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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:08 pm

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RearAdmiral Saber,
"Oh my god it's a dreadnaught." Where is that from, I don't know that one at all?

I got one I got one...
After Operation Buttercup when Earl White Haven retook Trevor's Star...
"It was like feeding baby chicks to near shark."

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:14 pm

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I'm a Lieutenant(Junior Grade)!
I have gotta celebrate. Drinks on me all. At Cosmos! On my salary???

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Thunder Child Actual   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:29 pm

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"Ms. Wolversham, you are authorized to return fire!" The Short Victorious War

This is said shortly after "Oh my god it's a dreadnaught."
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:37 pm

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Oh yea, 'Short Victorius War.' Thanks ensign.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by pokermind   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:30 pm

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<The People know how to deal with enemies.>

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CPO Poker Mind Image and, Mangy Fur the Smart Alick Spacecat.

"Better to be hung for a hexapuma than a housecat," Com. Pang Yau-pau, ART.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Jonathan_S   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:33 pm

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RHWoodman wrote:
roseandheather wrote:
It's obviously recognized enough that I can't find it in my memory banks because it's so recognizable - where the heck is it from?? (And yes, I have read every book in the series. Many times over.)


First mention of "Let's be about it" is at the end of Chapter 25 in OBS. It's repeated in HotQ and FoD, but, oddly, not in SVW (I went back and looked electronically, and it didn't appear). IIRC, it appears on most of the main stream Honorverse books thereafter.
"Let's be about it" appears at least once in most of the mainstream books; it's only missing from SVW (as you noted), MoH, and ART.

It's also makes it into half the anthology books, and (not by Honor) in ToF.



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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by boballab   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:37 pm

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"Still no sign of sanity breaking out over there, I see,"

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"Let's see if the next link in their chain of command is prepared to see reason now."

Two of my favorite Mike Henke lines
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"I'd like to think that someone in the Navy somewhere has at least the IQ of a gerbil!" Rear Admiral Rozsak on the officers in the SLN
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:42 pm

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Touche Commodore boballab,
:lol: This post is going to have me sleeping on the sofa tonight. :lol:

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by boballab   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:51 pm

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"They can't do this shit!"


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"Sir, there's something . . . odd about the Manties' launch,"


Selma Thackery on seeing the first Apollo use in Battle.
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"I'd like to think that someone in the Navy somewhere has at least the IQ of a gerbil!" Rear Admiral Rozsak on the officers in the SLN
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:53 pm

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Fleet Admiral Johnathan,
Thanks for reminding me of the all-mighty solarian league. That was a mighty good read for me.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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