I have eaten ashes...

Posted by ESC on August 21, 2000

In Reply to: Mouthful of ashes? taste of ashes? posted by Bob on August 20, 2000

: : : What does "dining on ashes" mean?

: : The only reference I could find was to a Star Trek movie, the Undiscovered Country. There is a one minute long musical sequence entitled "Dining on Ashes" and there is an exchange between Spock, Kirk and Chekhov concerning what might happen to them if they cross paths with a just discovered Romulan vessel:

: : Chekov: "But if he's cloaked..."

: : Kirk: "Then all we have is a neutron radiation surge, and by the time we're close enough to record it, we're ashes."

: : Kirk: "Dining on ashes. You all right?"

: : Spock: "It was an arrogant presumption on my part that got us into this
: : situation. You and the doctor might have been killed."

: : Kirk: "The night is young."

: Isn't there some biblical quote about a taste of ashes? Any bible scholars out there?

Right here!

Psalms 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.