Zero Hour (Expeditionary Force, #5)

by Craig Alanson

“Joe, this is like rednecks-on-meth stupid. This is stupid on the level of a buck-naked Florida redneck crashing his stolen truck into a police station to complain that the meth he bought isn’t, you know, methy enough.

With anyone else, I would do that, but you have set the bar so low, anything remotely intelligent coming out of your mouth is cause for genuine astonishment.”

“You should put your thinking back inside the box, Joe.

“Joe, the phrase ‘I didn’t know that’ should be tattooed on your forehead, because it is appropriate for just about any occasion.”