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Originally Posted by Kaye T. Bai
Well, you gotta cut him some slack; the book was written almost thirty years ago and the author was an old-fashioned WWII naval officer.  |
Well, perhaps, but he obviously didn't know sailors very well. It reminds of the legendary exchange between a Wren senior officer and an RN admiral during the war over relationships:
Wren - Don't worry, Sir, my girls have got it up here.
Admiral - I don't care where they've got it, my sailors will find it.