by Red WolfThe TARDIS rarely failed when it came to speech, but the finer nuances of Thergart body language were proving to be well and truly lost in the translation.
So far Rose had managed to ask the deeply amused shopkeeper if she could dine on his second most-loved daughter.
Jack's assistance wasn't much better. Amid much arm-waving and gesticulation, he'd managed to add a completely different, yet typically Jack, emphasis to the word dine.
The Doctor joined his companions and ordered lunch with a flourish, quietly apologising for inflicting tourists on the locals. He'd forgotten that humans could be this embarrassing.
Doctor Who 100 — challenge #84: charade
Published Babble Horde — 08.09.2005
Published Doctor Who 100 — 08.09.2005
Published A Teaspoon and an Open Mind — 22.09.2005
Published fanfiction.net — 22.09.2005
doctor who | fan fiction | fiction | jack harkness | ninth doctor | rose tyler
It does seem to be his forté — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:08 AEST | 
He'd forgotten that humans could be quite so embarrassing.
Yeah, he should try being human sometime, if he wants a fine example of what embarrassing can truly be. Lol! — via LiveJournal — posted by IrishVampire13 at 22.10.2005 15:10 AEST |
Yeah, he should try being human sometime, if he wants a fine example of what embarrassing can truly be. Lol! — via LiveJournal — posted by IrishVampire13 at 22.10.2005 15:10 AEST |
Your friends can always find ways to embarrass you in public, but no one can do it quite like your own mother — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:11 AEST |
::grins:: I take it you've been the victim of such a situation. Thus far, I've been lucky; my own mom has only embarrassed me in private. ::cringes at the memory of her trying to discuss sex with me a few years back:: Some things should not be discussed with a parent. — via LiveJournal
— posted by IrishVampire13 at 22.10.2005 15:12 AEST |
LOL It's funny 'cos it's true.
Jack's quite right though, you do have to wave your hands about a lot when you're talking to foreigners. My upstairs neighbours are Eastern European Gypsies and yesterday us girls were sitting round having a hilarious chat about what Viola should do with her new hairdo, all in sign language. Wonder if I was insulting their sister's mother's goat? ;) — via LiveJournal — posted by Grandmum at 22.10.2005 15:18 AEST |
Jack's quite right though, you do have to wave your hands about a lot when you're talking to foreigners. My upstairs neighbours are Eastern European Gypsies and yesterday us girls were sitting round having a hilarious chat about what Viola should do with her new hairdo, all in sign language. Wonder if I was insulting their sister's mother's goat? ;) — via LiveJournal — posted by Grandmum at 22.10.2005 15:18 AEST |
You should be right, goats tend not to worry about insults. Owners of goats, on the other hand... — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:24 AEST |
::is dead of laughter:: Ah, tourists. Ah, humanity. Poor Doctor — via LiveJournal
— posted by Elizabeth Culmer at 22.10.2005 15:27 AEST |
At least they were trying and not doing the talking really loudly in they native language thing — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:28 AEST |
So far Rose had managed to ask the deeply amused shopkeeper if she could dine on his second most-loved daughter
Mwaha ha ha ha!
Lovely drabble — I'm grinning madly here — via LiveJournal — posted by Genevieve at 22.10.2005 15:30 AEST |
Mwaha ha ha ha!
Lovely drabble — I'm grinning madly here — via LiveJournal — posted by Genevieve at 22.10.2005 15:30 AEST |
I was stuck with the movie Charade in my head for a while and then this hit me — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:30 AEST |
::grin:: And teh evilness just keeps coming ... — via LiveJournal
— posted by Elen Ancalima at 22.10.2005 15:32 AEST |
Wonderful! Very very funny. Great work! — via LiveJournal
— posted by Marie at 22.10.2005 15:42 AEST |
Jack. The nuances of the word
dine. Luvvit :-D :-D — via LiveJournal — posted by dm_1977 at 22.10.2005 15:45 AEST |
Oh wonderful!
Rose, Jack, and the Doctor, all doing interpretive dance — via LiveJournal — posted by giglet at 22.10.2005 15:48 AEST |
Rose, Jack, and the Doctor, all doing interpretive dance — via LiveJournal — posted by giglet at 22.10.2005 15:48 AEST |
At least the Doctor knows what he's doing, otherwise they may have starved to death — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:48 AEST |
::grins:: The dining on second most-love daughters and tourist comments made this piece hilarious. Great job! — via LiveJournal
— posted by Chessie at 22.10.2005 15:57 AEST |
Thanks! It's funny what floats to the surface when an idea kicks in — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 22.10.2005 15:57 AEST |
Lmao, she's lucky the shopkeeper was just amused. You never know on these alien planets, he might have taken her seriously — via LiveJournal
— posted by Pheral at 22.10.2005 16:02 AEST |
XD short, sweet and amusing — via A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
— posted by Leesy Metallium at 14.01.2006 16:00 AEST |
Just off my hols so the appropriateness of this made me laugh! — via fanfiction.net
— posted by Ark Led at 14.01.2006 16:06 AEST |
I'm glad the shopkeeper had a sense of humor... — via fanfiction.net
— posted by Mark at 14.01.2006 16:54 AEST |
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