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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :

Ok, just something I've always wanted to know: how, when, and where, do crews of starships go to the old-fashioned toilet? I mean, we've NEVER seen or heard anything about this in all of ST's history (except for one Voyager episode - I think it was "Course: Oblivion")

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Well, there is the head to the aft, port side of the E-D bridge.

There is a toilet in the Brig in Star Trek: V

There is a toilet in Picard's ready room - go in through the door and pass the replicator...

Rom used to work in Waste extraction

The Bolians seem to do things... differently.

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Zephram Cochran's line in First Contact, "Don't you people from the 24th century ever PEE?" was a clever reference to the fact that this activity is rarely mentioned aboard starships.

Consider this though: In the DS9 Tech Man diagram of the Danube Class Runabout, There's not a head in sight!! I suppose it could be one of those specialized moduals. But hey, some of those trips are pretty long...

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

There was that one DS9 ep ("Explorers, methinks). You know, the one where Sisko builds an ancient Bajoran ship just for the heck of it (in his free time, no less). The only modification he made was that of adding an artifical gravity net in the floor. Of course, that meant that the toilet facilities were still zero-g specifications. Jake apparently had some problems adjusting.

Of course, there was "The Maquis, part II", where we saw Quark and that Vulcan babe in a holding cell together for a considerable amount of time, with no toilet facility in sight...

Maybe they take hypos to take care of that, too? After the miracles the holodoc has performed, I don't think that would pose too much of a problem for 24th century medicine.

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

I wonder, do they use the three golden sea-shells?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

There was an early TNG ep... I think it may have been "Home Soil", but I could be wrong... Anyway, there was something odd going on and Riker was in engineering, and either he or someone else commented on the fact that access had been cut off to the engineers' restroom. Or something. I might have the exact reference wrong, but they did mention a bathroom.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Why exactly is this an issue? I've been itching to watch "I, Claudius" again, but there's nary a toilet scene to be seen. Perhaps all of my favorite entertainment is defecation/urination-deprived?

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

quote:
"Good GOD, man! This is a twenty-year mission! You should've thought of that before we left!"
--Anonymous Starfleet officer

Really, folks. How often is the bathroom mentioned in any program, except as a comedic device?

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"Ach! Captain! The toilets 'ave backed up into the warp drives, and I dinna what to do!"
--Some comedy bit I heard on the radio years ago

Really, how often in real life is the toilet a subject for conversation? Unless it isn't working or needs cleaning, I doubt you waste more than a few syllables on it all week. If you do, you're either a plumber or need more hobbies.

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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :

The obvious lack of toilets in shuttlecraft is even more glaring. Apparently, they get used for trips of weeks or more.

I wonder if the Enterprise carried the Shuttlecraft Tycho Brahe?

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Yeah! What about poor Scotty he just got a shuttle! arrrgh! although he's by himself and he's an engineer - the shuttle would probably be doing warp 9 by now!

Andrew

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

*LOL@Tycho Brahe*

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Perhaps those benches along the side of the aft compartment have little flip up seats revealing something of a port-o-potty. Of course, have you ever tried to do your business in a wide open room with people in uniform walking back and forth in front of you? That's called prison!! Doesn't seem like a very comfortable situation unless you're alone.

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