Funny / Rihannsu

• The "Tournament Fizzbin" scene in The Empty Chair.
  Jim: All right. So each player gets six cards, except the one on the player's right, who gets seven. The second card is turned up, except on Tuesdays.
  Sulu: Is today Tuesday?
  Scotty: It's got to be Tuesday somewhere, Mr. Sulu.
  Jim: Stipulated. Now, two jacks is a half-fizzbin, but you don't want three. Three is a shralk. You get those, you get disqualified.
  Ael: You do?
  Jim: Absolutely. Now look there: Sulu's got two jacks. That's good. Now he wants a king and a deuce.
  McCoy: Except at night. In which case he wants a king and an ace.
  tr'Keirianh: How is "night" determined? If playing aboard ship, does ship's time prevail? Or is it always determined to be night in space?
  Jim: Only in leap year.
  Sulu: When the moon is full.
  K's't'lk: Now wait a minute. Whose moon?
  Ael: And why should a year leap?
  (reportedly goes on for two more hours)
• Nveid uses Sleight of Tongue to pass a MacGuffin to Arrhae, who responds by punching him out and then berating him for daring to kiss a senator without her permission.
• In The Empty Chair, someone mentioned the roller coaster. Chekov, for once telling the truth, stated it was originally invented in Russia... And nobody believed him.
• Every time a Romulan encounters Naraht, for the first time. Why? Romulan religion worship elements... And Naraht, being a Horta, just looks like living Earth, pulling an accidental God Guise. Exploited in The Romulan Way on the whole Romulan Empire: they were broadcasting McCoy alleged trial before the Senate when Naraht broke in. Oh, and did we mention he's immune to phasers?
  • Naraht, much like his mother, has a soft spot for Vulcanoid ears. Leads to amusing exchanges when an attractive female Romulan is trying not to lose her shit at being confronted with what's effectively an angel, and Naraht shuffling awkwardly thanks to just being around said attractive female Romulan.
  • Speaking of Romulan religion... It originated as a joke on a message board. A very popular joke, one that spawned idioms and was eventually forgotten to have been written in jest. (And no, not an out-of-universe meesage board; this was one on the in-universe Vulcan internet equivalent.)
• In My Enemy, My Ally, Ael and the crew of the Enterprise are on a Rihan space station, and need to pass through a door that is too dense to penetrate with their weapons. Ael's solution? She had Naraht eat it. Boy got a hell of a bellyache, but he got them through.
• In The Romulan Way, McCoy has been captured by the Romulans and given a fixed trial before the Tricameron, and it's being broadcasted to the whole empire. He knows he's going to be rescued, but he needs time, so he abused the Right of Statement (basically, the defendant in a Romulan trial has the right to explain his actions with a speech as long as he can)... And started by thanking them for sparing him a fair trial, no matter that even the Klingon would have granted him one. On live broadcast to the whole Romulan Empire. He then starts seguing back and forth between all kinds of topics, including food and drink, requiring techs to come in and try and fix the translators so they can understand what he's talking about. Twice.
  • In short: Kangaroo Court meets Southern filibuster. Filibuster wins.
• Also in The Romulan Way, McCoy haranguing Naraht about how he's not eating enough and is far too small for a boy his age. Bear in mind, Naraht is a Horta.
  • And Naraht takes McCoy's advice, doubling in size as he burrows towards the trial. Apparently, the granite on ch'Rihan is awfully good.

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