I can’t help but feel that anything beyond Patty Duke/Gidget/Gracie Burns level feminine wiles would be overkill with our good Mr. Bravo. And even they might be overkill as well. As Mr. Green understood quite well when he assigned Mr. Bravo to this duty in the first place. ^_^
This is Tigerlily Jones, the funky mad scientist with Tip-level mojo. Mr. Echo Bravo is not equipped to deal with her, not even in reduced circumstances like these. She winks at him, and he will disappear into a lust tinged cloud, leaving only a smile behind.
So yes, I would agree that Mr. Green chose very well for this.
Checking a quick grep of /usr/share/dict/words, and excluding proper nouns: 3638 have ie (though 253 have ie after c), 2299 have ei (146 being ei after c), and twenty have both ei and ei (none after c, and though half are foreign loan words only nominally English).
I think that leaves the rule still more kept than broken, but not by much.
Of course, when I saw the trip, the first tune that popped into my head was the old TV jingle for Charlie perfume. Just in case you’re old enough to remember …
Use our wiles on this brand new guard,
He is Echo … Bravo!
Gonna fool him, it won’t be hard!
He is Echo … Bravo!
My commands he’ll repeat (Echo!)
Bowing down at my feet (Bravo!)
He’s the key
To our liberty!
He is Echo … Bravo!
Isn’t that the guy who mister green was doing his villainous monologue for? Since he wants Tigerlily to escape, it makes sense this guy would be sent here to play the part of the completely inept guard.
They’re not even trying to guard them.
Is that because they say “fie on authority”?
Well, if being feisty is the state of resembling a small ill-tempered dog, then being fiesty is indeed the state of being outraged.
I can’t help but feel that anything beyond Patty Duke/Gidget/Gracie Burns level feminine wiles would be overkill with our good Mr. Bravo. And even they might be overkill as well. As Mr. Green understood quite well when he assigned Mr. Bravo to this duty in the first place. ^_^
Maxim 37. ^_^ http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-02-23
Although in this case “I need to reload” would mean “I need to fix my makeup.”
*Never* underestimate Gracie. ๐
This is Tigerlily Jones, the funky mad scientist with Tip-level mojo. Mr. Echo Bravo is not equipped to deal with her, not even in reduced circumstances like these. She winks at him, and he will disappear into a lust tinged cloud, leaving only a smile behind.
So yes, I would agree that Mr. Green chose very well for this.
“Feisty.” One of those words that makes ” ‘i’ before ‘e’ ” an impractical guide.
Impractical? How about an outright LIE? There are more words in the English language that BREAK that rule than keep it.
Checking a quick grep of /usr/share/dict/words, and excluding proper nouns: 3638 have ie (though 253 have ie after c), 2299 have ei (146 being ei after c), and twenty have both ei and ei (none after c, and though half are foreign loan words only nominally English).
I think that leaves the rule still more kept than broken, but not by much.
The SECOND part of that mnemonic adds ‘or sounding like ‘ay’ as in neighbor or weigh. So under those rules?
Faysty?
And on weekends and holidays and all throughout May – and you’ll always be wrong no matter what you say!
Though if anybody would get it wrong, Echo Bravo is that anybody.
I see, too, somebody quietly made a change…
Pronounced “feasty.” As in “I am going to let you feast on me.”
Or /fjฮตsti/, “in the manner of a fiesta”. Makes sense to me.
It’s the first thing that leaped to my mind, too. Spanish is my first language, though, so I’m somewhat biased.
(TUNE: “Do Re Mi”, Rodgers & Hammerstein)
ALPHA — Jones, she rules the room!
BRAVO — Now we’ll give a cheer!
CHARLIE — Her preferred perfume!
DELTA — Change is coming here!
ECHO what he wants to hear!
FOXTROT, on her strings he’ll dance!
GOLF — his balls she’ll commandeer,
In a HOTEL, sans his pants!
Very good use of Delta ๐
Of course, when I saw the trip, the first tune that popped into my head was the old TV jingle for Charlie perfume. Just in case you’re old enough to remember …
Use our wiles on this brand new guard,
He is Echo … Bravo!
Gonna fool him, it won’t be hard!
He is Echo … Bravo!
My commands he’ll repeat (Echo!)
Bowing down at my feet (Bravo!)
He’s the key
To our liberty!
He is Echo … Bravo!
“saw the strip” (not trip) … argh why can’t we edit
Because the gods of comments will it so.
Isn’t that the guy who mister green was doing his villainous monologue for? Since he wants Tigerlily to escape, it makes sense this guy would be sent here to play the part of the completely inept guard.
Also, the guy who managed to avoid extirpation by getting advice on his shoe-shining procedures from his captives.
It’s always nice when the abundance of unhep chuckleheads in the world works in your favour for a change.
And a rare occasion it is.
I have had the “Charlie” jingle stuck in my head for most of the day, thank you very much. Your fiendish plan has succeeded.
Is that… Titus’s old boss?
Yes she is. Imogene Frog.
Excellent. ๐
Wait, so his actual name is literally “Echo Bravo”?
I’ve heard worse names for a baby.