not to spell it Bjørn, even if it wasn't really spelled Bjørn. Or Björn, at a pinch, but Bjørn is even awesomer. Ø might be the only letter in the world that can top an umlaut.

>However, from an early age,
>I had endless playground struggles with various bullies, the worst of
>whom were Star Trek literates who would wrinkle their noses at me and
>call me Bajoran.

On the other hand, as Bob came close to suggesting, "Bajoran Borg" would be an awesomely punly let's-see-who-can-parse-this Halloween costume. Wrinkly nose prosthesis, pasty-face makeup, some random cyborg things, flowing blond hair, really tight shorts.

Also, I'm having a hard time getting myself to accept that there are grown-up people who can have had schoolyard difficulties based on Deep Space Nine. Surely it's not that old. Surely I'm not that old. Surely not.

--G.
... except I am. shit.
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For awhile there, I had a lot of fun telling people I grew up with "you know that kid on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind? That kid has graduated from college."

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Okay, and now suddenly the malfunctioning rememberer in my head is going, "y'know, there's something very similar to that which I can't quite dig up right now, but I'm pretty sure has to do with a song, or a musical, or something along those lines. If I come across it while you're concerned with a completely different thing six months from now, I'll let you know."

>On the other hand, as Bob came close to suggesting, "Bajoran Borg"
>would be an awesomely punly let's-see-who-can-parse-this Halloween
>costume. Wrinkly nose prosthesis, pasty-face makeup, some random
>cyborg things, flowing blond hair, really tight shorts.

Mm. Would adding a tennis racket give the game away?

-- Bob
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My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite.

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader what that signifies. 3:)

I do, in personal correspondance. According to my parents, that's the official spelling; it's just the US government did not accept that as a valid character in the seventies. (And probably still today for all I know).

>Also, I'm having a hard time getting myself to accept that there are
>grown-up people who can have had schoolyard difficulties based on
>Deep Space Nine. Surely it's not that old. Surely I'm
>not that old. Surely not.

Take comfort in the fact that it was at least during Season 1, so right when it came out. :)

Bajor. Borg. Bajorg.

(What you'd really need, though, is a Shatnerian McEnroe.)

Bjørn the Bear Borg? :-)

S.