History Funny / HonorHarrington

%%''[[AC:Field of Dishonor]]''

* During a period of political unrest in Harrington Steading in which a number of demonstrations had led to fighting in the streets, Honor tries to get her apparently-blind chief armsmaster to call in an alert about a group of men armed with large clubs entering a park. [=LaFollet=], when he's done laughing, explains to his poor ignorant Manticoran boss that what she's seeing is a pickup baseball game. (On Manticore, the main team sport is UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball.) It only gets funnier when, after [=LaFollet=] explains bats are used on the ball (not the players), the first idea that springs to Honor's mind is a demented variation on golf.

--->'''Hey, he started it'''
--->'''Did not'''
--->'''Did too!'''
--->'''Didnt't!'''
--->'''Did!'''

* I don't know if this one was written as funny, but it amuses the hell out of This Troper. Right after a simulation, Honor was chatting with Theisman when she drops this particular line:
--->'''If I had a dollar for every spacer some stupid, overconfident flag officer’s gotten killed—'''
** She then stops herself short mid-sentence, and Thomas nods. Then the funny kicks in, when one remembers Honor is a freaking billionaire, and that may or, more amusingly-in a gallows-humor kind of way, may not be the reason she stops herself short

* I don't know if this one was written as funny, but it amuses the hell out of me. Right after a simulation, Honor was chatting with Theisman when she drops this particular line:

** She then stops herself short mid-sentence, and Thomas nods. Then the funny kicked in for me when I remembered Honor is a freaking billionaire, and that may or, more amusingly-in a gallows-humor kind of way, may not be the reason she stops herself short

'''[=LaFollet=]:''': I wouldn't say Saint Austin was a fanatic about baseball, My Lady. "Fanatic" would probably be much too mild a term, from everything I've ever read.

* "Thank you for your cooperation and excellent response time, but this concludes our unscheduled exercise."
* The phrasing Harold Tschu chooses when informing Honor that Samantha is pregnant.

* Peep CL engages pirate ships that outnumbers her 3-to-1 to save ''Mantie'' merchantman, only to see two of them evapourated by a single salvo from the "merchie". And to recieve an order to surrender from none but ''Honor Harrington'' herself
-->'''Narrator''': Foraker's shocked exclamation [[note]]Shannon Foraker is an absolutely cold-blooded military tech-geek[[/note]] burned across the bridge like a buzz saw

** And, since she'd decided to insult the Manties by parking her ships far enough out that it takes eighteen minutes for a message to get to Spindle and back, he returns the insult by [[TheSnackIsMoreInteresting resuming reading his book between exchanges, while still being on camera.]]

* During a routine mail-drop from a Havenite courier-ship, a courier ship's captain is being questioned over the comm. because the local StateSec detachment is claiming that they haven't given them all their mail. The courier explains that they have, and StateSec demands remote access to their computers to double check. Once they do, they start demanding to know why the courier ship ''deleted'' their mail. The courier, harried and scared out of their wits, tries to explain that they couldn't have done that, because they don't have the access codes. Then the StateSec Major who was talking to the courier-ship switches over to his commander: a full ''General'', who similarly demands to know what the courier ship is playing at. Terrified, the courier ship explains that it is physically impossible for them to have deleted, altered, or otherwise gotten rid of this phantom message that General Chernock wants to see. Finally, General Chernock dismisses him, and turns to his second-in-command, and asks if he thinks that the courier was telling the truth. The second-in-command says that he does, and the reader finally learns what the important message had been about:

--->"Sir, I realize how important your chess games are, but—"

* During a routine mail-drop from a Havenite courier-ship, a courier ship's captain is being questioned over the comm. because the local StateSec detachment is claiming that they haven't given them all their mail. The courier explains that they have, and StateSec demands remote access to their computers to double check. Once they do, they start demanding to know why the courier ship ''deleted'' their mail. The courier, harried and scared out of their wits, tries to explain that they couldn't have done that, because they don't have the access codes. Then the StateSec Major who was talking to the courier-ship switches over to his commander: a full ''General'', who similarly demands to know what the courier ship is playing at. Terrified, the courier ship explains that it is physically impossible for them to have deleted, altered, or otherwise gotten rid of this phantom message that General Chernock wants to see. Finally, General Chernock dismisses him, and turns to his second-in-command, and asks if he thinks that the courier was telling the truth. The second-in-command says that he does, and the General finally mentions what this highly important message is.

* In "Beauty and the Beast", also from ''Beginnings'', Allison Chou, curious about new transfer student Alfred Harrington (most particularly, why her ex has taken such a hate-on for him), engineers a CrashIntoHello with him so she can get to know him. She miscalculates just how fast Alfred is moving, and how much inertia he's carrying due to his HeavyWorlder status, and the petite woman is nearly sent tumbling ass over kettle by the resulting collision.

-->'''Deborah''': What is it, Captain Oversteegen? And I ''would'' appreciate it if you'd stick to the proper formalities.\\
'''Oversteegen''': Get screwed, Deborah.

- Then again, there is a sort of RunningGag in the series discussing the relative seniority of Grayson and Manticoran nobility, including the occasional argument in favor of a Grayson Steadholder being senior to the Queen of Manticore on the basis of them being heads of state ''and'' many Steadings (though not Harrington Steading) being older than Manticore itself. Honor's dual Manticore-Grayson status has on many occasions served as sand in the machinery of both military and social expectations.

** And, since she'd decided to insult the Manties by parking her ships far enough out that it takes eighteen minutes for a message to get to Spindle and back, he returns the insult by [[TheSnackIsMoreInteresting resuming reading his book between exchanges.]]

* Andrew [=LaFollet=] trying to coax Jason the treekitten out from under shuttle seats. He's way too big to fit. Jason is enjoying the game, [=LaFollet=] is wordlessly daring ''anyone'' to say ''one word'', and Honor is stifling a highly-inappropriate giggle fit.

* As it turns out, ''everybody'' ships Honor and Paul Tankersley. Including Honor's executive officer-slash-best friend. ''And'' the admiral for whom Honor is serving as flag captain!

* During a period of political unrest in Harrington Steading in which a number of demonstrations had led to fighting in the streets, Honor tries to get her apparently-blind chief armsmaster to call in an alert about a group of men armed with large clubs entering a park. [=LaFollet=], when he's done laughing, explains to his poor ignorant Manticoran boss that what she's seeing is a pickup baseball game. (On Manticore, the main team sport is TheBeautifulGame.) It only gets funnier when, after [=LaFollet=] explains bats are used on the ball (not the players), the first idea that springs to Honor's mind is a demented variation on golf.