Speaking of denseness, here's my blonde moment of the day: adding 2 grams of agarite to our gel mixture instead of .2 grams. So the denseness refers to two things: my head and the contents therein, and the resulting lead-like gel. I have never done that before and it was very mortifying indeed. But I blame it on the book. If it had said "0.2," as is proper, I would never have misread it. It just had to say ".2," and that was misleading. Anyone can overlook a period.
(Yeah, yeah, you just keep telling yourself that...if it makes you feel better...)
Le title probably seems rather strange. It's a quote from a parody I found a while back of Torchwood, a BBC show that's meant to accompany Doctor Who but is really rather worthless (or so I've heard). After the first five to eight seconds, when the Jack-Harkness-look-alike had done his little swagger walk and convinced the constable to let him into the crime scene by virtue of their being Torchwood ("the most famous secret agency!") and his own shiny teeth, it all became rather dubious in its humor and we stopped watching it. But seeing what I have of Capt. Jack from Doctor Who, and being none too impressed with the depth or quality of his character, I found that part rather funny.
And so, rather than impressing you all with the depth of my current state of being stressed out, I will honor you with some Doctor Who quotes--some of Jack's better moments. =)
A funny situation from Empty Child/Doctor Dances: Doctor Who is forced to admit to Capt. Jack (not the pirate) that his "sonic device" is a sonic screwdriver, which sounds much less macho than Jack's sonic blaster.
Jack: Who has a sonic screwdriver?!
The Doctor: I do!
Jack: ...Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks, 'Ooo, this could be a little more sonic!'?
The Doctor: What, you've never been bored? Never had a long night?... Never had a lot of cabinets to put up?
...from the same episode, after a banana has appeared through a long and laborious sequence of events and conversations the explanation of which will only serve to bore you...
The Doctor: Go! Go now! Don't drop the banana!
Jack: Why not?!
The Doctor: Good source of potassium.
...later, as they're locked in a room with no escape from evil dudes outside the door...
The Doctor: Assets!
Jack: Our assets? Well, I've got a banana, and in a pinch you could put up some shelves...
...so maybe they don't make sense. But I assure you, in their proper context, they're quite funny. Perhaps I should find something besides the good ol' Doc to quote. Any ideas?
Cheerio!
-Inky
Doc quotes are good.
My brother thinks that Jack eventually becomes the Face of Bo. Not sure what I think of that....
*laughs*
I thought, "Either it's an April fool's joke, in which case I'm just going to sit and laugh at her even though she can't hear me, or she's in one of her rare philosophical moods, in which case I'd better write an e-mail in the friendly reassuring vein."
So there, you can laugh at me all you like, because I took both of the aforesaid options and have already laughed at you. *grin*