Honorverse favorite one-liners

Amaroq wrote:

"We're home, System Command. It took us awhile, but we're home."

I trust that this one requires no further explanation.

What it requires is...tissue. Three-ply.

cthia wrote:t this one requires no further explanation.

What it requires is...tissue. Three-ply.[/quote]

Where did you find this magical tissue that can actually stand up to your tears?

Hutch wrote:

roseandheather wrote:(This type of gag also shows up in the 1632/Ring of Fire series, with which I have recently become absolutely, positively obsessed and which is also written (mostly) by Eric Flint. And it is just as funny there as it is here.)

Just as an aside, I am also a fan of the RoF series(just re-read the E-ARC for 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies and am working on 1636: Seas of Fortune now). The forum dedicated here to those books (Assisti Shards Forum) is pretty much moribund (compared to here), but if you want to start a thread or three like you have here, I'll see about contributing....

I will most definitely consider that - when I can get beyond alternately screaming "MELISSA MAILEY!" and "JOHN CHANDLER SIMPSON!" at the top of my lungs, occasionally interspersed with wails of "JAMES NICHOLS!" and "EDDIE CANTRELL!"

Ensign Re-read wrote:

MaxxQ wrote:I guess that makes me really rare - I was in the Air Force. Couldn't stand coffee before I went in, and came out still hating the stuff. Nary a drop passed my lips.

Oddly enough, when it was my turn to run the squadron snack bar, my coffee got quite a bit of praise. Don't know what I was doing different - I just followed the instructions on the can and kept the coffee maker and pots clean.

You may be surprised to find out how many people do not EITHER follow instructions OR keep the pots clean.

That.

I don't think it's possible to f**k up a pot of coffee as badly as has been demonstrated by getting the proportions of coffee to water wrong, i.e. Not following the directions. It's either weak (boo) or ... Coffee.

You may have noticed the difference between a fresh pot and one that's sat around hot for a couple of hours? Oxidation is not your friend. Especially with the oils left on the brewing gear, when the next pot is made. Skip the lather and rinse to the repeat, and some nasty stuff gets leached out of the innards into the next pot.

But I've always wondered, given the simplicity of cleanliness and the vitriol that military coffee gets, if they brew with something other than actual coffee. Although it might be possible if you grind it fine and then set it out to dry for a few months. That might do it.

I'm sure Mac has the principles down cold.

roseandheather wrote:
(I've been back in 1632, actually. MELISSA MAILEY. That is all. MELISSA GODDAMN MAILEY.)

Gretchen! Gretchen! What cold blooded thugs did Melissa intimidate? Gretchen!!!

kenl511 wrote:

roseandheather wrote:
(I've been back in 1632, actually. MELISSA MAILEY. That is all. MELISSA GODDAMN MAILEY.)

Gretchen! Gretchen! What cold blooded thugs did Melissa intimidate? Gretchen!!!

Who spent ten minutes puking over the cruelties of 17th century Germany?? Who can make anyone do anything with just a glare? Who got the most badass doctor in the whole series?? Who got arrested half a dozen times trying to make the world a better place?? Who won the hearts of Grantville by getting arrested (again) at a UMWA strike??

Not that I don't love Gretchen - I would have to be a moron not to love Gretchen - but MELISSA GODDAMN MAILEY. MELISSA GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING MAILEY. BABY COME HERE AND LET ME LOVE YOU.

(Oh look. Once again I go for the steel-spined bleeding-heart middle-aged ladies. Quelle surprise. Melissa Mailey, meet Estelle Matsuko and Eloise Pritchart. I have a type, peeps. )

roseandheather wrote:
Gretchen! Gretchen! What cold blooded thugs did Melissa intimidate? Gretchen!!!

Who spent ten minutes puking over the cruelties of 17th century Germany?? Who can make anyone do anything with just a glare? Who got the most badass doctor in the whole series?? Who got arrested half a dozen times trying to make the world a better place?? Who won the hearts of Grantville by getting arrested (again) at a UMWA strike??

Not that I don't love Gretchen - I would have to be a moron not to love Gretchen - but MELISSA GODDAMN MAILEY. MELISSA GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING MAILEY. BABY COME HERE AND LET ME LOVE YOU.

(Oh look. Once again I go for the steel-spined bleeding-heart middle-aged ladies. Quelle surprise. Melissa Mailey, meet Estelle Matsuko and Eloise Pritchart. I have a type, peeps. )[/quote]

If you are still talking about that 16whatever book series, isn't that what the Assiti Shard forum is for? If I wanted to hear about that series, I would visit that forum.

crewdude48 wrote:
If you are still talking about that 16whatever book series, isn't that what the Assiti Shard forum is for? If I wanted to hear about that series, I would visit that forum.

...it's a brief side tangent that's been mentioned in like four posts. We've hardly hijacked the thread. Cool your jets. Or is there some rule that we're never, ever, ever allowed to mention anything except the Honorverse?

roseandheather wrote:

crewdude48 wrote:
If you are still talking about that 16whatever book series, isn't that what the Assiti Shard forum is for? If I wanted to hear about that series, I would visit that forum.

...it's a brief side tangent that's been mentioned in like four posts. We've hardly hijacked the thread. Cool your jets. Or is there some rule that we're never, ever, ever allowed to mention anything except the Honorverse?

No rule, I just really don't like that series, and wanted to nip a thread-jacking in the bud.

crewdude48 wrote:
No rule, I just really don't like that series, and wanted to nip a thread-jacking in the bud.

You're welcome to dislike it all you please, that doesn't mean you have the right to shut down anyone who ever brings it up. Courtesy. It's a thing. And what you did was rude.