You think I'm actually serious about that?

( jim winces and shakes his head quickly. )

I'm kidding. I know their value and I appreciate what they do and I know that if I said something like that around them, it wouldn't be pretty.

( and jim kirk is not a dumb man. he acts like it to put on a show sometimes but dumb he is not. )

You'd probably get on well with Mr. Sulu, then. You could both talk about the things you've flown and how you never crash and you're oh so good at everything.