Which was that folk song you were trying to find the origin of bobjr? I had a scout round and I couldn't find the relevant thread or post.

The thing is, most song requests get answered pretty quickly, and unless it throws up some point of controversy or discussion, the threads just die away. Whereas these get longer because once they get longish people drop in to see what is going on, and see something the want to comment on - like me now and they get longer still. And I can't see any harm in that.

As for Captain Kirk - it's a pity maybe they never had any equine aliens, with all those fine horses ready to join the cast. Mind, they'd probably act the pants of him. And whatever people say, a singing horse would have made a better job of singing Bob Dylan. (Better than Captain Kirk I mean...)

But he wasn't there to act or sing anyway. He was there to make sure that everyone kept their feet on the ground out in space. The world wasn't yet ready for a starship captain who could act. That came later.