Honorverse Humor or lack thereof.

pokermind wrote:Mange, <And now a blast from the past:>

JenBurdoo wrote:Three Grayson Navy chaplains are standing in their SD's observation lounge during the looooooong run in to battle, gazing at the stars and thinking about the Tester. One of them says to the others, "Brothers, at a time like this I feel moved to confess my sins. I am ashamed to own that I drink too much; in fact, I've got something of a hangover right now."

"I too am a sinner," says the second chaplain. "I lust for the flesh. In fact, I slept with one of our Manticoran loaner officers last night."

They both look sidelong at the third chaplain. "And you, Brother. Have you a besetting sin to confess?"

"Yes," says the third chaplain. "I have this terrible, unstoppable urge to gossip."

<Hmm sounds like cthia a terrible gossip >

Mange

Commodore Oakius wrote:Shout out to Kenny Rodger, and asking his forgivness :

"The Podder"

You have to know when to hold them
know when to roll them
know when to fire them all
and know when to save some
Never count your pods,
in the middle of a battle
there be time enough to recover them
When the shootin's done


In a cold back water system
on a new poder sent to show the flag
i met with a peeper
We were both to shocked to talk
We took turns a'rolling
our ships wedges up
When the panic settled
He opened his comms

HE said I have fought
dozens of people like you
knowing their courage levels
by the way they hold my eyes
SO i gotta say to ya
I know I got ya beat here
If you want some advise
Go home and have a Tillman.

So I screwed up my courage
stared him down across the distance
Popped a cigar in my mouth
Copied Tourville to my best
then I blew smoke rings
right at the screen an said
I got a suprise up my tubes so
Id advise you to depart... Beacause...

I know when to hold them
know when to roll them
know when to fire them all
and know when to save some back
Never count your pods,
in the middle of a battle
there be time enough to recover them
When the shootin's done!!!!


Should I do the last two sections?

Commodore Oakius wrote:Shout out to Kenny Rodger, and asking his forgivness :

"The Podder"

You have to know when to hold them
know when to roll them
know when to fire them all
and know when to save some
Never count your pods,
in the middle of a battle
there be time enough to recover them
When the shootin's done


In a cold back water system
on a new poder sent to show the flag
i met with a peeper
We were both to shocked to talk
We took turns a'rolling
our ships wedges up
When the panic settled
He opened his comms

HE said I have fought
dozens of people like you
knowing their courage levels
by the way they hold my eyes
SO i gotta say to ya
I know I got ya beat here
If you want some advise
Go home and have a Tillman.

So I screwed up my courage
stared him down across the distance
Popped a cigar in my mouth
Copied Tourville to my best
then I blew smoke rings
right at the screen an said
I got a suprise up my tubes so
Id advise you to depart... Beacause...

I know when to hold them
know when to roll them
know when to fire them all
and know when to save some back
Never count your pods,
in the middle of a battle
there be time enough to recover them
When the shootin's done!!!!


Should I do the last two sections?

Commodore Oakius wrote:Apologies to Charlie Daniels Band, Devil went down to Georgia.

Tourville went down to Sidemore

Tourville went down to Sidemore, he was looking to blindside Honor
He was torn, being so far from home but he was willing to carryon
While camped out in a nowhere system a destroyer failed to check in
He decided to move somewhere else to anchor his secret fleet

When the word came in they the set their sails and rode the grav wave
IT was quite the dare to take considering how much he was able to save
Now Honor was good at fighin’ but Tourvile knew his stuff too
He bet his fleet to hers saying to her, “I’m better than you”

He was less confident then he seemed
But the cowboy persona stood its ground, and his eyes gleamed

Honor, get you impellers node warm and LACs out
Tourviles is coming to Sidemore , and he has a surprise to shout
And if you win you’ll send him a’packing home
But if you lose the Peeps mouth will foam

Tourville dropped out of Hyper leaving a foot print that glowed
And sparks dazzled the plot as his Aviaries let go
As his SDP’s lock their targets up it made an evil tone
And a flock of LAC’s floated out as shoals of pods deployed

When Tourville was done he felt pretty good and was sure he had a’won
But then Dame Honor blew the horn for Paul Revere and Grayson appeared.
Mouse trapped between two fleets your done
Honor’s got you sandwiched right where she wants son
LACs and pods deploy and ECM’s fire
Don’t you feel like Peter Rabbit in the Briar

Now Tourville bowed his head because he knew he was beat
With the cigar in hand and confidence strong, he sound the retreat
“We’ll get them next time, Thunderbolt is sure to strike them elsewhere”
Honor showed her teeth, she’d won, and now the peeps were out of her hair
For now but:
They hit elsewhere on this attack too.
Hell will pay when Honor come home
She’ll lead the return from Manticore’s womb
Then the Peeps nightmare will be true…


Do poeple like these or should I stop?

I am the very model of a Manty naval admiral
I've information strategic, diplomat, and tactical,
I know the kings of Manticore, and I quote the fights historical
From Basilisk up to Lovat, in order categorical

I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters strategic, diplomat, and tactical,
I am the very model of a Manty naval admiral.

I know our ancient history, From Landing to the Mesan plots
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell true Akimotos from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters strategic, diplomat, and tactical,
I am the very model of a Manty naval admiral.

In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a viper missile from a Javelin
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery –
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy –
You'll say a better naval admiral has never sat a gee
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters strategic, diplomacy, and tactical,
I am the very model of a Manty naval admiral.