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Adventuring Survival Tactics, Period 4, A Classroom, 1/19/07

Jan 18, 2007 23:57

The Doctor had upgraded from carpet swatches to bean bag chairs, this week. There were a multitude of colors and patterns. He was sitting in one himself, that was bright pink with big white polka dots ( Read more... )

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Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 08:06:58 UTC

Because yeah. I think there might be a few of these.

Feel free to WTF at him, too.

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 14:41:22 UTC

"I'm telling you, it's not that women have an ability to find pot holes, it's that the women you hang out with do. And probably the men, too. You probably put out some kind of subconscious, alien, pothole-finding vibe that makes your companions fall and twist their ankles on random things."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 17:32:30 UTC

The Doctor stared at Nadia. "That is possibly the stupidest thing I have ever heard you say."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 17:34:33 UTC

"Oh yeah? I've spent half my life running away from something. And I've never hit a pothole and twisted my ankle. And I don't appreciate you saying that women always do. And running in high heels takes practice, but is completely possible. Without breaking anything, too."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 17:37:17 UTC

"Nine. Hundred. Years," the Doctor said. "That's a much broader experience spectrum then your less than two decades. You've just been lucky."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 17:42:00 UTC

"You're right. That's a long time to establish yourself as a chauvanist. I shouldn't expect you to be able to adapt to the changing mentality of mankind so quickly. But, word of advice, women can do almost anything that men can do. And vice versa. Be it smart, or dumb."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 17:48:23 UTC

The Doctor was now rolling his eyes.

"Very nice, playing the 'chauvinist' card. You think I'm trying to bash women? Or build up men? All you apes are alike in your great abilities to be stupid. But over the years I've seen more twisted ankles and broken heels than I can count. I've also seen more butt kicked by the likes of Leela, Ace and the rest than you could dream of. Hear the facts, Miss Santos. Don't attribute an agenda that isn't there."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 17:50:58 UTC

"Twisted ankles are not inevitable. Women don't have a magical ability to find the one pothole. You're pigeon-holing humanity, doesn't matter how you dress it up. Don't assume."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 17:56:24 UTC

"And you're so self important that everything you think is right, even when you are hearing is expert advice from someone who is responsible many times over for you having the right to live and breath and think those stupid little thoughts you find so dear," the Doctor said.

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 17:58:16 UTC

"Wow, that's some ego you've got there, Doctor." Nadia wasn't about to back down. "I'm not saying that I, or anyone else, is always right. I'm just saying that, in this case, you're wrong."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 18:07:24 UTC

"Oh, now it gets down to name calling, does it?" the Doctor said. "You hold no respect for those around you, you find the idea of proving someone wrong more interesting than actually opening your mind up to the idea that 'oh, golly, maybe there is a tendency in stressful situations for people to not remember to tread carefully with their nonsensible shoes'. That maybe I was cracking a joke about pothole finding radar, and that maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't treat everything so buggering serious sometimes."

"...and you smell funny."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 18:12:19 UTC

Nadia scowled. "I do not. I bathe regularly."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 18:17:41 UTC

"That's really all you got out of that? The dumb joke at the end?"

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 18:19:09 UTC

"Of course not." Nadia smiled slightly. "Sorry, I've just had to spend a lot of time defending my life, choices, and gender to people who assume way too much just by looking at something once. It gets to be a habit."

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nine_and_ears January 19 2007, 18:25:39 UTC

"...you really thought I was attacking all of womankind?"

Re: Ask the Doctor a Question nadiathesaint January 19 2007, 18:30:26 UTC

"You said 'Also, I want you to think about the importance of proper footwear, how high heels will be the death of all of you, the ability of women to find the one pothole in an open field, and why twisted ankles are completely and utterly inevitable. Go on. Discuss'," Nadia said, in an almost frighteningly accurate immitation of the Doctor's accent and intonations, if not the actual pitch of his voice. She also adopted a mannerism or two that she'd picked up on in the last two classes with him.

Really, any better, and her ears would start to stick out.

She was subtlely making the words seem more smug and attack-like, but it was a little thing, impossible to tell exactly how she did it.

"So, yeah, sounded kind of like an attack, to me."

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