#6, RE: notes
Posted by Gryphon on Jul-04-18 at 01:29 AM
In response to message #4
>>legend has it the >>remaining crew took it upon themselves to abandon ship, only to be met >>by their waterlogged captain coming up the ladder they were >>about to go down, demanding, "Where the hell do you gentlemen think >>you're going?" > >Forgive me, but I have my doubts that "gentlemen" was the collective >noun that CMDR Young used in that circumstance. I could believe it. US Navy officers were a pretty formal bunch in those days. :) --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
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