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Rather than it being a mistake in the script (possible - nobody's perfect) I prefer to think that it's the shipboard slang for 'I am going to have some private time in my room, most likely of a sexual nature, so don't disturb me unless it's an emergency'

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Originally posted by LupinAddams:
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So, why did he use the phrase "we'll be in our bunk" at the end of the story?

Rather than it being a mistake in the script (possible - nobody's perfect) I prefer to think that it's the shipboard slang for 'I am going to have some private time in my room, most likely of a sexual nature, so don't disturb me unless it's an emergency'.

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Rather than it being a mistake in the script (possible - nobody's perfect) I prefer to think that it's the shipboard slang for 'I am going to have some private time in my room, most likely of a sexual nature, so don't disturb me unless it's an emergency'

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While I'd agree that announcing to the crew that you'll be ' in your bunk' , signals 'don't bother me unless I'm needed' , I'm not sure it is uniformally accepted code for things done in a private, sexual manner. The way I see it, Book and Kaylee are oblivious to what Jayne means by his comment,( but the viewer sure is in the joke and that is what helps make it so funny ) as contrasted to what is meant when Wash and Zoe - the married couple - say it.

"Have you ever BEEN with a warrior woman? " Ha ha ha.



" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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It could be too that Kaylee filled Mal, Zoe, & Wash in on what transpired on Serenity while they were away & told them of Jayne's many trips to his bunk. May be something of an inside joke now.

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