The Best Medicine: Humor - Period 6 in the Danger Room - Final Class
At some point in the night Wilson's humor students had received handwavey instructions to meet him down in the Danger Room for their final.
When they had all congregated Wilson carefully worked through the program he had handwavilly worked up and been shown how to present in the room ( Read more... )
When they had all congregated Wilson carefully worked through the program he had handwavilly worked up and been shown how to present in the room ( Read more... )
Her audience was a group of rough and tumble sailors, grizzled by years spent on the sea and barrels of rum cheap whiskey. They all looked at her with suspicious blinks and a couple of them quickly tried to straighten themselves up to be all proper in the pressence of a lady.
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Then there were bawdy cheers of encouragement and calls for her to continue and flagon after flagon of whatever it was the men were drinking were sent up to the stage.
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"Y'all have heard no doubt of Anne Bonny and Marry Reed, and how they sailed with Calico Jack Rackam? One day the look out called that they were being pursued by a Navy ship. Jack were down in the Captain's Quarters with Anne and Marry because... Well... Wouldn't you be?"
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Ahyep, Pippi had definitely gotten the right read on her audience and was drawing them right along with her.
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*wink wink*
"Jack heard the lookout's warning. 'Girls!' he said to Anne and Mary, 'Get me red shirt from the sea chest and a weetiny bit o' loose gun powder!' Anne got the shirt and ask Jack why he wanted it. 'Ah, in case I'm wounded ya see, if I'm bleeding it'll blend in with me shirt. That way, our men won't see I'm wounded and they won't get discouraged!' And Mary brought the powder, which Jack mixed with some water and smeared it on his face, giving himself a light coat of grime. Mary asked him why he did that, and Jack said, 'If I'm very badly wounded, my face will go pale, and the men will be discouraged. But with this bit 'o grime on me face, they won't be able to tell, and so they won't lose heart!'"
Pippi paused to chug down another flaggon
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Even Stumpy and One-eye weren't fighting for once...which some might mark as a sign that Hell had overtaken Heaven.
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So Jack turns to the girls and says..."
Pippi stooped a little, taking on the character of Jack, and said in a rather convincing male voice,
"Bring me my brown pants."
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The Tavern exploded in gauffs of laughter and riotious slapping of hands against tables and given the number of flagons that came up towards Pippi...-which Wilson quickly made sure were JUST water- they sailors were very well pleased indeed!
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Oh well, she had a bottle of rum in her room
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