[LMB] A terrifying idea I just had...*snicker*
David McMillan
skyefire at skyefire.org
Thu Oct 5 13:12:53 BST 2006
Raye Johnsen wrote:
> --- David McMillan <skyefire at skyefire.org> wrote:
>
>> Eric Oppen wrote:
>
>>> "Auditor Vorkosigan, I have decided to give you a
>> subordinate to help
>>> you. Meet...Inspector Sledge Hammer!"
>>> And as their eyes met, Miles and Sledge both knew
>> that this was the
>>> beginnning of a beautiful friendship...
>> Of course, mere death is no obstacle to snarky
>> commentary.
>> "THIS... is a man... who TALKS... to his PLASMA
>> ARC!!!" (I just don't
>> see Sledge using anything lighter, do you?)
>
> "Well then, he should fit in just fine at Vorkosigan
> House. They already have a homicidal maniac, a Betan
> Amazon, that fat clone who already owns half of
> Vorbarra Sultana, the machine who used to run Impsec,
> the manic Auditor and that psycho assassin cat."
(took me a second to figure out who the Homicidal Maniac was -- then I
ROTFL'd)
"Not to mention that bloody ghost -- lead-lined ectoplasmic hoses, good
grief!"
(Not that I'd wish it on him, but I bet Piotr would make a *terrific*
haunt)
> "Do you think it's fair, sir?"
>
> "I believe Inspector Hammer likes cats. They'll be
> just fine."
"Okay, Feline Attack Unit One, you take the left flank. FAU Two, you
take the right. FAU Three, circle around behind them, and for
ancestors' sake don't blunder into that electro-field this time -- or if
you do, at least do it *quietly.* Zap... you're with me."
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