"Hey Jack mind if I sit down?" Zack Hudson asked.
"Go ahead. How's things?"
"Good. You?"
"Same old same old." Jack replied with a shrug.
"Sam said I should ask you what an SGC cocktail is."
"Any cocktail which includes at least one ingredient beginning with each of the letters of SGC." He replied with out thinking. "Why did she tell you about that?"
"I went to see if Marianne wanted to get dinner Saturday night, but she and Sam were making plans for short skirt's night."
"Excuse me?" Jack said looking up.
"That's what I said. Marianne said I was excused and then she left. Apparently short skirt night is their name for girl's night out. They started after the Hathor thing because the guys left them out of the invitation to go to celebrate."
"Damn, I knew we were supposed to invite someone. But why do they call it short skirt night?"
"Something to do with a song and short skirts being compulsory."
"Just how short are we talking?"
"You tell me."
"I think this warrants further investigation."
"What warrants further investigation?" Daniel asked.
"How short the skirts are on short skirts nights." Jack supplied.
"If you're talking about the one's they wear to girl's night they're pretty short."
"And how exactly do you know that Dr Jackson?" Zack Hudson asked.
"After Janet adopted Cass she needed someone to baby sit her while they were out so I was there when Sam came to pick her up. You don't know how long it took me to convince her that every kid having a dog wasn't a real Earth rule."
"A dog is a perfectly legitimate first pet." Jack countered.
"You got Dr Fraiser's daughter a dog?" Zack questioned.
"It was welcome to Earth; we're glad you don't have an alien device in you that's going to blow up and try to kill us anymore present."
"I see and a dog is of course a legitimate present for those occasions." Zack said seriously.
"Of course."
"I'll be sure to make a note of that in 'Guide to the Weird and Wonderful cultures of the galaxy'."
"You know that's not a bad idea." Daniel said.
"Dr Jackson I was joking." Zack pointed out.
"I wasn't. It may be a good idea to get over the barriers we meet with some cultures."
"Next thing you know you'll be having us making guide books to each planet." Jack looked at Daniel. "Please tell me you don't think it's a good idea."
"It has potential."
"Let me guess it would have all the sections on your typical intergalactic tour. Locations of ancient ruins and monument, interesting cultural and religious information including which false God or Asguard they worship things like that." Jack suggested sarcastically.
"Amongst other things."
"Maybe Sam can find an interesting archaeological planet we can dump all the archaeologists on it and accidentally lose the address." Jack muttered.
"It's not like I let a woman wax a strip of my leg." Daniel said taking a mouthful of his coffee. Jack snapped round to look at him. Daniel looked innocent.
"It sounds like this conversation is about to get interesting but I have to get to work." Zack rose. "I'll see you both later."
"How exactly did you know about that?" Jack asked once he was gone.
"I don't know if you noticed by your wife is one of my best friends."
"I think Major Carter and I need to have a little talk."
"She'll probably be on the phone to Area 51 for most of the day. They have a problem they need her to talk them through."
TBC
"Go ahead. How's things?"
"Good. You?"
"Same old same old." Jack replied with a shrug.
"Sam said I should ask you what an SGC cocktail is."
"Any cocktail which includes at least one ingredient beginning with each of the letters of SGC." He replied with out thinking. "Why did she tell you about that?"
"I went to see if Marianne wanted to get dinner Saturday night, but she and Sam were making plans for short skirt's night."
"Excuse me?" Jack said looking up.
"That's what I said. Marianne said I was excused and then she left. Apparently short skirt night is their name for girl's night out. They started after the Hathor thing because the guys left them out of the invitation to go to celebrate."
"Damn, I knew we were supposed to invite someone. But why do they call it short skirt night?"
"Something to do with a song and short skirts being compulsory."
"Just how short are we talking?"
"You tell me."
"I think this warrants further investigation."
"What warrants further investigation?" Daniel asked.
"How short the skirts are on short skirts nights." Jack supplied.
"If you're talking about the one's they wear to girl's night they're pretty short."
"And how exactly do you know that Dr Jackson?" Zack Hudson asked.
"After Janet adopted Cass she needed someone to baby sit her while they were out so I was there when Sam came to pick her up. You don't know how long it took me to convince her that every kid having a dog wasn't a real Earth rule."
"A dog is a perfectly legitimate first pet." Jack countered.
"You got Dr Fraiser's daughter a dog?" Zack questioned.
"It was welcome to Earth; we're glad you don't have an alien device in you that's going to blow up and try to kill us anymore present."
"I see and a dog is of course a legitimate present for those occasions." Zack said seriously.
"Of course."
"I'll be sure to make a note of that in 'Guide to the Weird and Wonderful cultures of the galaxy'."
"You know that's not a bad idea." Daniel said.
"Dr Jackson I was joking." Zack pointed out.
"I wasn't. It may be a good idea to get over the barriers we meet with some cultures."
"Next thing you know you'll be having us making guide books to each planet." Jack looked at Daniel. "Please tell me you don't think it's a good idea."
"It has potential."
"Let me guess it would have all the sections on your typical intergalactic tour. Locations of ancient ruins and monument, interesting cultural and religious information including which false God or Asguard they worship things like that." Jack suggested sarcastically.
"Amongst other things."
"Maybe Sam can find an interesting archaeological planet we can dump all the archaeologists on it and accidentally lose the address." Jack muttered.
"It's not like I let a woman wax a strip of my leg." Daniel said taking a mouthful of his coffee. Jack snapped round to look at him. Daniel looked innocent.
"It sounds like this conversation is about to get interesting but I have to get to work." Zack rose. "I'll see you both later."
"How exactly did you know about that?" Jack asked once he was gone.
"I don't know if you noticed by your wife is one of my best friends."
"I think Major Carter and I need to have a little talk."
"She'll probably be on the phone to Area 51 for most of the day. They have a problem they need her to talk them through."
TBC