Kevyn: Captain, Ennesby has moved into the ship's systems, and has put forth some pretty convincing arguements as to why he should be allowed to stay.
Tagon: I've got a good reason to want him out, commander. I refuse to allow this ship to be rechristened "Ennesby."
Kevyn: Speaking freely, sir, it seems a little rash to base this decision on naming conventions.
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Tagon: Rule number sixteen: "Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth."
Kevyn: "The sever habits of highly effective pirates?" Sir, who has been reading this to you?
Tagon: Rule Eight: "Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock."
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Footnote: Note: In the waning years of the 20th century a popular self-help book for businessmen, The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People, was lampooned on-stage by an improvisational comedy troupe which only four years later was completely defunct, giving rise to speculation that perhaps those in charge should have been reading the book more carefully rather than lampooning it. Their sketch, The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Pirates, went completely unnoticed for several centuries, until the day an archeobibliologist named Joel happened across the script in the Gates Memorial Archive Of Stupid Things From Ye Olde Internet. Our story would have ended there, except that Joel's younger brother Linc was in prison for privateering, and it occurred Joel that perhaps his wanna-be pirate brother would get a kick out of reading it. Unfortunately, Linc realized as he chuckled at the script ("Bury the hatchet! Hah!") that he was in prison because he was NOT an effective person, and was an even less effective pirate. So he began to write. Most books written in prison do not tend to sell well, but this one did. Eventually, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates was translated from Galstandard West into the other four Galastandard languages (East, Eight, Brown, and Peroxide), and became a handbook not only for pirates, smugglers, and privateers, but also for CEOs, defense attorneys, and tenured professors. The fact that there are more than seven habits, as well as dozens of 'rules,' may confuse some readers, though, so be warned. And remember Rule 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.