Star Trek

[Psychosplodge]

Apparently a [URL="http://tallymarx.tumblr.com/post/91814097647/allthatandasideoftom-zorped"]quote by Scotty[/URL]

I got a fan letter from a young lady. It was a suicide note.

So I called her, and I said, “Hey, this is Jimmy Doohan. Scotty, from Star Trek.” I said, “I’m doing a convention in Indianapolis. I wanna see you there.”

I saw her — boy, I’m telling you, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It was definitely suicide. Somebody had to help her, somehow. And obviously she wasn’t going to the right people.

I said to her, “I’m doing a convention two weeks from now in St. Louis.” And two weeks from then, in somewhere else, you know? She also came to New York - she was able to afford to got to these places. That went on for two or three years, maybe eighteen times. And all I did was talk positive things to her.

And then all of the sudden — nothing. I didn’t hear anything. I had no idea what had happened to her because I never really saved her address.

Eight years later, I get a letter saying, “I do want to thank you so much for what you did for me, because I just got my Master’s degree in electronic engineering.”

That’s…to me, the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.

[Wolfshade]

I learned earlier that James Doohan served on the D-Day landings and ended up being shot by a fellow canadian by a Bren machine gun, 6 rounds, the one severing his right middle finger. Apparently, he went to effort to hide this on tv

[Psychosplodge]

He took a six round burst and lived?

[Wolfshade]

Yes

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4 in the leg, 1 in the chest and one through his finger

[Rissan4ever]

That's amazing. Scotty was a tough old *******. And a good soul, too.

[Wolfshade]

My last interestin Scotty fact is that his ashes are in orbit of the earth currently (or at least some of them are)

[Rissan4ever]

My last interestin Scotty fact is that his ashes are in orbit of the earth currently (or at least some of them are)

Holy cow! Even after he was dead, he didn't stop being awesome!

[Wolfshade]

Here endeth the lesson

[bfmusashi]

Once you know it's gone you start looking for it. It's kind of like hidden Mickeys in Disney works. I will say it's pretty impressive Paramount never tried to incorporate it into Scotty's backstory.

[Mr Mystery]

Possibly at his request.