Robots, Rabbits and Sarcasm.
Come for the snark - stay for the random punctuation and nonlinear narrative. Don't say I didn't warn ya.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Yesterday I realized I needed to put my eyeroll on a leash. It sorta has a mind of it's own and reacts before I can gain control. Twice this week I got caught eye rolling inappropriately.
“I see. The number of internal disciplinary charges you have laid against your men,” and here the Patrician picked up a much thicker document, “seems somewhat excessive. I see no fewer than one hundred and seventy three offenses of eyeballing, earlobing and nostrilling, for example.” “Sah!” “Nostrilling, Acting Captain?” “Sah!” “Oh. And I see, ah yes, one charge of ‘making his arm fall off in an insubordinate way’ laid against Constable Shoe. Commander Vimes has always given me glowing reports about this officer.” “’E’s a nasty piece of work, sah! You can’t trust the dead ones!”
“I see. The number of internal disciplinary charges you have laid against your men,” and here the Patrician picked up a much thicker document, “seems somewhat excessive. I see no fewer than one hundred and seventy three offenses of eyeballing, earlobing and nostrilling, for example.”
ReplyDelete“Sah!”
“Nostrilling, Acting Captain?”
“Sah!”
“Oh. And I see, ah yes, one charge of ‘making his arm fall off in an insubordinate way’ laid against Constable Shoe. Commander Vimes has always given me glowing reports about this officer.”
“’E’s a nasty piece of work, sah! You can’t trust the dead ones!”
Terry Pratchett "The Fifth Elephant"