How come we never see the ships “hairdresser”?  Everybody is so well-coiffed, but there’s no barber or hairdresser.  Where is he/she hiding?  If you have 200+ people on a starship that doesn’t dock very often, everybody’s got to get a hair cut somesomewhere.

I don’t remember offhand about the other series, but in Next Generation, the ship’s barber is called Mr Mott. He’s seen trimming Picard’s hair in (I think) a couple of episodes.

Like Michael Landons $300 haircut in the little house series, their is always a good hairdresser somewhere

Eeeek Trekkies

*goes to hide behind Vader’s skirts*

Actually, it’s Mot, one T. He is actually well-represented in the Next Generation series.

What you *don’t* see is the bathrooms.

nevermind

Bebelicious - 04 October 2007 05:32 PM

How come we never see the ships “hairdresser”?  Everybody is so well-coiffed, but there’s no barber or hairdresser.  Where is he/she hiding?  If you have 200+ people on a starship that doesn’t dock very often, everybody’s got to get a hair cut somesomewhere.

Well… we could turn it around: what SF-series handles normal human bodily functions as normal? Where does the skipper have a &#xIn;sertDisposureOfExcrement? Or are the babies nappies changed?

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I was impressed like everyone,
When man began to fly,
Out of earthly regions,
To planets in the sky.
With total media coverage,
We watched the heros land,
As ceremoniously
They disturbed the cosmic sand.

In awe with admiration,
We listened to the talk.
Such pride felt they,
Such joy to be
Upon the moon to walk.
My romantic vision shattered,
When it was explained to me,
Spacemen wear old diapers
In which they shit and pee.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to there.
Relieve you and believe me,
Without a worry or care.
If shitting is your problem,
When you’re out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars.

They don’t partake like you and I,
Of beefy burger mush.
Their food is specially prepared
To dissolve into slush.
Absorbed by multi-fibers
In the super diaper suit,
Otherwise the slush would trickle
Down inside the boot.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to there.
Relieve you and believe me,
Without a worry or care.
If shitting is your problem
When you’re out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars.

You may well ask now what becomes
Of liquid they consume.
A pipe is led from penis head
To a unit in the room.
The water is recirculated,
Filtered for re-use.
In case of anti-gravity -
Pee gets on the loose.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to there.
Relieve you and believe me,
Without a worry or care.
If shitting is your problem
When you’re out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars.

Wherever man has conquered,
On the quest for frontiers new,
(Da da da da)
I’m glad that he’s always had to do
The number one and two.
It makes it all so ordinary,
Just like you and me,
To know the greatest heroes,
They had to shit and pee.

The intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to there,
For cosmic constipation
There’s none that can compare.
If shitting is your problem
When you’re out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
The intergalactic laxative,
The intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to Mars.

The NX-01 is a small ship, but as for a big ship like the NCC-1701D, I suppose it’s pretty much like a modern aircraft carrier, which is a self-contained community providing most services you need.
But the series focuses on the officers. There has to be teachers, dentists, hairdresssers and all kind of people on such a large ship, and although we often see ordinary crew in the corridors, we just assume they are on their way to or from work.

Picard has hair?

MadCarlotta - 05 October 2007 03:33 AM

Picard has hair?

Don´t go “there”, please

You don’t see them using the restroom either, but clearly the would have to.