A three-word review from one of my betas: “Now that’s funny.”
We’ll see if you agree.
“Another Fine Mess”
By Joseph Manno
From a corner
of the All Ranks Club, a knot of young NCO's—all
male—nursed their drinks and doctored their egos.
"What do
you think they talk about?"
asked one. The object of speculation, a gaggle (giggle?) of young female
officers, took that moment to burst out laughing.
"Sex, of
course," answered a second, then poked his
friend. "They just do it with a better vocabulary."
"All
talk, no action, I'd bet," the third asserted.
Abruptly, the
laughter stopped.
The culprit
paled.
"Oh,
shit!" he hissed. "Think
they heard me?"
"Hmm...
two Andorians... a Tiburonian...
"What do
you think?"