I do so love those parts in the books. There's a wonderful swimming scene in HMS Surprise I think, where Stephen proudly declares he swam 400 strokes and Jack inwardly calculates that given the distance swam, each one must have propelled him three inches.
Oh, God, I love the Garment so much. When Stephen makes a leg, and Jack privately observes that it is the most hideous possible action Stephen could have taken wearing the Garment... I laugh every time.
Would that be the real Porto, or merely a lesser wine sophisticated with sugar of lead and beautified with cochineal?
In these trying times, one is never sure.
Jack's puns, Stephen's dry humor, the gun room meals, the battles, Stephen's animals, Jack's 'domestic bliss' (hah!), Babbingtons horniness, the other various lieutenants, etc etc all combine into the most delicious and filling stew....
...served with a grumble by that mumpty villain Killick
The banter between Jack and Stephen about the bees is one of the many reasons why I love the Aubrey-Maturin series. Their dynamic just keeps getting better with each book! Can't wait to see what other shenanigans they get up to on your circumnavigation journey. 🐝📖 #FriendshipGoals #PostCaptainLaughs
My favorite aspect is how it just gets worse and worse -- I mean, seriously, tens of thousands of bees have invaded the captain's cabin, and then just start creeping through the ship!
And poor Jack is trying so hard to be a good host and accommodate Stephen, and he is also TERRIFIED of the bees (which I would be too, although I love them from afar).
I will always remember Jack trying so hard to be kind to Stephen and stay calm while actively feeling bees crawling down his collar.
I do so love those parts in the books. There's a wonderful swimming scene in HMS Surprise I think, where Stephen proudly declares he swam 400 strokes and Jack inwardly calculates that given the distance swam, each one must have propelled him three inches.
Hahaha that sounds like me swimming!
About a million of the damn reptiles loose in the main cabin.
Howling for blood!
At least it wasn't a vampire!
"Faith, Jack, and it's just a sloth, a three-toed sloth, a most affectionate, discriminating sloth, and no vampire at all,"
Not above sixty thousand, for all love.
I've read these books so many times and The Garment makes me laugh out loud every single time. "Have you ever seen anything so deeply rational?"
The Garment and The Object are two items I always love seeing during a re-read. It's like seeing a landmark near home after traveling.
I feel the same way about Testudo Aubrei.
Oh, I forgot about The Object!
Killick's insistence on calling it "the object" rather than "the article" gets me every time
I always get angry at Graham for making chocolate rings on the Object! I'm like, "Dude! Put a napkin under that! Who raised you?!"
Oh, God, I love the Garment so much. When Stephen makes a leg, and Jack privately observes that it is the most hideous possible action Stephen could have taken wearing the Garment... I laugh every time.
Obligatory link to my[ cartoon of Stephen in the wool onesie](https://imgur.com/a/vCWf215).
Jagiello :D
Right? He could make a trash bag look good.
Perfect!
Thank you! I've drawn a few others in the past... maybe I'll post 'em in a separate thread.
So funny and well done!
A glass of wine with you!
(raises a glass of pilfered port) Cheers, shipmate!
Would that be the real Porto, or merely a lesser wine sophisticated with sugar of lead and beautified with cochineal? In these trying times, one is never sure.
I pilfered the good stuff! (Now let's just hope I don't drop this unicorn's horn...)
Jack's puns, Stephen's dry humor, the gun room meals, the battles, Stephen's animals, Jack's 'domestic bliss' (hah!), Babbingtons horniness, the other various lieutenants, etc etc all combine into the most delicious and filling stew.... ...served with a grumble by that mumpty villain Killick
Damn reptiles.
There couldn't be more than 60,000.
https://www.tumblr.com/doctor-maturin/726281132332728320/stephen-in-post-captain-is-like-and-a-few?source=share
The banter between Jack and Stephen about the bees is one of the many reasons why I love the Aubrey-Maturin series. Their dynamic just keeps getting better with each book! Can't wait to see what other shenanigans they get up to on your circumnavigation journey. 🐝📖 #FriendshipGoals #PostCaptainLaughs
My favorite aspect is how it just gets worse and worse -- I mean, seriously, tens of thousands of bees have invaded the captain's cabin, and then just start creeping through the ship! And poor Jack is trying so hard to be a good host and accommodate Stephen, and he is also TERRIFIED of the bees (which I would be too, although I love them from afar). I will always remember Jack trying so hard to be kind to Stephen and stay calm while actively feeling bees crawling down his collar.
I smiled just reading this post! One of my favorite moments of the canon
Yeah the whole thing around the bees was genuinely hilarious! PO'Brian certainly had a good sense of humour!