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Topic ID: 187
Message ID: 6
#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. :)

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