Trigger Finger (The Eleven O'Clock Remix) [Stargate SG-1; Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, et al; PG]

[kool_momo_dee]

Title: Trigger Finger (The Eleven O'Clock Remix)
Author: Mistral Amara (mistraltoesSummary: Daniel has an unexpected brush with danger, and his team members find out

Comments

[watervole]

That last line is a gem!

Do they really use the phrase 'milk jug' in the USA? That's a new one on me. In the UK, we'd only call it a jug if it was made of pottery. I had the oddest mental picture of Daniel with a pottery jug in his hand rather than a plastic bottle.

[kerravonsen]

Doing a quick google does seem to confirm that "milk jug" is used for the kind of plastic milk container which has a handle, as well as the more usual term of a jug (pottery or otherwise) with milk in it.

In the original story, I used the term "plastic bottle", and left it vague as to what kind of plastic bottle it was.

[kool_momo_dee]

Yes, I was actually thrown a little by the term 'bottle' in the original story. At least in the part of the US where I live, a jug has a handle and a bottle doesn't, and milk usually comes either in a cardboard carton or a plastic container with a handle. Though we most often refer to milk containers by their capacity, i.e. 'gallon of milk', 'half-gallon of milk', etc.

And thank you so much for reading and commenting. It means a lot to me.

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I was actually thrown a little by the term 'bottle' in the original story.

Ah. Since neither I nor the person who betaed "Trigger Finger" live in the US, this passed us by. In Australia, where I live, one can get milk in a cardboard carton (1 litre) or in a plastic bottle without a handle (1 litre) or in a plastic bottle with a handle (2 litre). And some brands of milk still use glass bottles.

[redbyrd_sgfic]

You can get milk in glass bottles in the US, but generally only at farm stands or dairy farms that sell direct to consumers (you give them a deposit on the bottles and get it back if you return them). Convenience stores would be plastic containers or cardboard- in half-pint, pint, quart, half-gallon and gallon sizes. Unlike soft drinks which are bottled in 12 oz cans, 16 oz bottles and 1 and 2 liter sizes.

This was a delightful story, and I hadn't read the original either, so bonus!

[kool_momo_dee]

Thanks for reading and commenting; I appreciate it. :)

[kool_momo_dee]

I did wonder if you meant a glass bottle; the reason I added in the struggle for the gun is because I couldn't imagine hitting the fellow with a plastic one would do more than give him a headache and make him even madder than he already was.