I had a dream last night that I was tickling Sir Patrick Stewart's feet.

[Coventina]

I can't find that reference in my dream dictionary.

Anybody care to speculate what that means?

(PS: the situation was NOT sexual!! And I do NOT have a foot fetish!!)

[Lars39]

1. You love to hear him laugh.

[True Dough]

2. Did you notice whether

he had only nine toes? With deep spaces in between them?

[Salviati]

3. Did you remember the melted butter?

[MLAA]

4. Darn, I'd be a teensy bit disappointed it wasn't sexual 🙂

[Earth-shine]

10. The OP is *denying* that it is sexual.

We all know what "denial" implies in basic psychoanalysis.

[MLAA]

16. Grin

[Niagara]

5. Tickling meanings:

Some interpreters think that in such an unusual way release from excessive nervous tension occurs in a dream. If the tickling feeling caused real euphoria, dream interpretation is sure: after such a plot things will certainly go smoothly.

If you plan to start some project, tickling in a dream calls for maximum concentration, because the undertaking will be fraught with various difficulties and with insufficient effort may result in a complete defeat.


A pleasant tickling in a dream symbolizes a joyful meeting after a long separation. If the dream atmosphere was not very bright, this event will be a little sad.


If the tickling felt pleasant, this means everything is working as you planned. Having negative feelings from tickles means you will have to show resistance to rather rough pressure.


It could be that you like or it relaxes you to hear Patrick's laugh


https://checkmydream.com/dream-meaning/tickling

[Coventina]

6. Thanks!! This is helpful!!

[Earth-shine]

7. How did you refer to him in the dream?

Did you call him sir? Patrick? Pat? Captain?

Did he say, "Make it so"? Or was it your idea?

[Coventina]

9. I remember it was my idea, and I was nervous that he'd be annoyed by it.

It was a really brief thing, not a long, drawn out "story" kind of dream.

I don't remember that we exchanged words at all.

[Earth-shine]

11. If it was so brief, how did you get his shoes off?

We're talking Cap't Picard here. Be respectful.

[Coventina]

15. Haha! His shoes / socks were already off.

[rickyhall]

8. Sound a little strange to me.

Scotty had only 9 fingers.

[Earth-shine]

12. Scotty had ten fingers. James Doohan had only nine.

They used camera angles to obscure this difference.

[rickyhall]

13. I saw them once, I forget which episode.

[Earth-shine]

14. I doubt there is any viewpoint ever on his missing finger.

People would plaster a freeze-frame of that all over the internet.

I've seen every ep multiple to many times.

I've read that they went through much effort to hide his hands.

Anyway, this OP is about Picard's toes, not Scotty's fingers.

The TNG ep where Picard and Scotty meet is one of my favorites.

[nolabear]

17. Sort of like Radar in M*A*S*H*

Gary Burghoff has a hand that has a deformity and they went to great lengths to hide it. There are moments when it was seen but you’d have to be looking for it.

[Orrex]

19. I remember one scene when he was holding a clipboard in that hand

As you correctly note, if you weren't looking for it, you'd miss it. It simply looked like he was gripping the clipboard with his fingers held in a fist.

[nolabear]

20. Interestingly he was a great drummer.

[Orrex]

21. Right? I recall two particular scenes

I don't remember show titles, but one was a "Dear Dad" episode, with a musical number by Colonel Blake and his Swinging Surgeons, while another was a USO episode with an extended (and excellent) drum solo by Corporal O'Reilly.

[nolabear]

22. One of my favorite actors, Bill Nighy, has Dupuytren's Contracture.

I may have misspelled that. Again, he’s so facile you don’t really notice unless you know that his ring and pinky fingers don’t extend.

[Orrex]

18. Ah, yes. The Picard Maneuver

Make it so.