Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) / quote 43 of 171
Data gets the joke seven years later
To take an illustrative fictional example, in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data finally gets a bad joke a full seven years after hearing it: Data: Ha, ha, ha! I get it. Ha, ha, ha! I get it. Geordi La Forge: You get what? Data: When you said to Commander Riker, “The clown can stay … ” Ha, ha, ha. “But the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go.” Ha, ha, ha. La Forge: What are you talking about? Data: During the Farpoint mission. We were on the bridge and you told the joke. That was the punch line. Ha, ha, ha! La Forge: Farpoint? Data, that was seven years ago. Data: I know. I just got it. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Very funny! Ha, ha, ha …