Oh, John

[aesc]

Someone has probably noticed this before, but I saw it for the first time when hunting through screencaps, and I think it's pretty amusing. Oh, John.



Not only does John need help correcting that right slice...





HE IS A COMPLETE VIDEO GOLF N00B.

Excuse me while I snicker uncontrollably.

.eta: if you look at the bucket of golf balls, you can see that it's labeled PROPERTY OF DAEDALUS, DO NOT REMOVE. On one hand, it's pretty funny that someone (i.e. John) saw it and filched it because it would be awesome for holding golf balls; on the other hand, it's funny because... I mean... super-advanced spaceship and they have silly metal buckets on board so critical to ship operations that they must not be taken.

*insert "Noes!! They be stealin mah bukkit!!1!" here*

elli, do you think this is maybe why assassin!John accepted that contract to get rid of Rodney? Long-repressed resentment? :>

.eta: Can has macro?

Comments

[argosy.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't recognize good golf form if it bit me on the ass. :) But, oh, your post reminds me how I miss John's season three ensemble of black t-shirt, gray bdu pants. Sigh. And what does the bucket say in the first cap? "Property of... who? Do not remove?"

Hee.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't recognize good golf form if it bit me on the ass.

Oh, neither would I. The arrow is to point out the very nice bit of bare skin :D

And what does the bucket say in the first cap?

Daedalus! Advanced alien space ship and they have metal buckets on board that CANNOT BE REMOVED.

[siria]

Does this mean that John is also incapable of a) throwing a football in a straight line and b) staying on a horse?

[aesc.livejournal.com]

a) I think he's actually probably pretty good at football, at least until he makes the mistake of playing touch football with Ronon as the opposing team's defensive line. Never again.

b) No, because those thighs have to be good for something other than staring at and gripping Rodney's torso. *nods*

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

JOHN BELLEH!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry. I really can't concentrate on anything else you were saying. Heh.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

GOLF, Ambers. GOLF.

:D

[chopchica.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA! THAT'S SO AWESOME!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great! It's fabulous that John is, in some things, not as smooth and proficient as he'd like to think. Or he'd like other people to think :D

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

GAH. Now I want to make a Caldwell macro.

*stares at John's belleh instead*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

:D

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I think /o\ that perhaps the 'skill level' refers to the difficulty of hole 1, not John's prowess? I'm going on the other data there - how far away the hole is, what the par is for that particular hole?

And wow, it's possible to use the word hole too much in one sentence . . .

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Along with "prowess" too, no less :>

I was working off my admittedly outdated knowledge of video golf (Microsoft Golf and Nintendo woo hoo!), where IIRC the skill level is set before play starts. It's funnier that way :D

[dogeared.livejournal.com]

Oh John! Bendy, bendy John . . .

[aesc.livejournal.com]

John is so niiiice and flexible!

And I was so distracted by that thought I needed to type 'flexivle' and 'flexibel' before getting it right :">

[elli.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe he stole Stevens bucket to proof he is just as good golf. Maybe it's alucky bucket!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, no wonder Caldwell didn't like him very much at first! Clearly John's bucket-stealing reputation preceded him.

[girly-curl-3.livejournal.com]

Macro FTW. Also, when not being distracted by that tempting slice of Shep's belly, I've always wondered about that bucket...while stunningly perfect for holding golf balls in, what the hell were they using it to hold on board the Daedalus? Fire-retardant sand? And I've also always wondered how John's going to get his golf balls back. Are those are the floaty kind? If so, how badly do the Marines have to screw up in order to get put on golf ball retreival duty?

[aesc.livejournal.com]

There are several suggestions! argosy thinks it may be an Asgard bucket (and so not really a bucket, perhaps?); lavvyan thinks it is an emergency space helmet; and elli thinks it may be Caldwell's lucky golf ball bucket. Maybe they have a miniature golf course on the Daedalus.

I'm now imagining the Daedalus as Spaceball 1 :>

[winkingstar.livejournal.com]

Eeeee, belly! *flails* Now we know what I'll be daydreaming about in class today.

Also, I am interested in the angles of his feet/legs/body in that shot. Very bendy. :D

(And the itty bitty part of me not distracted by eeee John is excessively diverted by the all-important space bucket. Hee!)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, I love that black shirt. It's so obliging, rucking up every now and then :D

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I have nothing to say except that I'm having a crappy morning and I keep coming back to this post because it makes me happy. I ::heart:: John's belly and his totally dainty footwork.

Thank you.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Awwwww!! *hugs and hiss for crappy mornings!*

And heee, dainty :">

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Those buckets are placed in strategically important locations in case there's a hull breach and no space suits are left. You pull the bucket over your head, see, and breathe the air that's left inside while waiting for Hermiod to beam you to safety. Everyone knows that air is lighter than vacuum. *nods wisely*

Never before has my icon been this fitting. *coughs*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, it is all clear to me now :D

[almost-clara.livejournal.com]

Possibly, the Asgard being above such things, they neglected make provision for bathrooms on the Deadalus.
In which case, John has stolen a truly vital piece of equipment.

[almost-clara.livejournal.com]

Daedalus. Sigh.

[strifechaos.livejournal.com]

*snorfle* Too funny. Oh, John you may suck at golf but Rodney loves you anyways. ;)

The point about the bucket saying 'Do Not Remove' and being from the Daedalus made me snort rather loudly in the middle of the campus library, but it was completely worth it. *grins*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

made me snort rather loudly in the middle of the campus library, but it was completely worth it.

\o/ That is what we strive for here at aesc.

[nakedwesley.livejournal.com]

This just goes to show how literal minded I can be sometimes. I always thought he stole the bucket with the balls in it.

*goes back to staring at John*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha, that would rule! He sees the bucket outside the door to Caldwell's onboard putting green and snags it :D

[blackchaps.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh like crazy. Thank ye.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

You're so welcome!

[aurora]

The n00b skill level is HILARIOUS. :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

It's SO AWESOME! I almost fell over the first time I saw it.

[dovil.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha, this entire post, comments and all, has made my morning.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

\o/ Hurray! There has been so much stupid and fail around that I think we need something to laugh at.

[ladyoflisquill.livejournal.com]

So fun-fun-funny!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heee, thank you! :)

[stillane.livejournal.com]

This is made of awesome. *g*

The Daedalus bucket screams Douglas Adams to me. Like, they have oodles of technology at their disposal, but in the heat of the moment, what they really rely on is the mundane. Somewhere on that ship there are similarly labeled towels; John's probably ripped off a couple of them, too, because he's a cleptomaniac. Sticky Fingers Sheppard, that's our boy.

I love that John Sheppard's approach to golf is pretty much to take a sport which is entirely about the balance of strength and skill and turn it into an exercise in hitting something really, really hard just to watch it go. (And when that fails, to turn it into an exercise in pushing Rodney's a button.) *squishes him*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

omewhere on that ship there are similarly labeled towels; John's probably ripped off a couple of them, too, because he's a cleptomaniac.

*cackles* And the soap! I bet whenever he's on the Daedalus for any length of time, he grabs the soap, towels, ashtrays, the little bottles of lotion, the buckets...

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

I believe there should be more skin in that first picture. Yes, yes, I've decided it should be so. *nods firmly*

Because belly! Bellies need to be petted and snorfled.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

They dooooo. *pets, snorfles*

[seleneheart]

But he spends lots of time 'polishing' that thing. Where's the cap of that??!!!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I don't have one of those! Curses! (But still, just because you polish it a lot doesn't mean you know how to use it *g*)

[spacemonkymafia.livejournal.com]

1) V. distracted by John Belly.
2) Also distracted by John's outfit. Which (as much as I love the leather jacket) I miss.
3) lol @ John's golf "prowess"
4) BUCKET! I bet Novak is going crazy looking for it, too.
5) There should be fic of "John on a mission to find the perfect golf-ball bucket and why there are buckets on the Daedalus in the first place."