"Dr Jackson have you seen Colonel O'Neill?" Lieutenant Thomas asked.
"He was headed to the commissary with Teal'c a few minutes ago. Why?" Daniel asked.
"Major Carter asked me to make sure he doesn't go to her lab."
"Did he break something again?" Daniel said with a smile.
The Colonel did something to his computer. Major Carter doesn't want his boredom to damage any of her doohickeys."
"I see you're learning about the idiosyncrasies of Colonel O'Neill. What else have you found out?"
"He frequently uses malapropisms." He replied.
"Don't forget the Socratic irony." Daniel stated.
"Socratic irony?" The Lieutenant questioned.
"Socrates, an Ancient Greek philosopher. He had a principle which was deemed Socratic irony which basically said that people pretend to be ignorant or unaware in discussions? Jack does it a lot, he uses the fact that people think he's not as smart as he really is and the fact that he hides behind sarcasm as a tactical advantage. He knows a lot more than anyone ever gives him credit for, especially about what Sam says."
"I see Dr Jackson. Thank you I'd better get back to Locating Colonel O'Neill."
~ ~ ~
"It's fixed." Sam said as she sat down in the empty chair next to Jack. "Here's your floppy disk and your house key." She placed them on the table.
"Thanks."
"You no longer have a floppy disk drive sir. We put in a zip disk and we upgraded your CD-ROM to a CD-RW, which I will show you how to use at a later date."
"Thanks I think."
"Excuse me a minute sir." Sam got up and walked over to Lieutenant Thomas. "Thank you Lieutenant. Report to Dr Phillips he has some objects you can work on."
"Yes ma'am." The Lieutenant got up and left.
"You had him tailing me?" Jack asked as she sat back down.
"Yes sir. I have some rather delicate new equipment and doohickeys in my lab and I didn't want them broken. I apologise sir."
"I'm ready." Daniel said walking in dressed in civilian clothes.
"Going somewhere Daniel?" Jack inquired.
"Actually we all are." Sam said before Daniel could reply. "I had to get General Hammond to sign the requisition form for the new parts for your computer. Once I explained what had happened he suggested we all leave the base, so if you agree sir I thought we'd all go paintballing."
"You're leaving the base?" Jack questioned.
"Yes sir. Although I might be safe here with the SF's and their guns when I tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"While I was waiting for the new parts to arrive I beat your high score. I'd better go and change." She got up from the table.
"Why you... Carter."
"Yes sir?" Sam asked.
"We'll take my SUV. Meet us topside in twenty minutes."
"Yes sir."
"The perfect example of not realising the obvious." One of the airman commented.
"Textbook."
THE END
"He was headed to the commissary with Teal'c a few minutes ago. Why?" Daniel asked.
"Major Carter asked me to make sure he doesn't go to her lab."
"Did he break something again?" Daniel said with a smile.
The Colonel did something to his computer. Major Carter doesn't want his boredom to damage any of her doohickeys."
"I see you're learning about the idiosyncrasies of Colonel O'Neill. What else have you found out?"
"He frequently uses malapropisms." He replied.
"Don't forget the Socratic irony." Daniel stated.
"Socratic irony?" The Lieutenant questioned.
"Socrates, an Ancient Greek philosopher. He had a principle which was deemed Socratic irony which basically said that people pretend to be ignorant or unaware in discussions? Jack does it a lot, he uses the fact that people think he's not as smart as he really is and the fact that he hides behind sarcasm as a tactical advantage. He knows a lot more than anyone ever gives him credit for, especially about what Sam says."
"I see Dr Jackson. Thank you I'd better get back to Locating Colonel O'Neill."
~ ~ ~
"It's fixed." Sam said as she sat down in the empty chair next to Jack. "Here's your floppy disk and your house key." She placed them on the table.
"Thanks."
"You no longer have a floppy disk drive sir. We put in a zip disk and we upgraded your CD-ROM to a CD-RW, which I will show you how to use at a later date."
"Thanks I think."
"Excuse me a minute sir." Sam got up and walked over to Lieutenant Thomas. "Thank you Lieutenant. Report to Dr Phillips he has some objects you can work on."
"Yes ma'am." The Lieutenant got up and left.
"You had him tailing me?" Jack asked as she sat back down.
"Yes sir. I have some rather delicate new equipment and doohickeys in my lab and I didn't want them broken. I apologise sir."
"I'm ready." Daniel said walking in dressed in civilian clothes.
"Going somewhere Daniel?" Jack inquired.
"Actually we all are." Sam said before Daniel could reply. "I had to get General Hammond to sign the requisition form for the new parts for your computer. Once I explained what had happened he suggested we all leave the base, so if you agree sir I thought we'd all go paintballing."
"You're leaving the base?" Jack questioned.
"Yes sir. Although I might be safe here with the SF's and their guns when I tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"While I was waiting for the new parts to arrive I beat your high score. I'd better go and change." She got up from the table.
"Why you... Carter."
"Yes sir?" Sam asked.
"We'll take my SUV. Meet us topside in twenty minutes."
"Yes sir."
"The perfect example of not realising the obvious." One of the airman commented.
"Textbook."
THE END
