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May. 9th, 2004 01:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockEvery time I hear someone shout "Man the torpedoes!" in an old war film, all that my ears hear is "Damn the torpedoes!"
And then my brain goes funny (but hollywood-style patriotic) places like "Hell yeah! Damn them! We don't need torpedoes! We've got LASERS, asshole!"
But then they fire the torpedoes and my brain gets stuck in a rut wondering why they fired the torpedoes expecting them to work when they just damned them moments ago. Or were they damning them just for extra punch--- like they could send out blessed torpedoes if they wanted, but who the hell would waste blessed torpedoes on Nazi U-boats or Russian subs anyway? Better to give them the damned torpedoes, just to spite the bastards to the very end!
Around .3 seconds in my brain has usually passed by now, and I finally realize "Oh, they said man the torpedoes. Ok."
This process repeats itself invariably any time I hear that phrase. Sometimes you can't trust your own ears.
And then my brain goes funny (but hollywood-style patriotic) places like "Hell yeah! Damn them! We don't need torpedoes! We've got LASERS, asshole!"
But then they fire the torpedoes and my brain gets stuck in a rut wondering why they fired the torpedoes expecting them to work when they just damned them moments ago. Or were they damning them just for extra punch--- like they could send out blessed torpedoes if they wanted, but who the hell would waste blessed torpedoes on Nazi U-boats or Russian subs anyway? Better to give them the damned torpedoes, just to spite the bastards to the very end!
Around .3 seconds in my brain has usually passed by now, and I finally realize "Oh, they said man the torpedoes. Ok."
This process repeats itself invariably any time I hear that phrase. Sometimes you can't trust your own ears.
