BAW meets SSB!

[Nate the Great]

Uh, yeah, sorry it took so long for me to notice this. I guess I took one look at the thread title and thought it had to be about one of those shows I don't watch, one of those virtual season projects I don't read, or so on. Anyway, thanks for including me! Does this mean I've been promoted to The Old Guard now?

Zeke: Dammit, I can't believe it's come to this.
Nate: Yeah yeah, just gimme the pips.
Zeke: I mean, I really can't believe it's come to this. *Sigh* Crewman Nate, I hereby promote you to Junior Apprentice Helmsperson, Third Grade.
Nate: Woo hoo! I get to steer the ship!

Happy dance! My first step to ruling the universe!

Zeke: I'm still going to punish you by turning down the heating anyway.
IJD: Again? But it's practically an icecube in here already!
Nate: Don't be daft. Back home in Minnesota we'd call this sunbathing weather.
IJD: Eskimos. I'm surrounded by flaming Eskimos. Hrmph.

Brr. I'm not that coldblooded. I still prefer goose down coats. In any event, I may've actually used the word "daft" in my life. It certainly sounds like me.

*There is silence, and crickets can be heard (which is pretty strange when you think about it. I mean, how on earth would crickets get onto the bridge of a Federation starship ? The only logical conclusion is that someone released them on purpose just in case there was such a silence, and who'd do a wacky thing like that? Except, of course, Nate is now on the bridge, so... Uh, yeah. Back to the story)*

I can totally see myself raising crickets for the express purpose of beaming them onto the bridge for moments like this. It'd be a riot!

Nate: Nice use of 'arse' there, sir.
Zeke: Your toadying is noted.

Thank you, sir.

Nate: Strange, it's not on any of the charts. I know! They must have blown up Alderaan! Also, that's no moon, it's a--
Zeke: Very amusing, I'm sure, but let's stick to the facts. And if it turns out to be an ambush, then I'm calling that line right now.
Nate: Aw.
Zeke: Rank hath its privileges, and so on.

Hehe. I'm sure if we ever speak in real life you'll be cutting me off with "Very amusing, I'm sure" within minutes. "Aw," indeed.

Zeke: Next time, when I tell you to avoid incoming fire, you think you might actually try and avoid it?
Nate: I missed most of it! Sheesh, you are so picky!

Now I DO use sheesh. As I'd have said in this instance, "close enough for government work."

*KA-BOOM!*
Nate: I think we just got hit again.
Zeke: Give that man a promotion.
Nate: Really?
Zeke: No.

Oh sure, dangle that carrot, Z, dangle that carrot.

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Uh, yeah, sorry it took so long for me to notice this. I guess I took one look at the thread title and thought it had to be about one of those shows I don't watch, one of those virtual season projects I don't read, or so on.

BAW = Bored at Work

BAW fivers were invented and so named by Celeste one day back in Ought-whenever-it-was, when she was... well, I think you can probably fill in the blanks.

And never apologize for being sorry.

[PointyHairedJedi]

I may write another at some point if an idea should strike me, but I've no definite plans. I should also say, hurrah for Google Docs, without which this one wouldn't have been written.

I'm glad you've all enjoyed it, though I'm a little disappointed Zeke hasn't smoted (smiten? smitted? smoten?) me for calling Voyager NAFF and killing Janeway in an entirely gratuitous fashion. It was awfully fun, you know. I should kill her more often.

[Nate the Great]

I believe it's "smitten."

[Chancellor Valium]

I believe 'smitten' should only be used in a romantic sense. 'Smited' is more biblical.

[Nate the Great]

Well, whatever you think....

Smite(past participle smitten)=to hit, to strike down with godly force, to injure with divine power

By the by, those last two definitions seem as close to the same thing as makes no odds, don't they?

[NAHTMMM]

Well, I could injure you with the divine power of my brain without striking you, couldn't I?

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Well, whatever you think....

Smite(past participle smitten)=to hit, to strike down with godly force, to injure with divine power

By the by, those last two definitions seem as close to the same thing as makes no odds, don't they?

Only to the imprecise.

[Chancellor Valium]

Besides, 'smitten' is usually used in the passive or optative sense.