Getting to Know the MU Leonard McCoy
by Marcy
NAME:  Leonard H. McCoy.  H for "Horatio."  Seems I was destined to be a Great Orator.  Some people call me Bones, the nickname for the old rural physician--NOT because I'm underly muscled or tend to break down skeletel structures as people think!

SEX:  Gender or Preference?  I'm not answering until I know.

HOME:  Would I be here if I had a choice?

HEIGHT:  Average.

EYES:  "Footloose Stillhound Nordic Blue."  Mom's still bitter.

HAIR:  Chestnut.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? "Interactive Surgery."  They hate it when I call in with tips.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?  Tell me what it is first.  Is this something for the gossamers?

FAVORITE MAGAZINE: "True Life Medical Anamoly."

FAVORITE SMELL: Teaberry.

WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD:  Saving a man's life because he's slated to be executed.  I keep telling the Captain we're wasting the price of a phaser blast, but no...

THINGS TO DO ON WEEKENDS:  Are you implying I take time off?  On *this* ship?  Christ.

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK: Spartakus.  Hard to find, though.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT OF WHEN YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING?  I haven't been asleep.  Ask the captain when that's possible.

DO YOU GET MOTION SICKNESS?  Not while I'm chewing teaberry.

ROLLER COASTERS DEADLY OR EXCITING?  I'll agree they're deadly, which is why they're supposed to be exciting, but I'd take swimming with alligators any day.

PEN OR PENCIL?  Who can afford paper?

HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE COMM?  You never, never delay in answering the comm.  It could be the captain.  Or Spock.  Or Sulu.  Or Chekov's latest steroid-grazing ape needing a new fix of synthetissue.

FAVORITE FOODS?  Cornbread in buttermilk.  Not that I ever get it here.

DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?  Famously, now that they're both dead.  Mom keeps bugging this telepathic Rigellian-medium on board for me to cut my hair, though.  But I can ignore her.  At least until the medium gets promoted to a rank higher than mine.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME?  No.  Formally charged, hell yeah.  Plenty of times.

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?  Neither.  I'm a sassafrass kinda guy.

CROUTONS OR BACON BITS?  Both.  That's the only way you can get any texture in the replicated salads.

DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE?  No, I'd prefer to ride shotgun.

DO YOU SLEEP WITH STUFFED ANIMALS?  Not on your life.  Not even inflatable dolls.  A smile costs nothing, and a drink can get you further.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY KIND OF PET, WHAT WOULD IT BE?  Probably a monkey.  Something I could test my food on before I eat it.

IF YOU COULD BE ANY KIND OF ANIMAL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? What the hell?

THUNDERSTORMS, COOL OR SCARY?  Christ.  Don't mention thunderstorms.

IF YOU COULD MEET ANYONE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE?  Probably Praetor Maximus.  I've always been curious about the tyrant who realized corpses can't pay taxes.  I mean, wouldn't you just love to have somebody like that on the couch?

FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?  No such thing.

WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?  Groan.  Guess.

EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?  Pardon me, but I'm *Georgian.*  We eat collards.

GUYS--WOULD YOU EVER ASK A GIRL FOR HER SHIRT?  On this ship?  You'd best do it nicely.  And then you'd have to explain what for.  Its not like those tops are big enough to be really useful for anything but a tourniquet.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED, WHAT WOULD IT BE?  Got it.  So there.

IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?  Sorry, that's impossible.  My hands would be shaking so hard while I laughed it'd be a mess job.

IF YOU COULD HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT AND WHERE WOULD IT BE?  Got one.  Mom stuck the Imperial Sword-upon-a-planet logo on my shoulder when I was a kid.  Seems she was worried that people wouldn't think me
patriotic enough.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?  Heck, yeah.  Lots of times.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING?  I had a nightmare wedding...does that count?

WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?  Antique surgical tools.  My room is the least burglarized on the ship.

IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?  If I give it to the monkey first, it'll be half empty.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNAPPLE DRINK?  Snapple?  When I was a kid it was an RC but I got tired of buzzin' off the moon pies.  Now its hot, strong, black coffee, extra caffeine, and 2 TBs. powdered cacao.

ARE YOU A RIGHTY, LEFTY, OR AMBIDEXTROUS?  I'm a *surgeon*, for cry-eye!  You think Kirk will take nicely to the fact that I can only use one hand if he's the one on the operating table?  Hell, what I should be doing is practicing chopsticks with my toes.

DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?  Not going to dignify that with an answer.

IF YOU COULD BE ONE GARDENING TOOL, WHAT WOULD IT BE?  I wouldn't.  But I daresay I'm karmically destined to be a shovel.  Lord knows I've planted enough people in the ground.

WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? A collection of Manly Wade Wellman novels.  I don't dare put 'em on the shelf.  They were worth a fortune 200 years ago.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?  I don't like numbers.  Well, I can get along with the value of pi--he strikes me as a fairly flexible concept.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?  A piebald hayburner.  But he got hit by some drunk Imperial cops and we had to eat him.  Not bad, actually.

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?  The Capellans on Live Arena.  They really make the Empire look stupid.

SAY ONE THING NICE ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU:  Who sent this to me?

OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU SEND THIS TO, WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?  I'm a doctor, not a mindreader.

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