Daniel's eyebrows crashed together and crowded against the wrinkle just over the bridge of his nose. His expression was pained as he tried to read through the report again.
"We have met some bald rocks," he said carefully, fingers coming up to rest against his weary temple.
Jack, who had been poised on the brink of laughter for the last few moments, grinned like a maniac. "Isn't it great?"
"No, Jack. It isn't. It very much isn't. You turned my briefing notes into... into..." Daniel couldn't think of anything ridiculous enough so he just waved the folder through the air.
Jack waved his own hands in the air, dismissing Daniel's charges against him with a fluid movement. "Cassie showed it to me: you take perfectly good -- if dull -- English, then translate it to something, like, Chinese, then take that and translate it back to English. It's pure comedy gold, Daniel!"
"So, let me just make sure I'm getting this straight: you're inputting highly classified information into Yahoo's Babel Fish for shits and giggles?"
Pulling his shoulders back, Jack snatched the report folder out of Daniel's hands. "You take all the fun out of being a General, you know that?"
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The Tower of Babel Fish, Jack/Daniel
Date: 2009-04-13 07:06 pm (UTC)"We have met some bald rocks," he said carefully, fingers coming up to rest against his weary temple.
Jack, who had been poised on the brink of laughter for the last few moments, grinned like a maniac. "Isn't it great?"
"No, Jack. It isn't. It very much isn't. You turned my briefing notes into... into..." Daniel couldn't think of anything ridiculous enough so he just waved the folder through the air.
Jack waved his own hands in the air, dismissing Daniel's charges against him with a fluid movement. "Cassie showed it to me: you take perfectly good -- if dull -- English, then translate it to something, like, Chinese, then take that and translate it back to English. It's pure comedy gold, Daniel!"
"So, let me just make sure I'm getting this straight: you're inputting highly classified information into Yahoo's Babel Fish for shits and giggles?"
Pulling his shoulders back, Jack snatched the report folder out of Daniel's hands. "You take all the fun out of being a General, you know that?"