TV · 2003
The lesson learned here is not to ask follow-up questions, but simply to say “Thank you, Captain Apollo, for saving our collective asses.”
— President Laura Roslin · Battlestar Galactica
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The line offers a blunt rule for responding after someone has been rescued: skip follow-up questions and thank Captain Apollo. Its crude wording makes the gratitude comic rather than formal. The joke comes from replacing curiosity with an exaggerated expression of thanks.
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