Transcript for Saturday, October 1, 2005
Daysun Tingo 'Bot: Captain, renaming a ship is not something to be undertaken lightly. It can be terribly bad luck.
Daysun Tingo 'Bot: You must not even
utter the new name until all traces of the old name have been stricken from the ship.
Daysun Tingo 'Bot: Then there are complex ceremonies to appease the gods, to ask a boon from the Universe, and to set all minds at ease concerning the new name of the vessel.
Captain Tagon: Can your team do all this?
Daysun Tingo 'Bot: In 316 languages and for 2,238 different cultures, yes.
Captain Tagon: The ceremonies don't involve mud, do they?
Daysun Tingo 'Bot: The former owners of the ship
were amphibians. There might be
some mud involved.