Little did the earthlings know that out in space . . .
         
             "Uhura!"
             "Yes, Captain Kirk?"
             "What are you & Scotty doing over there all this time?"
             "Well, Captain, we were, uh, ... you see, ..."
             "Captain, Ah'm afrrrraid it's all my fault, we, uh ..."
             "Scotty, tell...me...what do you... mean it's...
             your fault?"
             "Captain, Scotty merely asked me to a certain
             frequency,and we ran across this interesting dialog
             and, I'm afraid that we might have caused a slight
             hitch in the time continuum."
             "Scotty, what... does she ... mean ...a ...slight ...
             hitch ...in the ...time...con--tinuum?!"
             "Captain, do ye rrrememberrrr that time when we had a
             wee bit o' trib, uh, Ah mean, trrrrouble with the
             trrrransporterrr when we werrre trrrying to trrransport
             those wee beasties?"
             "Wee...beasties,...Mr. ...Scott?"
             "Aye, Captain. The wee furrrry beasties."
             "You don't, ... by...any chance mean...the, uh, ...
               Mr. ...Scott ...!!"
             "Aye, Captain."
             "How ... could... this...have happened, Mr. .. Scott?"
             "Well, ya seee, Captain, uh, do ye rrrrememberrrr
               those Irrrish musicians we had trrrransported a bit
               earrrrlierrr that day to another ship?"
             "You mean, ... those ... drummers, ... Mr. ... Scott?"
             "Aye, Captain! Ah'm afrrrraid that when we sent those
               Irrrrish musicians, the molecules o' theirrr
               instrrruments may ha' been in the trrranporrrterrrrr
               bufferrrs the whole time, and then when we trrrried
               to trrransport the wee beasties, welll, Captain,
               theirr molecules may ha' been a wee bit scrrrambllld
               wi' the instrrruments, so, ye see, Captain, we may ha'
               sent 'em back in time, welll, onto earrrrth, in the
               past, sirrr!"
             "Uhura, ... just ... what ... year ...do...you and...
               Mr. ...Scott, uh ...what earth ...year...were they ...
               transported to?"
             "Well, Captain, Scotty & I believe that it was
               aproximately the very late 1900's, or possibly as late
               as the year 2000 or so."